UPDATE YOURSELF ON KEY TRENDS & DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GLOBAL & MIDDLE EAST OIL MARKETS

Forty distinguished speakers are expected to address key issues and challenges facing the Middle East Oil & Gas Markets, from the perspectives of "Oil Demand Recovery & Price Volatility: Growth Outlook in a Carbon Constrained World".

Being held in Kuwait  for the first time in its 18 year history, MPGC 2010 will address demand/supply patterns resulting from demand recovery and ongoing price volatility as the global oil markets move towards a carbon constrained world. 

Amidst the uncertainty of the timing for full economic recovery, discussion will cover OPEC’s market balancing production policies, non-conventional oil production, the vast potential of upstream opportunities in Iraq, changes in the balances of market crudes and crude pricing trends with the strengthening of Middle East sour crudes and widening sweet-sour differentials. 

With the important development of Kuwait joining the ranks of LNG importers, MPGC 2010 will provide a unique opportunity to focus on the Kuwaiti oil and gas industry and an excellent forum for an open and frank discussion of all these key issues on the future of the global oil markets.

LIST OF CONFIRMED CHAIRMEN & SPEAKERS TO DATE

• His Excellency Ahmad Al-Abdallah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Minister of Oil & Minister of Information, Kuwait

Conference Chairman:

• Mr. Saad A. Al-Shuwaib, Chief Executive Officer, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Kuwait
• Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FACTS Global Energy, USA

Leading Industry Speakers:

• Mr. Christophe de Margerie, Chief Executive Officer, TOTAL, France
• Mr. Malcolm Brinded, Executive Director of Upstream International, Shell International B.V., The Netherlands
• Mr. Ray L. Hunt, Chairman & CEO, Hunt Oil Company, USA 
• Dr. Michael C. Daly, President, Exploration & Access, BP Plc, UK
• Mr. Hashim M. El-Rifaai, Chairman & Managing Director, Oil Development Company & Managing Director, Corporate Planning, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Kuwait
• Mr. Bader Al-Khashti, Chairman & Managing Director, Kuwait Gulf Oil Company, Kuwait
• Mr. Sami F. Al-Rushaid, Chairman & Managing Director, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
• Mr. Hussain E. Esmaiel, President, Kuwait Petroleum International Ltd., Kuwait
• Mrs. Sara Akbar, Chief Executive Officer, Kuwait Energy Company, Kuwait
• Dr. Hasan M. Qabazard, Director of Research Division, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Austria
• Mr. Faisal Al-Mahroos, Acting CEO, The Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. (Closed), Bahrain 
• Mr. Saeed Khoory, Group Chief Executive, Emirates National Oil Company Limited (ENOC) LLC, Dubai, UAE
• Mr. David Wells, Vice President, Global LNG Supply, Shell Gas & Power International B.V., The Netherlands
• Mr. Mohammad Husain, Deputy Chairman & Deputy Managing Director, Planning & Gas, Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait
• Mr. Bakheet Al-Rashidi, Depurty Managing Director, Planning & LM, Kuwait National Petroleum Company, Kuwait
• Ms. Mona J. Al-Obaid, Deputy Managing Director, International Marketing, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Kuwait
• Mr. Torgeir Kydland, Senior Vice President, Eurasia, Middle East & Asia, STATOIL International & Exploration, Norway
• Dr. Edgard H. Habib, Chief Economist, Chevron Corporation, USA 
• Mr. Christof Ruhl, Group Chief Economist, BP Plc, UK
• Mr. Nader Sultan, Chairman, Ikarus Petroleum Industries, Kuwait
• Mr. Hussain Sultan, Chairman, Neptune Energy Trading LLC, Dubai, UAE
• Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Former OPEC Acting Secretary General and Senior Advisor & Consultant, Kuwait
• Mr. Chris Bake, Director, Vitol Group of Companies, UK
• Mr. Thomas M. Leaver, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Mercantile Exchange, Dubai, UAE 
• Dr. Elias G. Bikhazi, Head of Research, National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait
• Mr. Adel K. Almoayyed, Deputy Chief Executive, Tatweer Petroleum, The Bahrain Field Development Co.,
  Bahrain
• Mr. Hiroji Adachi, Executive Officer & General Manager, Technical Service Department, Manufacturing
  Technology & Engineering Division, Nippon Oil Corporation, Japan
• Mr. Thomas E. Wallin, President, Energy Intelligence Group, USA
• Dr. Awwad A. Alharthi, Deputy General Manager, Saudi Petroleum, Ltd., Japan
• Mr. Shahriar Fesharaki, Vice Chairman, FACTS Global Energy, USA
• Dr. Jeffrey Brown, Group Chief Economist, FACTS Global Energy
• Mr. John Roper, Vice President, Head of Middle East, E.ON Ruhrgas, Dubai, UAE
• Dr. Herman Franssen, President, International Energy Associates, Inc, USA
• Mr. Sakura Sakakibara, Senior Fellow, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute Inc, Japan

This is only a partial list of speakers, the full list will be featured in the Final Program.

OTHER MIDDLE EAST PETROLEUM & GAS WEEK EVENTS FOR 2010

To cater to your information needs in other areas, the following events will also be held as part of Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week (MEOW) from 24-29 April 2010 as follows:

• Middle East Petroleum Insiders Briefing (MPI) 
  24-25 April, 2010

• Production Sharing Contracts & International Petroleum Fiscal Systems (PSC)
  24-25 April, 2010

• Fuels Blending Technology & Economics (FBTE)
  24 – 25 April, 2010

• Oil Products Forum Middle East (OPF)
  28 – 29 April, 2010

• Commercial Impact of Competition & Anti Trust Laws for the Oil & Gas Markets (CICL)
  28 – 29 April, 2010
  

• Middle East Gas Insiders (MGI)
  28 April, 2010

All MEOW events are individually priced & bookable separately with Joint Attendance discounts with MPGC 2010. Please click here for a summary of MEOW Events.

REGISTER NOW!
For enquiries & registrations, please contact MPGC 2010 Secretariat at T: +65 6338 0064  F: +65 6338 4090  
or e-mail mpgc@cconnection.org or info@cconnection.org. 

Visit www.cconnection.org for full updates on all events!