Mele Kyari to speak on energy transition at US summit

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Mele Kyari, and other officials of the NNPCL will participate in the 2024 CERAWeek Conference taking place in Houston, United States from March 18 to 22, 2024.

The NNPCL spokesperson, Olufemi Soneye in a statement on Monday, revealed that Kyari would headline a plenary session titled ‘Leadership Dialogue’ on Tuesday, at the annual conference.

According to Soneye, the NNPCL’s Executive Vice President, Upstream, Mrs Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, would also headline a plenary session with the title, ‘What are the Choices for Upstream Strategies?’ on the same day.

He said: “On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, it will be the turn of the Executive Vice President, Gas, Power and New Energy, Mr. Olalekan Ogunleye, who will be a panelist on a strategic dialogue session titled ‘Africa’s Energy Future: Access, Investment & Sustainability."

CERAWeek is an annual energy conference, drawing foremost global energy industry experts and a host of other corporate and government leaders from around the world for a week-long conversation on the future of energy.

The conference is being organised by S&P Global.

The 2024 conference is expected to have participants from 90 countries and will feature 1,400 speakers.

Under the theme, ‘Multidimensional Energy Transition: Markets, Climate, Technology and Geopolitics’, the CERAWeek 2024 will explore “strategies for a multidimensional, multispeed and multifuel energy transition,” as the global energy industry tries to respond to, and offer insight into roadmap towards, growing demand for emissions reductions and moving towards cleaner forms of energy.