In addition to speakers from Saudi Aramco and the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, the event will also various workshops. The 2nd Annual Rotating Equipment Reliability and Maintenance Conference will be held at Hotel Sofitel Al Khobar the Corniche.

Held in Johannesburg, South Africa, the main goal of the two-day master class is to present an overview of what it takes to successfully manage pre-contract negotiations and post contract performance.

The event’s key discussions will be centred on overall knowledge of the safety culture in the offshore sector, design methodology for emergency responses and the specific safety challenges of Arctic exploration.

The learning objectives include promoting clear and consistent communication, facilitating communications and conflict resolution, preventing cost and schedule overruns and synchronising concept and project objectives.

Additionally, Turkey’s strategic location was once more highlighted with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent decision to scrap the South Steam Project in favour of a gas conduit across Turkish soil. Sponsored by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkish Petroleum, the Turkish Pipeline Corporation and the General Directorate of Mineral research and Exploration, the two-day Turkish International Oil & Gas Conference will be held at the Sheraton Ankara Hotel.

Held at the Hilton Lima Milaflores and sponsored by SK Rental and Newcom International, the two-day summit includes presentations by Marko Harasic, chief financial officer at Odebrecht Latininvest, and Juan Ortiz Guevara, director general of hydrocarbons at the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines.

Speakers at Russia Offshore 2015 include deputy general director of Gazpromneft Shelf Rustam Romanenkov and Yriy Bezrodniym, head of the environmental department at Lukoil Engineering. The conference will take place at the Moscow Marriott Grand hotel.

The Kazakhstan Oil & Gas Summit 2015 features a conference, high-level workshops and presentations on a wide array of current and future projects in the country. The KZOGS 2015 International Networking Party will close the event.

Speakers at the event include Edgar Rangel, commissioner at the National Hydrocarbons Commission, the head of non-tax revenue policy unit at the Ministry of Finance Eduardo Camero and David Porter, Commissioner at the Rail Road Commission Texas.

To be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the East Africa Oil & Gas Summit features exhibitors such as Amec Foster Wheeler and Modec. Speakers include executive director of the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture Daniel Machemba and Girma Kassaye, senior petroleum engineer at the Ethiopian Ministry of Mines