EIC LIVE e-vents: Bahrain Market Update
About this event
As part of our ongoing series of webinars providing updates across the GCC, the EIC’s Bahrain Market Update will provide delegates with an unmissable opportunity to hear the latest energy sector news directly from key players working in this market. This event will provide an overview on the current status in the country alongside guidance for entering the market and the current state of business from companies who are already working in the region.
As the first GCC member to discover oil and gas reserves back in 1932, and a major regional oil producer until the late 1980s, Bahrains economy is nonetheless centred on the petroleum sector. While Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030 focuses on diversifying the economy away from oil and gas in an effort to support sustainable macroeconomic growth and offset falling petroleum production, hydrocarbons remain a vital part of the Bahraini economy, with the Sitra refinery maintaining its position as an important source of government revenue.
The oil and gas sector remains its largest economic contributor, benefitting from a growing petrochemicals manufacturing base, rising natural gas production, and a major potential offshore oil and gas discovery in the Khaleej Al Bahrain Basin (KABB). Furthermore, global oil market and geopolitical volatility have led the authorities to shore up energy reserves and security. Bahrain has invested heavily in new import infrastructure, moving to increase private sector participation in energy project development under public-private partnership (PPP) frameworks, and exploration and production sharing agreements (EPSAs).
Event Details
Date: Monday 13h July 2020
Timing: 11:00 - 12:00 UAE Time
Cost: EIC Members FOC / Non-Members AED 100
Agenda
11:00 Welcome and Introduction
Ryan McPherson, EIC Regional Director, Middle East, Africa, Russia & CIS
11:10 Bahrain Market Update
Neil Golding EIC Director of Business Intelligence
11:20 Overview of Bahrain Market – ‘A View from the Top’
Yara Tawfeeq, Senior Trade and Investment Advisor, Department for International Trade &
Bahrain Economic Development Board – Dana Abdulla, Manager, Manufacturing & Logistics
11:35 Business Perspective – ‘A View from the Ground’
Robert Bruce, Director – Business Development, Petrofac
11.45 Q&A
12:00 Thank you and close
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Additional information
Please note that the webinar will close for registrations Sunday 12th July at 5pm UAE Time
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