Operating Safely and Reliably Today is Critical to Preserve Valuable Assets for the Future

DUBAI, UAE, April 25, 2010 - Ageing North African oil, gas and petrochemical infrastructures means
that major decisions and investments are required in order to repair,
rehabilitate and extend the working life of existing facilities.

Asset integrity is therefore increasingly important for the region's
industry in order to improve operations and profitability. Implementing a
life-cycle asset integrity management programme allows maintaining assets in
a fit-for-service condition, while also extending the asset life-cycle in the
most reliable, safe and cost-effective manner.

As mentioned by Dominic Paisley, Integrity Management General Manager at
GUPCO Egypt, "the oil and gas industries have been important contributors to
the economies in the Middle East and North Africa region for over 100 years
and will continue to be so, far into the future". He added, "much of the
infrastructure we operate today in the region is already over 30 years old
and it will be required to support future production and growth. It is
vitally important that we operate safely and reliably today while preserving
that valuable infrastructure for the future."

IQPC's Asset Integrity Management - Egypt will provide practical
knowledge on the systems and strategies needed to implement an efficient
Asset Integrity Management programme. Held in Cairo, Egypt from the 13 to 16
June 2010, the sixth event in IQPC's successful annual series will bring
together international key speakers to share best-practice implementations of
Asset Integrity Management.

Egypt is characterised as one of the largest oil and gas infrastructures
in the continent of Africa. Asset Integrity Management - Egypt is therefore
the region's ultimate networking platform for the oil and gas industry and an
opportunity to exchange best-practices and practical solutions that can be
implemented to extend the asset life-cycle and enhance safety and
reliability.

The conference will be chaired by Dominic Paisley, Integrity Management
General Manager at GUPCO and Abdulaziz O. Al-Ajaji, ID/OID/Inspection
Engineering Unit at Saudi Aramco. Attendees will benefit from four days of
industry-leading presentations, interactive panel sessions and exclusive
workshops from industry experts including: GUPCO, Khalda Petroleum, Saudi
Aramco, RASHPETCO, RASCO, LINSCAN, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, ROSEN
Integrity Solutions, ADCO, PSN World, Pico International, ELNG, GL Noble
Denton, T.D.Williamson, Inspecta International, Quest Integrity Group and
Stork Technical Services.

Further details can be obtained at www.assetintegrityegypt.com

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    For more information, please contact

    Eileen Grace Espelita
    Marketing Manager
    IQPC Middle East
    +971-4-364-2975
    enquiry@iqpc.ae

For more information, please contact: Eileen Grace Espelita, Marketing Manager, IQPC Middle East, +971-4-364-2975, enquiry at iqpc.ae