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Oilfield Minerals Outlook 2014 Middle East 27-29 January 2014 • Dusit Thani Hotel, Abu Dhabi

Confirmed speakers include: lDarwish Al Qubaisi, General Manager, ESNAAD, UAE lAhmed Taher, Senior Geologist, ADNOC, UAE lMarianna Voulgari, Global Construction Market Manager,

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lYasser Atef Rasheed, Director of Sales, Rasheed Performance Minerals, Egypt lYaswanth Vattikunta, Director, Garuda Group, India lDavid Coplet, President, Steinbock Minerals; General Manager, Yasheya Ltd,

Switzerland lDon Anschutz, Vice President – Sales, Marketing, Innovation and Distribution,

Imerys Oilfield Solutions, USA lGregory Boisson, Global Sales Manager, Imerys Oilfield Solutions, USA lDr. Alireza Ganji, Assistant Professor – Postgraduate Department of Geology,

Islamic AZAD University, Iran lWilliam Voaden, Director, Castata Ltd, UK lSaid Moucharik, Manager of Export & Import, Broychim, Morocco lNikunj Thakkar, Managing Director, Star Bentonite Exports, India l Jean François Maréchal, Chief Executive Officer, Poittemill, France

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Oilfield Minerals Outlook 2014 Middle East 27-29 January 2014 • Dusit Thani Hotel, Abu Dhabi

Following the success of the 2013 Oilfield Minerals Outlook conference hosted in Dubai last January, Industrial Minerals Events presents the 2nd Oilfield Minerals Outlook, taking place in Abu Dhabi in 2014. Sponsored by ESNAAD, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, this event will bring together industry professionals and key players from across the sector.

A plethora of projects and possibilities will see the demand for oilfield minerals in the Middle East steadily augment and a surge of activity for the unconventional sector will result in new, significant demand for proppants. This, especially in light of the Middle East’s plan to fuel its electricity demand with domestic tight gas resources, brings unconventionals into a period of unprecedented importance.

Still, conventional drilling in the region remains at the heart of oil and gas activity and an increase in drilling activity places emphasis on the need for added supply and new resources. Will India remain the keysuppliertothe Middle East oilfield markets? Where arethe newdeposits goingto spring up? Isthere any potential for the Middle East to self-supply certain minerals for its drilling activities? Hear about this and more at the 2014 Oilfield Minerals Outlook in Abu Dhabi.

Some key topics to be discussed

l Supply of key oilfield minerals to the Middle East markets l Specifications for specialised minerals; density enhancers, viscosifiers,

cement reinforcing, circulation loss preventers l New reserves and new horizons for existing important oilfield minerals l Pakistan and Iran l New Middle East operations for oilfield mineral suppliers to accommodate

the Middle East markets l Developments in emerging oil markets l Minerals needed for new tight gas drilling operations l Demand for proppants and stimulation minerals in the region:

High-, intermediate-strength and lower grade proppants l Transporting, shipping and unloading of minerals to their end destinations

2013 delegates by country

Bulgaria

China

Egypt

France

Greece

Hong Kong

India

Japan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Morocco

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Oman

Switzerland

Turkey

UK

UAE

USA

Monday 27 January 2014

17:00 Registration desk opens

18:00 Welcome reception drinks sponsored by

Day one: Tuesday 28 January 2014

08:00 Registration desk opens

09:00 Opening remarks from Industrial Minerals

Session I: Market overviews

09:15 Supply of barite and bentonite in the Middle East • Projected demand for oilfield minerals in UAE drilling operations in the

short- to medium-term • Is ESNAAD looking towards new countries/deposits for its oilfield minerals supply?

• Supply outlook for key minerals applied in drilling fluids

Darwish Al Qubaisi, General Manager, ESNAAD, UAE

09:45 MENA striving towards a certain raw material and

oilfield mineral self-sufficiency • To what extent is the MENA region self-sufficient as of now? • What is the potential for a greater level of self-supply from the MENA markets and for the MENA markets? Both for bentonite and barite?

• Mineral specification and grade; have local resources been overlooked?

Yasser Atef Rasheed, Director of Sales, Rasheed Performance Minerals, Egypt

10:15 Networking coffee break

Session II: Barite

11:00 Pakistan: A land of high specific-density barite • Available barite resources in Pakistan; what is being and can be exploited • Specific gravity of Pakistani barite • Are there any accessory minerals associated with the barium sulphate ore?

Shams Ur Rahman, Resident Manager, Bolan Mining Enterprises, Pakistan

11:30 How India maintains its stronghold on the weighting

agents markets • What is being done with the lower-grade barite that is too impure to be sold on the oil and gas market?

• What will be the market impact of barite beneficiation plants coming online?

• What is the ratio of mined to remaining barite reserves?

Yaswanth Vattikunta, Director, Garuda Group, India

12:00 Networking lunch

13:30 Iran: Existing oilfield mineral reserves in one of the world’s most drilling-active countries • Detailed analysis of existing and unexploited barite resources in

the country • Where are the deposits to be found? • What is the current situation of the logistics networks with respect to

where reserves are situated?

Dr. Alireza Ganji, Assistant Professor – Postgraduate Department of Geology, Islamic AZAD University, Iran

Session III: Perlite, mica and diatomite

14:00 Specifications for perlite, mica and diatomite • New and traditional applications for these minerals • Specification and analysis of how each mineral works

Gregory Boisson, Global Sales Manager, Imerys Oilfield Solutions, USA

Session IV: From mine to market – Getting minerals to the Gulf

14:30 Logistic opportunities and challenges for mineral mining in Africa: African oilfield mineral potential for Middle East markets • What are the logistic challenges faced by the oilfield minerals mining

sector in Africa? • What is the possibility for exploiting existing reserves in the region? • Production outlook for the existing Mabwe mine in Zimbabwe

David Coplet, President, Steinbock Minerals; General Manager, Yasheya Ltd, Switzerland

15:00 Current opportunities in resource financing:

Surviving in an environment of tough capital markets • Alternative means to financing projects: The most recent trends in the industry

• Where are we seeing increased financing via these means? • What are the opportunities for investors and miners alike? • Necessary supply increase = necessary financing: Meeting demand in the

GCC market

William Voaden, Director, Castata Ltd, UK

Session V: Mineral processing technology

15:30 An in-depth look into grinding technology • Barite and bentonite fine-grinding for the mud drilling industry • How to cater to each individual mineral deposit

Jean François Maréchal, Chief Executive Officer, Poittemill, France

16:00 Drinks reception

Day two: Wednesday 29 January 2014

08:30 Registration desk opens

09:00 Opening remarks

Session VI: Tight gas, hydraulic fracturing and proppants

09:15 A detailed look at current and future proppant demand in the region • Will high-strength proppants continue to be the durability of choice in the Middle East?

• How is proppant demand expected to rise given the fracking activity in the area?

• The scramble to get ‘the foot in the door’; foreign proppant manufacturers become more established in the Middle East

• Innovative proppants: What are the advantages?

Don Anschutz, Vice President – Sales, Marketing, Innovation and Distribution, Imerys Oilfield Solutions, USA

09:45 Unconventional opportunities in the UAE

• What are the opportunities for unconventional drilling in the United Arab Emirates?

• Where are the sites with the most potential located? • How could this affect the demand for oilfield minerals?

Ahmed Taher, Senior Geologist, ADNOC, UAE

10:15 Networking coffee break

Session VII: Bentonite

11:00 Bentonite: Without substitutes and without limits • Latest oilrig count and its impact on bentonite demand • From which Middle East countries is the demand for bentonite expected to surge most significantly over the short- to medium-term?

• The mineral of 1000 uses; the use of bentonite in oil and gas pipeline and engineering

• Which oil and gas pipeline projects present potential?

Marianna Voulgari, Global Construction Market Manager, S&B Industrial Minerals, Greece

11:30 Indian bentonite supply and demand scenario

• How will India retain its stronghold as the major bentonite supplier to the Middle East?

• Expected supply to the Middle East • Proportion of mined mineral to existing reserves • What challenges lay ahead?

Nikunj Thakkar, Managing Director, Star Bentonite Exports, India

12:00 Networking lunch and close of conference

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Some of the companies that attended in 2013

• 3K Boys • ACC Resources Co • Accenture Management

Consulting Resources • Adels Consulting • Ado Madencilik Elektrik Uretim

San. VE TIC. A.S. • Al Ghanaem Industrial Co • Aluchem India Ltd • AMG Mining • Anaconda Barite • Anglo Pacific Minerals • Approtec Ran-Le • Asbury Graphite Mills, Inc • Ashapura Minechem Ltd • Ashok Mineral Enterprises • Asia Steel & Metals Ltd • ASK RE Limited • Athabasca Minerals Inc • B&M Ltd • Baker Hughes Inc • Baramin SA de CV • Blastrite Gulf • BNP Paribas • BNSF Railway • BP • Bradley Pulvertizer Co • Broychim • Carbo International • Cenosphere India Private Ltd • CMC USA • Davies Public Affairs

• Desarrolladora E Impulsora De Minerales Sa

• Delamin Ltd • Delion International • Delmon Group • Dillman Equipment • ECUTEC • Elementis Specialities • Emirates Trading Agency L.L.C • Eirich Machines Inc • EP Minerals LLC • ESNAAD • Evergreen Materials Guang Lu

President USA • Fireside Minerals • First Bauxite Corporation • Garuda Drilling Mud Chemicals

Pvt Ltd • GEO Drilling Fluids Inc • GEA Process Engineering • Gimpex Ltd • GoFrac LLC, USA • Grinding & Sizing Co • Heemskirk Canada Ltd • Honghua Group Limited • Hulk Resources • IBC Limited • IHS Cera • IHS Chemical • Imerys Oilfield Minerals • Imerys Pigments for Paper and

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• Indumin Group • International Earth Products • Itochu International • JF International • JGM Inc • K+S North America • Kerneos Inc • Lhoist Group • Lone Star GTC • Louisville Dryer Co • M/G Transport Services LLC • Marquis Alliance Energy Service • Matrix Supply & Distribution • Metso Minerals • M-I Swaco LLC • Minera Blendz • Minera Loma Negra SA de CV • Mineração Varginha • MineralTech/ISP • MinTradeCo • Nam Exim Limited FZE • Namox, S.A. De C.V. • Nedmag Industries Mining & Manufacturing

• Netco Oil Field Supplies • NEUMAN & ESSER Grinding &

Classifying Systems • Newpark Drilling Fluids • Northern White Sand LLC • Oman Drilling Mud Products Co

LLC • Omya Inc • ORS

• Oilfield Technologies and

Supplies FZE • Pacific Road • PanAmerican Chemical Marketing Ltd

• Parsons Terminals • Pasek Minerales SAU • PENC Solutions Kunal Girotra • Penta Energy Group Inc • Pioneer-Matrix • Poittemill • Possehl Erzkontor NA Inc J • Possehl Mexico SA De CV • Preferred Sands • Prince Minerals • Prodexa De Mexico SA De CV

RDC Logistics • Resource Capital Fund • Rio Tinto Minerals • Rock Fin Minerals • Rockwater Energy Solutions • Rockwood Additives • Rohini Oil Field Chemicals

Pvt Ltd • Rotex Inc • RP Minerals • Rusal Global Management • SandMold Systems Inc • Santini & Associates, Inc. • SBS Mining Ltd • Schlumberger • Seaforth Minerals & Ore • Sekisui Specialty Chemicals

• Shakun Resources • Shrieve Chemical Products • Sintex Minerals International • SNUMM • Sojitz Corporation • Solex Thermal Science Inc • Excalibar Minerals Inc • Southern Clay Products Inc • Southwest Land & Minerals

Corp • Spike Productions • St Cloud Mining Co • Steinbock Minerals Ltd • Sudrill SA • Superior Graphite Co • Halliburton Energy Services • Superior Graphite Co • Superior Weighting Products

LLC T • Takamul Investment Co • Totem JLT • Tran-Western Materials Inc • Traxys North America • Unimin Corporation • United Nations Economic Development Council

• US Energy Information Administration

• Viking Shipping Company • Western Lithium • W.R. Grace & Co • World Oil • Z-Tech LLC

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