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Middle East Energy 2008

Risk and Responsibility: The New Realities of Energy Supply

Monday 4 February 2008
to Tuesday 5 February 2008

Sponsored by BP, ExxonMobil , Shell and StatoilHydro

To enable as open a debate as possible, this conference will be held under the Chatham House Rule.
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The future of Middle East Energy

The annual Chatham House conference on Middle East Energy 2008 will focus on the Middle East's continued role as the dominant global energy supplier and how the region will tackle current and emerging challenges.

In recent decades, Middle East National Oil Companies (NOCs) have focused on business issues. There are signs that this may be changing in some countries where terms for investment are being rethought. The conference will ask whether new types of partnership are emerging between Middle East NOCs and foreign NOCs and whether the region will find new ways of working with International Oil Companies.

International concern about energy security is high and there is pressure on producing countries to increase communication about reserves and investment plans. Consumers are seeking supplies from elsewhere; how significant are challengers to Middle East exporters from other regions or energy sources? This event will also address what the long term outlook for gas is in the region and how significant gas exports are to its energy strategies.

Sessions focusing on Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq will enable speakers and delegates to gain an in-depth view of the current situation in these countries and what future developments are likely.

Keynote speakers include

HE Abdulla Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah
Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry
State of Qatar

al-shahristani photo HE Dr Hussain Al-Shahristani
Minister of Oil
Republic of Iraq

HE Abdalla Salem El-Badri
Secretary General
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

ghanimifard photo Dr Hojjatollah Ghanimi Fard
Director of International Affairs
National Iranian Oil Company

HE Dr. Chakib Khelil
Minister of Energy and Mines
Algeria