By A Staff Reporter — MUSCAT — Under the patronage of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and amidst the presence of a number of key officials, foreign diplomats and high level representatives from the world’s leading oil companies, the 7th edition of the Middle East Artificial Lift Forum (MEALF) under the theme ‘Uplifting Society’ was officially inaugurated in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Highlighting the central and increasingly important role artificial lift technology plays in oil production in the Middle East and North Africa, the 3-day knowledge sharing gathering is currently bringing together about 50 technical experts who will present, discuss and debate 20 strategic papers covering the most fundamental and underlying areas of the industry.
Topics include ‘Integrated Near-Online Well Management’, ‘Power Efficient ESP’, ‘Slugging Effect on Artificial Lift Systems in Heavy Oil Horizontal Wells’, ‘Gas Lift Model Sensitivities — Economical Subsurface Optimization Approach’, ‘ Improving Production System Reliability through Converting Artificial Lift from Gas Lift to Electrical Submersible Pump’, amongst other essential and key topics.
Guided by a vision of becoming the pioneering non-profit platform for artificial lift technologies in the Middle East, MEALF has once again reaffirmed its position as the industry’s leading platform for the technology and the highly recognised energy Forum.
Commenting on the launch of MEALF 2013, Saeed al Shaheen, Chairman of MEALF 2013’s Steering Committee and Manager — Well Surveillance Group at Kuwait Oil Company said, “The large gathering of the world’s leading energy professionals today in Abu Dhabi is a genuine reflection of our mission which aims to effectively encourage the use of artificial lift technology in the oil industry by providing best practice technical solutions that serve the industry, while creating a worldwide knowledge hub to meet all current and future needs.”
He added, “Our pre-forum workshops, exhibition, technical presentations, areas of discussion, case histories and subsequent debates have been carefully selected through a very meticulous process to ensure that all topics are relevant and cover the most primary areas of our industry’s business, including potential challenges. An example of this is the focus that we have placed on new and innovative technologies and methods in oil recovery systems and procedures in the 21st century.”
