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Annual Report 2012 - IRO

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Export promotionExport promotion remains an important <strong>IRO</strong> activity. In <strong>2012</strong> alarge number of activities were organized. Participation in oiland gas exhibitions, outgoing trade missions and other exportpromotional activities were held. Some of these export promotionactivities were organized by <strong>IRO</strong>. In other cases the leadwas taken by organizations like FME, HME, EVD, other (foreign)associations, embassies etc.On & Offshore Gorinchem and Iraq SeminarFrom 27-29 March <strong>2012</strong> <strong>IRO</strong> was present with an information booth at the On & Offshoreexhibition in Gorinchem. More than 195 companies active in the oil, gas, (petro) chemicaland dredging industries, of which 30 were <strong>IRO</strong> members, were represented at the stand,.The three-day exhibition drew 5,316 visitors. During On & Offshore on 28 March, <strong>IRO</strong>organized a seminar on doing business in Iraq. With 143 billion barrels Iraq has the thirdlargest oil reserves in the world.However production has fallen sharply over the years due to instability in the country.Iraq is now investing heavily in an effort to rebuild its oil and gas industry. In the last fewyears Iraq, through bidding rounds, concluded service contracts with IOC’s and NationalOil Companies mostly in consortia for the additional development of existing brown fieldsand development of some discovered and appraised fields (green fields). For instance theIraq Oil Ministry, Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi signed a $17 billion dollar deal to helpre-build existing and develop new infrastructure in order to process natural gas.Dr. H.E. Abdulmajeed Saad Ibrahim Al Ali, the Iraqi ambassador in The Hague, gave apresentation on Iraq. The Dutch ambassador in Baghdad, Iraq, H.E. Jeroen Roodenburg,gave a presentation on doing business in Iraq in general. Subsequently, Hans Nijkamp,vice president and country chairman Iraq for Shell Upstream International, gave apresentation on doing business in the oil and gas industry in Iraq. After that SanderPielkenrood, Managing Director of Pielkenrood Group and Chris Schomper, Business DevelopmentManager of A.Hak Industrial Services gave presentations about their experienceswith doing business in Iraq’s oil and gas industry. Over 50 participants attended thepresentations. After the seminar they also had the opportunity to visit the On & Offshoreexhibition. A follow up in the form of a participation in the BASRA Oil & Gas Fair(6-9 December <strong>2012</strong>) had to be cancelled due to a lack of interest.Dutch Energy SolutionsUnder the Dutch Energy Solutions programme the <strong>IRO</strong> and FME CWM 2g@thereprogramme, the following activities were organized in <strong>2012</strong>:A trade mission to Abu Dhabi 7 - 10 January <strong>2012</strong>The combination of this mission with a state visit of H.M. the Queen Beatrix proved to bea great success as the mission was received on the highest levels.Incoming oil and gas mission from Kuwait 15 - 18 April <strong>2012</strong>The mission consisted of eight representatives from the oil and gas industry in Kuwait.The program included visits to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and6 <strong>IRO</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2012</strong>

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