Biggest offshore show yet
A brand new feature being launched at this year’s event is the Deep Water Zone, an entire hall dedicated to the industry’s deepwater advances and expertise
September’s SPE Offshore Europe exhibition and conference will be the largest in the event’s history, with its 1,500 exhibiting companies also reflecting its global reach.
The event runs from 6-8th September, 2011 at the AECC venue in Aberdeen and the 25,000 square metre show is nearly 10% larger than in 2009 – which was itself a record-breaker.
It will feature significantly more oil and gas operating companies than ever before, including many of the world’s leading majors such as Shell, BP, Petrobras, ExxonMobil and Chevron. Other international operating companies participating include Statoil, Saudi Aramco, GDF Suez, Centrica, BG Group, DONG, Maersk, Cepsa, ENI, Petronas Carigali, Premier Oil, TAQA, Total, Addax Petroleum and INPEX.
There will also be 28 group pavilions. In addition to the trade group pavilions representing companies in England and Scotland, there will be pavilions from leading oil and gas nations around the world, including the United States, China, Nigeria, Norway, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Austria, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Germany, France and Flanders/Belgium. All of these have exhibited at previous shows.
Reflecting the global interest in SPE Offshore Europe and its continually expanding international reputation, this year will see new pavilions from Brazil, the Northern Territories of Australia, Finland, Greenland and Malaysia. Also exhibiting for the first time will be the Ministry of Natural Resources & the Environment of the Russian Federation.
The largest single pavilion will be the Energy Industries Council (EIC), which is a leading trade association for UK companies supplying goods and services to the energy industries worldwide.
A brand new feature being launched at this year’s event is the Deep Water Zone, an entire hall dedicated to the industry’s deepwater advances and expertise. It will feature a technical presentation area, with content programmed by leading organisations in the field including the Brasilian Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels Institute (IBP), the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) and the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE).
A special display area, meanwhile, will showcase some of the most advanced subsea, seabed and floating production hardware and expertise being utilised. This will include a display by Total detailing its Laggan-Tormore project west of Shetland, being developed by the operator and key contractors such as FMC and Subsea 7. There will also be a display by Petrobras highlighting its massive Pre-Salt developments underway offshore Brazil.
Another pavilion will be dedicated to unmanned remote and autonomous vehicle technologies and expertise being used within deepwater E&P remote operations, with models and interactive displays of ROVs, AUVs and FPSOs.
Visit www.offshore-europe.co.uk for further information and to register online.
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