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The Kuwait Oil and Gas Summit & Exhibition will be personally led by Mr Farouk Al-Zanki

Kuwait (30 November 2011): The Ministry of oil confirmed attendance at Kuwait Oil and Gas Conference & Exhibition at the Regency Hotel. The Inauguration will feature Welcome Address, the Exhibition Opening and VIP tour taking place on Sunday 12 February.

The Kuwait Oil & Gas Summit and Exhibition will be personally led by Mr Farouk Al-Zanki, CEO & Deputy Chairman of KPC and will include full participation from KPC management and K-company personnel.

The Kuwait Oil & Gas Summit and Exhibition is the only event in Kuwait where the key leaders from the International and Kuwait Oil & Gas Industry will attend.

Networking is at the heart of the event, Hosted by KPC , the evening reception and Gala Dinner will take place on Monday 13 February at the Al Hashemi II Grand Ballroom. Also part of the event is the Summit Workshop hosted by SNR Denton. This will take place on Wednesday 15 February at the Regency Hotel.

The programme has now been published and will address the critical issues and discuss the strategies for future development and regional cooperation in energy security as well as opportunities in Kuwait's downstream market.

Distinguished speakers:

• Alirio Parra, Official Kuwait Oil & Gas Summit Chair, CWC Group Limited

• Farouk Al-Zanki, CEO & Deputy Chairman, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation ( KPC )

• Sami Al-Rushaid, Chairman & Managing Director, Kuwait Oil Company ( KOC )

• Hashim Al-Rifaai, Chairman & MD, Kuwait Gulf Oil Company ( KGOC )

• John Barry, VP Technology & Production, MENA Region & Country Chair Abu Dhabi, Shell

• Nader Sultan, Chairman, Ikarus Petroleum Industries

• Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Board Member & Director General, Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

• Zied Ben Hamad, Vice President Technology RCG, Schlumberger

• Hussain ismaiel, President, Kuwait Petroleum International ( KPI )

• Bakhit Shabib Al-Rashidi, Deputy Managing Director (Planning & Local Marketing), Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)

• Bader N Al-Khashti, Managing Director, Research & Development & HSE, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation ( KPC )

• Dr Naji Al-Mutairi, Director General, KISR

• Rob Cox, Technical Director, IPIECA

• Dan Steinway, Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.

• Tarek Hassan Beck, Independent Consultant

The Advisory Committee includes:

• Bader Al-Khashti, Managing Director, Research & Technology, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation ( KPC )
• Esam Al-Marzouq, Chief Operations Officer, Kuwait Petroleum International ( KPI )
• Kapt. Ahmad Al Rasheed, Deputy Managing Director (West Kuwait), Kuwait Oil Company ( KOC )
• Bakhit Shabib Al-Rashidi, Deputy Managing Director (Planning & Local Marketing), Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
• Hashim Al-Rifaai, Chairman, Kuwait Gulf Oil Company ( KGOC )
• Assad Al-Saad, Chairman, Kuwait Aviation Fuelling Company (KAFCO)
• Ali D Al-Shammari, Deputy Chairman & DMD Operations East, KUFPEC
• Mohammed Al-Shatti, Manager Coordination & Follow up - Deputy Chairman & CEO Office, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation ( KPC )
• Ahmad Atallah, Chairman & Managing Director, Shell Kuwait
• Lionel Levha, General Manager, Total Kuwait
• Alirio Parra, Official Kuwait Oil & Gas Summit Chair, CWC Group Limited.
• Maen Razouqi, General Manager, Schlumberger Kuwait
• Dale Ryan, General Manager, Chevron Kuwait
• Anwar Saeed Ben Salamah, Deputy Chairman, Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC)

The latest exhibitors and sponsors to have joined the Kuwait Oil & Gas Summit & Exhibition include:

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation , Kuwait Oil Company , Kuwait National Petroleum Company , Petrochemical Industries Company, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, Kuwait Aviation Fuelling Company, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company, Kuwait Petroleum International , Kuwait Gulf Oil Company , Shell, Heston, Total, Veoilia Water & VWS Oil & Gas, Oil Services Company, Oil Development Company, Wildwell Control, Kuwait Dana Lubes Company, Impact Special Metals, Sandvik Process Systems, vMonitor, CGG Veritas, Gulf International Pipe, Petroleum Coke Industries Co, A Marshall Moffat, ZL Petrochemicals Co, National Petroleum Services - National Gulf Petroleum Services (Kuwait), Heston, Veolia Water Services - Oil & Gas, Boushahri Group, Kuwait Drilling Company, Yoke, Jassim Transport & Steverdering, IPS Trade BV & Maverick Valves BV, Red Sea Remotesite, Draeger Fire & Gas Detection Systems, Isisan, Al Hokook, S B Co WLL, Bertling.

Kuwait Oil and Gas Summit & Exhibition is organized by the CWC Group Limited.

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