The inaugural Global Water: Oil and Gas Summit opened yesterday at the Mina A’Salam Hotel in Dubai’s Madinat Jumeirah.
The event has brought together leading experts from the energy and water sectors to examine effective water management solutions in the oil and gas industry.
The summit themed “Water Solutions for the Oil and Gas Industry” opened with a session chaired by Mohamed F. Dahab, professor of engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and featuring Mariam Al-Shenasi, undersecretary, UAE Ministry of Environment & Water, along with Taher Diab, director of strategy and planning, Supreme Council of Energy.
The summit held a discussion between key representatives from NASA, Saudi Aramco, AES Arabia and Water Standard exploring new treatment processes and strategies to ease costs and boost oil and gas production though effective water management.
Afternoon sessions focused on proven water management techniques.
such as the sustainable model used in the Nimr oilfield in Oman, for boosting the efficiency of oil and gas production. Tuesday’s program concluded with a panel discussion chaired by Adil Bushnak, chairman and CEO of the Bushnak Group, and featured key representatives from ConocoPhillips, Global Water Intelligence, Water Standard and Abu Dhabi’s Water, Regulation & Supervision Bureau. The discussion focused on the importance of reducing water usage footprints during oil and gas production while examining the long-term effects of efficient water management.
The summit will continue today with sessions examining the effectiveness of seawater desalination processes in operations throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and analyzing how particularly water-intensive procedures, such as extracting oil from mature fields, can be efficiently managed. The summit will conclude with a session hosted by DOW Water & Process highlighting their innovative solutions for managing limited water availability.
The CWC Group has partnered with UAE Ministry of Environment & Water, Dubai’s Supreme Council of Energy and the Government of Dubai, to organize the event.
Water solutions for oil industry focus of summit
