Exhibition 14,000 square metres 184 exhibiting companies 24 exhibiting countries Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, SHOW REPORT Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, USA ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING YEAR 2 national groups A record total of 6,129 world energy leaders, stakeholders France & Egypt and executives from 60 countries converged in Kuwait for the 3rd Society of Petroleum Engineers Kuwait Oil & Gas Show and Conference (KOGS 2017) in October for 4 days of Conference strategic dialogue and business opportunities. 1 Marking a massive 17% increase in attendance, attendees were welcomed by 184 opening & ministerial panel exhibitors from 24 countries at the world-class exhibition featuring state-of-the-art equipment, machinery, technological advancements and innovative services in the 1 oil, gas, refining and petrochemical sectors. executive plenary session The parallel conference programme convened under the theme ‘Shaping the Energy 4 Future: Integration and Diversification’ and featured over 200 expert speakers, panel sessions covering topics across the full value chain focused on today’s industry trends and challenges. 63 KOGS 2017 was held under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Kuwait His technical presentations Highness Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and was officially supported by the Kuwait Ministry of Oil and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and subsidiaries. 38 knowledge sharing e-posters 7 special sessions 3 technical special sessions His Excellency Issam A. Almarzooq, Kuwait Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity & Water and Chairman of the Board, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Attendance performed the official exhibition ceremony on 16 October 2017 at Kuwait International Fair, accompanied by an entourage of senior officials from KPC and 6,129 subsidiaries, government representatives, and senior oil and gas executives. total attendees Principal regional exhibitors included KPC and subsidiaries, Bapco, Sabic, Saudi 4,002 Aramco and EQUATE. Complementing these regional giants were a host of exhibition visitors international powerhouses including Amec Foster Wheeler, Baker Hughes, a GE Company, BP, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, Halliburton, Schlumberger, Shell, Total and Weatherford amongst others who exhibited 2,127 alongside independent specialist suppliers and distributors from Kuwait and across conference delegates the world. The exhibition also featured large national groups from France and Egypt. 60 attending countries The conference opened in a special ceremony on 15 October 2017 at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre. Welcome addresses were delivered by His Excellency Issam Al-Marzooq, Kuwait Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity of Attendance by Region Water and Chairman of Board of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC); Nizar M. Al- Adsani, CEO and Deputy Chairman of the Board of KPC; and Sami Al-Neaim, 2017 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) President. His Excellency Dr. Ali Saleh Al-Omair commented, “We are proud to sponsor the 3rd Kuwait Oil and Gas Show and Conference, which is a great example of collaboration to share technical knowledge about petroleum geosciences, exploration, production and refining, as well as petrochemical products and services”. Related to the current situation in the oil and gas sector, Dr. Al-Omair added: “Despite the uncertainties and challenges facing the energy sector, we all agree that our main objective must focus on providing a stable and sustainable energy future for the next generations. Through innovation, new technologies and collaboration, we can move forward and overcome such challenges”. An Executive Plenary Session on this year’s conference theme ‘Shaping the Energy Future: Integration and Diversification’ followed the opening ceremony. Keynote speeches were delivered by Isam Al Zadjali, CEO, Oman Oil Company; Andy Brown, Upstream Director, Shell; Belgacem Chariag, Chief Global Operations Officer, Baker Hughes, a GE Company; Frederico Justus, President – Eastern Hemisphere, Weatherford; and Stephane Michel, President E&P MENA, Total. More than 100 technical and e-poster presentations designed to share the knowledge and experience of managing, operating and supplying oil and gas companies took place over the subsequent 3 days of the conference at Kuwait Kuwait 5,084 International Fair. Middle East 651 The pace-setting agenda at KOGS 2017 also included 4 industry panel sessions, 7 Europe 224 special sessions and 3 technical special sessions led by chief executive officers, managers and presidents of national and international oil companies and the Asia 76 service industry. Panel discussion topics include upstream integration, value chain North & South 81 optimisation, frontier challenges and offshore exploration. America A one-day SPE training course and a two-day programme of events aimed at the Other 13 next generation of oil and gas professionals, which offered high school students and teachers the opportunity to engage and gain valuable career advice, were also held in conjunction with KOGS 2017. Exhibitors at KOGS 2017 A E I AAF INTERNATIONAL EASTERN INTERNATIONAL ILF CONSULTING ENGINEERS AUSTRIA ABB ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES TESTING SERVICES (EITS) INTEGRATED GLOBAL SERVICES (IGS) ABDUL RAHMAN ALBISHER & ZAID EASTERN NATIONAL OILFIELD INTERNATIONAL POWER SUPPLY AD ALKAZEMI CO. SERVICES CO. (ENOS) INTERNATIONAL WARBA COATINGS - ADVANCED WATERTEK EASTERN UNITED PETROLEUM AKZONOBEL AGGREKO (MIDDLE EAST) SERVICES - EUPS INTERPIPE AGILITY EGYPT GAS IPCOS NV AL-DORRA PETROLEUM SERVICES EGYPTIAN ETHYLENE AND AL-JULAIAH TRDG. & CONTG. CO. DERIVATIVES CO. (ETHYDCO) K ALEXANDRIA MINERAL OILS EGYPTIAN GENERAL PETROLEUM KATCH KAN COMPANY (AMOC) CORPORATION (EGPC) KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT (KBR) ALI MUQWAR & MOHAMMAD EGYPTIAN MAINTENANCE KHALID Y. AL FULAIJ & PARTNERS CO. KHARMA INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT COMPANY (EMC) KLINGER WARBA GASKET MANUFACTURING ALKHORAYEF COMPANY FOR EGYPTIAN NATURAL GAS KUWAIT DRILLING COMPANY SALE, MAINTENANCE & REPAIR HOLDING CO. (EGAS) OF OIL PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT EMAS ENERGY SERVICES KUWAIT FOREIGN PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AMEC FOSTER WHEELER EN-FAB COMPANY (KUFPEC) ANDAIR AG ENERGY BUSINESS REVIEW KUWAIT GULF OIL COMPANY (KGOC) AQSEPTENCE GROUP ENGINEERING CORNER FOR KUWAIT INTEGRATED PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES ARCA REGLER INSPECTION (ECI) COMPANY (KIPIC) ARKTIKMORNEFTEGAZRAZVEDKA ENGINEERING FOR THE KUWAIT NATIONAL PETROLEUM COMPANY JOINT STOCK COMPANY PETROLEUM AND PROCESS (KNPC) ASHCROFT AL RUSHAID INDUSTRIES (ENPPI) KUWAIT OIL & GAS DIRECTORY INSTRUMENT CO. EPSCO GLOBAL GENERAL KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (KOC) AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF TRADING & CONTRACTING CO. KUWAIT OIL TANKER COMPANY (KOTC) KUWAIT (ACK) EQUATE PETROCHEMICAL CO. AUTOMAK AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY EXCEED OILFIELD EQUIPMENT KUWAIT PETROLEUM CORPORATION KUWAIT PETROLEUM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED B F (KPI - Q8) BADLEY ASHTON & ASSOCIATES FASK KUWAIT GENERAL TRADING KUWAIT PIPE INDUSTRIES & OIL SERVICES BAPCO & CONTRACTING CO. KUWAIT SHELL LIMITED BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY FAWARES PETROLEUM SERVICES KUWAITI GEOPHYSICAL CONSULTING OFFICE BANAGAS FIRE EATER A/S BIN QURAYA FIRST BATEEL GENERAL TRADING L BIO-EX & CONTRACTING CO. LUFKIN INDUSTRIES BLUESPARK LUX ASSURE BP KUWAIT G BUSINESS FRANCE GAS & OIL FIELD SERVICES M COMPANY (GOFSCO) MASTER TECH COMPANY C GASCOOL CHEMOSTRAT GE OIL & GAS ESP MECHANICAL ENGINEERING & CONTRACTING CLS GEOSTEERING TECHNOLOGIES CO. (MECC) COMMTEL NETWORKS GLASSPOINT SOLAR MEOFS GENERAL TRADING & CONTRACTING COMPLETE INTERNATIONAL GPIC COMPANY CORSYDE INTERNATIONAL GREEN VALLEY OIL SERVICES MERCEDES-BENZ KUWAIT CRIMSON OIL TOOLS GUBKIN UNIVERSITY MIDDLE EAST OIL REFINERY CSI TECHNOLOGIES GULF DRILLING & MAINTENANCE CO. CYLINGAS CO, (MEMBER OF GULF OILFIELD DIRECTORY N ENOC GROUP) GULF SAFETY & FIRE PROTECTION NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TRAINING D NEURALOG PRINTERS DEEMA TRADING CO. H NOGA DEGOLYER AND MACNAUGHTON HALLIBURTON OVERSEAS LIMITED DMS GLOBAL HINT ENGINEERING B.V. NOVOMET DONG YANG CORROSION HORN INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING HYDROCARBON ENGINEERING DRAWWORKS Exhibitors at KOGS 2017 continued… Organisers Exhibition Organisers O T O&G ENGINEERING WLL TEQNOVATION INC. OGS TERRALOG TECHNOLOGIES OIL & GAS DIRECTORY MIDDLE EAST THE KUWAIT OLEFINS COMPANY (TKOC) OIL AND GAS INNOVATION THE OIL & GAS YEAR OIL AND GAS NEWS MAGAZINE TOKYO BOEKI MACHINERY Bahrain OIL AND GAS TECHNOLOGY TOTAL T: +973 17 550033 OIL REVIEW MIDDLE EAST TOUGAS OILFIELD SOLUTIONS E: [email protected] OILFIELD TECHNOLOGY TOWN GAS Conference Organisers OPEC TRE ALTAMIRA S.R.L. OSVFINDER TUBACEX GROUP OSWAL INDUSTRIES U P UBM AEM Dubai PACKERS PLUS ENERGY SERVICES (CYPRUS) ULTERRA T: +971 4 457 5800 PARIFEX UPSTREAM E: [email protected] PETRICORE PETROCHEMICALS INDUSTRIES COMPANY W Worldwide Coordinators PETROFAC WARBA INDUSTRIAL & ADVANCED PETROLEUM PROJECTS & TECHNICAL SERVICES CENTER CONSULTATIONS COMPANY (PETROJET) WARBA NATIONAL CONTRACTING CO. PETROLEUM TODAY MAGAZINE WEATHERFORD KUWAIT FOR PETROLINK INTERNATIONAL LTD. PETROLEUM SERVICES London PIETRO FIORENTINI SPA WELLTEC A/S T: +44 207 840 2138 PIPELIFE NEDERLAND WELLTECH PRISMA INSTRUMENTS & GAUGE WESTERN CORPORATION E: [email protected] BOURDON FRANCE WESTERN TANKS AND PIPES IND. CO. Asia Coordinators WILD WELL CONTROL Q WORLDTECH TRADING CO. Q EIGHTY UNITED GENERAL TRADING WORLEYPARSONS & CONT. CO. QINGDAO HNA OILFIELD EQUIPMENT Z Singapore MANUFACTURING CO. ZAIN T: +65 6233 6767 QUINN PUMPS ZAMIL PROCESS EQUIPMENT COMPANY ZAMIL STRUCTURAL STEEL CO. E: [email protected] R ZENITH OILFIELD TECHNOLOGY REDLINE COMMUNICATIONS ZIRAX RGL RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT ROCK FLOW DYNAMICS ROFANA ADVERTISING AGENCY ROSEN GROUP ROYAL DAHLMAN RUBBERATKINS LTD. SAVE THE DATES S SABIC SANDVIK MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY SAUDI ARAMCO SCALE PROTECTION AS SCHLUMBERGER SEENOPEX OIL SERVICES SENERGY SERVICES SEOUL INSPECTION & TESTING CO. (SITCO) SIEMENS SOCAR-AQS SOCIETY OF PETROLEUM ENGINEERS SOLUFORCE SOUTH VALLEY EGYPTIAN PETROLEUM HOLDING COMPANY SULAIMAN AL QUDAIBI CO. FOR GRP 20 - 23 October 2019 & PLASTIC PRODUCTS .