April 26, 2010
Middle East Petroleum and Gas Week 2010 opens on April 26 in Kuwait
PRESS RELEASE
Despite the impact of the volcano on flights from Europe, organisers The Conference Connection Inc have confirmed that MPGC 2010 and other events held under the umbrella of Middle East Petroleum and Gas Week will proceed as planned.
Presidents of international oil companies, senior government officials and heads of national oil companies in the Gulf/Middle East, top financiers and leading organizations in the oil and gas business will gather in Kuwait from April 24-29 2010
PRESS RELEASE
Despite the impact of the volcano on flights from Europe, organisers The Conference Connection Inc have confirmed that MPGC 2010 and other events held under the umbrella of Middle East Petroleum and Gas Week will proceed as planned.
Presidents of international oil companies, senior government officials and heads of national oil companies in the Gulf/Middle East, top financiers and leading organizations in the oil and gas business will gather in Kuwait from April 24-29 2010
The official opening for the Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference (MPGC 2010), which is the anchor event for the week, and also the longest running annual oil conference in the Middle East, will be on April 26th at 9.00 am.
The opening will be graced by His Excellency Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdallah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Minister of Oil and Information, Kuwait and Conference Patron. Keynote addresses will be delivered by Mr Christophe de Margerie, Chief Executive Officer of Total, Paris and Malcolm Brinded, Executive Director of Upstream International, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, the Netherlands.
More than 550 participants from forty countries are expected to attend the week's events, which are hosted by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. A total of seven different events are planned during Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week, from April 24, with the annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference (MPGC 2010) being the anchor event. Six other briefings and courses will also be held, covering key strategies for the upstream and downstream sectors, natural gas/LNG, fuels blending, and a two day conference on petroleum products.
MPGC 2010 is the week's flagship event and the Middle East's longest running annual oil conference, being held in Kuwait for the first time in its eighteen year history.
MPGC 2010 and the Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week (MEOW) 2010 events are being organised by The Conference Connection Inc., hosted by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation with Shell as Platinum sponsor, ExxonMobil and Dubai Mercantile Exchange as Gold sponsors and BP, Total, Vitol, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers as co-sponsors. Oil and Gas Journal is the official publication.
More than 550 participants from forty countries are expected to attend the week's events, which are hosted by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. A total of seven different events are planned during Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week, from April 24, with the annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference (MPGC 2010) being the anchor event. Six other briefings and courses will also be held, covering key strategies for the upstream and downstream sectors, natural gas/LNG, fuels blending, and a two day conference on petroleum products.
MPGC 2010 is the week's flagship event and the Middle East's longest running annual oil conference, being held in Kuwait for the first time in its eighteen year history.
MPGC 2010 and the Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week (MEOW) 2010 events are being organised by The Conference Connection Inc., hosted by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation with Shell as Platinum sponsor, ExxonMobil and Dubai Mercantile Exchange as Gold sponsors and BP, Total, Vitol, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers as co-sponsors. Oil and Gas Journal is the official publication.
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