Sarawak Oil & Gas Expo To Clinch Estimates Sales Of US$60 Million

LABUAN (Sabah, Malaysia), June 30 (Bernama) -- Sarawak's Oil and Gas Exhibition 2012 (SOGEX), slated for the second week of July, is expected to clinch sales of about US$60 million during the two-day event. More than 130 booths have been fully taken up by players from Singapore, Brunei, Britain, China, India, America. The high profile Sarawak oil and gas exhibition will see the participation of prominent players like Shell, Dupont Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Hoerbiger KT Asia Services Pte Ltd, Mozzat Sdn Bhd, PTT Corporation Sdn Bhd, Shenzhen Ocean's King Lighting Engineering Co Ltd and Tenaga Tiub Sdn Bhd. The two-day event is organised by Fireworks Event (M) Sdn Bhd in collaboration with Asian Supply Group. Fireworks spokesperson, Jerel Soo, said another exhibition, Palm Oil Expo 2012, would also be held simultaneously with SOGEX in Bintulu, in East Malaysia state of Sarawak, which has been chosen as the preferred venue for the international event as it had the distinction of having the fastest growth rate in Sarawak state due to its oil palm and oil and gas activities. Overall, the exhibitions would help grow the development of oil and gas and, palm oil sectors and cover various topics such as innovative technologies in the fields of oil production and the transportation of energy resources; oil and gas equipment; oil and gas storage; and existing and future oil and gas projects in the region. "The difference in this year's exhibition is that a large percentage of participants have increased the size of their exhibits and are demonstrating a completely new design concept in their exhibition stands," he said. With exhibitors from various countries, the visitors would have the opportunity to witness products especially in downstream processing produced all over the world that could benefit the oil and gas sector in Sarawak in particular. "We are very pleased to host new companies from overseas at this year’s exhibition. These companies are exhibiting for the first time and their feedback have been extremely positive. "They were able to meet very dedicated and focused exhibitors from across the Asean region and build key relationships that we hope will help generate a lot of business soon after the event. "Participants are expected to showcase an incredible range of award-winning products from all over the world while healthy professional debate will be held during our industry seminars and direct access will be provided to real business opportunities," Soo said. -- BERNAMA