Offshore Middle East has announced the addition of Mr Carsten Andersen of Maersk Oil Qatar AS as part of the growing Advisory Board for the 4th Offshore Middle East Conference & Exhibition which will return to Qatar in 2013.

To be held at the Qatar National Convention Centre, Doha on January 21st to 23rd 2013, Offshore Middle East 2013 will continue to provide the best technical forum in the oil and gas exploration and production industry within the Middle East region.

Mr Andersen joins the Advisory Board already comprising of members from Qatar Petroleum, ADMA OPCO, Occidental, GDF Suez, ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Qatar Shell, Total and RasGas and is chaired by Mr Mubarak A. AlHajri operations manager of Offshore Fields, Qatar Petroleum.

Offshore Middle East 2013 will gather over 40 speakers from leading organizations around the world expected to present the very latest knowledge and technology within the oil & gas exploration and production industry.

Offshore Middle East 2013 will for the first time include a Gas Industry Operations track providing a comprehensive dual track conference covering all aspects of natural gas and gas liquids as part of this technical track, parallel with the upstream and exploration emphasis, seen at previous Offshore Middle East events.

The Offshore Middle East Call for Abstracts deadline is fast approaching, with the deadline to submit an abstract set for November 22nd 2011. Once abstracts are received, Mr Al-Hajri, Mr Andersen and their colleagues will meet to discuss these submissions and form the Preliminary Conference Program to be announced in 2012.