Official Press-release of OGU’12

OGU 2012, the 16th Uzbekistan International Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference, will take place from 15 to 17 May 2012 at the Uzexpocentre in Tashkent. Since its launch in 1997, OGU has become an annual meeting place for oil and gas professionals to discuss future developments and plan how to carry out large-scale projects.

Exploration, extraction, field development, transportation, storage and processing of oil and gas are among the new technologies that will be showcased at this year’s event.

Along with the Uzbekneftegaz stand, 20% of the exhibitors are Uzbek companies, including Andburservis, Armalux, Cumulative Business Solutions, East West Group Holding, Eco Gaz System Servis, Neftgazkipavtomatika, Nur Pulat Invest, plus many others.

Major participants representing the CIS include Lukoil, Integra, TMK, TNG, OMK, Volgaburmash, and Oil and Gas Systems.

Major participants representing Europe include BAE, Frenzelit, Jumо, Kanex, Liebherr-Export AG, Samson AG and Endress+Hauser Instruments International AG, who all form part of the national group from Germany. Confirmed Italian exhibitors, include Breda Energia, Drillmec, Pietro Fiorentini, Galperti, Ritmo SpA and Techin.

Major participants representing the national group from China include CIMC ENRIC, CNPC Xibu Drilling Engineering Company, Shandong Kerui Petroleum Equipment Co, Tianjin Lilin Petroleum Machinery Co, Wenzhou Qiangli High Pressure Cylinder Co, and many others.

A comprehensive business programme will also form part of the event. This year’s theme is 'Modernisation of Uzbekistan's Oil and Gas industry' international’. This theme is particularly timely due to the recent passing of legislation which will provide 1.1bn USD to modernise and re-equip industrial facilities from 2012 to 2014.

A roundtable, entitled ‘The Impact of Energy Exports from Central Asia on the Prospects of Political and Economic Development of the Region’, will also take place. The roundtable is partnered with the Centre for Political Research and supported by Uzbekneftegaz. 500 delegates are expected to attend both the business programme and roundtable.

Of the 242 oil and gas fields in Uzbekistan, 110 have been developed in the last 20 years. Extensive reserves have recently been discovered in the Ustyurt Plateau, Surgil, East Berdakh and Uchsai fields. A new area of development is the production of synthetic fuels using the South African company, Sasol’s gas-to-liquid technology, which will form the basis of a new gas-to-liquid processing facility in Uzbekistan aimed at increasing the range of natural gas products, improving fuel quality and reducing harmful emissions.

OGU 2012 is organised by ITE Uzbekistan and their international partners, ITE Exhibitions and Conferences Ltd (UK), ITE Moscow, GiMA (Germany), ITE China and ITE Gulf.

OGU 2012 is officially supported by:

• Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan
• Uzbekneftegaz
• Tashkent Mayoral Administration
• Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan

The sponsors for OGU 2012 include Lukoil, WorleyParsons, Sasol, Tethys Petroleum, Technip, Uzbekistan GTL and Mubadala.