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Regional update
We are starting to see the region slowly come out of the imposed lockdown measures. We were delighted to welcome several of you to our first physical event since 2019 for an Evening with EIC Ryan McPherson at The Club. A great night was had by all which served as a timely reminder as to how much we miss face to face networking and the void it has left in our lives. Virtual events have continued in the interim with our recent Business Opportunities with Subsea 7 event proving to be extremely popular as the organisation seeks to grow its business across the region and continue its ongoing transition in the renewables sector. This is hopefully the first of many ‘Business Opportunities with’ webinars to be held this year with several others due to be announced in the coming weeks. In addition, our Oman Market Update featuring PDO and Petrofac provided an excellent overview of the current business status in Oman as part of our ongoing commitment to keep you up to date with developments across the region. Building on this we are in the throes of planning our inaugural Qatar Connect event which we hope to announce shortly. Restrictions permitting, we are hoping to include a physical networking element allowing those wishing to travel to meet with several Qatari based contacts. The Energy Exports Conference (EEC) is also now complete for another year. With over 2,500 attendees across the four days, and 40 sessions taking place from 14-17 June 2021, this was an overwhelming success where premium access users can access the presentations for a further two weeks. New members continue to join us from across the region where we recently welcomed Asstra Logistics and Lonadek and look forward to welcoming in many more throughout the course of the year. We have also recently introduced a new Russia & CIS membership category based on customer feedback and hope to welcome in several new members from the region in the coming months. Further information on membership can be found by contacting anand.kumar@the-eic.com or
dina.abieva@the-eic.com
We are delighted to be once again running the UK Pavilion at ADIPEC taking place from 15-18 November 2021, stand space is currently 80% full, thus do not delay if you would like to join us.
Ryan McPherson Regional Director, Middle East, Africa, Russia & CIS ryan.mcpherson@the-eic.com
Regional news
Sharjah’s Bee’ah to build region’s first waste-tohydrogen plant
Sharjah waste management company, and recent EIC Connect presenter, Bee’ah plan to build the region’s first waste-to-hydrogen project with UKbased Chinook Sciences. The project, part of a US$180m gasification undertaking in the emirate by the two companies to turn waste into energy, will cater to growing demand for a green version of the alternative fuel in the region. It will include a plant and a fuel station for vehicles that run on hydrogen. The addition of a fuel station adjacent to the plant will overcome challenges related to costly transport fees. The station will use the green hydrogen produced from non-recyclable plastic waste and waste wood. The clean alternative fuel will then be fed into the filling station for hydrogen-powered vehicles.
ADNOC awards offshore field contract to NPCC
ADNOC has awarded a US$744m contract to the UAE’s National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC) to fully develop the offshore Belbazem block. The Belbazem block is being developed to reach a production capacity of 45,000bpd of light crude, with the first barrel of oil expected in 2023. The development is part of ADNOC’s efforts to raise its production capacity to 5m bpd by 2030. NPCC’s scope of work includes the installation of three offshore wellhead towers – one in each field. Work to lay interconnecting subsea pipelines and cables to Zirku Island, located 60km from the Belbazem field, is also part of the scope.
