Qatar is investing heavily in the expansion of South Pars and is planning to increase LNG exports from 77,8 to 126 million mt/ year by 2028 / 2029. QP signed the largest LNG shipbuilding program in history on June 1st with South Korea’s “Big 3” shipyards to secure more than 100 ships costing more than $19.23 billion.
Kuwait’s offshore drilling plan has been pushed back by 6 to 9 months but will go ahead. Kuwait currently operates 140 land rigs.
During the webinar, NORWEP, Equinor and a local Kuwaiti company will present the market opportunities for Qatar and Kuwait for 2020 and 2021.
Equinor will present their plans and opportunies within
- the new LNG trains
- QP’s order of 100 new ships
- drilling, production
- Hydrogen and digitalisation.
In addition, the webinar will give you an insight regarding drilling and productions activities in Kuwait.
Preliminary Programme (times in CEST):
09:00 Welcome by Oddmar Johannesen, Director Middle East and India, Norwegian Energy Partners
09:05 Market Overview Qatar & Kuwait, by Nasrollah Gharesifard, Energy Advisor, Norwegian Energy Partners
09:20 Opportunities in Kuwait, by Mohammad J Alfawaz, Chief Executive Officer & Abdulrazaq H Ali, Executive Director, Middle East Oilfield Services
09:35 Equinor in Qatar and Kuwait, Ahmed Osman, Business Development Manager Qatar & Kuwait, Equinor
10:00 Q&A, moderated by Oddmar Johannesen
10:30 Finished
Practical information
This is an online webinar which will be held on Tuesday 25 August from 10:00 – 11:30 CEST
There is no participation fee for NORWEP members. Non-members will be charged a participation fee of NOK 2.500,- (incl VAT) per person upon registration.
Register through the link underneath. In due time, before the webinar, you will receive a confirmation email with the link to join the webinar.
