Felix Bob Ocitti is the Programme Lead, Research Oil and Gas Programme at the African Energy Commission (AFREC) of the African Union. He overseas energy policy development, advocacy and technical support to AU member states in the oil and gas sector. He previously served as Manager, Operations and Compliance and a Senior Geoscientist at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) where he was instrumental in advising the Minister of Energy and Minerals Development on the award of licences and monitoring compliance of oil and gas companies. Felix also worked with Sinopec Exploration and Development Research Institute in Beijing China and with the Ministry of Energy and Minerals Development Uganda as a Petroleum Geoscientist.

Felix is a member of the United Nations Expert Group on Resource Management (EGRM) and member of Petroleum Working Group (PWG) under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), he is also a member of the African Union AMREC Working Group charged with developing and promoting the African Minerals and Energy Resources Classification and Management system (AMREC) together with the Pan African Resource Reporting Code (PARC) applicable to both Minerals and Energy resources.

He holds a Master’s in Petroleum Geoscience (Development & Production) from Imperial College London UK, another Master’s in Petroleum Geology (Exploration) from China University of Geoscience, LLM International Oil and Gas Law and Policy from the University of Dundee UK and a Bachelor of Science, Industrial Chemistry from Makerere University Kampala, Uganda.