3-5 April 2012
Atyrau, Kazakhstan
Sport complex "Atyrau"
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A double anniversary of the main oil and gas event in Atyrau

2011 marks the double anniversary of the main Atyrau oil and gas events. Atyrau Oil & Gas 2011 - the 10th Anniversary North Caspian Regional Atyrau Oil, Gas and Infrastructure Exhibition - and OilTech Atyrau 2011 - the 5th Anniversary Atyrau Regional Petroleum Technology Conference – will take place in Atyrau on 5-7 April
2011 marks the double anniversary of the main Atyrau oil and gas events. Atyrau Oil & Gas 2011 - the 10th Anniversary North Caspian Regional Atyrau Oil, Gas and Infrastructure Exhibition - and OilTech Atyrau 2011 - the 5th Anniversary Atyrau Regional Petroleum Technology Conference – will take place in Atyrau on 5-7 April. The events are organised by the Kazakhstani exhibition company Iteca, and its international partners from the UK and Germany.

Official support for the event is traditionally provided by: the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Administration of Atyrau City, Administration of Atyrau Region, and KazMunaiGas Exploration Production, which demonsrtates the prestige of the events.

The sponsors of the exhibition and conference in Atyrau this year are: DNV, Lloyd's Register, NCOC, Technip Maritime Overseas Ltd, and Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies. The “Official Airline of the Exhibition and Conference” is Air Astana, the “Official Hotel” - the five-star Renaissance Atyrau Hotel, and the “Official Radio Station” - Radio Tandem. Technical support is provided by ITech Solutions.

Atyrau Oil & Gas will be held in the Atyrau Sports Complex and present about 70 companies from Azerbaijan, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, China, Russia and Ukraine. To mark the exhibition’s anniversary, it will attended by oil and gas production companies, refining businesses and major service companies, including: KazMunaiGas Exploration &, Tengizchevroil, NCOC, LUKOIL, «AtyrauNefteMash», «Aktobe plant of non-metallic pipes, JSC», «TD Votkinsky Zavod, JSC», «Blagoveschensk valves plant, JSC», «Plant of piping elements, JSC», «Kroporkinsk Engineering Plant, OJSC», «Uraltechnostroy – Tuimazykhimmash, JSC» and TD «Motovilikhinsky zavodi», «Kharkovmash» and many others. Exhibits will also be presented by agencies within the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Ministry of Industry and New Technology of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the Central Dispatching Board of the Oil and Gas Industry of Kazakhstan, and Information and Analytical Centre for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The two-day technical conference OilTech Atyrau will run alongside the exhibition in the Renaissance Atyrau Hotel. The exhibitors and visitors of the exhibition and conference will have an excellent opportunity not only to see exhibits, but also to actively participate in seminars, conferences and roundtables; discuss financial, economic, legislative and legal issues in the oil and gas sector, and the implementation of national and regional projects; and address current issues.

Forty speakers from various countries will present papers at the OilTech Atyrau 2011 conference, and about 200 delegates will attend. The plenary session is due to include reports by the following well-known speakers: David Moran, British Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan; Uzakbai Karabalin, CEO, Kazakh Institute of Oil and Gas; Zhandarbek Kakishev, President, National Agency for the Development of Local Content (NADLoC); and Evgeny Tolmachev, Deputy General Director of KazMunaiGas Scientific Research Institute. At the second session, entitled “Overview of the exploration and production sector”, papers will be presented by Bazar Eskozha, Chief Geologist, KMG EP; Professor Geroy Zholtaev, Director of the Kanysh Satpaev Institute of Geological Sciences; Kosan Taskinbaev, Director of KazNIGRI; and others. In addition to the technical session listed above, the following sessions are planned: “Kazakhstan’s oil and gas processing industry”, “Oil and gas processing from deepwater fields”, “Occupational safety”, “Social responsibility”, “Environmental protection and waste utilisation”, “Legislative framework”, “Environmental catastrophes” (an interesting paper by Vladimir Griguletsky from the Gukin Institute of Oil and Gas, with an analysis of the effects of the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico), “Alternative technologies and energy efficiency”, and “Nanotechnologies in the service of industry”. Various roundtables will be held within the conference. The first day of the conference will feature a discussion on foreign investment in Kazakhstan. A further two roundtables - “Development of Kazakhstan’s content” and “Export of Caspian oil and gas” - are planned for the second day of OilTech Atyrau.

The organisers of the event, together with the government authorities of Atyrau region and Atyrau city, are preparing a rich business programme that will assess the results of joint activities over the past 10 years, and provide a positive new impetus to the development of mutually beneficial contacts for representatives of domestic and foreign oil and gas companies. It is noteworthy that in the seven projects included in the region’s development programme, the initiators are regular exhibitors at the oil and gas events organised by Iteca and its international partners – such as the gas turbine equipment repair company KazTurboRemont. The business programme includes a trip to this company’s plant for the participants of the exhibition and conference.

In the 10 years since its launch, the event has become a traditional meeting place not only for professionals from the oil and gas industry of the Caspian region and Kazakhstan, but the entire global oil and gas community. The Atyrau Oil & Gas exhibition and OilTech Atyrau conference occupy a leading position among the business events in the industry, and have become a major business platform for industry professionals in the region. Since 2001, the event has seen a positive trend of development. The professional body of exhibitors, and continuous improvement of the level of service and services provided, has received due recognition from visitors, which is shown by the increasing number of visitors to the event.



Date: Monday, February 21, 2011

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Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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