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Abu Dhabi set for downstream event

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A major downstream event is set to take place in Abu Dhabi this month. Companies involved in the oil refining and petrochemicals sectors will gather at the Middle East technology forum for refining and petrochemicals (ME-TECH) where high ranking officials and decision makers will attend, including the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC), BAPCO, Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Co., KPC, KNPC, KIPIC, ORPIC, Saudi Aramco and SABIC amongst others.

The event will welcome a large delegation from the Middle East, Europe, North America, Far East and South East Asia.

“We are honoured and privileged to welcome ADNOC as strategic partner for ME-TECH 2019. We look forward to hearing from senior representatives of regional refiners and petrochemicals producers as well as almost all of the leading licensors and technology providers active in the GCC. The event will include several high level panel discussions focused on key issues in the downstream sector, which will be moderated by Süleyman Özmen, leading independent expert consultant” said Stefan Chapman, Vice President at Euro Petroleum Consultants.

Many key oil and gas players are taking part to discuss their latest technical achievements as well as trends in the downstream sectors. Daniel Carter, Director, global consultancy, at Wood, said: “The changes in bunker fuel sulfur through the IMO legislation are rapidly approaching. We see a number of customers looking at how to tackle this challenge through residue upgrading projects. Many national oil companies are also looking to diversify their portfolio across the refining and petrochemical value chains to balance crude oil exports as economic drivers. There remains to be large incentives to improve profitability in the Middle East, as well as driving the best practice in operations and maintenance.”

Since ME-TECH was launched by Euro Petroleum Consultants (EPC) in February 2011, the oil and gas industry, not to mention the economy in general, has experienced many changes. Fluctuations in the oil price had a knock-on effect on budgets affecting service providers involved in the provision of training and conferences. However throughout this time, the ME-TECH conference has managed to retain its high standard, size and loyal following - never veering from its objective of presenting the latest technology developments in order to help refiners and petrochemical companies keep up-to-date with the latest technology developments that can assist them to remain competitive and produce higher quality products.

ME-TECH 2019 is being held at the St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort, Abu Dhabi, UAE from 26 to 28 February.

For further information on the conference and exhibition, click here.

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