Welcome to the 3rd Oil & Gas Newsletter. We have included lots of updates on our upcoming summer events & some post show information on our spring events. Once again, we do hope you’ll find this newsletter informative and useful. Wishing you all a great summer.
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Caspian Oil & Gas Conference set to grow by 20%  The 14th Caspian Oil & Gas Conference will take place on 6-7 June 2007 in the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Baku Azerbaijan. Current figures suggest that the conference will grow by more than 20% and 500 delegates are expected to attend. The conference is officially supported by the Ministry of Energy and Industry of Azerbaijan and National Oil Company SOCAR, both of whom will take an active part in the conference programme. Conference sponsors include BOS Shelf, BP, ConocoPhillips, Cross Caspian, Edison, OMV, McDermott Caspian Contractors Inc, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Salans, Statoil, Total and Wintershall. The conference will also play host to a seminar hosted by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in the afternoon of day two. For a full conference programme or to register please click here. |
Countdown to MIOGE, with 25% more space!
With just 3 weeks left before MIOGE 2007, the Moscow International Oil & Gas Exhibition (26-29 June), we are delighted to announce that the event has grown by 20% compared to its last edition. Over750 companies from30 countries have booked stands and 25,000 trade visitors from all over Russia are expected to attend.National groups include Canada, Germany, Norway,Finland, UK, Italy, France, Netherlands and China. Major oil and gas companies including Shell, Total, Statoil, ENI, CNPC, PDVSA, JOGMEC, Gazprom, Rosneft, Lukoil and TNK-BP, as well as contractors and equipment suppliers will be exhibiting. For more information or to register as a visitor, please click here.30 sponsors already on board for the RPGC Congress (MIOGE)
The Russian Petroleum and Gas Congress (RPGC) will be held alongside MIOGE for the fifth time. 750 senior decision-makers will be attending this strategic business conference which has already attracted over 30 sponsors including Gazprom, Hydro, Integra, Lukoil, Petronas, Statoil, StroyTransGas, Tatneft and TNK-BP, all of whom will be making presentations during the 3-day congress. Joining these commercial companies on the podium will be speakers from the Ministry of Energy and Industry, the Federal Energy Agency, the State Duma, the Federation Council, the Russian Gas Society, the Union of Russian Oil and Gas Equipment Manufacturers, the Union of Russian Oil and Gas Industrialists, the International Gas Union, the World Petroleum Council, the Association of European Businesses and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and many more. For more information or to register please click here.KIOGE - the largest oil and gas event in the Caspian region
This year, KIOGE will take place on 2-5 October in Almaty. Over the last 15 years, KIOGE has become an unmissable forum for the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan and the entire Caspian region. For hundreds of international companies, KIOGE is their first step into the Kazakhstan market. KIOGE 2007 will feature 550 companies from 45 countries, attracting an estimated 18,000 trade visitors. Already, 300 companies have confirmed their participation including: Agip KCO, Kazmunaygaz, Tengizchevroil, Chevron Inc, Total, Shell, Baker Hughes, Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V., CNPC, Petrom, British Gas, FMC, SHELL, Invensys, among others. The exhibition will also feature national groups from Italy, China, Canada, France, Turkey, Norway and Poland. For full details about the event, please visit the website: www.kioge.com
Another successful TUROGE featuring many new participants
TUROGE took place on 27-29 March 2007 in the Sheraton Hotel and Convention Centre in Ankara, Turkey and focussed on the oil and gas industry in the Caspian and Black Sea regions. The exhibition has grown steadily over the last six years and this year it welcomed a number of major new companies. Petrobras, ENI and Weatherford took part in the exhibition for the first time, joining many other well-known names in the industry who regularly exhibit at TUROGE, including TPAO, BOTAS, Schlumberger, MAN, Fugro, OMAS and Sumy Frunze.
The TUROGE Conference offered in-depth analysis of the Turkish and regional oil and gas industry, including new and ongoing projects and investment opportunities. The Conference was sponsored by BP, Chevron, Fenwick Elliott, Indian Oil Corporation, Petrobras, Shell and Taq Taq Operating Company. Twelve government delegations attended from Austria, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and UK. The Conference featured 60 high-level presentations including those from the Turkish Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, the Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Turkish Association of Geophysical Engineers, TPAO, BOTAS, TPJD, JFMO, OPEC, key executives on the Samsun-Ceyhan and Nabucco projects, the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran and the Ministry of Mines of Afghanistan. TUROGE 2008 will be held on 19-21 March 2008 in Ankara, Turkey. For more information, please click hereA successful launch for Oiltech 2007
OilTech 2007, the inaugural Kazakhstan petroleum technology conference took place on 12 April alongside the 6th Atyrau Oil & Gas Exhibition. In excess of 200 delegates attended the conference which was held in the newly built Renaissance Hotel. The conference focused on the technical challenges and solutions for developing Kazakhstan’s oil and gas reserves, and speakers included representatives from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Kazakhstan, the Atyrau Regional Administration, the Aktau Regional Administration, the Union of Independent Oil Producers of Kazakhstan, the Caspian Institute of Exploration Geophysics, UK Trade and Investment, Halliburton, Tenaris, FMC Technologies, McDermott Caspian Contractors, Denholm Zholdas, SGS, Macleod Dixon and the Atyrau Oil and Gas Institute and many more. After a solid launch, significant growth is expected for the 2008 event which will take place on 10–11 April 2008. For more information, please click hereLarger venue attracts 40% new exhibitors to Atyrau Oil & Gas
On 11-13 April, Atyrau in Western Kazakhstan hosted the 3-day Atyrau Oil & Gas 2007 exhibition. A temporary pavilion was built near the Renaissance Atyrau Hotel for the exhibition - an important event for the region. More than 120 companies from 14 countries exhibited at Atyrau Oil & Gas 2007: China, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Turkey, UAE, and UK, including 52 new exhibitors. The total exhibition area increased to 3,000 sqm and its importance for the industry was confirmed through official support from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Kazakhstan, the Atyrau City Akimat, the British Embassy in Kazakhstan, the European Business Association (EuroBAK), the Office of the US Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan (AmCham), and leading specialised and socio-political media in Kazakhstan, CIS and abroad. The 2008 exhibition will take place on the 9-11 April. For more information, please click here.2nd OGE Forum to take place in Madrid
The 2nd global forum for event organisers and suppliers to the oil, gas and energy sector, OGE 2007, will be held at the IFEMA Exhibition Centre, in the beautiful city of Madrid on 8-9 July 2007. The event is sponsored by IFEMA and the Madrid Convention Bureau. The OGE Forum is the ONLY event which unites global oil, gas and energy event organisers. The aim of the forum is to provide participants with an all-round understanding of the current oil and gas exhibition industry, enabling them to share information and exchange experiences, view the latest industry technology and understand the expectations
of the major oil and gas companies when they take part in an exhibition or conference. This will, in turn, enable the exhibition organisers to improve their events and grow their business, whilst improving the quality and focus of the events for oil and gas companies. The OGE Forum gathers representatives from event organisers, industry associations, major oil and gas companies, government bodies, venues and suppliers, including PR and media services, publishers, stand builders and contractors, freight forwarders, registration services, IT and software solutions, tourism boards, security companies, audio-visual suppliers etc.
Please contact us for more information:
Julia Romanenko
Project Director
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 596 5233
Fax: + 44 (0) 207 596 5106
E-mail: info@ogeforum.org
Website: www.ogeforum.org
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