KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) expects to generate strong sales and projects at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2013 in Houston, Texas from May 6-9.
Towards this end, it has pre-arranged more than 120 meetings for the 31 Malaysian oil and gas companies, government agencies and associations participating in the annual event.
“Houston will not only serve as a launching pad for Malaysian oil and gas companies to expand their businesses in the United States, but also Latin America and Canada,” said Matrade Director of Oil and Gas and Chemical Products, Abu Bakar Koyakutty in a statement here Monday.
He also said OTC Houston 2013 will see the participation of 80,000 visitors and 2,500 exhibiting companies from 50 countries.
The participation of the Malaysian companies will be coordinated by both Matrade and Malaysia Petroleum Resources Corporation (MPRC).
Malaysian exhibitors will be showcasing their goods and services, including cathodic protection equipment, offshore logistics services, fabrication services for offshore, offshore supplies vessels, risk and operational software, installation of offshore pipelines and structures, intelligent pigging services, drilling operation as well as fire resistant products for offshore platforms.
This year, the Malaysia Pavilion has been expanded to 422.70 sq m (4,550 sq ft) due to increasing demand from the industry, with Malaysian SMEs occupying almost half the space.
This is the second participation in the OTC for Matrade and some of the participants.
Last year, Malaysian companies generated sales of US$7.2 billion.
Malaysia will be the first Asian country to host OTC Asia in 2014, and Matrade plans to organise individual business matching programmes for foreign buyers, to meet with local companies during the event, said Abu Bakar.
He said Matrade will take the opportunity during the OTC 2013 to invite buyers to Malaysia for the OTC Asia 2014.
– BERNAMA
Towards this end, it has pre-arranged more than 120 meetings for the 31 Malaysian oil and gas companies, government agencies and associations participating in the annual event.
“Houston will not only serve as a launching pad for Malaysian oil and gas companies to expand their businesses in the United States, but also Latin America and Canada,” said Matrade Director of Oil and Gas and Chemical Products, Abu Bakar Koyakutty in a statement here Monday.
He also said OTC Houston 2013 will see the participation of 80,000 visitors and 2,500 exhibiting companies from 50 countries.
The participation of the Malaysian companies will be coordinated by both Matrade and Malaysia Petroleum Resources Corporation (MPRC).
Malaysian exhibitors will be showcasing their goods and services, including cathodic protection equipment, offshore logistics services, fabrication services for offshore, offshore supplies vessels, risk and operational software, installation of offshore pipelines and structures, intelligent pigging services, drilling operation as well as fire resistant products for offshore platforms.
This year, the Malaysia Pavilion has been expanded to 422.70 sq m (4,550 sq ft) due to increasing demand from the industry, with Malaysian SMEs occupying almost half the space.
This is the second participation in the OTC for Matrade and some of the participants.
Last year, Malaysian companies generated sales of US$7.2 billion.
Malaysia will be the first Asian country to host OTC Asia in 2014, and Matrade plans to organise individual business matching programmes for foreign buyers, to meet with local companies during the event, said Abu Bakar.
He said Matrade will take the opportunity during the OTC 2013 to invite buyers to Malaysia for the OTC Asia 2014.
– BERNAMA