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Oil majors to meet with the Iraq and Kurdistan
governments at leading summit in Dubai
15.8.2007
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August 15, 2007
Dubai, UAE, -- The world's pre-eminent
operators within the global oil, petrochemical,
electricity and security sectors will descend on
Dubai early next month for the forthcoming Iraq Oil,
Gas, Petrochemical & Electricity Summit, the worlds
first event organised to consider the future of
Iraq’s abundant energy resources through direct
consultation with the international private sector.
The summit, which will take place in Dubai on 2-4
September, will welcome a delegation of Ministers
and Director Generals from the Iraq Government and
the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). These will
include representatives from the Ministries of Oil,
Industry, Electricity and National Security Affairs.
These key decision makers will be participating at
the landmark summit, the first of its kind to bring
ministers and other officials to establish
relationships and enter into contractual
negotiations with international energy operators.
The official Iraqi delegation will include some of
the most important figures from Iraq’s energy
sector, including Minister of Industry & Minerals HE
Fawzi Al-Hariri, Minister of Electricity HE Kareem
Wahid and KRG Minister of Oil HE Ashti Hawrami. It
will also include Thamer Ghadbhan, a former oil
minister and Chairman of the Iraq Oil Commission,
Bahr Alolom, former oil minister and Chairman of the
Official Summit Steering Committee, Mohamed Al-Waili,
Governor of Basra and Abdulrahman Mustafa, Governor
of Kirkuk, who will be headlining a special session
on Iraq’s oil strategy and the key requirements for
the sector.
HE Fawzi Al-Hariri will be leading a strong
delegation from the Ministry of Industry & Minerals
including the Director General for Petrochemicals,
the Director General for Petrochemical Industries
and the Director General for Petrochemical
Investments, all of whom will be outlining
requirements for the petrochemical sector, covering
issues such as refinery and petrochemical
integration, feedstock flexibility and production
availability for petrochemical production.
The summit will also feature a special security
briefing, featuring director generals from Iraq’s
Ministry for National Security Affairs, complemented
by the Head of Facilities Protection, who will be
attending as part of the Ministry of Electricity
delegation led by Minister HE Karim Waheed. The
briefing will be held on day three of the summit,
focusing on the protection of power stations,
pipelines, refineries and other associated energy
facilities and the various security provisions
required.
All attending Iraqi Ministries will be outlining the
requirements for their relevant sectors in front of
the senior corporate audience, before holding
private consultations with some of the pre-eminent
operators within the global energy sector.
These best-in-breed operators and companies will be
represented at board level in order to build the
relationships that will be crucial to the future of
the Iraqi energy sector and include the likes of BP,
Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Lukoil, Statoil,
Marathon Oil, Total, Shell, Kuwait National
Petroleum, Annadarko, Schlumberger, ABB, ONGC,
General Electric, Cummins Power, Mitsui, Aegis,
ArmorGroup, Janussian, Control Risks Group, Unity,
Hart, Olive Security, GardaWorld and Triple Canopy.
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