MARCH 1, 2020
MUSCAT, OMAN
Oman Petroleum & Energy Show Rescheduled to September 14
Muscat, Oman, 1 March 2020- Omanexpo today announced an agreed
decision by all key stakeholders to postpone its flagship event, Oman Petroleum
& Energy Show (OPES) in light of the growing difficulties of international
travel due the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Oman Petroleum & Energy Show (OPES), Oman’s biggest oil and gas event and
one of the most important in the Middle East region, will now be held from the 14th
to the 16th of September 2020 at the Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre, six
months after the originally planned March 9th to 11th dates.
This proactive move is supported by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Oil
and Gas, and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Ashley Roberts, Portfolio Director and Acting General Manager of Omanexpo,
comments, “We have been having regular dialogue with the Ministry of
Health, Oman, as well as the Ministry of Oil and Gas, Oman in relation to
COVID-19. We as organisers must commend the way that the COVID-19 situation is
being very competently controlled in Oman. We must be conscious that many
organisations within our community are currently facing difficulties travelling
around the world. It is for these travel reasons that OPES will be postponed
until later in 2020.”
“Whilst we realise that the change in dates may amount to some
inconvenience for companies it is paramount to put the health of those due to
visit OPES 2020, and the wider population of Oman, at the centre of this
decision. The outbreak of COVID-19 is a situation affecting the globe and it is
having an unprecedented impact on businesses around the world, events, are of
course part of this due to nature of the large gathering of people that they
represent.”
“We believe that the postponement allows for the event to be fully
inclusive and it is likely that it will be even better for the communities that
they serve,” he concludes.