ENOC
to host 11th Middle East Petroleum and Gas Conference
Posted: 3 March 2003
Emirates National Oil Company Ltd (ENOC) LLC will host the 11th
Middle East Petroleum and Gas Conference (MPGC), to be held in Dubai
from April 13-15, 2003.
The conference, under the patronage of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed
bin Rashid al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister,
is the flagship event of Middle East Petroleum and Gas Week, which
will run from April 12. The conference is themed: ‘Middle
East Oil: Economics, Politics and Strategies For Success –
Striking The Right Balance.’
MPGC organisers, The Conference Connection Inc., have confirmed
that the opening session’s Ministerial Panel will be addressed
by H.E. Obaid bin Saif Al-Nasri, UAE Minister for Petroleum and
Mineral Resources, H.E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Qatar’s
Minister for Energy & Industry and Chairman of Qatar Petroleum,
The Honourable Murray Smith, Petroleum Minister for Alberta, Canada
and H.R. Dr. Alvaro Silva-Calderon, OPEC’s Secretary General.
“As a leading player in the Middle East’s upstream
and downstream sectors, ENOC is the ideal host of this strategic
event,” said Hussain Sultan, Group Chief Executive and Board
Member, ENOC, who will co-chair MPGC 2003. “Bringing together
industry decision-makers from throughout the region and beyond,
gives us all an opportunity to identify challenges and strategise
solutions.”
“The oil industry and its economics make it difficult to
project the future. The industry is in constant flux, the ground
rules are forever changing. But plan we must, as any successful
business has to do. In our industry, we have to be flexible enough
to change plans to cope with current developments. MPGC will be
the most up-to-date industry forum in these extremely challenging
times.”
A special MPGC highlight will be a keynote address by Mr David
J. O’Reilly, Chairman and CEO of Chevron Texaco.
Other speakers include: Mr Gwyn Morgan, President & CEO of
EnCana, Mr Philip Aiken, CEO of BHP Billiton Petroleum, Mr Nader
Sultan, Deputy Chairman and CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
and Mr PMS Prasad, Group President of Indian oil giant, Reliance
Industries Limited.
Meanwhile two senior ENOC management representatives Kamal Said,
Chief Operating Officer of ENOC International Sales LLC and Khalid
Al Huraimel, Manager – Sales & Marketing, ENOC Lubricants,
will have key roles in the specialised two-day conference for the
lubricants industry on April 16 and 17.
As an integral part of Middle East Petroleum and Gas Week, the
conference will explore the outlook for East of Suez lubricants
and base-oils.
Kamal Said is to chair all the conference sessions, while Khalid
Al Huraimel, is listed among 12 leading industry speakers and will
deliver a presentation on the UAE lubricants market.
Over 700 key decision makers from national oil companies, oil majors
and independents from more than 50 countries are expected to attend
events during Middle East Petroleum and Gas Week, in addition to
nearly 100 oil industry speakers, chairmen and course directors.
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