‘Monsieur Afrique’ says gas is the big frontier exploration
Panoro Energy’s senior advisor, Tim O’Hanlon, is upbeat on Gulf of Guinea upstream opportunities but highlights gas and LNG as next big growth story
Gas and LNG are set for a boom across Africa after previously taking a backseat to oil E&P activity, with the growth opportunities not just confined to the traditional east Africa spots, said Panoro Energy Senior Advisor Tim O’Hanlon in an exclusive interview with Petroleum Economist. Known as ‘Monsieur Afrique’ for his multi-decade stint in the region, largely as the face of independent Tullow Oil, O’Hanlon has been supporting Panoro’s infrastructure-led exploration and appraisal offshore Gabon, leveraging existing infrastructure to accelerate development of low-cost barrels, and he highlights the whole Gulf of Guinea region as providing further opportunities despite its maturity. Last
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