. IRENE NKEM ETIOBHIO, is a Senior Petroleum Industry Analyst with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the coordinator of the OPEC-Africa Energy Dialogue, she is also a team member on Development of Knowledge Products on Oil and Gas for Establishing African Domestic Market spearheaded by the Africa Energy Commission under the auspices of the African Union. She is a B.Eng holderin Petroleum Engineering from the University of Benin Edo State Nigeria, With Masters degree In Petroleum Economics And Management at The France Institute Of Petroleum (IFP) Paris- France, she also holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the University of Lagos, Lagos State Nigeria. She has over 17 Years work experience with 15years of those in the Oil And Gas sector specifically with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), this entails over 10 years’ experience in oil and gas contract evaluation and negotiations, Reservoir engineering and field operations supervision. Federal oil production monitoring supervision amongst others. Over the years she has carried out several research studies including Global Methane emissions and Mitigation, Recent divestment and
Diversification in the oil and gas industry, Global Reserves Assessment and Update, and most recently The Long Term Energy Perspective for Africa.
She has attended several courses/Trainings both locally and internationally most notably is the United Nation Academy on Achieving Sustainable development Goals by Jefrey Sachs the former senioradviserto the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
She is a memberof the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and the Council for the Regulation of
Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).
Engr. Irene, is one of the Directors of an NGO (Girls Inspired Africa Network) an organization that inspires and equip young African girls and women to succeed by investing in theirdevelopment, using education, innovation, technology and advocacy to improve their economic outcome and creating female leaders.
