KIOGE 2018 is the largest oil exhibition in Central Asia.

Unique event in oil and gas industry exhibition and conference "Oil and Gas - KIOGE 2018" will be held from 26th to 28th September this year in Atakent Exhibition Center in Almaty. The major industry players from Kazakhstan, CIS and far abroad countries will take part in this event.

During the past quarter century, KIOGE exhibition has been an important platform for highlighting and discussion of issues and relevant topics of Kazakhstan oil and gas industry, introduction of smart technologies and digitizing of oil producing processes.

More than 500 companies from 20 countries around the World will take part in the exhibition and conference this year.

KIOGE will present the latest technological, engineering and software developments for oil and gas companies from the leading oil, gas and oilfield service companies. In addition, the program of the exhibition will include business meetings, presentations, negotiations between market participants.

Among participants there are key representatives of Kazakhstan and international oil and gas community such as: NC KazMunayGas JSC, State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic of SOCAR, Uzbekneftegas JSC, Tengizchevroil LLP, NCOC, Caspian Pipeline Consortium JSC, Tatneft PJSC, Transneft PJSC, Embamunaygas JSC, Russian Export Center JSC and many others.

Recall that signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation between ALE Kazakhstan Association of Oil and Gas and Energy complex KAZENERGY and Kazakhstan exhibition company ITECA has become an important event of this year. As part of this document, KIOGE will be held for even-numbered years (starting from 2018) and KAZENERGY Forum – for odd-numbered years. The next KIOGE will be held in October 2020.

Participants of KIOGE 2018 exhibition will have a unique opportunity to meet in B2B format with representatives of Procurement Departments and Departments for work with subcontracting companies of general contractors of Future Expansion Project of Tengiz field and Karachaganak expansion project. The organizer of this event is Union of Service Companies of Kazakhstan "KazService" and ITECA LLP. Silver partners of this event will be: Control Seal, Complect Armatura LLP.

This year business program of the exhibition, seminars and presentations will be held with support of Embamunaygas JSC, that is the leader of digitalization of oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan and Gold Partner of KIOGE 2018. Within the framework of the exhibition there will be seminars and presentations of the companies: Tengizchevroil LLP, NCOC, Embamunaygas, Wonderware Kazakhstan, DOW, KIMEP, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, Prosoft Systems LLC and Tien Shan Engineering.

Business program

Along with KIOGE, Kazakhstan International Oil and Gas Conference KIOGE will traditionally take place.

Participants and speakers of Conference will be key players and experts of large state companies, heads of industry associations and unions, specialists in domestic and international oil and gas industry.

On September 26, three sessions will be held:
• "Innovations and international cooperation as key factors for sustainable development",
• "What impact will new legislation have on extractive sector of Kazakhstan and investors",
• "The main digital trends in oil and gas industry"
The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, NC KazMunayGas JSC, Tengizchevroil, KAZENERGY Association, Kazakhstan Association of Oil and Gas Lawyers, Embamunaygas JSC, Scientific Center for Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry of Atyrau University of Oil and Gas and Uzbekneftegas JSC will speak in that plenary sessions.

On September 27, there will be sessions:
• “Innovations in drilling and efficiency of intellectual development”,
• “Transportation of oil and gas - a new perspective on development prospects”,
• “Oilfield Service as one of promising directions of Kazakhstan industry”
SRI PDT Kazmunaygas, Caspian Pipeline Consortium-K JSC and Kazakhstan Institute of Industry Development JSC will speak in that plenary session.
Within the second day of the conference, there will be two round tables "Development of digitalization of TCO" and "Human factor in the era of digital transformation".

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KIOGE traditionally takes place with official support of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty City Akimat, ALE Kazakhstan Association of Oil and Gas and Energy Complex KAZENERGY, National Company KazMunayGas JSC, Union of Service Companies of Kazakhstan “KazService”, Kazakhstan Society of Petroleum Geologists (KSPG) and diplomatic missions of participating countries.

Gold partners KIOGE 2018 are - Tengizchevroil LLP, North Caspian Operating Company N.V., Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC-K) JSC, Dow Chemical. Silver partners are Embamunaygas, Control Seal, Complect Armatura LLP and Russian Export Center JSC. Bronze partners are Fluor Kazakhstan Inc., Wabag and mechanical-engineering holding HMS Group company.

Organizers of KIOGE 2018 are Kazakhstan exhibition company Iteca and its international partner ITE Group Plc (Great Britain).

Detailed information about the exhibition, program of the conference and seminars is on the website kioge.kz