As well as addresses from the Iraqi delegation, the programme includes high-level, respected speakers from the international community who will address legal, technical, financial and marketing issues and the law privatizing the country’s oil refining sector, the crude oil sector and market demand. The conference will include a number of excellent networking functions. With approximately 300 delegates expected to participate the conference provides participants with invaluable opportunities to network, build relationships and generate new business.

The theme of the conference is focused on the huge incentives to improve the investment climate in Iraq’s downstream sector and across the two days the conference will identify and explore the challenges facing the Iraqi oil industry.

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION:

- The potential for international investment in Iraq’s refining and petrochemical industry

- The new legislations and the potentials of Iraq’s downstream oil and gas activities

- Marketing of Crude Oil

- The present state of Iraq’s oil refining and the rise of crude oil prices

- Potentials For The Expansion In Iraq’s Refining Industry and the New Structure Of Iraq’s Downstream Oil and Petrochemical Industry

- The need for foreign investment

- The need to create a conducive legal, economic and financial environment to encourage international investment

- Foreign partnership and participation

- The need to liberalize local oil product market

- The need for new pipelines and associated pipelines facilities

- The utilization of gas resources in iraq<