Under the patronage of the President of the State opening of the ADIPEC 2013 in Abu Dhabi

Under the patronage of his Highness Sheikh “Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan”, President of the State, the sixteenth edition of the “Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference” (ADIPEC 2013) began on Sunday (10/11/2013), and will continue until Wednesday.

Participating in the Conference, which is the third largest Conference and exhibition for oil and gas in the world and the first in the "Middle East" and the "Arabian Gulf", more than (1,700) companies and approximately (200) exhibitors from (95) countries, and more than (50,000) of the Ministers of oil and gas in the region and the world and executives and researchers in the oil and gas sector.

The conference this year is under the theme “Energy for all in a Changing World”, at the “Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre”, the event will address the investments in this sector in the African continent and “Central Asia” and “Australia” , by the demands of the oil sector in “India” and “China” in the future, the role of “Iraq” on the changes in the world oil production, and management strategies  of mature gas fields in the “Middle East”, in addition to the discussion of issues relating to workforce development in the energy sector, with a focus on topics of succession planning, employee retention and creating value within the country.