Doha will host the seventh edition of the SPE Middle East Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainable Development Conference and Exhibition (MEHSE) from September 22 to 24.
The event will be held under the patronage of HE Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry and chairman of Qatar Petroleum (QP).
Organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), the event will be the largest society-led oil and gas HSE event in the Middle East and the first of its kind to include sustainable development as one of the core discussion topics.
The opening ceremony will feature keynote addresses by al-Sada; Saif Saed al-Naimi, conference chairman and director of QP’s HSE Regulations and Enforcement Directorate; Barton Cahir, president and general manager of ExxonMobil Qatar; and Jeff Spath, 2014 SPE president.
“In this region, we’ve seen a gradual shift in focus from the implementation of standard HSE programmes to the customisation, continuous assessment and consolidation of the same programmes as per each corporate entity’s requirements. The event will provide an excellent opportunity for experts to discuss these issues and the associated challenges, both in regional and international contexts,” said al-Naimi.
The executive plenary session aims to answer the question, “Protecting People, Environment, Asset and Reputation - Are We Prepared?” It will see experts discuss ways to improve environmental and safety performance while implementing plans that are tailor-made to mitigate each organisation’s unique risk management challenges.
“The event will bring together international and regional HSE experts to discuss the latest developments, strategies, technologies and case studies,” said Waleed Refaay, managing director, SPE Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.
All panel sessions will be led by the industry’s foremost experts in HSE. These will cover topics such as HSE Management, Business Case for Managing Health, Climate Change, Establishing Organisational Belief in HSE, Sustainability Reporting within the Middle East, Best Practices in Water Management and Process Safety in the Middle East.
The seventh MEHSE will also feature 60 technical presentations under the umbrella of 20 technical sessions and more than 50 knowledge sharing ePosters.
A new addition to this year’s edition of the conference is the 2014 SPE Regional University Student Programme, themed “HSE: A Way of Life.”
Through this programme, SPE will conduct several activities that aim to inform and educate young members and students about the advantages of joining this sector.
The exhibition running in parallel to the conference will showcase the latest in HSE technologies and services.
Exhibiting companies include 3E Qatar, Dolphin Energy, ExxonMobil, Maersk Oil, Oxy, Qatar International Safety Centre, Qatar Petroleum, RasGas, Shell Qatar, Total and others.
