International Forum of Oil Workers in Almaty

KIOGE 2014 -22th Kazakhstan International "Oil and Gas" Exhibition and Conference will be held in two largest venues of Almaty from September 30 to October 3, 2014.

The key issues of KIOGE 2014 Conference will include: expansion of the hydrocarbon resource base, the legislative amendments to subsoil use, projects financing, new technologies for optimization of pipeline transportation of oil, drilling and production technology optimization, environmental security, oil refining and petrochemical industry. The issue on development of oilfield services and infrastructure in the area of deposits will be more widely considered during this Conference.

Representatives of government agencies, heads of national companies and development institutions, geologists and geophysicists, engineers, lawyers, banking sector representatives, experts, heads of diplomatic missions and trade missions of foreign countries in Kazakhstan, financial managers and media representatives are invited to participate in the Conference.

Three new sections will be the feature of KIOGE Exhibition this year. The appearance of sections: "Welding: Equipment and Technologies" and "Coatings – corrosion resistant coatings of pipelines" was justified by relevance of problems to ensure the safety and smooth operation of pipelines and engineering structures, as well as the need to improve the reliability of pipeline operations.

Given the fact that simple, non-capital-intensive goods and services in the structure of subsoil procurement are predominate, and that in the present conditions oil and gas companies use the alternative technology, special equipment, chemicals and materials for oil production, one of the main task for the Kazakhstan's Ministry of Oil and Gas is to ensure the advanced knowledge and new technologies transfer to Kazakhstan. The oil and gas machine building and oilfield services with its significant potential for the transfer and application of modern technologies are play an important role there. Due to this significance, the organizers have allocated "Oil and gas machine building" as a separate new section.

KIOGE is annually held by official support and active participation of: the Ministry of Oil and Gas of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC "National Company" KazMunayGas", Akimat of Almaty, "KazService" Kazakhstan's Union of service companies and diplomatic missions of the participating countries.

KIOGE organizers are Kazakhstan Exhibition Company Iteca, together with the international partners: ITE Group Plc (Great Britain), ITE Moscow (Russia), GIMA (Germany), ITE China (China), ITE Moscow (Russia), EUF (Turkey), ITE Poland (Poland), ITE Gulf (United Arab Emirates).

Options for participation in the Exhibition and Conference, sponsorship opportunities and additional information are available on the official website of the event www.kioge.kz.