Petroleum minister inaugurates MOC 2016

Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla, accompanied by Alexandria Governor Mohamed Abdel Zaher, will inaugurate in Alexandria on Tuesday the Eighth Edition of the Mediterranean Offshore Conference and Exhibition (MOC 2016).

The conference, to be held under the auspices of Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, will involve more than 70 local, Arab and international companies from 23 countries in three continents.

The participants will present their activities and the latest technologies adopted in the oil and gas industries.

In statement, the petroleum minister said the event, will be an opportunity for the attendees to hold expanded discussions with business leaders aiming to pour more investments in the field.

Also, a number of important issues in connection with the gas industry in the Mediterranean region will figure high on the agenda of the meetings, he added.

MOC targets all the Mediterranean countries, with a special focus on the Southern shore.

From the first edition, which dates back to 2000, MOC has always attracted the industry’s major players to Egypt because of the high quality of the conference themes and because of the strategic importance of this country for theMediterranean energy industry.

With more than 7,000 attendees, MOC represents as well the trade event for any company of the energy industry because it stands internationally as the professional arena for the business and commercial relationships that bind the Northern and Southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

Source: MENA