The Caspian region's largest energy conference and exhibition takes place on 3-6 June 2008, in Baku, Azerbaijan, with Essent Trading participating.

Over the last 14 years, Caspian Oil & Gas 2008 and the Caspian Oil & Gas, Refining and Petrochemicals exhibition have become key events on the energy infrastructure calendar.

The conference will include ten networking events, more than 400 conference delegates, coverage by over 50 media partners and 12 trade delegations from the UK, Norway, China, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and the USA

Attendees will be able to meet with a number of key people from Essent Trading including Alexandre Shmatok, VP Natural Gas and LNG and Etibar Akhundov , Regional Advisor for the Caspian Region and Turkey.

Confirmed VIP speakers include:

• Natig Aliyev, Ministry of Industry and Energy of Azerbaijan
• Sir Andrew Wood GCMG, Senior Advisor, ITE Group
• Lord Digby Jones, Minister for Trade and Investment, UK
• Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer, Minister of National Infrastructure, Israel
• HE Gligor Tashkovich, Minister for Foreign Investment, Macedonia
• Alexander Khetaguri, Minister of Energy, Georgia
• Rovnag Abdullayev, President, SOCAR
• Markus Brokhof, Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP AG)

Main discussion topics:

• Strategic development of the Caspian Sea region
• The outlook for exploration and production of Azerbaijan's share of the Caspian Sea
• Transportation of Caspian oil and gas resources
• Coping with future demand from Central Asian oil and gas supplies
• Technical challenges and solutions for modernising existing and developing new pipeline routes

Special focus:

• Nabucco , TAP and ITGI projects
• Downstream: refining and gas processing, investment and development prospects
• Current legislative and fiscal regimes

Find out more by visiting the event website

Download the floor plan here