Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week 2003
Posted: 7 July 2003
Post Iraq war oil market realities to be addressed by top
oil conference
The organisers of the annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week
(MEOW) 2003, have announced that the events originally scheduled
for April, have been re-scheduled to September 6-11, 2003 and will
take place with resounding support from speakers and sponsors for
the new dates.
A total of five different events are planned.
These include the annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference
(MPGC 2003) on September 7-9, and four other events covering such
specialist areas as strategy, Gas and LNG (MEGas 2003) and lubricants
(LUBES 2003). These are described below:
MPGC 2003
MPGC is the week’s flagship event and the Middle East’s
most internationally acclaimed oil conference, being held in Dubai
for the fourth time in its eleven-year history.
MPGC 2003 will be the region’s first oil conference after
the war to address issues relating to inter-alia, the re-emergence
of Iraq’s oil industry, prospects for the production of Iraqi
oil in the short term and in the next 3-5 years, possible destinations
for Iraq’s exports, prospects for reconstruction of the Iraqi
refining industry and the possible impact on product balances in
both the Atlantic Basin and East of Suez oil markets.
Kicking off the week’s activities, a whole galaxy of oil
industry stars will address MPGC 2003, including Mr. Peter Robertson,
Vice-Chairman of ChevronTexaco Corporation who will deliver a Keynote
Address and HE Dr Alvaro Silva-Calderon, Secretary General of the
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Mr. Claude
Mandil, Executive-Director of the Paris based International Energy
Agency (IEA) for a special “OPEC-IEA” session.
This session, the first of its kind, will define a new path of
cooperation between the consumers and producers.
The cooperation between OPEC and the International Energy Agency
has been unprecedented during the recent oil market upheavals.
The session will extrapolate past experience to define future communication
and cooperation with the objective of achieving market stabilisation.
In addition, several CEOs of key oil companies will address MPGC
2003, with ENOC’s Group CEO Hussain Sultan, Co-Chairing with
Dr Fereidun Fesharaki, President of FACTS Inc, leading advisors
on the Asian and Middle East downstream oil and gas markets.
The other specialised briefings and conferences, catering to various
sectors of the oil and gas industry being held during the week are:
New Dates
Sep 6-7 Middle East Petroleum Strategy Briefing
(MEPS 2003)
Sep 6-7 Production Sharing Contracts & International
Petroleum Fiscal Systems (PSC 2003)
Sep 10-11 Middle East Gas and LNG Forum 2003 (MEGas
2003)
Sep 10-11 Outlook for East Of Suez Lubricants &
Base Oils (Lubes 2003)
MEPS and PSC, traditionally held
before MPGC every year, are short courses being held simultaneously
on September 6-7 focusing on strategy for downstream oil markets
and fiscal systems for upstream contracts.
MEGas 2003, a one-and-a-half-day event focusing
on Gas and LNG issues on September 10-11, which will follow MPGC
2003, will discuss the growing appetite for Middle East LNG, including
that from newcomer Egypt, the new possibilities for intra-gas trade
after the Iraq war.
It will have a special address on Saudi gas, of special interest
after the decision to reconsider the bidding process for the massive
project on the books for the last two years.
To be chaired by Mr. James Ball, Chairman of the London-based Gas
Strategies, MEGas will feature two keynotes by Ali Al-Ajmi, Vice
President of Southern Gas Operations of Saudi Aramco and Charles
Watson, Director of Shell Gas for the Middle East, South Asia and
Africa.
Participants will also hear from India, which will become later
this year, the region’s new export market. The MEGas agenda
will also feature roundtables on LNG prospects/shipping and geopolitics.
Being held again during MEOW after three years, on September 10-11
2003, LUBES 2003 a two-day event will focus on
the region’s fast growing lubricants industry.
To be hosted by ENOC and jointly chaired by ENOC International
Sales LLC’s Chief Operating Officer, Kamal Said and Dr Nadim
Najim, Marketing Department Manager of ADNOC Distribution, the event
will address key developments in the global lubricants industry
with special emphasis on base oil and additive manufacturing technologies,
base oil quality trends and country presentations on markets in
the GCC.
More than 650 participants are expected to attend the week’s
events, which are being held under the Patronage of His Highness
General Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
and UAE Minister of Defense and hosted by the Emirates National
Oil Company Ltd (ENOC) LLC.
MPGC and the Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week 2003 events are
being organised by The Conference Connection Inc.
ENOC will also host the gala conference dinner on September 8 2003.
Other sponsoring companies include EnCana; the largest North American
based independent oil and gas company, as senior sponsor, ChevronTexaco,
ConocoPhillips, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Petroplus, Shell,
Total, Vitol and the Rais, Hassan Saadi Group, with Khaleej Times
and Oil and Gas Journal as official publications.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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