Sponsors for 2008

Silver

Wood Group is an international energy services company with $4.4bn sales, employing 24,700 people worldwide and operating in 46 countries. The Group has three businesses - Engineering & Production Facilities, Well Support, and Gas Turbine Services - providing a range of engineering, production support, maintenance management and industrial gas turbine overhaul and repair services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide.
Wood Group Pressure Control manufactures, installs and services wellheads and Christmas trees for land and offshore platform installations around the world. Both conventional and service specific wellhead designs are available. Trees can be provided with WGPC valves and actuators for single source supply of all equipment. WGPC employs over 1,400 people at 57 location in 14 countries around the world.

http://www.woodgroup.com

AGR Petroleum Services is one of the world’s leading providers of professional services to the upstream oil and gas industry. Their core competences are geology, geophysics, petrophysics, reservoir engineering, well construction, field management, and project management of production facilities including FPSO and subsea services. They specialise in assisting oil companies with low-cost, fast-track commercialisation of hydrocarbon resources using leading-edge technologies and world-class processes. They can provide clients with a complete solution from prospect generation through to field management. They also specialise in the provision of recruitment and consultancy services to the upstream oil and gas industry with offices situated in the UK, Norway, Dubai and Australia.

http://www.agr.com

Located in the heart of Dubai International Airport, Dubai Duty Free is regarded as one of the most innovative retail operations in the world and is currently ranked No. 3 in the world in terms of turnover. Established in December 1983, the operation celebrates 25 years of retailing success which has seen the sales figures grow from US$20 million to its targeted US$1 billion in 2008. Sponsorship and the support of local and international sporting events has been an integral part of Dubai Duty Free’s marketing strategy since 1983, and it has proved to be a highly successful platform for the global promotion of Dubai and its world-class sporting, leisure and business facilities.

http://www.dubaidutyfree.com

The LIFE Healthcare Group is a retail chain of: Pharmacies, Nutrition Centers and Cosmetic Outlets that was established in 1989. Its 19 years foray into the world of healthcare has transformed it into a leading retailer of medicine and medical equipment in the UAE. And today, it is a household name for emergency and daily medical need. LIFE Healthcare Group with its professional approach has reached many impeccable standards and service attitude fetched exponential growth and is ranked No.1 in sales. To provide perfect Health Protection, Health Promotion, and Clinical Quality Service, each store has unique and different services that augment the needs of the customers of a particular area.

http://www.life-me.com

National Oilwell Varco is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of equipment and components used in oil and gas drilling and production, the provision of oilfield inspection and other services, and supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry.

http://www.nov.com
Bronze

Corpro Systems Limited is a global company specialised in providing Coring Solutions to the Oil Industry. Corpro have been heavily investing in Research and Development to meet the challenges of the 21st Century by improving coring efficiency, recovering high quality material for conventional and special core analysis.

http://www.corpro-group.com

MT Clothing symbolizes Deviancy, Intelligence & Strength. It is a distinctive intelligent brand, of super clean and dark creations. Aiming at the darker side of freestyle extreme sports and the punk rock metal music scene, MT Clothing brings you the highest quality alternative street wear clothing. MT Clothing believes that everyone has the ability to make a difference in this world. Environmental and humanitarian issues are very important to us. With each apparel a free sticker stating such issues is given, in hope to provide our customers, especially the kids, with the possibility to be more opened minded to the world and not only be concerned with appearances.

http://www.mtclothing.com