Turkey Oil & Gas 2014 Summit opens at the 5* Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul from 18 – 19th
TPAO, Shell to drill deep in Black Sea: Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yıldız stands between Turkish Petroleum Corporation General Director Mehmet Uysal (L) and Shell Upstream International Director Andy Brown as they shake hands at the signing ceremony. 14 February 2013 /AYDIN ALBAYRAK, ANKARA
Ankara, Turkey – The Turkey Oil & Gas 2014 Summit will take place on 18-19th February in Istanbul and the summit organisers, International Research Networks (IRN) has announced that Mr. Besim Sisman, CEO and (Acting) President of the Board of TPAO (Turkish Petroleum Corporation) will be speaking at the Summit that will take place next week, at the 5* Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul.
The event according to IRN will be a platform for discussion between the major international oil and gas operators in Turkey, representatives from the Government and distinctive academics. The Summit will answer pivotal questions around Turkey’s oil and gas industry, the current status, the regulations, the transportation routes and Turkey’s oil and gas infrastructure, so you can determine where further business opportunities will be.
Nogtec was reliably informed that governmental officials from the Turkish Government, including Dr. Reha Aykul Muratoglu, the Head of Transit Petroleum in the Pipelines Department at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources; Mr. Baris Sanli, the Deputy General Director at the Directorate General of Energy Affairs at the Ministry of Energy; and Mr. Selami Incedalci, the General Manager at the Directorate of Petroleum Works at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, will be giving Keynote Speeches at the Summit.
International companies such as Repsol Exploración SA, Genel Energy, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC), Socar Turkey Energy, TransAtlantic Petroleum, Svenska Petroleum, Shell Enerji, First Energy, Nexans Turkey, Foster Wheeler, IHRDC, Merit Energy, and EMENA International Finance Corporation (IFC) will be participating, along with national companies such as TPAO, BOTAS, Yerbil Petroleum, Enerco Enerji, Tiway Turkey, Hergüner Bilgen Özeke Attorney Partnership, IHRDC, Akin Law Office, Esin Attorney Partnership, Calik Enerji and many others.
Globally established experts from the Mediterranean Observatory for Energy and the IEA International Energy Agency, International PPP Platform Turkiye, United Nations (UNECE) International PPP Centre of Excellence, and Harvard University will be speaking, along with key experts in the Turkish hydrocarbons from Turkey Association of Petroleum Geologists, Istanbul International Centre for Energy and Climate, the Turkish National Committee from the World Energy Council and others.
Furthermore, Nogtec which is a media partner to the summit learnt that Wall Street Journal, Platts, The Oil & Gas Year, The Business Year, Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg News, Monthly Energy Update, Energy Intelligence Group, and the Public National TV Channel TRT TURK are amongst the media reporting from the 2-day summit.
The Turkey Oil & Gas 2014 Summit is sponsored by Akin Law Office; the Law Firm Hergüner Bilgen Özeke; and the worldwide leader in petroleum training. It is supported by the Turkish Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Turkish Association of Natural Gas Importers and Exporters, the International PPP Platform – Turkey and the Turkish and Romanian National Committees of the World Energy Council. More information can be found on the website www.turkeysummit.com.
The Summit is organised by International Research Networks, a leading business intelligence group, transmitting information through the medium of highly topical Conferences, Summits, Round Tables, Reviews and Publications. To find out more please visit www.irn-internatinal.com.
For all media and press enquiries please contact Xenia Sapanidi at XeniaS@irn-international.com, +44 (0) 207 111 1615.
