Post Event Report

Based on the feedback of those responding to the survey carried out by the Society of Petroleum Engineers about the conference

94% rated the conference as good, very good and excellent 92 % said they would definitely, probably and possibly recommend the conference to their peers and colleagues

a- Conference Theme

Energy Management in a Challenging Economy

b- Committees

Executive Committee

Conference Chairman: Hassan M. Akl, Ministry of Petroleum 22 members, including chairperson representing 20 companies

Conference Programme Committee

Co-chairpersons Ahmed Aly (Programme Co-Chairman) Kamel Bennaceur (Programme Co-Chairman)

38 members including conference programme co-chairpersons representing 32 companies from 10 countries

Executive Committee Programme Committee

Hassan M. Akl, Ministry of Petroleum

Ahmed Aly, American Univeristy in Cairo

Kamel Bennaceur, Schlumberger

Ahmad Atallah, Shell Abulgasem Shengheer, Libya NOC Mehdi Samama, Repsol Exploration Murzuq (REMSA)

Alvaro F. Racero, Repsol Abdel Sattar A. Dahab, Cairo University Mohamed Ahmed Samir, Scimitar Production Egypt

Aly Mira, EGPC Ahmed Adel El Battawy, Schlumberger Mohamed Elghmari, Zueitina Oil Company

Antonio Vella, Eni Ahmed Hassan, PICO International Petroleum Mohamed Gharib Moustafa, Lufkin Industries

Atef Youssef, EGAS Ahmed Mohamed Daoud, Schlumberger Mohamed Helmy Sayyouh, Cairo University

Christian Bladier, Total Ahmed Ouenes, Prism Seismic Mohamed Karki, Woodside Energy

Crawford Anderson, Baker Hughes Ahmed Reda Mohamed, Melrose Petroleum Company

Muhammad Mirza, MEDCO

Dale E. Ryan, Chevron Arshad Waheed, Halliburton Rini Soegiyono, Schlumberger

Hany Elsharkawi, Dana Gas Egypt Christopher Steele, Elkem Materials Said Zaki Elzeghaty, Weatherford

Henri de Moegen, Gaz de France El-Sayed Bedair, GUPCO Salim (El-Djoudi) Mouici, Baker Hughes

Hesham Ismail, Halliburton Fathi Essa, Eni Sameer Joshi, Schlumberger

Ismail Mahgoub, Agiba Petroleum Company

George C. Dozier, Schlumberger Samir Abdelmoaty, BP

John Hendrix, Apache Hassan Fares, Mellitah Gas Sayed Matbouly, EGAS

Khaled Becheikh, ETAP Jean-Marc Seguineau, Total Taoufik Boufares, ETAP

Khaled Shammaa, StatoilHydro Egypt Joachim Oppelt, Baker Hughes Vincent Busch, Shell

Mamdouh Mahfouz, Intro John Baldauf, BP Wael F. Ellaithy, IPR Energy Red Sea

Mohamed Khallaf, Petrobel Josef Shaoul, Pinnacle Technologies Delft Walid Mohana, Trask Oilfield Services

Mostafa Abdel Aziz, Qarun Petroleum Corporation

Magid Shagan, Mabruk Oil Operations

Omar A. Abdelkarim, Libya NOC Majdi Al-Mutawa, Kuwait Oil Company

Yasser El-Khazindar, Schlumberger Med Kamal, Chevron

Tim Blackford, BG Egypt Medhat Arafa, Agiba

SPE North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition (NATC)

Post Event Report

NATC Conference

Introduction

The second edition of the North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition (NATC) was held in Cairo, Egypt on 14–17 February 2010. NATC was held under the patronage of HE Sameh Fahmy, Minister of Petroleum in Egypt. NATC had 1100 attendees from 183 companies representing 33 countries, which is an increase of 267% from last year’s attendance. The event was supported by The

Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company, Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company, Ganoub El-Wadi Petroleum Holding Company, Egyptian Mineral Resource Authority and the Egyptian Petroleum Association.

c- Conference Programme

Based on the feedback of those responding to the survey carried out by the Society of Petroleum Engineers about the programme

89% rated the technical content as good, very good, or excellent 95% rated the technical sessions they have attended as good, very good, or excellent

Opening Ceremony

NATC (Conference and Exhibition) was officially opened by:

Sameh Fahmy, Minister of Petroleum, Egypt Abdllah Ghorab, EGPC President Behrooz Fattahi, 2010 SPE President

Hassan M. Akl, Conference Chairman

Executive Plenary Session

“Energy Management in a Challenging Economy”

89% rated the Executive Plenary Session as good, very good, or excellent

Moderator:

Hany Elsharkawi, President, Dana Gas Egypt

Panelists:

Aly Mira, Deputy CEO,EGPC Ahmad Atallah, Chairman, Shell Companies, Egypt Thomas E. Voytovich, Vice President and General Manager, Apache Egypt William Coates, Vice President for Marketing, Schlumberger

Technical Programme

The NATC 2010 technical programme included

24 sessions in total (2008 NATC had 14 technical sessions) 106 technical papers (2008 NATC had 41 technical papers) 4 panel sessions and 1 special session

NATC 2010 Sessions

SPE North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition (NATC) Post Event Report

DID YOU KNOW?

In comparison to 2008 NATC, there has been 100% increase in the number of technical sessions of NATC, and over

150% increase in the number of technical

papers presented in 2010 NATC!

Category Papers Received

Presented Papers

Exploration 26 15

Deepwater Exploration 1 1

Deepwater Development 5 2

Gas Field Development 25 11

Facilities 15 3

Development Economics 9 2

Reserves Assessment 10 5

Reservoir Management 66 23

Drilling Challenges 50 10

Multilateral and Horizontal Wells 8 4

Well Completions & Optmisation 23 5

Production Enhancement 43 15

Oil Field Automation 8 3

Field Life Management 11 4

EOR/IOR 25 5

Developments in Challenging Economical Conditions 16 6

HSSE 27 3

Managing Competences 6 4

Total 374 121

*p/c: Per Category

32% of the papers submitted were selected to guarantee a high quality comprehensive programme

NATC Papers Presented at Conference

Papers 106 Posters 19

374 papers were received from 144 organisations 39 countries

121 papers were presented from 85 organisations 27 countries

Here is what our delegates said about NATC …..

“Outstanding event!” “So nice and I hope it will be in Egypt also in the next year” “Interesting subjects and very good panelists” “A good mixture of local and international topics” “Technical Sessions was adding value to the audients by presenting new technology” “Good representation on Egypt technology status” “I got a better view of what happens in the area (to which I am new)” “The Quality of the Technical Presentations was Very Good” “I had the opportunity to approach some of the iconic figures in the petroleum industry pillars and form me this was a very beneficial experience “

SPE North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition (NATC) Post Event Report

2010 NATC Registrations versus 2008 NATC Registrations

81% rated the NATC social events as good, very good, and excellent 89% rated the networking experience they had during NATC as good, very good, and excellent 92% would recommend NATC to their peers in the field

The above results are based on the feedback of those responding to the survey carried out by the Society of Petroleum Engineers about the conference.

DID YOU KNOW?

The number of attendees for 2010 NATC has grown by over 350% from 2008!

The number of organisations that NATC delegates represented in 2008

has increased by 200% in 2010!

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a- Exhibitors and Sponsors Participation

Floor space occupied 417 Total number of exhibitors 30 Number of countries represented 10 Total number of sponsors 12

ENI Apache ETAP KUFPEC

b- List of Exhibitors

AMAK Drilling and Petroleum Services Asec Automation Command Energy – Drill Pipe Master Earth Resources Exploration (EREX Egypt Oil and Gas Egyptian General Petroleum Company (EGPC) Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries (ENPPI) Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétroliers (ETAP) Ganoub El Wadi Petroleum Holding Company (GANOPE) Halliburton Ieoc Production B.V. Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) Lufkin Middle East Middle East Oil Refinery (MIDOR) Moody International Petrographics Petroleum Services Petroleum Marine Services Company Petroleum Today Magazine Quick Egypt Randy Smith Training Solutions Red Sea Oil Services Schlumberger The Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO) The Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company(ECHEM) The Egyptian Petroleum Association The Petroleum Projects and Technical Consultations Company

Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Total SA Weatherford Services Free Zone

c- List of Sponsors

94% rated the exhibition as fair, good, very good and excellent 78% of the organisations that exhibited in NATC agreed to consider exhibiting in the upcoming NATC

The above results are based on the feedback of those responding to the survey carried out by the Society of Petroleum Engineers about the programme.

NATC 2010 Exhibition DID YOU KNOW?

The number of exhibitors increased by over 400% in 2010 NATC in comparison to 2008 NATC

The number of sponsors increased by over 150% in 2010 NATC in comparison to 2008 NATC

Baker Hughes Schlumberger Dana Gas BG Egypt

Scimitar Egypt Shell Total Halliburton

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The third North Africa Technical Conference and Exhibition (NATC) will be held on 20-22 February 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The event will feature multidisciplinary technical topics. NATC 2012 will build on the huge success for the 2010 event.

Would you like to serve as a committee member in the upcoming NATC?

You can volunteer to serve as a committee member and showcase your dedication to the industry and to the welfare of the oil and gas community. Contact Muniza Bano Shaikh at mshaikh@spe.org for more information.

Have you considered participating at the 2012 NATC?

There are various ways of participating at the 2012 NATC.

Sponsoring the event:

NATC offers a selection of sponsorship opportunities that is suitable for a range of budgets.

Exhibiting at the event

The event offers an opportunity for exhibiting and showcasing your latest technologies, services, and products.

For more information about the sponsorship opportunities and exhibition, contact Taghreed Khallaf, Sponsorship and Exhibits Specialist, at tkhallaf@spe.org, or call +971.4.457.5800.

Do you have any technical information that you would like to share with your

colleagues?

NATC will be calling for papers in April 2011. Contact Muniza Bano Shaikh at mshaikh@spe.org for more information, or visit www.spe.org/events/natc.

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