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Under the gracious patronage of His Highness the Prime Minister, Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, the Minister of State and Chairman of the National Oil & Gas Authority, Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, opened the 5th Middle East Refining & Petrochemicals Conference & Exhibition ” Petrotech 2006 ” at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre. The three-day event, 16th – 18th January 2006, was attended by a large number of national and regional companies, as well as by leading international corporations and refining and petrochemical specialists.

At the opening session, H.E. the Minister and the Chairman of NOGA gave a speech in which he discussed the current and future outlook of the refining and petrochemical industries worldwide, with special focus upon these industries in the Middle East, the challenges and difficulties faced. His Excellency pointed out that the event coincided with “significant developments being experienced by the oil sector in the Kingdom of Bahrain, including the restructuring of this vital sector in our national economy by having all activities and responsibilities for this sector under the National Oil & Gas Authority, together with the task for overseeing, operating and developing this sector”.

At the conference, which was held under the theme of “Technology for Tomorrow’s Generation”, more than (80) high-level discussion papers were presented by international experts. Over six technical sessions, the (1,000) participants discussed several topics of relevance to refining and petrochemical technologies, management, equipment, processes and economics.

An in-tandem exhibition was held, in which more than (129) international specialized companies displayed latest products and services and state-of-the-art equipment used in oil and gas and associated industries. Many leading companies have been eager to participate regularly in this event ever since its inception in 1996.