Strong attendance forecast for OMC 2019

Nov. 1, 2018
Delegates from governments, NOCs, and IOCs will attend OMC 2019, an exhibition and conference in Ravenna focused on energy developments across the Mediterranean region.

The nextOffshore Mediterranean Conference & Exhibition, OMC 2019, will take place March 27-29 in Ravenna, Italy. Since its launch in 1993, OMC has become the largest exhibition and conference dedicated to the offshore and onshore oil and gas industry and all associated sectors and activities in the Mediterranean and North Africa regions. OMC 2017 attracted 20,603 participants and 634 exhibiting companies representing 33 countries.

For OMC 2019, the line-up of speakers at the conference will include the Ministers of Petroleum and CEOs of various European and African countries and oil companies, with delegations from the Eastern Mediterranean. Participating countries will include Croatia, France, Germany, Libya, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey and the USA, with representatives from the main oil companies and research institutes across the region. Over 20,000 participants are expected to attend the event and its exhibition, which will feature seven pavilions.

A scene from the OMC 2017 exhibition. (Courtesy OMC)

The major theme will be “Expanding the Mediterranean Energy Sector: Fuelling Regional Growth,” with a special focus throughout the event on research and innovation, the ‘digital revolution,’ and the rapid implementation of energy-efficient technologies.

“We have consolidated relationships with the countries across the Mediterranean,” said Innocenzo Titone, the event’s chairman. “It is a natural hub, paving the way for gas flows from African, Asian, and Mediterranean countries to Europe. At the same time, the discovery of large hydrocarbon deposits, as in the case of Egypt, will be able to satisfy that country’s internal energy needs and regional export demand. Countries in the Mediterranean area are rich in natural resources, and are working hard on the energy mix development and helping to achieve carbon neutrality.”

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