A new chapter is unfolding in the Nigerian upstream sector, marked by another bold partnership between the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and AOW:Energy. As Nigeria embarks on its transformative 2025 Licensing Round, this Forum provides a fast-track, deal-driven window for global operators, investors, financiers, and service providers to directly engage with the newly awarded licence holders.

This high-impact platform is designed specifically for New Ventures teams, E&P companies seeking farm-in opportunities, and service companies looking to integrate into Nigeria’s most active upcoming work programs. Whether your focus lies in shallow water, swamp, or onshore assets, this Forum provides an unprecedented opportunity to access every operator entering the market through the 2025/26 round. If you are sourcing partnerships, screening assets with committed work programs, or positioning your services for immediate deployment, this is the only place in 2026 where you can meet the entire ecosystem in one room.

Hosted for the first time at AOW:Energy 2026 in Accra, the Nigeria Licence Round Investment Forum gives participants unparalleled visibility into all awarded blocks, covering work commitments, drilling campaigns, seismic plans, commercial models, and investment requirements. This is a deal-making environment built for speed, clarity, and access, ensuring that every new licence holder meets the partners and service providers essential to driving their asset plans forward.

In 2025 and 2026, Africa’s upstream sector is entering a pivotal phase, one defined by brownfield optimisation, marginal field development, and rapid production uplift, powered by renewed investor appetite for Nigeria.

Nigeria’s 2025 Licensing Round arrives at the ideal moment. International operators are increasingly targeting marginal fields, brownfield revitalisation assets, and near-term production opportunities, the exact profile of assets entering the market through this round. The upcoming winners of the 2025/26 bid round will control some of the most commercially attractive assets in the African upstream, primed for investment, farm-in, and accelerated development.

It is within this context that NUPRC and AOW:Energy have created an exclusive, high-value platform