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Closing Report

NEFTEGAZ 2018: Most Important Meeting Point for the Russian
Oil and Gas Industries closed with Good Results
NEFTEGAZ is the key event for the Russian oil and gas industries: this was
also impressively confirmed by the 40th edition of the No.1 trade fair with its
556 exhibitors from 27 nations. From 16 to 19 April to the tune of 22,550
international trade visitors came to Moscow to find out about the latest
developments in equipment for the crude oil and gas industries. The
exhibitors at NEFTEGAZ 2018 voiced their satisfaction with the lively
exchange with the expert audience at their stands and reported ofnumerous closed deals.
“We are proud that the Messe Düsseldorf Group and our local partner ZAOEXPOCENTR can look back on a 40-year success story of NEFTEGAZ thisyear. Despite the difficult climate regarding economic policy, the stableexhibitor and visitor numbers show that NETEGAZ is among the top-ten
events worldwide for experts in the oil and gas industries, explained WernerMatthias Dornscheidt, President & CEO at Messe Düsseldorf.

On all four days of the trade fair a comprehensive product portfolio waspresented on 31.791 square metres of gross exhibition space. At many
stands the trend themes not only included the latest technologies for tapping
into oil and gas deposits but also the future of the raw materials industry all
the way down to modern environmental monitoring systems and anorientation towards industrial methods. The most important national
companies in the industry such as Pipe Metallurgical Company-TMK,
Tatneft, TOTAL VOSTOK and Transneft met with major international
vendors such as ABB, JUMO GmbH & Co. KG, Kanex-Krohne Anlagen
Export GmbH, Kerui Group, Hebei GN Solids Control Co. Ltd., MTU
Friedrichshafen, R&B Industrial Supply Company, Rockwell Automation,VEGA Grieshaber KG, Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies/2Co. Ltd. or Yokogawa Electric at NEFTEGAZ 2018. Many exhibitors alreadyannounced their participation in NEFTEGAZ 2019.

On behalf of other exhibitors, Danila Khrychev, Head of Compressor Salesand LNG Technologies at Jereh Global (China), looked back positively on
the trade fair: “Jereh Global has been taking part in NEFTEGAZ for over tenyears. For us NEFTEGAZ is a great opportunity to promote the companybusiness and to find new customers and partners. The impressions of thetrade fair are only positive. (…) Next year we plan to participate again.”International exhibitors expect NEFTEGAZ to produce good business leads
as well as contacts with Russian partners to be able to face the challengesof the Russian market. Alexander Teplyakov, Design Institutes Liaison
Specialist at KROHNE Engineering (Germany), feels these expectations
were fulfilled: “For our company participation in NEFTEGAZ is a goodtradition that we plan to develop and support. Every year we makemeticulous preparations for the event. The purpose of our participation is toshow equipment and familiarise trade visitors with our company’s newproducts. Of course, it is also important for us to hold meetings and talks
with existing clients and partners. (…) It is worth noting that there are a lot
more visitors at our stand compared to last year. Next year we plan toparticipate in NEFTEGAZ 2019.”

The trade fair also featured a German participation this year. The joint
pavilion organised by Messe Düsseldorf encompassed 27 companies on
space measuring a total of 760.25 square metres. The German Pavilion
received technical and conceptual support from the German Engineering
Federation (VDMA) and allowed exhibitors to jointly fly their German flag atattractive terms. In addition to Germany China also participated with its own
pavilion and 114 exhibitors on 1,650 square metres of gross exhibition
space.

Also prompting a very positive response from trade visitors from both home
and abroad was the line-up of side events including workshops, seminars
and panel discussions. NEFTEGAZ 2018 also became attractive tonumerous experts through the concurrently held National Oil & Gas Forum2

for oil and gas extraction technologies. It was the only trade fair in this
sector to be held under the patronage of the Energy Ministry of the RussianFederation.

The next NEFTEGAZ will be held at the Expocentre fairgrounds in Moscow
from 15 to 18 April 2019.

For further information go to: www.neftegaz-online.com

Contacts for Exhibitors:
Messe Düsseldorf GmbHUte Wynhoff / Sabine Dahmani
Tel.: +49 (0) 211 45 60-7779/ - 7736
E-mail: WynhoffU@messe-duesseldorf.de
E-mail: DahmaniS@messe-duesseldorf.de

Press Contact:
Messe Düsseldorf GmbHLarissa Browa
Tel.: +49 (0) 211 45 60 -549
E-mail: BrowaL@messe-duesseldorf.deApril 20183

Other exhibitor testimonials for NEFTEGAZ 2018
Li Jinxu, Head of KERUI Representative Office in the Russian Federation(China):“KERUI is a leading producer of oilfield equipment, supplier of oil services andsolutions as well as General Contractor (EPC) in the oil and gas field sector. The
main objective of our participation in the trade fair is to attract new customers andconduct meetings with existing partners and clients. In the context of the trade fair
we told visitors of our achievements over the past year, presented equipment, had aseries of important meetings. I think that participation in the trade fair will help us
create a sales funnel. Next year we plan to participate in NEFTEGAZ 2019.”

Weng Fuhu, Sales Manager at China First Heavy Industries:“This is the first time our company had a stand at NEFTEGAZ. The purpose of ourparticipation is to broaden the market, create a sales funnel in Russia and, ofcourse, to enlarge our footprint on the Russian market. In my opinion, for ourcompany participation in NEFTEGAZ has been effective and successful. We havemanaged to find useful contacts and conduct a series of meetings with existingclients. Most likely, next year we will take part in NEFTEGAZ again.”Alexey Prokopyev, Deputy General Director for Development, Centrax Gas
Turbines Rus (Russia/Great Britain):“For Centrax participation in NEFTEGAZ 2018 is a great opportunity to tellcolleagues and partners of our company products, to show how fast we are growing
and looking forward. Overall, we are pleased with the trade fair results.”
Su Yang, Leading Sales Manager, RG PETRO_MACHINERY GROUP CO, LTD(China):“Our company has a stand at NEFTEGAZ every year. The main purpose ofparticipation is to meet new clients and conduct negotiations with existingcustomers. We presented our steam installations to trade visitors here. We arepleased with the results.”

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