Stakeholder Engagement Forum

When: 11 September at 11:00 – 13:00

Where: Expo floor at Cape Construction Expo

Topic: ‘Brulpadda’ Development and Opportunities: Driving Growth in the Western Cape

The recent ‘Brulpadda’ discovery by Total of possibly 1 billion barrels of “wet” gas off the coast of the Western Cape is recognised as a ‘game changer’.

Join the discussion between key private and public sector stakeholders to prepare, learn and explore developments, challenges and opportunities that will drive major growth in the Western Cape’s maritime & offshore, marine engineering and oil&gas industries over the next decades.

DAY 1- PROGRAMME

*Draft programme, subject to change
*=Invited

TIMES

11:00

WELCOME

11:05

Opening Address

Rashid Toefy, Deputy Director-General: Economic Operations, Western Cape Department of Finance and Economic Opportunities

11:20

Brulpadda Development and Opportunities

Development update and timing with varying opportunities during the exploration and production phases
Sustainable development: Finding balance between full exploitation of the economic opportunities, sensitive environmental biodiversity and retention of value created to help address social challenges including transformation
Regulatory framework to unlock the oil & gas industry

11:50

Questions and answers

12:00

Driving Growth in the Western Cape’s marine & offshore, maritime and oil & gas industries

What has Brulpadda catalysed regarding explorers and the value chain?
What does the Western Cape in particular need to do to be ready to participate fully?
Options to address job creation, skills challenges and constraints