​The 28^th Annual Technical Conference, Exhibition & Workshops of the Gas Processors Association - GCC Chapter, hosted by KOC at the Regency Kuwait Hotel, kicked off and will continue until Thursday, September 22, 2022.

The event is held under the patronage of His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs, Dr. Mohammed Abdul Latif Al-Fares, represented by KPC CEO Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah.

The opening of the conference was attended by Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil Sheikh Nimr Al-Sabah, Acting CEO of KOC Khalid Al-Otaibi, and Chairman of the Gas Processors Association – GCC Branch Hamad Al-Zuwayer, who is also Manager of the Gas Operations Group at KOC, in addition to a large number of oil officials and heads and officials of local, regional, and global companies, including DCEO Gas & Innovation in KOC Bader Al-Munaifi, who chaired the first main discussion session.

The opening witnessed three speeches by Sheikh Nawaf, Al-Otaibi, and Al-Zuwayer, followed by the distribution of appreciation prizes to the most prominent supporting and sponsoring bodies of the event, after which Sheikh Nawaf Al-Sabah inaugurated the accompanying exhibition in which major international, regional, and local companies involved in the gas industry participated.

The event is held this year under the title "Natural Gas Value Chain – Opportunities and Challenges", with the aim of exchanging experiences, knowledge, and best practices regarding the development of the gas industry at the regional and global levels. Its agenda includes one discussion session and 10 main sessions divided into sub-sessions to be held over 3 days, which will be presented by 112 speakers, of stakeholders and experts in the gas industry from the region and the world, and it also includes 6 technical workshops.