Its not just the finance and real estate industry that is facing a severe crunch due to the credit fallout worldwide.

The petrochemicals industry and its related businesses are all bearing the impact in many ways, no less in terms of production demand and supply.

 

Middle East petrochemical projects are facing the daunting task of dealing with an economic slowdown, wherein prices that were set in dollars are being relooked at. Alternative financing and refinancing to fund petrochem projects & where do the investments lie are key issues that will be addressed at Fleming Gulf's 3rd Annual Petrochemicals Forum 2009.

 

Come up with answers on how to tap the unexploited.

 

Take a look at what’s happening in emerging markets like China, India and Latin America.

 

Network with senior professionals and key decision makers from petrochem companies and investors, project financiers, from the region and the rest of the world.

 

 

Darren Davis, Managing Director, Head of Resources & Energy Group, MENA, HSBC Bank Middle East, UAE

Anas Kentab, G.M. Operation and Planning Chemicals SABIC, Saudi Arabia

Khalid Al-Hail Co-Director QP/ExxonMobil Petrochemical Complex – Ras Laffan, Qatar 

 

Yves Bonte, Divisional Sr. Vice President Polymers Lyondellbasell Industries, Netherlands

 

Bakhit Shabib Al-Rashidi, Dy. MD Planning & Local Marketing Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation, Kuwait

Zahoor Khan, Senior Manager Gulf Investment Corporation, Kuwait

Christophe Mariot, Managing Director, Energy, Project Finance BNP Paribas, Bahrain 

Sameer Al Humaidan, Vice President Technical Affairs Tasnee Petrochemicals, Saudi Arabia 

Nicolas Thévenot, EVP, Project &Trade Finance Department APICORP, Saudi Arabia

 

B.M. Bansal, Director Planning & Business Development Indian Oil Corporation, India

 

Francis Perrin, Editorial Manager Arab Petroleum Research Centre, France

 

M. Periyanayaham, Director, Marketing & Strategic Planning Gulf Farabi Petrochemical Co Ltd, Saudi

 

Choudhry Mohammed Wasi, General Manager Projects Qatar Islamic Bank, Qatar

 

 

Our Advisory Panel

 

Kanchan Chakrabarti, Reliance Industries, India - GM - Cracker Business
Anton de Vries, Lyondellbasell Industries,Netherlands - President Polymers Division
Ali Hussian, UAE - Oil Consultant
Zahoor Khan, Gulf Investment Corporation,Kuwait - Senior Manager
Phil Parker, Qatar Shell Service Company W.L.L.,Qatar - GM – New Business Development
Francis Perrin, Arab Petroleum Research Centre, France - Editorial Manager
Mohammed N. Kebir, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar - Manager, Petrochemical Ventures

 

 

• Successfully implement the latest and emerging technologies to achieve better results in heavy oil fields
• Identify and use to advantage the depths and limits of reserves previously undeveloped
• Evaluate the future world oil and gas outlook and identify the direction companies should be taking to guarantee lucrative, optimal prospects
• Benefit from benchmarking portfolios and strategies against fellow operators
• Learn from fellow operators in North America about successes and mistakes made in developing unconventional gas reserves
• Establish long-term, mutually profitable relationships between operators and refineries for heavy oil production
• Upgrade heavy oils on-site to save time and ensure a successful supply chain from start to finish

Presidents, Vice Presidents, Managing Directors & Senior Executives from Petrochemical Oil and Gas majors
Strategy and Business Development Directors
Project Management Specialists
Industry Analysts and Consultants
CEO’s, Presidents, Vice Presidents & Senior Managers of Refining and Petrochemicals
Planning & Operations Department Heads, Bankers & Project Financiers, Private Equity and Venture Capitalists, Law Firms & Consultants, Economists