Briefing on U.S. Energy Diplomacy in Africa

MEDIA ADVISORY | November 8 Briefing with Francis R. Fannon, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. Department of State

EVENT:

Please join us on Friday, November 8, 2019, for a telephonic press briefing with Francis R. Fannon, Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Energy Resources. A/S Fannon will provide a briefing on U.S. energy diplomacy and sustainable energy minerals development in Africa following his trip to Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. After brief remarks, he will take questions from participating journalists.

DETAILS:

Speaker: Assistant Secretary Francis R. Fannon, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources

Date: Friday, November 8, 2019

Time: 13:30 (Johannesburg) | 11:30 GMT |06:30 EDT (Washington)

Languages: English

Ground rules: ON THE RECORD

Dial-in Info: To be provided upon RSVP

LOGISTICS:

• Callers should dial-in to the conference call 10-15 minutes early.
• When an individual journalist dials-in, the operator will collect the caller’s name, press affiliation, and location. When an embassy dials in, the operator will ask the embassy’s name and location.
• The moderator will facilitate the Q and A among the connected callers. Journalists on the conference call will be instructed to press the “*” and “1” buttons on their phones in order to enter the question queue. NOTE: You can press “*1” at any time during the call to join the question queue, even before the moderator begins the Q and A portion. We ask that journalists limit themselves to one question and indicate to which speaker the question is directed.
• Journalists can also submit questions in English to afmediahub@state.gov prior to or during the call.

BIO:

Francis R. Fannon

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources

U.S Department of State

Francis R. Fannon serves as the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Energy Resources (ENR) at the U.S Department of State. He oversees U.S. foreign policy in the critical intersection of energy and national security and promotes U.S. interests to ensure energy resources are used to increase economic opportunity, stability, and prosperity around the world. Assistant Secretary Fannon advises the Secretary on strategies to promote universal access to affordable and reliable energy resources and to strengthen energy security through policies that advance diverse, transparent, and secure global markets for all energy types.

Prior to this role, Mr. Fannon was the managing director of BHP’s Washington, DC Corporate Affairs office, where he developed a comprehensive U.S. strategy for the world’s largest diversified resources company. Before BHP, Mr. Fannon was a senior director at Murphy Oil Corporation in Washington, DC.

Mr. Fannon previously served as counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. In that capacity, he drafted, negotiated, and helped pass into law key provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. He also served as counsel to Senators Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) and Pete V. Domenici (R-NM).

Assistant Secretary Fannon’s full bio can be found here.