The strength and the level of activity in the oil and gas industry was clear at this year’s record-beating 40th anniversary SPE Offshore Europe.
The event attracted more than 63,000 people—a number significantly higher than the anticipated 50,000 and a 25% increase compared to 2011’s show.
Conference chairman Malcolm Webb said that the UK oil and gas industry is the country’s greatest industrial success story in more than 100 years and this year’s SPE Offshore Europe served to underline that fact.
That success is clearly anticipated to continue, and was highlighted by the show’s theme—The Next 50 Years. Egbert Imomoh, SPE President for 2013 said: “I was honored to be part of this hugely successful event and to witness the busy exhibit halls, full keynote, and technical sessions all week long.
“Rightfully so, a note of sobriety ran through the event, with respects paid to those who lost their lives in the Shetland helicopter crash, but it is through these exchanges that we learn and become a safer, more productive industry.”
Vasyl Zhygalo, senior exhibition director, Reed Exhibitions, said the 40th anniversary of the event had been a fantastic success. “Our conference and exhibition have been successful in equal measure. There has been an outstanding line-up of top industry speakers with standing room only at many of the key addresses and presentations.
“We’ve also been overwhelmed at the response from exhibitors many of whom have been queuing to sign up for 2015.”
And so to the next SPE Offshore Europe—the date is set: September 8-11, 2015. OE
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