The inaugural Oil Products Forum Asia (OPFA 2011), organized by Conference Connection Pte Ltd, was held on 20 - 21 January 2011 at the Hilton Hotel, Singapore. This event was the Asian edition of the OPF series originating in Kuwait at OPF 2010.
The two-day conference brought together industry senior executives and market specialists to discuss market outlook and future trends in petroleum products with specific focus on key supply, demand, storage, and pricing issues covering Diesel, Gasoline, Fuel Oil, Ethanol, LPG, Condensate and Naphtha.
Leading buyers, sellers and specialists from products’ market, as well as policy makers and regulators for fuel mix, alternate and clean fuels attended the event. Representatives from supporting organizations specializing in storage, transportation and financing of fuels and technical experts and corporate planners were also present.
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Highlights of OPFA 2011 Participating countries at OPFA 2011 included UAE, Kuwait, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Australia, Germany, UK & USA.Please click here to view pie chart on participating countries 14 presentations were featured on the OPFA agenda based on the theme: The Asian Storage and Products’ Market Outlook The conference attracted many press attendance and multiple media coverage from Local Dailies, International Industry Publications and International Wired Services: Business Times, Energy Intelligence, Platts, Dow Jones, Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. Opening Remarks were delivered by Dr Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman from FACTS Global Energy, USA and Mr John Vautrain, Senior Vice President and Director of Purvin & Gertz, Inc, Singapore Dr Jeffrey Brown, Executive Director, Global Energy Research, J P Morgan, Singapore made the difference in presenting the critical short-term product market drivers from the top to the bottom of the barrel. Delegate questionnaires have indicated that the event has provided comprehensive coverage of current issues as well as latest trends in the industry; high quality presentations and premium networking opportunities. The delegate feedback rated the programme and premium networking opportunities as their key reasons for attending making OPFA a key vehicle for interaction and forging new business. Supporting organization and Media Sponsors supporting OPFA 2011 included International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA), Platts, Petrofinder, Base Oil Market and IntercontinentalExchange (ICE). These companies provided the conference with a good delegate base of senior executives and synergistic client relationships.
We would like to thank all delegates, speakers, media sponsors and partners for making our inaugural Oil Products Forum Asia a success! We look forward to seeing you at the 2nd Oil Products Forum Asia in 2012! Should you be interested in presenting a paper, being a sponsor or table-top exhibitor or being a media sponsor or attend as a delegate, contact us at info@cconnection.org. For further queries and a full list of courses, conferences and other information, please contact info@cconnection.org or visit www.cconnection.org |