By Cynthia Alo

About 7,500 in attendance together with 300 global exhibitors and 85 participating countries, the 2026 NOG Energy Week is scaling up the scope of engagement across the industry.

The event, on its 25th edition is also hoping to pull together about 2000 delegates with 150 speakers in a 50 conference sessions.

The milestone edition, according to the organizers, will convene ministers in charge of energy and related government establishments, CEOs of leading operators in the industry, as well as financiers to fast-track regional partnerships, upstream investment and the African Atlantic pipeline.

The 2026 edition holding in Abuja between July 5and 9, 2026, which returns under the theme, “Advancing Energy Ambitions for Competitive & Resilient Economies”, is positioning itself as a strategic enabler focused on translating dialogue into bankable project delivery across Africa’s energy markets.

The organizers noted that NNPC Ltd’s unveiling of the Gas Master Plan 2026; mobilising large-scale investment across gas-to-power; LPG and industrial feedstock value chains; production and investment targets, all together, these developments create a policy and project window that NOG Energy Week 2026 will interrogate closely.

In addition, they said the conversation would address regional cooperation and export infrastructure ambitions moving forward, with the trans-West Africa Atlantic corridor gaining renewed diplomatic and feasibility momentum as governments and multilateral partners advance intergovernmental agreements and route studies.

The Strategic Conference’s Executive Committee (ExCo), the event’s policy and programming steering group, will guide the 2026 agenda.

Early speaker confirmations underscore the policy and diplomatic weight of the 2026 programme.

Confirmed participants include Nigeria’s Ministers of State for Petroleum Resources, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri (Oil) and Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo (Gas), alongside Dr Canon Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu, Uganda’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Development. Senior diplomatic representatives from Germany, Argentina, Morocco, Tanzania and Zambia have also confirmed their participation, alongside key regulatory bodies.