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Now available on-demand:

The African Oil Landscape: 
unpacking opportunities, risks and uncertainties


What are some of the key factors affecting the African oil market?

Watch this complimentary webinar as we unpack the opportunities, risks and uncertainty. We discuss:

• Overview of the African oil landscape – Exports / grades / Trade Flows
• Impact of the OPEC+ production cut on the African producers
• Role of African producers in the global oil markets
• Fiscal dependency of the African economies on Oil and long term sustainability 
and more!



SPEAKERS
Ehsan Ul-Haq, Lead Analyst, Refinitiv

Ehsan is Lead Analyst at Refinitiv. He has around 25 years’ experience in crude and refined product market pricing and fundamental analysis. He joined Refinitiv in April last year and has worked on a variety of reports about crude oil supply, oil stocks and prices. In addition, he is responsible for looking at oil flows and the fundamentals behind them. 

Prior to joining Refinitiv, Ehsan worked for 7 years for KBC Advanced Technologies in London and 11 years with JBC Energy in Vienna, Austria where he demonstrated high-level analytical skills, with responsibility for the delivery of several regular reports. In addition, he has advised some Scandinavian and West African countries on oil prices and tax issues.

Ehsan has worked on short and long-term crude and refined product forecasts. These forecasts provide the basis for the analysis of the feasibility and economics of upstream and refinery projects globally. 

Ehsan also have first-hand knowledge of oil trading and energy risk management, which he attained whilst working at OMV in Austria, where he started his career in the oil industry. 
In addition to English, Ehsan is also fluent in German and Urdu. 



Sudharsan Sarathy Senior Oil Analyst MENA, Refinitiv

Sudharsan is a senior oil analyst with Refinitiv Oil & Shipping Research for the Middle East and North African market, primarily focusing on oil market fundamentals. The team generates insights for real time trading using trade flow analytics and pricing data. Prior to Refinitiv, Sudharsan has worked as a crude oil marketer in a global oil to metals conglomerate and as a refining analyst in one of the largest refining companies in the world. He is passionate about risk management and the markets in general. He is a Certified Energy Risk Professional and a Certified Financial Technician. Sudharsan holds a bachelor’s degree in production engineering and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. 




Paul Eardley-Taylor, Oil & Gas, Southern Africa Standard Bank


Paul Eardley-Taylor is responsible for Standard Bank’s Oil & Gas sector coverage activities for Southern Africa (11 countries), across upstream, midstream, downstream, services and process industry clients.
 
Paul has 20 years of energy corporate and investment banking experience, covering the Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities and Renewables & Carbon sub-sectors, and has been based in Africa for 10 years.  Paul has extensive experience of the SA/Southern African energy environment, as adviser, banker and financier.
 
Prior to joining Standard Bank in 2009, Paul worked for HSBC for over 10 years and gained extensive experience of transactions across EMEA and select global markets in Asia/Australasia.
 
Paul holds degrees from Birmingham University; London University and a MBA from Henley Management College.  Paul is a Fellow of the Securities & Investment Institute, a member of the Energy Institute and has completed Harvard Business School’s Global Energy Seminar



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