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Spe offshore europe conference exhibition


Founded in 1973 as Offshore Scotland, SPE Offshore Europe is a biennial conference and exhibition that takes place in Aberdeen, Scotland. The event focuses on upstream oil and gas production and has grown into one of the largest events of its kind in Europe. The event attracts visitors and exhibitors from around the world, 108 countries were represented at the 2015 event.

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The exhibition is held across 6 halls with large temporary structures constructed to accommodate such a large number of exhibitors. In previous years hall 6 has been dedicated to a specific area of the industry that is of particular interest at the time, zones featured include deep-water and Intelligent Energy, which was so popular it developed into its own event. In 2017 hall 6 will feature the Decommissioning Zone for the first time in collaboration with industry association Decom North Sea.

The event brings a large influx of visitors to the city with OE2007 bringing an estimated £25m to the local economy.

Siemens rock at offshore europe 2011


Records

Attendees - over 63,000 in 2013
Exhibitors - 1,542 in 2015

Notable attendees

  • Margaret Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS, FRIC the then Prime Minister opened the 1985 event in the new venue the AECC.
  • Alex Salmond, The Leader of the Scottish National Party attended the 1999 event and spoke at the gala opening in 2013.
  • George Osborne, CH, PC the then Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke in the Opening Plenary Session in 2013
  • Anne, Princess Royal, attended in 2013 to encourage more females to enter the industry
  • Brian Cox, OBE, FRS spoke in the Opening Plenary Session in 2015
  • References

    Offshore Europe Wikipedia


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