ADIPEC (Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference) 2010 will see heavyweight energy experts come together to present on some of the most topical issues and concerns in today’s energy industry.
A key feature of Adipec 2010 is its conference, which is organised in conjunction with the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), and has this year been structured around three main themes: sub-surface, surface and vision.
Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations’ (Adco) general manager Abdul Munim Saif Al Kindy, will this year take up the position as conference chairman and is working closely with Adipec organisers dmg :: events and SPE to help shape the conference with an inspiring line-up of speakers.
Adipec event director Hifazat Ahmad says 262 speakers from 33 countries are taking part in the event, with the central conference featuring panel, technical and poster sessions, as well as field trips.
“The impressive speaker line-up is testimony to the level of interest in this year’s event. Adipec sold out as an exhibition eight months in advance and companies have been wrangling for key positions within the event, making this year’s Adipec the most anticipated to date,” Ahmad says.
CEO Summit Running in conjunction with Adipec is the CEO Summit (October 31 to November1) which will bring together professionals, academics, finance experts and intellectuals under one roof to outline key industry challenges and provide a short-term outlook for the future. The event will endeavour to produce an ‘Abu Dhabi Declaration’ on the basis of discussions carried out at the conference.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Day one of the official technical conference will feature an executive plenary session debating one of the industry’s current hot topics, ‘Producing carbon in a low carbon era,’ with influential professionals taking part from Schlumberger, Exxon Mobil, BP and Total.
The first day will also include sessions on new organisational capabilities, energy efficiency and emissions management, flow assurance, exploration and reservoir geology, fractured reservoirs and bits and hole opening.
Day two of the conference will be led by the plenary sessions technology and innovation in the energy sector and new frontier challenges. Specialist speakers from Weatherford, ExxonMobil, Baker Hughes, Schlumberger and BP will present individually as part of the plenary, which will then be followed by sessions including EOR beyond the next decades, technology to reduce environmental footprint, integrated facilities optimisation development optimisation I, artificial lift, seismic acquisition and processing and intelligent energy and future operations.
Robert Gales, vice president – geo-science, at Weatherford and speaker in the new frontier challenges executive plenary comments: “Adipec 2010 will bring together senior executives and experts from the oil and gas industry to share past experiences, discuss current challenges and develop future strategies in order to optimise existing and future fields.
Adipec 2010 continues to provide the ideal platform to explore new oil and gas business opportunities, introduce and increase visibility for new products and services, and most finally the ability to network, renewing old friendships and building new ones at this important conference and exhibition.”
Adipec’s third day plenary sessions include delivering mega projects in a challenging/changing environment and sustainability and development of human capital. Contributors to these plenary sessions include experts from Adma-Opco, ExxonMobil, BP, Kuwait National Oil Company, Saudi Aramco, Maersk Oil, RasGas and Dana Gas.
