Held under the patronage of Egypt’s President, H.E. Abdel Fattah El Sisi, supported by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, the fifth edition of EGYPS 2022, under the theme “North Africa and the Mediterranean: Delivering Energy Today”, will take place from 14-16 February 2022 at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre. The three-day leading energy exhibition and conference in North Africa and the Mediterranean region launches a year of strategic energy dialogue to map out the transition of the oil, gas, and energy industry towards sustainability.
The EGYPS 2022 exhibition will serve as a catalyst for investment and multi-sector cooperation across the oil and gas value chain. This year, a major showcase of the latest oil and gas solutions featuring more than 450 exhibitors, including Apache, bp, Chevron, Eni, Kuwait Energy, Shell, Total Energies, Wintershall DEA, Cheiron, Dragon Oil, ExxonMobil, Petronas and 25 NOCS and IOCS, as well international pavilions hosting world-class companies and products from leading energy countries including China, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, and the UAE.
The conference will host 11 international energy ministers, 19 CEOs, and 8 secretary generals who will discuss long-term energy transition objectives in relation to regional energy markets’ goals of self-sufficiency and sustainability in the short-term.
Energy Ministers will take part in Ministerial Panels discussing these changing energy dynamics including Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, the Cypriot Minister of Energy Commerce and Industry, Natasa Pilides, the Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Dr. Saleh Al Kharabsheh, Djibouti’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Yonis Ali Guedi, the Yemeni Minister of Oil and Minerals Republic of Yemen, Abdul Salam Baaboud, Chairman Palestinian Energy & Natural Resources Authority, Zafer Melhem, the Senegalese Minister of Petroleum and Energies, Dr. Aissatou Sophie Gladima. The event will also witness the attendance of Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons, Karine Elharrar, the Israeli Minister of Energy, and Timipre Sylva, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Suhail Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates.
In addition to Ministerial presence, EGYPS plays host to a record number of international energy association leaders including Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of International Energy Agency (IEA), Mohammad Barkindo, Secretary-General Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Ali Sabt BenSabt, Secretary-General Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), Osama Mobarez, Secretary-General of East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF), Amb. Nasser Kamel Secretary, General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Omar Farouk Ibrahim-Secretary General of African Petroleum Producers’ Organization (APPO), Joseph McMonigle, Secretary-General of the International Energy Forum (IEF), and Dr. Houda Ben Jannet Allal, the General Director of Observatoire Méditerranéen de l’Energie (OME).
The shift to net-zero is dependent on public and private sector collaboration and investment from oil and gas giants. To successfully harness a switch to net-zero the public sector must engage with their private sector partners. At EGYPS you can hear from global industry leaders who are the driving force behind net-zero investments, including Bernard Looney, BP’s CEO, Claudio Descalzi, Eni’s CEO, Eni, John Christmann CEO and President of Apache Corporation, Toufik Hakkar, the CEO of Sonatrach, Lorenzo Simonelli, the Chairman and CEO of Baker Hughes, Jean Sentenac, President and CEO of Axens, Ali Al Jarwan, CEO of Dragon Oil, Mathios Rigas, Energean’s CEO, Vimal Kapur, CEO & President of Honeywell, Martin Houston, Vice Chairman of Telluria, Sara Akbar, Chairperson & CEO of Oilserv, Simon Thomas, the CEO of Capricorn Energy, Antonio Pietri, the President and CEO of AspenTech.
This conference will also mark the attendance of Andreas Beckers, Country CEO and Executive Board Member of Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, De la Rey Venter, Executive Vice President LNG West & CCUS in Shell, John Ardill, the Vice President of ExxonMobil Exploration, Clay Neff, President of Chevron Africa and Latin America E&P, as well as Paul Marsden, President of Bechtel’s Energy.
EGYPS 2022 will recognize the achievements of the 42 finalists shortlisted for 11 award categories, as reviewed by the Awards Advisory Committee. the winner is announced during three ceremonies, namely: The HSE Excellence in Energy Awards Global Equality in Energy Awards, and Global Finance & Investment Awards.
