THE International Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition incorporating refining and petrochemicals will celebrate its 20th anniversary when it opens doors to visitors at the Baku Expo Centre Baku, Azerbaijan on June 4.
The adjoining Caspian Oil & Gas Conference will be held on June 5 and 6 at the Jumeirah Bilgah Beach Hotel.
Caspian Oil and Gas continues to be the largest and best-attended oil and gas event in the Azerbaijan and the Caspian region. The event is held annually under the patronage of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and is officially supported by the Ministry of Industry and Energy and Socar.
Natig Aliyev, Minister of Industry and Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, states: “Caspian Oil & Gas is the most significant event in the region. Every year, we attend this specialised event and invite our partners – those who we had initiated the oil strategy with, those who continue implementing and developing it today, and those who hope to take part in regional and transcontinental projects which Azerbaijan is going to carry out in the future”.
The event will bring together heads of oil and gas companies, managers and employees of energy companies, representatives of environmental companies, government institutions, specialists in the chemical industry, engineers, technical managers, geologists, specialists in oil and gas companies, service companies, construction companies, transport companies, heads of medical and pharmaceutical organizations, press and diplomatic corporations.
The exhibition sectors include reservoir engineering, geophysics and geology, construction and exploitation oil and gas wells, platforms and floating rigs, designing, manufacturing and servicing equipment for the oil and gas industry, pipe-laying and providing protection systems for pipelines, refining and petrochemicals, hydrocarbons transportation, building and construction work for the energy sector, providing oil and gas storage systems, producing specialist techniques, general operational and maintenance back-up, and spare parts and financial and legal services.
Attracting almost 500 delegates and with official support from the Ministry of Industry and Energy and Socar, Caspian Oil & Gas is one of the most important regional oil and gas conferences.
Last year, the total exhibition space covered was 4,302 sq m, with over 304 exhibitors participating in the event; 5,093 trade visitors; 35 participating countries; 21 sponsors; 492 delegates and 43 speakers attending the event.
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Angus Miller, Caspian Energy Adviser, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK states: “As it is so well-established, the Caspian Oil & Gas Conference provides the one annual event where opinions and experts can be heard, and those with an interest in Caspian energy issues are bound to meet”. In fact, 91 per cent of delegates previously surveyed will consider attending Caspian Oil & Gas 2013.
Topical issues of bilateral and multilateral oil, gas and energy relations will be discussed, including: Expanding the resource base with exploration of new fields; increasing the production potential of existing fields; developing Eurasian transportation corridors with Azerbaijan; challenges and opportunities for Azerbaijan’s expansion into the international refining and petrochemical markets.
Government agencies, embassies and trade delegations, upstream and downstream oil and gas companies, contractors and auxiliary device suppliers, equipment manufacturers, banks and financial companies, consultancies and law firms are expected to attend the most sought after event.
Some of the prominent speakers to attend the conference are: Sir Andrew Wood, senior advisor, ITE group; Urban Rusnak, secretary general, Energy Charter; Hossein Esmaeili Shahmirzadi, general director for Europe, America and Caspian Sea Neighboring Countries, Ministry of Oil of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Simon Pirani, senior researcher, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies; Elshad Nasirov, vice president, Investments and Marketing, Socar; Chris Cook, senior research fellow, UCL Institute for Security and Resilience Studies, UK; Kjetil Tungland, managing director, Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP); Christian Dolezal, head of corporate communications and public affairs, Nabucco; David Tvalabeishvili, general director, Georgian Oil and Gas Company; Ana Stanic, solicitor advocate E & A Law; Matthew Shaw, senior analyst – Caspian Upstream Research, Wood Mackenzie; Danila Bochkarev, senior expert, East West Institute; Charles Hendry, UK Trade Envoy for Azerbaijan UK Foreign Office; Mihnea Constantinescu, ambassador-at-large for Energy Security, Government of Romania; Emmanuel Huntzinger, head of unit, Economic and Environmental Activities, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; Teg Matthews, head of business development, EMEA BST Solutions; Senior representative, Ministry of Petroleum Industry and Natural Resources of Turkmenistan; Jennifer Coolidge, executive director, CMX Caspian; Nizami Piriyev, chairman, AzMeCo; Charles Hendry, UK Trade Envoy for Azerbaijan, UK Foreign Office; Matthew Bryza, director, International Centre for Defence Studies, Estonia; Markus Brokhof, Member of the Management Board Axpo Trading; Josep Sobrevals, Lead Geological Exploration License Co-ordinator, INT EA Asia Statoil; Gavin Lindsay, product line director, Baker Hughes Drilling Services; Pierre-Louis Pichon, geosciences manager, Total E&P Absheron; Reinhard Mitschek, managing director, Nabucco Gas Pipeline International; Vagif Aliyev, head of Investments Division, Socar; Erik Sellman, senior product manager, Cameron Process Systems; Nick Maden, senior vice president and head of international exploration, Statoil.
Key conference topics will include: Azerbaijan as the key to energy supply and security for Eurasia; international cooperation to increase the resource base and diversify supply routes; volatility of global oil markets: impacts on gas pricing and long-term contracts; transportation solutions to diversify supply routes from the Caspian region; expanding the resource base: oil and gas exploration in Azerbaijan; updates on major projects: innovation in constructing offshore infrastructures; HSE best practices and standards and expanding the refining and petrochemical capacity of the oil and gas industry in Azerbaijan.