ENERGY NEWS

12th Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference

Posted: 11 March 2004

The 12th Annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference will be held in
Bahrain from May 9-11 2004. To be held Under the Patronage of H.E.
Shaikh Isa Bin Ali Al Khalifa, Minister of Oil, Ministry of Oil, Kingdom of
Bahrain.

It will be organized by The Conference Connection Inc. and Hosted &
Sponsored by the Bahrain Petroleum Company.

Over 40 speakers are expected to address the event with discussions focusing on "Rising to the Challenge: Middle East Oil and Global Energy Security"

Conference Co-Chairmen:
H.E. Mohammed Saleh Shaikh Ali, President & Managing Director, the Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bahrain
Dr Fereidun Fesharaki, President, FACTS Inc., USA

Speakers Confirmed (include)

• H.E. Shaikh Isa Bin Ali Al Khalifa, Minister of Oil, Ministry of
  Oil, Kingdom of Bahrain
• Mr Nader H. Sultan, Deputy Chairman & C.E.O, Kuwait Petroleum
  Corporation, Safat, Kuwait
• Mr Hussain Sultan, Group C.E.O & Board Member, Emirates National Oil Co Ltd (ENOC), Dubai, UAE
• Mr P M S Prasad, Group President, Reliance Industries Limited, India
• Mr Ian R Taylor, President, Vitol Group of Companies, London, UK
• Mr Marcel van Poecke, Managing Director, Petroplus International
  N.V., 3062 MA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Mr James LeJeune, ChevronTexaco Corporation, UK
• Mr Carlos A Cabrera, Senior VP, Refining & Petrochemicals, UOP LLC, USA
• Dr Edgard Habib, Chief Economist, ChevonTexaco Corporation, San
  Ramon, USA
• Mr Mutlaq H Al-Morished, VP Shared Services, Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), Saudi Arabia
• Mr Klaus Rehaag, Editor, Oil Market Report, Head, Oil Industry &
  Market Division, International Energy Agency, Paris
• Dr Robert C. Bever, Planning Consultant, Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Arabia
• Mr Adel K. Almoayyed, General Manager, Marketing, The Bahrain
  Petroleum Company, Bahrain
• Dr Samir Al-Tubayyeb, Manager, Corporate Planning, Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Saudi Aramco
• Mr Atul Laul, Head, Trading Group, Reliance Industries Ltd, Mumbai,
  India
• Mr Johannes Benigni, Managing Director & Partner, PVM Oil
  Associates, Austria
• Professor Eugene M Khartukov, General Director, Head, World Energy Analysis & Forecasting Group, Int'l Center for Petroleum Business Studies, Moscow, Russia
• Mr Kenneth S Culotta, Partner, King & Spalding LLP, USA
• Mr Adrian Binks, Managing Director, Argus Media Group, UK
• Mr Sakura Sakakibara, General Manager, Global Information
  Department, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute, Inc., Japan
• Dr Herman Franssen, President, International Energy Associates, Inc, Chevy Chase, USA
• Mr Rashid bin Khalid Al-Barwani, Minister's Adviser for Marketing,
  Ministry of Oil & Gas, Muscat, Oman
• Mr Ian Seymour, Editor Emeritus, Middle East Economic Survey, Cyprus

For further information on MPGC 2004 and other Middle East Petroleum & Gas Week Events, visit www.cconnection.org

Posted by Richard Price, Editor EnergyME.com

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