Offering clients unique access to the regions oil and gas sector, the 4th edition — SAOGE 2012 — will take place from Sept. 24-26 in Dammam.

SAOGE represents the largest oil and gas exhibition ever held in Saudi Arabia and was launched in November 2008 as the premier event for the oil and gas industry in the Eastern Province.

It was established to meet the requirements for the largest oil producing country in the world to host its own focused oil and gas show.

The 3rd SAOGE was held from Oct. 10-12, 2010, at the Dhahran International Exhibitions Center in Dammam.

With the support of Eastern Region Gov. Prince Mohammed bin Fahd Abdul Aziz, SAOGE 2010 was opened by Zareeb bin Saeed Al-Qahtani, undersecretary of the Eastern Province.

SAOGE 2010 drew its largest ever attendance, with over 260 companies and an excellent global representation from 34 countries.

After a very successful 23 percent increase, which was witnessed in 2009, with over 6,800 industry representatives present, SAOGE 2010 exceeded expectations with a record attendance of 7,797 and additional growth of 15 percent.

The opening was held with speeches from Jeroen van der Veer, former chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell and former UK Minister of State for Trade & Investment Lord Digby Jones Kt, as well as US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia James B Smith, the US Embassy Riyadh and Roddy Drummond, deputy head of mission, British Embassy, Riyadh.