OMC99 - EXHIBITION
Ravenna, March 24-26, 1999

We have pleasure in giving you some information regarding OMC99, the fourth edition of an important conference and exhibition which took place in Ravenna, Italy, on 24-26 March 1999, where exhibitors and experts of the oil industry met to promote new business relationships.

The exhibition, which occupied an area of over 4000 sqm with almost 300 exhibitors  and 4000 visitors from all over the world, has become a focal meeting point for the offshore oil & gas industry.

Just a few figures about the exhibition area and the exhibitors:

Italian exhibitors, ( 112 companies as direct exhibitors plus 40 represented companies) 

occupied 2.427 sqmt. of covered area, while foreign companies ( 31 as direct exhibitors plus 106 represented companies) accounted for 415 sqmt. Foreign exhibitors come mainly from USA, UK, Germany and France, but Canada, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Egypt, Croatia, the United Arab Emirates, India, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Saudia Arabia, Switzerland and Yemen were also represented.

OMC99 was organized by OMC  in co-operation with EniComunicazione, with the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Ravenna, the Italian Mining Association, Hydrocarbon Sector and the Ravenna Offshore Contractors Association under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Transportation.