Dear LNG 16 participants and delegates,
We are sorry that many of you were unable to attend the LNG 16 conference due to airport closures in Europe as a result of the volcanic eruption in Iceland. Despite the travel difficulties and the last minute changes to the program schedule, the conference was generally considered to be a great success, and thanks must go to everyone involved who worked tirelessly to adapt the program, schedule and other activities to the new circumstances. The program was condensed to two days (20th & 21st April) to allow for as many delegates and speakers as possible to participate. I also want to thank those speakers who made the impossible to reach Algeria for their presentations and to those who replaced them when they eventually fail to get there.
Because some of you have been unable to experience the conference first hand, we, as usual, have collected the presentations from all our speakers and these are now available to download from our ftp (details have been emailed to all delegates and speakers). Videos of the presentations which did take place will also be available shortly.
I would also like to thank our hosts in Algeria for their warm welcome and hospitality during the event. Algeria remains an important country for the LNG industry and the oil & gas community generally. For those of you who were unable to attend LNG 16 to network and find out about new developments in Algeria there are further oil & gas events supported by Sonatrach later in the year.
We thank you for all for your support and patience during this time and look forward to welcoming you in Houston for LNG 17.
Yours sincerely,
Ernesto Lopez Anadon, Chairman, LNG16 Steering Committee, Immediate Past President, IGU, Director General Repsol YPF
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On behalf of the Government of Algeria, I have great pleasure in announcing the construction of a new Convention Center to host the 16th International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG 16) from 18th to 21st April 2010.
Algeria enjoys a proud history with the International Conference and Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas having already hosted LNG 4, in 1974 in Algiers. In 2010, LNG 16 will be conducted in Oran, Algeria’s second largest city. Oran also services the nearby LNG facilities at Arzew, allowing easy access for the conference program’s technical visits, which form an integral part of the LNG 16 event.
 The new Oran Convention Center has been designed to accommodate the specific needs of the LNG 16 event. Key features include a 3,000 seat auditorium, two 500 seat breakout rooms and twenty meeting rooms. The exhibition hall provides 20,000 square metres of exhibition space and there are dining facilities to accommodate 2,000+ delegates. A 300 room five star hotel is also incorporated into the project.
The contract to construct the new facility has been awarded to the Spanish based OHL Group. Attendees at the previous LNG 15 will know OHL’s work via the Centre Conventions International Barcelona (CCIB) where LNG 15 was hosted.
The city of Oran is enjoying a significant infrastructure boom, with the headquarters of one of Sonatrach’s branches, the Downstream Activity, having just opened and new international hotels to come on line before LNG 16. In addition, the Algerian Government is working with the LNG 16 National Organizing Committee (NOC) and Sonatrach to provide delegates with the direct flights, ground transport, event security and visa facilitation that are all an integral part of an event of this stature.
Located on a headland overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and the city, the Oran Convention and Exhibition Centre will be an iconic feature of our city to match the international status of LNG 16 and we look forward to welcoming you to LNG 16, Oran in April 2010.
Yours Sincerely
HE Dr. Chakib Khelil
Minister of Energy and Mines of Algeria
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