{"id":14,"date":"2017-02-27T05:56:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T05:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2018-03-25T04:33:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T04:33:04","slug":"meos-2017-transforming-the-industry-through-innovation-operational-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/meos-2017-transforming-the-industry-through-innovation-operational-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"MEOS 2017 &#8211; TRANSFORMING THE INDUSTRY THROUGH INNOVATION &#038; OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Manama,  Bahrain:<\/em> The 20th Middle East Oil &amp; Gas Show  and Conference (MEOS 2017) will take place from 6 \u2013 9 March 2017 under the  patronage of His Royal Highness the Prime Minister of Bahrain Prince Khalifa  bin Salman Al Khalifa. Organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)  and UBM AEM, MEOS  continues to be a premier platform for sharing E&amp;P knowledge and expertise  in the region. <\/p>\n<p>Over 8,000 oil and gas professionals are expected to converge at the  Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre to debate and shape the  future of the oil and gas industry in the region over the course of the  conference and parallel exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;2017 marks the 20th edition of MEOS,  building on 38 years of successful and expanding interactions between industry  and technical leaders, all in the centre of a region leading the world in  energy supply,&rdquo; said Nabeel I. AlAfaleg, MEOS 2017 Conference  Co-Chairman and Chief Petroleum Engineer, Saudi Aramco. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The MEOS conference theme this year is  &lsquo;Transforming the Industry through Innovation and Operational Excellence&rsquo;.  Fluctuations in the oil and gas markets have made our industry very  challenging. Therefore, emphasis on innovation and practicing operations  excellence has never been greater. This transformation will allow the industry  to continue to meet future global energy demands ensuring continuity of  economic growth despite the cyclical nature of the business,&rdquo; he continued. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Operators and service companies are  identifying opportunities to do more with less through operational excellence  while evaluating the financial outcome of their significant investment. This  conference will reflect on the importance of industry transformation, and will  address it from many perspectives through panels with invited industry leaders,  presentations and open discussions,&rdquo; added Michael Bittar, MEOS 2017 Conference  Programme Co-chairman and Senior Director, Halliburton.<\/p>\n<p>Following a record number of abstract submissions, over 270 papers will be presented during 50 technical sessions covering topics  related to reservoirs, production  and facilities, exploration and appraisal, drilling and completions, project  management, human resources, business models and HSSE.<\/p>\n<p>The packed agenda at MEOS also includes an executive  plenary session featuring leading industry figures discussing the conference  theme, an industry keynote session entitled &lsquo;Oil Price Volatility: Continue  Investing in the Future to Meet Future Demands or Control Cost to Survive?,&rsquo; six panel sessions discussing important matters  relevant to today&rsquo;s industry, and a special workshop entitled &lsquo;Women in  Leadership\u2014Invest, Initiate, Innovate&rsquo; with influential speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Two one-day SPE seminars entitled &lsquo;Advanced Hydraulic Fracturing Design  and Treatment&rsquo; and &lsquo;Artificial Lift and Production Optimisation Solutions&rsquo; will  provide delegates with further opportunities to improve technical skills.<\/p>\n<p>A full programme of events aimed at the next generation of oil and gas  professionals will meanwhile offer high school students, university students  and teachers the chance to engage and gain valuable career advice.<\/p>\n<p>A 3 day exhibition of oil and gas products and services will run  parallel to the conference from 7 \u2013 9 March. Featuring over 200 exhibitors from  25 countries, it covers all areas of the upstream industry; including exploration, development, production, transportation, and processing of  oil and natural gas. <\/p>\n<p>Principal exhibitors include GCC national oil and gas companies, who  will be exhibiting alongside international supermajors, service industry giants  and independent specialist suppliers and distributors from across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since  its inception in 1979, MEOS has played a significant role in the development  and transfer of exploration and production technologies in the Middle East.  This global event has successfully united thousands of industry professionals to learn, forge business relationships,  share expertise and foster new technologies in one of the most prolific hydrocarbon  regions in the world,&rdquo; said  UBM AEM&rsquo;s Director of Sales and Marketing Fawzi Al Shehabi.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;MEOS 2017 builds on 38 years of this successful interaction, and as we  look to the future, I am confident that this year&rsquo;s exchange of experience  and technology will further contribute towards the advancement of the oil and  gas industry and aid its goal to meet world energy demand efficiently,  responsibly and with maximum value,&rdquo; he continued. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manama, Bahrain: The 20th Middle East Oil &amp; Gas Show and Conference (MEOS 2017) will take place from 6 \u2013 9 March 2017 under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Prime Minister of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. Organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and UBM AEM, MEOS continues to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/meos-2017-transforming-the-industry-through-innovation-operational-excellence\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MEOS 2017 &#8211; TRANSFORMING THE INDUSTRY THROUGH INNOVATION &#038; OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oilandgasdirectory.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}