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Held in Conjunction with Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week Events THE EIGHTH BASE OIL & LUBES MIDDLE EAST 2019 10-11 April 2019, Dubai, UAE

Managing Change and Identifying Opportunities in an Oversupplied Market

April 9: Global Finished Lubricants Course April 10-11: BLM Conference April 11: Workshop on Changing Base Oil Quality and Its Impact on Formulations

EARLY CONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND CHAIR INCLUDE:

• Mr. Mohammed El Sadek, Director – Lubricants Marketing, ENOC Lubricant, ENOC International Sales LLC, UAE • Ms. June Manoharan, Managing Director, LUKOIL Marine Lubricants, UAE • Ms. Geeta Agashe, President, Geeta Agashe & Associates, LLC, USA • Dr. H E Henderson, President, K & E Petroleum Consulting, LLC, USA • Mr. Thangavel Rathina Kumar, Senior Technical Support Manager, Lubricant Division, ADNOC Distribution, UAE • Mr. Milind Phadke, Director, Energy Practice, Kline & Company, USA • Mr. Eduard Gracia, Principal, A.T. Kearney Middle East LLC, UAE • Mr. Abudi Zein, CEO, ClipperData, USA • Mr. Daniel Colover, Market Engagement Manager, Middle East, S&P Global Platts, UAE

This is only a partial list of Speakers. The final agenda will feature additional base oil industry specialists. Speakers & sessions are subject to change.

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SEE BACK PAGE FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION! ATTENDANCE Additives Producers/ Admin/ Finance/ OEMs Asia Logistics Media/ USA & Consultants Europe Storage/ Logistics Product Providers Managers Lubricants Job Management Blenders Region Class Industry

Technical/ Engineering/ Traders/ Refinery Distributors/ Suppliers Middle East Sales & Base Oil & Africa Marketing Producers

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This conference will satisfy the information needs of base oil manufacturers, exporters, importers, additives manufacturers & suppliers, blenders, lubricants traders/retailers, re-refiners, shipping companies, storage companies, lubricant packaging companies, consultants, marine oil manufacturers and traders, original equipment manufacturers, surveyors, clearing agents and others related to the industry such as:-

• Chairman • Presidents • CEOS • Managing Directors • Executive Directors • General Managers • Vice Presidents • Corporate Planners • Business Development Managers • Business Advisors • Sales & Marketing Managers • Marketing & Procurement Managers • Export Managers • Regional Managers • Products Development Managers • Licensing Managers • Operation Managers • Refinery Managers • Hydroprocessing Technology Managers • Category Managers • Export Directors & Managers • Supply & Distribution Managers • Trade Managers • JV Managers • Finance & Commercial Managers • Superintendents • Senior Electrical Engineers • Senior Process Engineer • Senior Engineer Operational Planning • Planning & Economics Engineer • Senior Planning & Prog Analyst • Principal Consultant • Monitoring Specialist • Additives Managers • Fuels & Lubes Managers • Lube Plant Managers • Process Managers/Technologists • Marketing/Commercial Managers • Projects Directors • Lubricant Supply Chain Managers • Lubricant Technology Manager • Technical Managers • Base Oil Managers • Blending Managers • Lube Retail Managers • Quality Control Managers • Lube Traders & Brokers • Lube Analysts/Consultants • Government Policy Planners • Procurists • Production Forecaster • Senior Chemists

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES: STRENGTHEN & SHOWCASE YOUR BRAND, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AT BLM 2019

As the premier and dedicated Base Oil & Lubes conference in the Middle East, the Eighth Base Oil & Lubes Middle East 2019 will provide the ideal opportunity to enhance your company’s profile and increase your business potential through direct exposure to an audience of global base oil & lubes key decision makers, senior executives and deal makers in one location. The organizers are inviting endorsement and support for the conference through corporate sponsorships and hosting of various functions. Key sponsorship opportunities include:- • Corporate Sponsorships • Conference Documentation • Ballroom Collaterals • Hosting of Official Functions • Corporate Gifts • Exhibit Booths

For queries on Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities, Value & Benefits to your organization, please contact (65) 6338 0064 or email [email protected].

8th Annual Base Oil & Lubes Conference, 10-11 April 2019 | T: 65 6338 0064 | F: 65 6338 4090 | W: www.baseoillubes.com | E: [email protected] THE EIGHTH EVENT ON MIDDLE EAST BASE OIL & LUBES

The 8th ANNUAL BASE OIL AND LUBES MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE (BLM 2019), will be organized by Conference Connection and supported by Emirates National Oil Company in Dubai on 10-11 April 2019.

The BLM series is held alongside the Middle East Petroleum and Gas Conference (MPGC), the Gulf region’s longest running annual oil conference organized by Conference Connection. First launched in Bahrain in May 2012 with the 20th annual MPGC, BLM was held in Abu Dhabi in 2013, 2015, 2016 & 2018, and Dubai for 2014 and 2017. BLM returns to Dubai in 2019 with the 27th annual MPGC. Leveraging on strong NOC-MPGC relationships, BLM has enjoyed the patronage and support of the Bahrain National Oil Company, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Emirates National Oil Company as hosts. Continuing its focus on the global base oil business, BLM provides both knowledge sharing and networking opportunities, with participation from leading producers, suppliers, manufacturers, re-refiners, traders and end-users from twenty-five countries. Do not miss this excellent opportunity to be part of this exclusive gathering of high level executives. Fax in your registration form or register online at www.baseoillubes.com now!

CONFERENCE AGENDA PLUS!! POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP AGENDA – 11 APRIL 2019

The Impact of Crude Changing Base Oil Quality and SESSION I: Oil Prices on Base Oil Its Impact on Formulations Markets By: Dr. H. Ernest Henderson President, K & E Petroleum Consulting LLC, USA Shifting Gears & Changes in Base Oil SESSION II: 1:30 p.m. Registration Demand & Supply Balances 2:00 p.m. Technical Landscape - Global and Regional • Specification changes • Base oil and formulation implications Base Oil & Lubes SESSION III: – New Technology 2:30 p.m. Changing Base Oil Landscape Developments • New Supply Sources • Quality Benchmarking • Evolution of the “Global Slate”

Evolving Base Oil 3:30 p.m. Break SESSION IV: Logistics Scenario 3:45 p.m. Preparing for Change, how to Manage Transition from Group I to Group II/III • Formulating Advantages (show examples, Outlook & Future automotive, driveline, industrial) OPEN Challenges for the • Economic and Business Opportunities FORUM: Base Oil & Lubes • Value of Bright Stock Business • Logistical Considerations

4:45 p.m. Future Developments 5:30 p.m. End of Workshop

8th Annual Base Oil & Lubes Conference, 10-11 April 2019 | T: 65 6338 0064 | F: 65 6338 4090 | W: www.baseoillubes.com | E: [email protected] Organised by: Hosted & Sponsored by: Held in conjunction with The 27th Annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference 2019 (MPGC 2019) MIDDLE EAST PETROLEUM & GAS WEEK

This comprehensive 1-day training course will help participants get familiar with the entire GLOBAL finished lubricants value chain. This training will be of interest to beginners as well as to intermediate level participants. It will also provide new and interesting takeaways for experienced industry professionals. GLOBAL FINISHED LUBRICANTS VALUE CHAIN (GLV) 9 April 2019 • Dubai, UAE

WHO SHOULD ATTEND COURSE COURSE OUTLINE (1 DAY) This course will be of interest to: • Lubricant Basestock Refiners • Basestock Marketers MODULE I: FUNDAMENTALS - Geography (Asia, North • Basestock Traders OF THE GLOBAL LUBRICANT America, South America, • Basestock Buyers & Sellers BASESTOCK INDUSTRY Europe, Africa, Middle East) • Lubricant Blenders & Formulators • Different Types of Basestocks • Lubricant Marketers • Different Types of Lubricants • Lubricant Additive Companies - API Paraffinic Group I, II, II+, III - Passenger Car Motor Oil • Private Equity Partners - API Group IV (PCMO) • Investment Bankers - API Group V - Heavy Duty Motor Oil (HDMO) - Gas To Liquid (GTL) • Technology Providers - Motorcycle Oils (MCO) Basestocks - Hydraulic Oils From a functional standpoint, this training will - Bio based Basestocks - Gear Oils POST-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP be beneficial to: - Re-Refined Basestocks - Greases • * Marketing • Sales • Advertising & Promotion • Different Manufacturing - Metalworking Fluids (Removal, AGENDA – 11 APRIL 2019 • Supply Chain • Accounting • Finance • Trading Processing Schemes Treating, Protecting and • R&D * Formulators • Analysts • Competitive - Solvent extraction Forming) Intelligence • Market Research • Environmental - Hydrotreating - Industrial Engine Oils (Marine, Health & Safety teams - Hydroisomerization Railroad, Aviation Piston, - GTL Natural Gas) - Others - Process Oils (Aromatic, Treated Aromatics, • Manufacturing Cost Economics COURSE DIRECTOR Naphthenics, Paraffinics) • Supply and Demand - Compressor and Refrigeration • Global Trade Flows Oils Geeta S. Agashe (President of • Pricing Factors - Turbine and Circulating Oils Geeta Agashe & Associates, LLC), is • Future Outlook - Hydraulic and Transmission a globally renowned and recognized Fluids expert in the entire finished - Automatic Transmission Fluid lubricants value chain including MODULE II: FUNDAMENTALS (ATF) OF THE GLOBAL LUBRICANT lubricant basestocks (paraffinic, • Conventional, Synthetic and ADDITIVES INDUSTRY naphthenic, aromatic, Gas-To-Liquid, as well as Semi-synthetic/Synthetic synthetic), lubricant and fuel additives, finished • Different Additive Chemical and Blend Lubricants and Green/ lubricants, waxes (both petroleum and synthetic Function Classes – why and Biodegradable Lubricants incl. Gas-To-Liquid), process oils and other where are they used? - Typical Formulation Approaches specialties. Prior to starting her own consulting - Positioning • Leading Suppliers of Lubricant firm in 2015, Geeta spent 19+ years heading the - Pricing Energy Practice of Kline & Company, Inc. She Additives has also worked at KPMG in their Management • Supply and Demand • Leading Global and Regional Consulting Division, PTC International in their • Pricing Factors Marketers and their Key Strategies Gasoline Division, and Bharat Petroleum in their • Future Outlook • Key Demand Indicators Lubricants Marketing Division. • Pricing Factors MODULE III: FUNDAMENTALS • Future Outlook She is a reputed speaker and thought leader OF THE GLOBAL LUBRICANTS having presented and chaired at numerous INDUSTRY Conference Connection, ICIS, Asian Fuels & These training modules will be interactive and there will be Q&A Lubes, AFPM, STLE, NLGI, UEIL and other • Size of Global Lubricants Industry along the way in each session. leading industry conferences. Geeta is a by: sought after leader and quoted in all important - Market Segment (Commercial Automotive, Consumer industry publications including LubesNGreases, REGISTRATION: 8:00A.M. Automotive, Industrial Oils & Fuels & Lubes Asia, Infineum Trends, Chemical SESSIONS: 9:00A.M. TO 5:30P.M. Fluids) LUNCH: 12:30P.M. TO 2:00P.M. Reporter, LubesReport and others. In addition - Products to her industry expertise, Geeta brings strong REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED MID-MORNING & MID-AFTERNOON functional skills including Strategy, Supply Chain, Benchmarking, M&A support including due-diligence, Market Research, Pricing, and Copyright © The Conference Connection Inc. The organizers reserve the right to alter the others. Geeta lives in New Jersey, USA. content and timing of the programme.

REGISTER NOW! Tel: (65) 6338 0064 | Fax: (65) 6338 4090 | Email [email protected] THE BLM ALUMNI

ADNOC Geo Chem Middle East NYNAS-Technol Handels-GmbH ADNOC Distribution German Mirror Lubricants & Greases Co. Oceanic Petroleum-Singapore ADNOC Refining Gilda Tar General Trading Oman Oil Marketing Afton Chemical GS Caltex Corporation Ozcinarlar Petroleum Products LTD AGAS International Gulf Chemicals & Industrial Oils Co Pars Oil Company AGAS Lubes WLL Gulf Leader General Trading FZE Penthol Agil S.A. Gulf Oil Lubricants India Limited Permian Energy L.L.C Aktas Kimya Dis Tic Ltd STI Gulf Petrochem Petromin Corporation A. K. Al Bakri & Sons Holding Company Hawk Petroleum Pte Ltd Petronas Marketing (Netherlands) BV Al Khaja Holding Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd Petrosil Group Alayam Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd Petrosil Investment & Oil Co. Ltd Albilad IFP Petro Products Pvt. Ltd. PETROVOLL Apadana Petro Paidar Co Inatech MEA FZ-LLC Projextrade Arabian Seals Company Ltd Independent Petroleum Group Petroyag A.S BAB Group Indian Oil Corporation Ltd Platts Bahrain TV Ismail Al Khaja & Sons Group Platts UK Banagas Istidamah Environmental Solutions Prasol Chemicals Ltd BAPCO Jeyenkay Petrogels Pvt Ltd Prime Star Energy FZE BP Middle East LLC John Coxon & Associates Qingdao Blt Packing Industrial Co Ltd Calumet Specialty Product Partners Jordan National Lube Oil Co Raj Petro Specialities Pvt Ltd Caspian Chemical FZCO JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation Richmond Mercantile Ltd FZC Chemlube International LLC K & E Petroleum Consulting, LLC Rosefield DAA International Consultancy Chemplex Kandiss Impex Pvt Ltd LLP Chemtura Europe Gmbh KB Petrochemical Industries Safra Co Ltd Chem Tech Ltd Kline Asia SALACO Chevron Alkhalij Kline & Company Inc Saudi Aramco Chevron Corporation Kline India Research & Consulting Pvt Ltd Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company - Luberef Chevron Lubricants Kuwait Lube Oil Company Saudi Aramco Luberef Co Chevron Oronite Kuwait National Petroleum Co. Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF) Cockett Group Kuwait Petroleum Corporation SBC Petrochemical DMCC Cockett Marine Oil (Asia) Pte Ltd LAF Middle East FZE Sepahan Oil Company Columbia Petro Chem Pvt Ltd LNG Publishing Co. Inc Shell International Trading & Shipping Co Ltd Cosmo Oil Co Ltd Lubes Africa Ltd Showlaq United Enterprises Ltd Dabur International Ltd Lubes’n’Greases Europe-Middle East SK Lubricants DYM Resources GmbH Lubrizol International Inc SKA Energy FZE East African Gas Oil Limited Lubrizol Ltd Solomon Associates EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH Lubrizol Transarbian Co Ltd Star Energy Oiltanking Emarat Maritime Sky Sterling Auto Centre Energo-Petroil SA Machinery Lubrication Stolt-Nielsen Indian Ocean & Middle East ENOC Maestro Oil & Gas Solutions (MOGAS) DMCC Service ENOC International Sales LLC Maher Petroleum DMCC Strategic News ENOC Lubricants & Grease Manufacturing Malok Trading Ltd Swiss Shipping Line GmbH Plant LLC Medco SAL TAKREER ENOC Marketing LLC MEED TASWEEQ EPPCO Mitsui & Co., Ltd TESLA Lubricants Excelube Marketing Sdn Bhd My Energy Consulting and Training Thai Oil Public Company Ltd FGE N1 Engine Oil Refining Factory Total Marketing Middle East FZE Fimachem Sdn Bhd National Oil & Gas Authority (NOGA) Trotters Independent Trader Fze FMC Technologies Inc National Shipping Gulf Agency Company Tykhe Chemicals Private Ltd Ford Motor Company Ltd Neste Jacobs United Grease & Lubricants LLC Frigmaires Neste Oil (Suisse) S.A. United Lube Oil Company Ltd Frigmaires Engineers Neste Oil Bahrain W.L.L. Vista Energie Fuchs Petroleum Saudi Arabia Ltd Neste Oil Corporation Vitol Dubai Ltd Geeta Agashe & Associates Inc NYNAS AB Vopak Middle East General Motors Corporation Nynas AB Middle East General Petroleum Products NYNAS AB, Sweden

MIDDLE EAST PETROLEUM & GAS WEEK EVENTS Base Oil & Lubes Middle East 2019 conference (BLM 2019) is being held in conjunction with the Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week, from 6-11 April 2019 in Dubai, UAE. Five other events are also being organized during this week, each catering to the specific information needs of delegates.

07-09 April 2019 6-7 April 2019 6-8 April 2019 All events are

ANCHOR EVENT: Middle East Petroleum Insiders Production Sharing individually th 27 Annual Middle East Petroleum Briefing (MPI) Contracts (PSC) priced & & Gas Conference (MPGC) bookable separately with joint 9 April 2019 10-11 April 2019 attendance Global Finished Lubricants 8th Annual Base Oil & Lubes Middle Middle East Gas discounts! Value Chain (GLV) Course East Conference (BLM), Insiders Briefing (MGI) Organised by:

5 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER

BASE OIL & LUBES MIDDLE EAST 2019 MAIL The Conference Connection Inc. Raffles City P O Box 1736 Singapore 911758

PHONE FAX Singapore Singapore (65) 6338 0064 (65) 6338 4090

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Dates & Venue: Tel: (65) 6338 0064 Fax: (65) 6338 4090 refund and one set of the conference documentation 10-11 April 2019 , Dubai , UAE Email: [email protected] (post event). Website: www.cconnection.org Dubai, UAE • No refund will be given after 27 March 2019 but delegates Registration Fees: Registration Conditions: can be substituted if the organizers receive prior • All registrations must be on the prescribed form or in Full Fee: US$1,495 per person notification at least 2 weeks prior to the conference. writing and will be on a confirmed basis unless otherwise • For registrations invoiced and unpaid but subsequently Early Bird Fee*: US$1,295 per person notified in writing. (payment by 21 February 2019) cancelled after 27 March 2019, 50% the invoiced fees will • The organizers reserve the right not to accept prior and be charged and one set of conference documentation will Alumni Early Bird Fee:US$1,195 per person on-site registrations without payment. (payment by 21 February 2019) be given (post event). • Delegates whose payments are not received before the Alumni Fee: US$1,295 per person event are required to furnish proof of payment on-site. Hotel Accommodation & Visa Application: Team Fee**: US$950 per person • Staff at the event will request a credit card guarantee Delegates will be responsible for their own hotel and visa Joint Attendance Fee: US$1,095 per person without proof of payment. arrangements. Official conference participants for MPGC (for all registered MPGC 2019 delegates) • The organizers reserve the right to impose conditions of Week 2019 events qualify for special discounted rates. Lubezine Member Fee: US$1,095 per person entry for walk-in delegates. Simply request for a FastFax Hotel Reservation Form upon Lubezine Subscriber Reference No: registration. Payments: Visa Application & Procedures ______• All payments are to be made in advance of the conference Please check with your travel agents or with the relevant in US Dollars by Inter-Bank transfers. (Bank details will be * With registration & payment received by 21 February 2019 embassy in your country of residence. If required, delegates provided upon receipt of registration). may request for a letter of invitation for their visa application. ** For the second and subsequent delegate from the • Please quote event name, invoice number and delegate same company and billing address. Not valid with other number for bank transfers. Please instruct your bank to Please do not send visa applications to the organizers discounts i.e. full fee applicable for first person. remit the full amount, nett of bank charges. Data Protection: Fees include participation at all sessions, daily lunch & coffee Any client information (name, address and contact details) Cancellation & Substitution: breaks and a set of conference documentation per person. • Cancellations notified in writing by letter and obtained during your registration/order will be added to our Travel, accommodation and visa costs are not included. acknowledged by 20 March 2019 will be levied an database and may be used by Conference Connection to Enquiries & Registrations: administrative fee of 5% for paid cancellations and 10% for provide you with further information on its products and services. The Conference Connection Inc., PO Box 1736, Raffles unpaid cancellations. Conference Connection may make this information available to City, Singapore 911758 or BLM 2019 Secretariat: 135 • Paid and unpaid cancellations notified and acknowledged associated partners for marketing purposes. To restrict or update Middle Road, #05-01 Bylands Building, Singapore 188975. between 20 March -27 March 2019 will be given a 50% your particulars please contact [email protected]

DISCLAIMER – The organizers will not accept liability for non-approval of visas, individual transport delays and transport disruption, and in such circumstances, our normal cancellation rules and penalties apply. Where matters beyond the reasonable control of the organizers impair or prevent the organizers from being able to perform their obligation under this event, the client releases the organizers from any liability, incidental or consequential, to such matters.

Please print in block letters and return to: REGISTRATION FORM I The Conference Connection Inc Raffles City Po Box 1736 Singapore 911758 or Yes! Please register me/us: the BLM 2019 Secretariat at 135 Middle Road #05-01 Bylands Building Singapore 188975. For BLM 2019 conference only Tel: (65) 6338 0064 Fax: (65) 6338 4090 For BLM 2019 conference + post-conference workshop (Limited seats available) Email: [email protected] (For more than one delegate, please photocopy registration form) CC/411/19 WB Please Tick (√) Accordingly: 1. Registration Fees (per person) First Name (Mr/Ms/Dr)______GLV 2019 REGISTRATION FEES BLM 2019 (Pre-conference MPGC 2019 Surname______(per person) (10-11 April 2019) Workshop) 7-9 April 2019 9 April 2019 Job Title______Full Fee US$1,495 US$995 US$1,995 Early Bird Fee Nationality______• Alumni US$1,195 US$1,495 • Non- Alumni US$895 Company______US$1,295 US$1,695 (Payment by 21 February 2019) Address______Team Fee* (2nd & US$950 US$795 US$1,295 subsequent delegate) ______Joint Attendance Fee US$1,095 N.A. N.A. with MPGC Country______Postal/Zip Code______(MPGC Fee will be billed separately) Tel______Fax______Alumni/Gold Connect US$1,295 N.A. US$1,695 Member Fee Gold Connect card Email______number is Name & Title of Approving Manager______

Lubezine Member Fee US$1,095 N.A. N.A. Email of Approving Manager______Subscriber No: Special Dietary Requirements (if any)______

Please choose either Team or Joint Attendance Fee as only one will apply. All discounts are mutually exclusive. (Please note: Main Business Activity______you are entitled to a 10% joint attendance discount for the fee off any MPGC Week events, as a registered delegate of MPGC - applicable only to full registration fee and does not apply to other discounted fees) *For the 2nd & subsequent delegate from the same company and billing address PAYMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE THE CONFERENCE DATE. ALL REGISTRATIONS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY PAYMENT (For more than one delegate, please photocopy the registration form)