ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - March 22, 2011 - Dow Oil & Gas, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, will be showcasing a range of innovative, customized solutions for the oil and gas industry at the 2011 Sour Oil & Gas Advanced Technology (SOGAT) exhibition. The conference, sponsored in part by Dow Oil & Gas, will be held March 27-31 at the Hilton Abu Dhabi.

Dow Oil & Gas will be at the core of industry discussions at the event, presenting two technical papers during the CO2 Forum on March 31. Craig Schubert, Dow Oil & Gas Research Leader, will present a paper on "Pilot Plant Scale Capture of CO2 from Boiler Flue Gas", while Bruce DeBolt, Associate Director of New Business Development for Dow Oil & Gas, will present on "New CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Conformance Solution - Technology Development and Field Trials." Together with UOP, Dow Oil & Gas will also host a workshop on SELEXOL™ Solvent technology.

Dow Oil & Gas has a comprehensive offering for natural gas, including well-known specialty products used to help efficiently treat gas to specification. At the SOGAT exhibition, conference delegates are invited to the Dow Oil & Gas booth, which will feature gas treating and gas transmission technologies and offerings, including: UCARSOL™ and SELEXOL™ Solvents, the AMINE MANAGEMENTSM Program, DOWTHERM™ Heat Transfer Fluids, and NORKOOL™ Coolants, Cleaners, Degreasers and Desiccants.

"SOGAT brings together the key players in this sector of the industry, making it an ideal venue for Dow Oil & Gas," said Craig Arnold, General Manager of Dow Oil & Gas. "It enables our local and global teams to hear from the market, and it is a great forum for showcasing our capabilities.  The Middle East and Africa region is vital to our business, and we look forward to exchanging views on market trends and sharing our expertise with partners and clients."

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About Dow Oil & Gas
Dow Oil & Gas is committed to maximizing value for our customers by offering innovative, customized solutions tailored to the ever-evolving needs of the oil and gas industry. Backed by the proven resources of The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, Dow Oil & Gas offers advanced chemical innovation, intimate industry knowledge and exceptional service. More information can be found at www.DowOilandGas.com.

About Dow
Dow (NYSE: Dow) combines the power of science and technology with the "Human Element" to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The Company connects chemistry and innovation with the principles of sustainability to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, renewable energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity. Dow's diversified industry-leading portfolio of specialty chemical, advanced materials, agrosciences and plastics businesses delivers a broad range of technology-based products and solutions to customers in approximately 160 countries and in high growth sectors such as electronics, water, energy, coatings and agriculture. In 2010, Dow had annual sales of $53.7 billion and employed approximately 50,000 people worldwide. The Company's more than 5,000 products are manufactured at 188 sites in 35 countries across the globe. References to "Dow" or the "Company" mean The Dow Chemical Company and its consolidated subsidiaries unless otherwise expressly noted. More information about Dow can be found at www.dow.com.

About Dow in the Middle East
Dow has a longstanding relationship with the Middle East beginning with the establishment of manufacturing and commercial facilities in the United Arab Emirates more than 30 years ago. Since then, Dow has established a solid presence in the Middle East petrochemicals industry, partnering with leading regional companies to set up state-of-the-art petrochemical complexes across the region. For 15 years, Dow and Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. (PIC) of Kuwait have shared one successful milestone after another, partnering on six industry-leading joint ventures. Saudi Aramco and Dow are in the formation process of a joint venture to build, own and operate a world-scale integrated chemicals complex in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. From the entrepreneurship initiatives of Young Arab Leaders to the new Dow Middle East and Africa R&D Center at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, Dow actively supports the social and economic aspirations of the communities where it operates. For more information about Dow in the Middle East, please visit:

www.dowmiddleeast.com

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Angela Broder-Nemeth
The Dow Chemical Company
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Reuven Proenca or Nisreen Sarryeh
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