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The Condensate & Naphtha Forum
Posted: 8 January 2008
Qatar Petroleum will host the Condensate and Naphtha Forum, at the Ritz Carlton Doha, on 14 – 15 January 2008.
The event is held under the Patronage of H.E. Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, Deputy Premier, Minister for Energy & Industry,
The 12th event in its series, which has been held annually since 1996, brings together highly specialized groups of producers and traders of condensate and naphtha, by-products of natural gas and which in recent years have become a profitable niche product, given large volumes of natural gas production in the Middle East & Gulf region, with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Algeria and Iran amongst major producers.
Previously held in regional resort locations such as Langkawi, Phuket, Penang, Perth, Bali and Singapore, this is the first time the Forum is being held in Qatar in its eleven year history, to address important issues governing supply and utilization perspectives of this important product, given the use of condensate both in refineries in Doha and elsewhere in the Middle East, and as feedstock for petrochemicals.
H.E. Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, Deputy Premier, Minister for Energy & Industry, & Chairman, Qatar Petroleum, will officially open the conference and provide the Ministerial Address. The Keynote Address will be provided by Mr Ali Hassan Al Sidiky, Director Downstream Ventures from Qatar Petroleum who will examine Condensate & Naphtha Developments in Qatar. Mr Saad Abdulla Al-Kuwari from Tasweeq will also be presenting on Qatar’s Condensate Marketing
Other papers from key national oil companies include presentations by Mr. Mubarak S Al Ketbi, Crude & Condensate Division Manager, ADNOC on new condensate supplies from Abu Dhabi and Mr Chainoi Puankosoom, President, PTT Aromatics and Refining Public Company Ltd, Thailand for a paper on new condensate splitter philosophy and integration of the refinery & aromatics plant in Thailand. A paper on Iran’s Condensate Outlook in the Middle East will also be presented by Dr Fereidun Fesharaki of FACTS Global Energy and Co-Chairman of the conference.
Other speakers include, Mr Phil Parker, General Manager, New Business Development, Shell Chemicals ME, Qatar, Mr Hardi Luiz Schuck, Supply Chain Executive, Copesul, Brazil, Mr Bas Maase, Marketing Manager, GTL Cracker Feedstocks, Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd, UK and Mr John Vautrain, Senior Vice President & Director, Purvin & Gertz Inc. Singapore. Some of the topics to be covered include Global Condensate Review; New Trends & Justification for Splitters; Asia Pacific Naphtha Supply & Demand; GTL Naphtha and the Advent of Pearl GTL; Feedstock Supply in the Middle East & LPG Pricing & Its Relationship to Naphtha.
The Condensate & Naphtha Forum is organized by The Conference Connection Inc, who are also organizers of the annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference (MPGC), the region’s most prestigious and longest running annual oil conference which will also be held in Doha, Qatar, from 6 – 8 April 2008.
Posted by Richard Price, Editor, EnergyME.com
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