,Cliquez pour modifier le style du titre du masque,Cliquez pour modifier les styles du texte du masque,Deuxime niveau,Troisime niveau,Quatrime niveau,Cinquime niveau,*,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION(APPA),MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF THE AFRICAN OIL AND GAS SECTOR THROUGH JOINT INITIATIVES AND POLICY HARMONISATION,_By Dave LAFIAJI,Executive Secretary-APPA,4 April 2006,1,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION,April,-06,UNCTAD 10th,AFRICA OIL&GAS TRADE&FINANCE CONFERENCE&EXHIBITION ALGIERS,NOT AN OFFICIAL UNCTAD RECORD,The objective of this presentation is to show how joint initiatives and policy harmonisation using an institutional platform such as the one provided by APPA can contribute to meeting the challenges of the African oil and gas sector.,2,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION,April,-06,UNCTAD 10th,AFRICA OIL&GAS TRADE&FINANCE CONFERENCE&EXHIBITION ALGIERS,Objective of the presentation,The institutional platform,Vision,missions and fundamental objectives,Characteristics of the African oil and gas sector,The key challenges of the African oil and gas sector,Some of our initiatives,3,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION,April,-06,UNCTAD 10th,AFRICA OIL&GAS TRADE&FINANCE CONFERENCE&EXHIBITION ALGIERS,Outline of the presentation,Expected results,Institutional support,Conclusions,4,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION,April,-06,UNCTAD 10th,AFRICA OIL&GAS TRADE&FINANCE CONFERENCE&EXHIBITION ALGIERS,Outline of the presentation,By its creation in 1987,APPA became the first institutional initiative in Africa to promote cooperation and joint policy initiatives in the area of,oil and gas development.,5,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION,April,-06,UNCTAD 10th,AFRICA OIL&GAS TRADE&FINANCE CONFERENCE&EXHIBITION ALGIERS,The institutional platform,We shall define oil and gas development for the purpose of this presentation,as the sustained evolution of the hydrocarbon sector towards the discovery and efficient exploitation of the full potentialities of a countrys hydrocarbon resources and the deepening of the sectors impact on the totality of the countrys economic systems.,6,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION,April,-06,UNCTAD 10th,AFRICA OIL&GAS TRADE&FINANCE CONFERENCE&EXHIBITION ALGIERS,The institutional platform,The vision statement encapsulates the collective aspirations of the Members of APPA and this is:,to be the worlds most powerful engine of regional integration,coordination and harmonisation of Member Countries efforts in the development of their oil and gas industry.,7,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION,April,-06,UNCTAD 10th,AFRICA OIL&GAS TRADE&FINANCE CONFERENCE&EXHIBITION ALGIERS,APPAs Vision Statement,APPA defines its missions as follows,:,Promote the pooling,exchange and sharing of human,scientific,technological and financial resources necessary for the development of the oil and gas industry of of its Member Countries,Contribute actively to the efforts of Member Countries to maximise the socio-economic benefits of the exploitation of their hydrocarbon resources while being mindful of the current environmental standards,Contribute actively to the energy security and development of the economies of Member Countries in particular and African countries in general,with a view to improving the well-being of our populations.,8,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION,April,-06,UNCTAD 10th,AFRICA OIL&GAS TRADE&FINANCE CONFERENCE&EXHIBITION ALGIERS,Mission Statements,The Associations vision et missions as enunciated,are driven by the following fundamental objectives:,to promote co-operation among Member Countries in the areas of hydrocarbon exploration,production,refining,petrochemicals,human resources,acquisition and adaptation of technology and legal matters,9,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION,April,-06,UNCTAD 10th,AFRICA OIL&GAS TRADE&FINANCE CONFERENCE&EXHIBITION ALGIERS,Fundamental Objectives,to promote technical assistance among Member Countries in specialised areas in which individual members have acquired experience,to promote the co-ordination of marketing policies and strategies of Member Countries through the exchange of information with the aim of safeguarding their non renewable resources and realising,optimum revenue from exports,10,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION,April,-06,UNCTAD 10th,AFRICA OIL&GAS TRADE&FINANCE CONFERENCE&EXHIBITION ALGIERS,Fundamental Objectives.,to increase the understanding of energy policies and situations in Member Countries through consultations with a view to meeting their domestic energy needs and,to study ways and means of assisting net oil,importing African countries in meeting,theirenergy requirements(,this particular objective bears clear relevance to the question of the supply of petroleum products in Africa which has assumed urgency in the context of the prevailing oil market situation,),11,AFRICAN PETROLEUM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION,April,-06,UNCTAD 10th,AFRICA OIL&GAS TRADE&FINANCE CONFERENCE&EXHIBITION ALGIERS,Fundamen