Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference MPGC 2011

The 19th Annual Middle East Petroleum and Gas Conference (MPGC 2011) will now be held from October 2 to 4, 2011 in Dubai, UAE, under the Patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, with The Emirates National Oil Company Limited (ENOC) LLC as hosts.

In the aftermath of the unrest in the region, the ease of travel and convenience of all participants have been the main objectives in setting the new timing and venue for the 19th Annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference (MPGC 2011), taking into account key events on the international oil industry calendar, and seasonal fluctuations due to summer and other holidays in the region. MPGC 2011 is thus on track, to be held on its annual scale and extent and provide an optimal environment for information exchange and networking that are its hallmarks.

Given that the oil markets are facing their greatest uncertainty in more than a decade, the theme of the MPGC agenda has been revised to “High Oil Prices, Political Crises & Emergence of a New Market Structure” with discussions updated to address the emerging trends and developments in the aftermath of unrest in the region, in an environment that is often confusing and challenging.

The following prominent personalities from the Middle East & the international energy industry are expected to address MPGC 2011.

His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Supreme Council Energy, President of the Department of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman & Chief Executive, Emirates Group, Dubai, UAE
His Excellency Mohamed bin Dhaen Al-Hamli, Minister of Energy, Ministry of Energy, United Arab Emirates
Mr. Saeed Khoory, Chief Executive Officer, Emirates National Oil Company Limited (ENOC) LLC, Dubai, UAE
Mr. Mark Carne, Executive Vice President-Middle East & North Africa and Country Chairman, Dubai & Northern Emirates, Shell Upstream International
Mr. Vitaly Vasiliev, CEO, Gazprom Marketing & Trading Limited, UK
Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FACTS Global Energy, USA
Mr. Ziad S. Al-Labban, President & CEO, Petro Rabigh Co., Saudi Arabia
Dr. Rajeev Gautam, President & CEO, UOP LLC (a Honeywell Company), USA
Mr. Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani, Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, RAK Petroleum Public Company Limited, UAE
Mr. Breck Bacon, Vice President, ExxonMobil LNG Global Market Development
Mr. Issam A.R. Al-Chalabi, Independent Consultant (Former Minister of Oil – Iraq), Amman, Jordan
Mr. Hussain Sultan, Chairman, Neptune Energy Trading LLC, Dubai, UAE
Mr. David Wells, Vice President, Global LNG Supply, Shell Gas & Power International B.V., The Netherlands
Mr. Christopher Bake, Managing Director, Vitol Dubai, UAE
Dr. Edgard H. Habib, Chief Economist, Chevron Corporation, USA
Mr. Thomas M. Leaver, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Mercantile Exchange, Dubai, UAE
Mr. Jamal E. Al-Loughani, Deputy Managing Director, Marketing Operations, International Marketing, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Kuwait
Mr. Adel K. Almoayyed, Deputy Chief Executive, Tatweer Petroleum, Bahrain
Mr. Tayseer Abdel-Halim, Vice President, Chevron Global Technology Services, USA
Mr. Andrew Laven, Vice President, Integrated Supply & Trading, BP Middle East, Dubai, UAE
Mr. Ali Aissaoui, Senior Consultant, Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (APICORP)
Dr. Dawood V. Nassif, General Manager, Strategy & Business Development, The Bahrain Petroleum Company B.S.C. (Closed), Bahrain
Mr. Hesham Ali Mustafa, Senior Director-Gas Marketing, Emirates National Oil Company Limited (ENOC) LLC, Dubai, UAE
r. Awwad A. Alharthi, Planning Consultant, Corporate Planning, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia
Mr. John Roper, Vice President, Head of Middle East, E.ON Ruhrgas, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Jennifer Coolidge, Executive Director, CMX Caspian & Gulf Consultants Limited, UK
Mr. Shahriar Fesharaki, Chief Operating Officer, FACTS Global Energy, Singapore
Mr. Mark Lewis, Group Vice Chairman, FACTS Global Energy, UK
Mr. Hiroji Adachi, Executive Officer & General Manager, Refining Department, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan
Mr. Samir Kasmi, Head of Energy Commodities, ABN AMRO Bank, Dubai, UAE
Dr. Abdulaziz Sager, Chairman, Gulf Research Center, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Herman Franssen, Executive Director, Energy Intelligence Group, USA
Mr. Robert Smith, Principal Consultant, FACTS Global Energy, Dubai, UAE
Mr. Dave Ernsberger, Global Director Editorial-Oil, Platts, UK
Mr. Daniel Johnston, President, Daniel Johnston & Co Inc., U.S.
Mr. Sakura Sakakibara, Senior Fellow, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute Inc, Japan

In conjunction with MPGC 2011, the Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week (MEOW) events will be held back to back from October 1 to 6, 2011. This features MPGC 2011 as the anchor event, as well as four other pre and post MPGC briefings and conferences. All are individually prices and bookable separately with Joint Attendance (JA) discounts.

Middle East Petroleum Insiders Briefing (MPI), 1 – 2 October 2011
Production Sharing Contracts & International Petroleum Fiscal Systems (PSC), 1 – 2 October 2011
Production Sharing Contracts Roundtable (PSC Roundtable), 5 – 6 October 2011
Middle East Gas Insiders (MGI), 5 – 6 October 2011
Crude Oil & Condensate Value and Trade (CCVT), 5 – 6 October 2011
Please visit http://www.cconnection.org/conference/MPGC/2011/MPGCHome.html for further details.
Please contact MEOW 2011 Secretariat at Tel: +65 6338 0064 Fax: +65 6338 4090 or Email: mpgc@cconnection.org to find out more of the events.