The Kuwait Oil and Gas Summit & Exhibition introduces new features for 2012

Jan. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- Kuwait (16 January 2012): CWC Kuwait Oil and Gas (KOG) Summit & Exhibition announce the new activities for KOG 2012.

Advance registrations for all participants will take place on Sunday 12 February at 5:00 pm at the Regency Hotel. This will include a drink reception hosted by Baker Botts and will be followed at 6:30 pm by the Welcome Address, Exhibition Opening Ceremony and VIP Tour of the Exhibition led by CWC Group. Hosted by KPC and leading government representatives, the ceremony will take place in the Exhibition Hall at the Regency Hotel.

KOG 2012 introduces Technical Seminars at the Exhibition on 13-14 February. This will be showcasing the cutting edge technology being developed in Kuwait’s energy industry. Everyone is invited to submit an extract to present a paper for the Technical Sessions by Wednesday 25 January via the official website: www.cwckuwait.com/contact.

KOG 2012 will have new panels at the Summit on 13-14 February. There will be an interactive panel discussion focused on Regional Cooperation and one focused on Environmental Sustainability.

KOG 2012 together with KPC will host a special evening at the Al-Hashemi II Grand Ballroom. The Gala Dinner, reserved for delegates only, will take place at the Al Hashemi II, the largest wooden boat in the world, on Monday 13 February.

On February 15, two VIP tours will be organized and available free of charge to all delegates. The first one will be a VIP tour of the KNPC Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery built in 1949, one of the world’s most modern refineries in terms of refining capacity and advanced technology employed. The second VIP tour will be of the unique Burgan's Oasis. Usually restricted to KOC’s employees only, delegates are invited to attend this site visit hosted by Kuwait Oil Company of the Oasis.

Also part of the event is the Summit Workshop ‘Strategic & Legal Fundamentals of Oil & Gas in Kuwait’ hosted by SNR Denton. This will take place on Wednesday 15 February at the Regency Hotel.

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, Al Zahem, Technogas, NAFFCO.

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

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