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The 9th Middle East Refining and Petrochemicals Conference and Exhibition (Middle East Petrotech 2014) concluded on 21 May 2014 at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre having attracted a total of 3,645 trade visitors and conference delegates.

The 3-day exhibition of the latest technologies, new product launches and best industry services in the refining and petrochemicals industry grew by 11% in 2014 and attracted the participation of 134 companies from 21 countries. 

Covering 6,000 square metres of space, it showcased flagship stands from regional refining and petrochemical giants including Bapco, ADNOC, Borouge, KNPC, Petro Rabigh, Qatar Petroleum, Saudi Aramco, Sadara, SASREF, SATORP, TASNEE and YASREF. International service industry majors also maintained a strong presence at Middle East Petrotech 2014, and a host of specialist companies consolidated this line up. 86% of attendees praised seeing products and talking to suppliers at the exhibition as “very useful” or “useful”.

The exhibition opening ceremony was performed by Bahrain’s Deputy Prime Minister His Excellency Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, accompanied by Bahrain’s Minister of Finance and Minister in Charge of Oil & Gas Affairs His Excellency Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa. During the official tour, the Deputy Premier praised Petrotech’s significant role in boosting investment and furthering technological advancement in the energy sector.

The parallel technical conference serves as a major highlight of the Petrotech series. Under the chairmanship of Saudi Aramco’s Executive Director Refining & NGL Fractionation Omar Bazuhair, the 2014 conference committee produced a pace-setting programme under the theme Downstream Value Chain Integration Opportunities. Delegate opinion was high, with 88% of delegates surveyed rating the quality of presentations as “excellent” or “good”.

The conference featured an impressive line up of speakers, beginning with the conference opening ceremony on Sunday 18 May at the Ritz Carlton, Bahrain Hotel & Spa. The session began with welcome address from Bahrain’s Minister of Finance and Minister in Charge of Oil & Gas Affairs, His Excellency Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and Omar Bazuhair, Middle East Petrotech 2014 Chairman and Executive Director Refining & NGL Fractionation, Saudi Aramco.

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11% exhibition growth

CONFERENCE: 18 - 21 MAYEXHIBITION: 19 - 21 MAYKINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

“Thanks to the Petrotech team for this excellent, well organized event. So many high quality leads from Saudi, Kuwait and Bahrain from one exhibition is unbelievable. See you at the next event!”

DURAG GROUP

Marking a massive 43% increase on the 2012 event, feedback from exhibitors was highly positive, with 89% of those surveyed commending the quality of attendees as “excellent” or “good”. This satisfaction is further reflected in 95% of attendees, and 94% of exhibitors, affirming immediate intentions to participate at Petrotech 2016 due to take place from 26 to 29 September 2016.

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Keynote addresses followed from:

‣ H.E. Dr. Muhammad Al JasserMinister of Economy and PlanningMinistry of Economy and Planning, Saudi Arabia

‣ Khalid Al FalihPresident & Chief Executive Officer Saudi Aramco

Over the subsequent 3 days at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre, the 3-stream conference featured 90 peer-reviewed technical papers and 3 panel sessions led by industry thought-leaders on topical issues including Downstream Integration & Opportunities, New Business & Entrepreneurship, and Behaviour & Process Safety.

New for 2014, the conference also included a special high-level investment forum entitled Opportunities and Incentives for Enabling Downstream Industrialization. The forum took place on 18 May at the Ritz Carlton, Bahrain Hotel & Spa and explored investment opportunities and government incentives via 4 panel sessions, led by CEOs of major companies and investment authorities. High profile speakers included:

‣ Dr. Meshaal Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-SabahDirector GeneralKuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority

‣ H.E. Kamal bin Ahmed MohammedMinister of Transportation & Acting Chief ExecutiveBahrain Economic Development Board

‣ H.E. Dr. Mosleh Al-OtaibiChief Executive OfficerRoyal Commission for Jubail

‣ Abdul Rahman Al MufadhiSecretary GeneralSaudi Arabia Public Investment Fund

‣ Mohammed Al MutairiChief Executive OfficerKNPC

‣ Abdulrahman Al-FageehExecutive Vice President, Performance ChemicalsSABIC

‣ Khaled AlohaliVice GovernorSAGIA

‣ Motassim A. Al-Ma’ashouqVice President, New Business DevelopmentSaudi Aramco

‣ Warren WilderVice President, ChemicalsSaudi Aramco

‣ Zuhair AllawiPresidentDow Saudi Arabia

‣ Abdullah Al-RabeeahIndustrial Expert

‣ AlSharif Khaled Al-GhalibSenior Executive Vice President, Corporate Banking SectorNational Commercial Bank (Alahli)

‣ Jonathan RobinsonRegional Head of Banking, MENAHSBC

“We enjoyed meeting influential engineers and managers from the region’s contractor and end user community. The enthusiasm and interest in our offer to the industry was refreshing and very welcome.”

GAYESCO / WIKA

“Excellent attendance by key decision makers.”

PDMA CORP

“Petrotech 2014 met all our expectations, both in the exhibition and quality of conference presentations.”

BAHRAIN MAINTENANCE AND DIVING

“Very well organized and focused on the needs of the industry.”

SANDVIK PROCESS SYSTEMS

“The contacts we made at the exhibition allowed us to better understand the market and provided us with great opportunities in the industrial water sector.”

BYRNE LOOBY PARTNERS

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Petrotech’s position at the forefront of the industry is reflected in the following 2014 exhibition and conference statistics

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6,000 sqm of space occupied

134exhibiting companies

20 exhibiting countriesBahrain, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Oman, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, UAE, UK, USA

3,645attendees}

1,174 conference delegates

2,471 exhibition visitors

“A great platform for networking.”

TEBODIN MIDDLE EAST

“An extremely professional yet friendly show.”

AQUAFACT INTERNATIONAL SERVICES

“Petrotech 2014 helped us to showcase our latest technology”

DRESSER AL RUSHAID

Saudi Arabia

Bahrain

UAE

Kuwait

Qatar

Oman

Middle East others

Europe

North & South America

Asia

Far East

Others 13

18

26

64

119

18

59

73

89

229

1,298

1,639

“A fantastic opportunity to network with oil & gas decision makers.”

HANLEY RESOURCES

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AA+ CorporationAbdul Karim H. Al-Sinan & Partner for Trading Co. (Trading & Contracting) ADNOC and its Group of CompaniesAl Abdulkarim Holding Co.Al Bilad Catalyst Co. Al Khafji Joint Operations (KJO)Alfa Laval MEAllworld ExhibitionsAlS ArabiaAquafact International ServicesArenscoARIAshcroft Al Rushaid Instrument Co.AXENS

BBahrain Economic Development BoardBahrain Maintenance and Diving ServicesBAPCOBahrain Society of Engineers (BSE)Baker HughesBanagasBell-O-Seal ValvesBloomberg Businessweek ME Bornemann PumpsBrooks InstrumentBukamalBuss-SMS-CanzlerByrne Looby Partners

CCALGAVIN Clean Air Arabia Clock Spring CompanyCTS Middle East - Bahrain

DDhahran Techno Valley (DTVC)DMS GlobalDowDresser Al Rushaid Valve & InstrumentDuPont Products SADURAG Smart Solutions for Combustion & Environment

EEagle BurgmannEMbaffle b.vEnterprise Business Solutions (EBS)Enterprise Ireland

GGayesco / WIKAGeomaraGlobal Pipe Co.Global Specialized Industrial Services Co.GPICGRASYS CJSCGulf Demolition and Recycling Co. Gulf Strategic Partners

H Hanley ResourcesHempel PaintsHeraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co.HoneywellHughes Safety ShowersHydrocarbon Engineering Magazine

IIFP Training Middle EastInvensys

J J.de Jonge FlowsystemsJapan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP)

K KBC Advanced TechnologiesKing Fahad University of Petroleum and MineralsKT-Kinetics TechnologyKuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

L LESER Middle East

MMaire TecnimontManifa Petroleum Services CompanyMechanical Contracting & Services Co.Meggitt Sensing SystemsMinitab Ltd.

NNaizak Global Engineering SystemsNalco ChampionNan Technical Trading (NANTECH)NASS CorporationNass Industrial ServicesNass Marine ServicesNational Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Dhahran Saudi Arabia SectionNational Laboratory Company (Maamel)National Photo ServicesNickelhuette Aue

O Oil & Gas Directory Middle EastOil & Gas Middle EastOil and Gas Technology Oil Review Middle EastOITS Industrial ServicesOSIsoft Technologies Middle East SPC

PPan Gulf HoldingPdMA CorporationPennant The Petroleum Projects & Technical Consultations Co. (PETROJET)Petro RabighPetrotechnicsPipeline Magazine

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Exhibitors at Petrotech 2014

“The right opportunity to meet the right people.”

EMBAFFLE

“Well organized with good quality visitors.”

BROOKS INSTRUMENT

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QQatar Petroleum

R Refining and Petrochemicals Middle EastRonconi Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu

S Sadara Chemical CompanySAFCO EngineeringSandvik Process SystemsSarens Nass Middle EastSaudi AramcoSaudi Arabian Section of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (SAS-AIChE)Saudi Aramco Mobil Refinery Co. (SAMREF)Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Co. (SASREF)Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemical Co. (SATORP)Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem)

Sky-FuturesSohar Port and FreezoneSoteica Visual MesaSpecial Steel StockSpecialized Oil and Gas Engineering SpectraSensorsStamicarbonStarlink Oilfield Supplies & ServicesSultan Qaboos UniversitySulzer Chemtech Middle EastSuretank

T TASNEE (National Industrialization Company)Tebodin Middle EastTechno-Line Trading & Services TecnimontTecnimont ICBThermoFisher ScientificTSM Arabia

U University of BahrainUOP

V VACONO Aluminium CoversValvosider S.r.l.Ventyx, An Abb CompanyVilmar

WWIKA

YYanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Co. (YASREF)Yokogawa Middle East & Africa

Z Zyme-Flow Decon Technology

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OrganisersArabian Exhibition Management BahrainT: +973 17 550033E: fawzi@aemallworld.com

Worldwide coordinatorsOverseas Exhibition Services LondonT: +44 207 840 2137E: apout@oesallworld.com

Far East coordinatorsInternational Expo Management Singapore T: +65 6233 6777E: gerald@iemallworld.com

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CONFERENCE: 26 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2016EXHIBITION: 27 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2016