ADIPEC, referred as the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, is one of the world's most influential Oil and Gas exhibition and conference. The first ADIPEC was hold in 1984 in Abu Dhabi, after that the country decided to hold this big event every two years. With the fast developing of the international oil and gas industry, the attendees keep growing. In 2010, there were 1502 companies attend in this exhibition, and over 45597 company decision makers from 91 different countries. In order to meet the attendees' needs from different countries, the exhibition space kept expanding. In 2013, the ADIPEC had became an annual event to welcome more attendees internationally.
ADIPEC is held under the patronage of the President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahayan, and organized by DMG. It has become the largest exhibiton for Middle East Oil and Gas industry. It is supported by Abu Dhabi National Oil Comapny (ADNOC) and the UAE's Ministry of Energy. Every Novermber, AIDPEC will have a strong focus on oil and gas, reflecting its increasing share of the global energy mix and heightened regional oil and gas demand for power generation.
In 2015, the latest ADIPEC was hold during November 9 to 12. There were over 95,555 attendees from different countries and over 130,000 gross exhibition space opened in this exhibition. At this event, visitors could see more than 1600 local and international oil and gas companies, hear from 306 regional and international spearkers at the regions largest conference, and also network with more than 4000 delegates and 45000 attendees. Moreover, this is a good chance for people in the oil and gas industry to learn knowledges and updated technologies through 4 days of technical sessions, panel sessions, and executive sessions. It is a very good opportunity to expand business with the largest gathering of NOC's and IOC's in the Middle East.
