Day 1 - Tuesday 13 October 2009

8:00 Registration & refreshments 9:00 Welcome from ICIS 9:05 Opening remarks from the Chairmen 9:15 An economic outlook and forecast for the future Brad Bourland , Chief Economist & Managing Director - Proprietary Investments, JADWA INVESTMENT 10:00 How the economic downturn is affecting the base oils industry Blake Eskew , Senior Vice President, PURVIN & GERTZ INC. 10:45 Break & refreshments 11:15 Lubricants industry in Africa Speaker invited, PETROMIN CORPORATION 12:00 Evolution of engine hardware and oil specifications Reinhard Buetehorn , Senior Project Engineer - BEH Lubrication Systems, ADAM OPEL GMBH 12:45 Lunch

14:00 Targeted lubricants for compressed natural gas applications Dr Ian Bell , Director - Global Engine Oils R&D, AFTON CHEMICAL 14:45 Prospects for the lubricating oil industry in Iraq Saadallah Al-Fathi , Advisor, DOME INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM 15:30 Break & refreshments 16:00 The Middle East base oil and lubes market from a shipping perspective Rasmus Olesen Schmidt , Senior Shipbroker, INGE STEENSLAND AS 16:45 The continued use of group I and the growing use of other groups in the Middle East William R. Downey Jr. , Vice President - Energy Practice, KLINE & CO., INC. Scott Gould , Manager - Petroleum & Energy Practice, KLINE & CO., INC. 17:30 Close of day one 19:30 Gala dinner sponsored by

Day 2 - Wednesday 14 October 2009

9:00 Opening remarks from the Chairmen 9:15 Additive specifications in the GCC region David Lancaster , Business Manager - Regional Growth, LUBRIZOL 10:00 ACEA The European specifications: Ford Perspective Dr Suhair Abdelhalim , Senior Lubricant Engineer, FORD MOTOR COMPANY 10:45 Break & refreshments 11:15 Engine oils development in Iran - Key elements Madjid Safdari , Sales Engineer - International Sales Department, BEHRAN OIL CO. 12:00 Panel discussion

13:00 Lunch 14:15 Group I and group III base oils for SAE 10W-40 passenger car motor oils Asmara-Asmadi Aris , Manager - Technical Services, PETRONAS BASE OIL (M) SDN BHD 15:00 Adapting existing group I facilities into a group II/III base oil plant Ron McGihon , Licensing Manager, EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH & ENGINEERING 15:45 Break & refreshments 16:15 Marine lubricant trends 2009; Perspective from an additive supplier Alex Cole , Global Marine Product Line Specialist, CHEVRON ORONITE 17:00 Beyond GTL: “XTL” Carbons-to-liquids on the horizon Amy Claxton , Consultant, MY ENERGY 17:45 Close of conference

The organisers reserve the right to change the programme, speakers or venue should circumstances require.

ICIS would like to thank the members of the programme committee for their help in creating the most relevant and useful speaker programme for the region:

Hassan Azzouz, Luberef
Suleiman Bilaus, Luberef
Hanif Sattar, Alhamrani Fuchs AG
Nadim Najim, Worley Parsons
Kamal Said, ENOC
George Naim, Infineum
Daniel Ianuzzi, Feedco
Stephen Ames, SBA Consulting
Mohammed Qasim, Afton