{"id":31156,"date":"2021-06-12T07:38:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T06:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=31156"},"modified":"2021-10-07T00:43:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T00:43:05","slug":"fg-changes-summit-name-to-nigeria-international-energy-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/fg-changes-summit-name-to-nigeria-international-energy-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"FG changes summit name to Nigeria International Energy Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal government has changed the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) name to the Nigeria International Energy Summit.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Minister of state for Petroleum Resources,&nbsp; Chief Timipre Sylva, made the announcement at the closing ceremony of the 4th edition of NIPS in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He said that the changes was in line with the move of government towards energy transition&nbsp; and decalaration of the decade of gas.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He said that the successful host of the 2021 NIPS was an indication of resilence and determination of government to ensure transition into a gas economy.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cNIPS narrowly escaped shutdown in 2020 because the summit ended few days before the whole world closed down because of coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis year,&nbsp; we already had a good outing with the turn out of participants and discussion that we had,&nbsp; it is a testament that NIPS is God\u2019s own event.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201d Going forward from today, the NIPS will be called Nigeria International Energy Summit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Sylva noted that so far the summit had brought about various development in the sector, adding that the outcome of the 2021 summit would be more impactful.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201d Last year, WalterSmith Modular Refinery was at the presentation stage, talks were still on taking the Final Investment Decision( FID) on Train seven and the Ajaokuta Kaduna Kano(Akk) gas pipeline were still not on board.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday in 2021, we are celebrating these projects as reality and milestone. 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