Middle East Mechanical Expo 2007 in the pipeline for Bahrain

The Middle East Mechanical Expo 2007 Conference (MEMEC), a new technical conference focusing on oil and gas production, will be held Nov. 4–7, at Gulf International Convention Center in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

The conference, featuring a technical program and equipment exhibit, will bring together engineers from the petroleum markets of the Middle East for a multidisciplinary forum of information exchange. ASME and the Bahrain Society of Engineers are the organizers of Middle East Mechanical Expo 2007, which also includes, among its sponsoring organizations, Sulzer, GE Oil and Gas, Flowserve, Saudi Aramco, and other global corporations.

Sessions will be held on the operation and maintenance of gas turbines, compressors, and other equipment used at oil and gas production sites. Other sessions will cover pipelines, manufacturing technology, and materials.

MEMEC also will include a series of industry-focused workshops as well as a keynote session. Sam Y. Zamrik, Ph.D., the president of ASME, will be among the keynote speakers. Other keynote presenters will include Bahrain's Prime Minister Sheik Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa; Salim S. Al-Aydh, senior vice president for engineering, operations services and project management, Saudi Aramco, KSA; Asaad A. Al-Saad, deputy managing director, Kuwait National Petroleum Co.; Thomas E. Ferguson, senior vice president of Flowserve and president of Flowserve Pumps; and Claudi Santiago, president and chief executive officer of GE Oil and Gas.

For more information on the Middle East Mechanical Expo, visit the event's Web site, www.memec-expo.org, contact Younes H. Makki, conference vice chairman, 966-3-874-6637, or e-mail bseng@batelco.com.bh.

 

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