Offshore Energy is bursting at the seams

Offshore Energy 2010 Exhibition & Conference which will be held for the third time on Thursday 7 October 2010 at the Old Navy Yard Willemsoord in Den Helder, the Netherlands, is larger than ever. The exhibition, which focuses on the international offshore energy industry, is the only event in the Netherlands which combines an extensive exhibition with a conference program on the latest offshore developments and markets. The exhibition has attracted more than 200 exhibitors this year, more double the number at the first event in 2008. With an extra hall, a exhibition tent and a comprehensive conference program with up to nine individual sessions running concurrently with the exhibition, the organization, Navingo BV, expects more than 3,000 visitors.

More than 200 exhibitors will show their products and services to the visitors of the exhibition. The organization is welcoming exhibitors from previous years but also many new international companies. Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference is also supported this year by various industry associations, including IRO, Holland Shipbuilding Association and NOGEPA. In addition a trade delegation from the UK, NOF Energy, the trade association for the oil, gas and energy sector in Britain, is visiting the show, and is exhibiting with four companies to make new contacts and strengthen existing ones. Included in the many exhibitors of the 2010 exhibition are: Cofely Oil & Gas, Doedijns Hydraulics Ltd, Vroon Offshore Services, Fugro, Damen Shipyards Group, Workfox, Voith Turbo, Peterson SBS and Heerema Fabrication Group.

New this year is the conference “Opportunities in Offshore Energy, which will be held concurrently with the exhibition and comprising of nine sessions on the latest developments and newest markets in the offshore industry. The speakers at the conference come from companies including Petrobras, Shell / NAM, Tullow Oil, Heerema Marine Contractors, Heerema Fabrication Group, Jumbo, Koseq, NOGEPA, Peterson SBS, Siemens and GustoMSC. Delegates already registered for the conference are from many companies, including ABB, Burdock Group, Chevron, Croon, DEME Group, Fortis, HAL Investments, IHC Merwede, Imtech, Jumbo, Mammoth, Rolls-Royce Energy Systems, Shell International, Smit International BV, TNO , EVD, Top Side Offshore Technology, TOS, Transport & Offshore Services, Tullow Oil, Van Oord, Vroon BV and Vroon Offshore Services.

Offshore Energy is bursting at the seams. As the available space on the exhibition floor was fully booked by the end of August, Navingo BV decided to increase the exhibition floor to over six thousand square meters. Furthermore the organization expects that not only the number of the visitors will increase compared to the previous years but also that their significance in the relevant industries will be greater . To date, over 3,000 visitors have already registered online. Navingo BV is very pleased with the increased attention and awareness that to Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2010 has created in the national and international media.

For more information and the possibility to register go to www.offshore-energy2010.com