PRESS INFORMATIONNEFTEGAZ impressively confirms its role as a “key industry
event” for the Russian oil and gas industry
New Trade Fair Cycle and Dates from 2017

NEFTEGAZ 2016 – International Exhibition for Oil and Gas Industries –
became the key meeting point for experts from all over the world on four busy
trade fair days.
To the tune of 20.700 trade visitors came to Moscow to learn from 700
exhibitors from 29 nations about the latest developments in equipment andtechnologies for the oil and gas industries.

Organised by the Energy Ministry of the Russian Federation since 2014 the3rd National Oil & Gas Forum was held as part of the 16th NEFTEGAZ for thefirst time now. The concurrent holding of the exhibition and the forum has
proven, and will continue, to generate important synergies, selectively
promoting the oil and gas industries. A joint platform for policy makers andindustry like this is as important as ever to prompt the required investment,
especially considering the currently difficult economic framework in Russia.
In future, experts will be able to meet with the entire cross-section of thenational industry, all major energy companies and buyers at the exhibition –and as before at the centrally located Moscow fairgrounds Expocentre.

NEFTEGAZ is the only exhibition in the industry organised under thepatronage of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, which has
already assured its support one year ahead of the next event – a special tokenof recognition for the organisers Messe Düsseldorf, OOO Messe Düsseldorf
Moskau and ZAO EXPOCENTR. Explaining the importance of this event for
Russian industry, Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy of the RussianFederation, said: “The Russian Ministry of Energy regards the NEFTEGAZ
international exhibition as a key industry event – a booster for innovationdriven development in this country’s fuel and energy sector. The event isbecoming even more prominent now that Russia’s sustainable economic
growth largely depends on how the oil and gas industry copes with new1

challenges it faces”. For these reasons the dates of NEFTEGAZ will change
from 2017, adapting to the annual event cycle and dates of the Oil and Gas
Forum in April. The concurrent holding of the two events and the rescheduling open up new business opportunities for exhibitors.

Central segments of the exhibition include machinery, equipment, plants aswell as the latest technologies for exploiting oil and gas deposits, notforgetting

state-of-the-art

systems forenvironmental monitoring. AtNEFTEGAZ 2016 the most important national enterprises in the industry such
as Gazprom, Gazprom Avtomatizatsiya, Tatneft, Transneft and TMK met withsuch key international exhibitors as R&B Industrial Supply Company, National
Oilwell Varco, Compressor Controls Corporation, Honeywell ProcessSolutions,Jumo,

Kanex-Krohne,

ChinaPetroleum

Technology&Development Corporation, Sinopec, Schneider Electric and ABB, to name buta few. Exhibitors voiced their satisfaction with the results of the event andunanimously emphasised visitors’ high qualification and their strong interest
in innovations. At the Exhibition many new contacts were made and businessdeals concluded. Andree Fischer of MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH summed up
the event positively: “I am very satisfied with the Exhibition. We had arranged
many appointments in the run-up to the event, which is why we had sufficientnegotiations at the stand. Messe Düsseldorf looked after us very well and weare already now planning to participate in the next exhibition.” Anna
Jermakova of Gazprom Elektrogaz also found words of praise: “This year wehave an attractive, spacious stand in the hall, which was a clear magnet
attracting visitors’ attention. Worth a special mention is the great organisationof NEFTEGAZ 2016 as well as the large number of industry experts present
who visited our stand.”The technical exhibition also involved a German participation again this year.
The “German Pavilion” organised by Messe Düsseldorf featured 39
companies on space totalling over 580 square metres. “A good result,considering there was no official participation organised by the German
Ministry of Economy and Energy on account of the economic sanctions,” says
PeterSchmitz,

Head ofInternational TradeFair

Business/Official

Participations at Messe Düsseldorf GmbH. Alongside Germany, China also
took part with a national pavilion. China also accounted for the largest group/3

of international exhibitors. Meeting with equally avid interest among industry
experts was the high-calibre line-up of side events including seminars, panel
discussions, a Russian-Chinese summit as well as the concurrently held Oil& Gas Forum for Technologies for Oil and Gas Production.

Dates of NEFTEGAZ 2017: 17 – 20 April 2017

Information online: www.neftegaz-online.com

Contact persons at Messe Düsseldorf GmbH:
Sabine Dahmani: DahmaniS@messe-duesseldorf.de
Tel.: +49 (0) 211 45 60-7736
Ute Wynhoff: WynhoffU@messe-duesseldorf.de
Tel.: +49 (0) 211 45 60-7779

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Press Contact:
Messe Düsseldorf GmbH
Larissa Browa
Telephone: +49 (0) 211 45 60 -549
E-mail: BrowaL@messe-duesseldorf.deMay 2016