Under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy, the 1st Middle East Process Engineering Conference and Exhibition (MEPEC) to be held on 23‐26 October 2011.
The event is organized by Saudi Arabian Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (SAS-AIChE) and the Bahrain Society of Engineers (BSE), supported by AIChE.
The Event has already secured Nine Keynote Speakers from Saudi Aramco, UOP‐Honewell, Axens, World Chemical Engineering Council, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Gulf Publishing Company, KBR, Dupont and Lummus.
Mr. Mosaed Al Ohali, Executive Vice President, Saudi Manufacturing SABIC, Chairman of the Advisory Committee said: “The purpose of this event is to bridge the gap between the decision-makers and the aspirations of chemical and process engineers. There are a lot of projects in the pipeline, and we wish to see them during the exhibition which revolves around an idea floated by the Organizers that these projects should be in the knowledge of the industry’s professionals whose feedback will be then channeled back to the implementing process.”
“I am sure the conferences will greatly benefit our region, international governments and authorities, construction industry, service providers and manufacturers.” Mr. Ohali added.
Mr. A. Mohsen Almajnouni, Conference Chairman said: “holding this conference for the first time in Bahrain, reflects its importance as a vital component in the automated operation and monitoring of complex technical processes, and to highlight its significant role in equipping the project team with an efficient and lean development process.”
Key sponsors of MEPEC 2011, Saudi Aramco Oil Company as The Prime Sponsor.
Platinum Sponsors are; SABIC, KBR, UOP (A Honey Well Company), Petroleum Chemicals and Mining Company Limited, Aspentech, Dupont and Lummus.
In addition, the Event has secured Twelve Gold sponsors; Advances Petrochemicals, SIPCHEM, SAMAREF, YOKOGAWA, ABB, AXENS, Aluminium Bahrain (ALBA), Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), PALL Corporation, Petro Rabigh, Siemens, SAS Middle East. Silver sponsors; Linde, JACOBS, DLPS, SUZLER, Koch Glitsch, SASREF, Al Abdulkarim Co.,LUBEREF and Bahrain National Gas Co.
The Luncheon Sponsor is WorleyParsons, TASNEE for Conference Bag Sponsor and Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co. as other Sponsor. The media sponsors include; Hydrocarbon Processing, Arabian OilandGas, Gulf Oil & Gas, Your OIlandGas News, and Rigs World. Also the OIL Review Middle East is the official MEPEC 2011 media publication.
“I would like to thank the advisory committee, The Organizing committee for sharing their knowledge, utilizing their expertise in shaping MEPEC 2011 tremendous success to date. Importantly, I would like to convey my gratitude to H.E. Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy, Kingdom of Bahrain for his kind patronage and guidance,” said Ohali.
