The Saudi Arabia International Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference (SAOGE), the premier event for the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia, was established to meet the requirement for the largest oil producing country in the world to host it’s own focused oil and gas show.

Held under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed Bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, The 2nd Saudi Arabia International Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference (SAOGE 2009) which ran from November 1 to 3, 2009, has surpassed expectations and marked as the region’s leading Oil & Gas event.

SAOGE 2009 saw a total increase in attendance by 23% from SAOGE 2008, drawing more than 6800 industry representatives. It played host to 274 companies from 31 countries which included an Italian and a Chinese Pavilion. Covering a total of 9200sqm the exhibition saw global participation from all continents with 40% of exhibitors from the GCC and 60% of exhibitors from international countries.

Overall feedback has been extremely positive and confirmed that SAOGE is now an important annual meeting on the international Oil and Gas events calendar.

Supported by a high profile conference programme, SAOGE draws on expertise from around the world to present the latest discoveries and up-to-date technologies of the oil and gas industry. The three day conference will cover major operational aspects of the Oil & Gas industry and discuss current hot topics as well developments made in the field.

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SAOGE 2009 - Post Show Report

Net hall space rented by national exhibitors sqm: 2040
Net hall space rented by foreign exhibitors sqm: 2216
Net total space sqm: 4256
Gross total space sqm: 9100

Exhibitors

Number of national exhibiting companies: 116
Number of foreign exhibiting companies: 158
Total exhibiting companies: 274
Number countries represented: 31
People participating in the show as exhibitors: 1409

Visitors and Delegates

Percentage from national companies: 68%
Percentage from overseas: 32%
Total: 5425

Total participants: 6834

Participating Countries

1. Argentina
2. Australia
3. Austria
4. Canada
5. China
6. Cyprus
7. Denmark
8. Egypt
9. France
10. Germany
11. India
12. Indonesia
13. Iran
14. Italy
15. Kingdom of Bahrain
16. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
17. Republic of Korea
18. Kuwait
19. Lebanon
20. Malaysia
21. Norway
22. Qatar
23. Russia
24. Singapore
25. Sultanate of Oman
26. Sweden
27. The Netherlands
28. Turkey
29. U.S.A.
30. U.A.E.
31. United Kingdom