The 08th Oil & Gas Africa 2019 - Int'l Trade Exhibition organized by Expogroup, is a hub for key players in the oil and gas community, attracting leading oil, gas and petroleum companies from around the world. The event will offer participants the opportunity to showcase the industry's latest achievements and technologies while networking with key figures from the region's oil and gas sector. The exhibition brings the industry together in a forum that is conducive to business. This international trade event serves the resource-rich east African region and c ountries like Kenya and Tanzania which are the major centres of oil and gas activity, for many of the leading operators in the East African region and around the world. Oil & Gas Africa 2019 will be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 25th to 27th of July and in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania from 7th to 9th of November.
Having a combined population of approximately 101.5 million, the two countries are the top markets in this industry both for their size and growth. Large amounts of foreign investments and laws regulating oil and gas trade have been made in the Tanzanian and Kenyan Oil and Gas industry after their discovery. These investments have made East Africa the next lucrative market in the international scenario. Some of the investment projects in the countries include hydropower plants, construction of crude oil transportation pipeline, natural gas pipeline, gas-powered power plants and numerous other successful ventures.
Kenya has attracted oil & gas companies not only because of its ports and strategic location but also because the government is keen not to be left out of the exploration. Oil discoveries in Uganda and Kenya and gas deposits found off Tanzania have turned East Africa into a hot spot for hydrocarbon exploration. Since 2010, Tanzania has witnessed further exploration and discoveries of significant quantities of natural gas both on and off-shore.
Trade visitors from all over East & Central Africa are being invited for the 2019 events directly as well as in collaboration with several regional trade bodies in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somalia, Mozambique & Congo. It is an important platform for establishing and building business relations globally and major emphasis is being laid upon attracting traders and importers from neighboring countries.