SLB and SANPC sign digital transformation capacity building agreement at AEW 2026

The world’s largest offshore drilling and oilfield company SLB and South Africa’s newly-established State-owned national oil and gas company South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC) signed a strategic agreement at African Energy Week 2026 in Cape Town.

The agreement aims to accelerate digital transformation to build critical capabilities and advance the innovation, technology and knowledge transfer needed for South Africa’s evolving energy sector.

The signing establishes a structured and collaborative framework between the parties that recognises the importance of digital capacity building in South Africa’s energy sector and the mutual benefits that co-operation will have for the parties.

The agreement was signed by Miguel Baptista, Managing Director for Central, East & Southern Africa at SLB; Eniola Oludemi, Digital Manager for Central, East & Southern Africa and SLB; Godfrey Moagi, CEO of SANPC; and KB Trivedi, Exploration Executive at SANPC.