{"id":244430,"date":"2022-11-30T19:19:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energycapitalandpower.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/equinor-hosts-women-in-energy-lunch-attended-by-angolas-minister-of-mineral-resources-petroleum-and-gas-sonangol?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-11-30T19:19:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:19:04","slug":"equinor-hosts-women-in-energy-lunch-attended-by-angolas-minister-of-mineral-resources-petroleum-and-gas-sonangol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/equinor-hosts-women-in-energy-lunch-attended-by-angolas-minister-of-mineral-resources-petroleum-and-gas-sonangol\/","title":{"rendered":"Equinor Hosts Women in Energy Lunch, Attended by Angola\u2019s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas; Sonangol"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/40512dc4ac0b906\/600\/418\" alt=\"Energy Capital &amp; Power\" \/><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/africarc\/loganalytics?press_id=228512&amp;press_source=Energy Capital &amp; Power\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>High-level stakeholders in Angola&rsquo;s&nbsp;oil and gas&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3XNdyRu\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3XNdyRu<\/a>) industry united on Wednesday for a Women in Energy luncheon, sponsored by Norwegian multinational Equinor, during the second day of the&nbsp;Angola Oil &amp; Gas (AOG) 2022 conference (<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VCutEz\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VCutEz<\/a>). The event was attended by H.E Diamantino Azevedo, Angola&rsquo;s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas; Sebasti&atilde;o Gaspar Martins, Chairman of the Board of Sonangol; Ane Aubert, Managing Director of Equinor and&nbsp;Melissa Bond, President and General Manager of ExxonMobil Angola, among others, with opening remarks delivered by Ricardo Gomes, Country Manager Support &amp; Communications for Equinor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The event served to recognize and celebrate the contributions of women in the sector, as well as highlight the contributions&nbsp;Equinor&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Vj2gmh\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Vj2gmh<\/a>) has made to female participation, capacity building and advancement in Angola&rsquo;s oil and gas industry.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Inclusivity and diversity are the foundation of our company,&rdquo; stated Gomes. &ldquo;Equinor is also the first International Oil Company in Angola to have a woman as its country manager.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gender equality, diversity and inclusion have been key focal points at AOG 2022 &ndash; taking place November 29 &ndash; December 1 &ndash; with a dedicated&nbsp;Women in Energy panel&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ieoO9d\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ieoO9d<\/a>) unpacking the challenges and opportunities behind female empowerment within the industry earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Energy Capital &amp; Power.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/bc97bda5e3bfa79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/bc97bda5e3bfa79\" alt=\"Energy Capital &amp; Power\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/bc97bda5e3bfa79\">Download logo<\/a><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-level stakeholders in Angola&rsquo;s&nbsp;oil and gas&nbsp;(https:\/\/bit.ly\/3XNdyRu) industry united on Wednesday for a Women in Energy luncheon, sponsored by Norwegian multinational Equinor, during the second day of the&nbsp;Angola Oil &amp; Gas (AOG) 2022 conference (https:\/\/bit.ly\/3VCutEz). The event was attended by H.E Diamantino Azevedo, Angola&rsquo;s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas; Sebasti&atilde;o Gaspar Martins, Chairman of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":244431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[4585],"class_list":{"0":"post-244430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-africa-news-2","8":"tag-apo","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/equinor-hosts-women-in-energy-lunch-attended-by-angolas-minister-of-mineral-resources-petroleum-and-gas-sonangol.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}