Kuwait to host petroleum economist energy strategy forum

Leading international and regional experts and decision makers to attend

Official Co-Host: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation

Gold Sponsor: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK)

Kuwait City, Kuwait: 20 December 2015: Petroleum Economist, the global energy magazine, and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation will officially co-host the second annual Energy Strategy Forum at The Sheraton Hotel, Kuwait City on Tuesday 26 January. National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) have confirmed as a Gold Sponsor of the conference.

This VIP, invitation-only forum brings together a 300-strong audience of regional policy makers, national oil companies, international oil companies, financiers, investors and other key market players.

The second in this series of energy strategy forums will explore the contention that the hydrocarbons industry is facing a combination of disruptive forces, which have the potential to radically change the way the industry works.

Commenting on the forum announcement, Victoria Behn, director of Petroleum Economist Events said:   “We are looking forward to returning to Kuwait to work with our key partners - Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and National Bank of Kuwait. We have a line-up of excellent speakers from the region and further afield who will join our editorial team to shed light on how the markets are changing and how the GCC countries must adapt to the new global energy landscape”.

H.E. Mr Anas al-Saleh, Kuwait's minister of finance and acting minister of oil will open proceedings and will be joined by Nizar M. Al-Adsani, deputy chairman and chief executive officer of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and Bakheet Al-Rashidi, president and chief executive officer of Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI). Pradeep Handa, general manager of the foreign corporate, oil, trade and project finance group at National Bank of Kuwait will also speak at the event. High level speakers from National Bank of Kuwait, Guinness Asset Management, Manaar Energy Consulting, Petronas and APICORP, among others, are also confirmed.

A working agenda which includes keynote addresses and topics for panel discussions is available on the forum website: www.petroleum-economist.com/kuwait