Where ideas meet investment to solve global oil and gas challenges
Welcome to RDPETRO 2018, the world’s largest gathering focused on research and technology development for the oil and gas industry.
This event fosters closer collaboration across the oil and gas industry, technology innovators, start-ups and academia, to scout, source and award funding to innovative solutions that unlock and optimize oil and gas resources and create value.
Multi-million Dollar Funding
Real Challenges, Real Solutions
Innovation Hub Exhibition
Multi-industry CTO Summit
Exhibition
Discover the leading oil and gas innovations from around the world that will be driving the industry forward for years to come.
CTO Summit
Discover how the latest digital developments will shape all aspects of oil and gas. Gain inspiration from some of the leading minds in technology.
Project Funding
Find out who’s getting help to make their research or development project ready to deploy. Discover the projects that caught RDPETRO partners’ eye as the most deserving innovators worthy of multi-millions of dollars in development funds.
Technology Workshops
Innovators from universities, technology start-ups and other exhibitors will be running innovation workshops throughout both days of the event.
Technical Sessions
Over 40 specialist technical sessions cover the widest range of challenges and innovations.
Funding Ideas
Discover who’s turning powerful new ideas into reality with RDPETRO’s new Innovative Idea funding award. Innovators are being funded by RDPETRO partners to kick-start their innovation.
Industry Sessions
4 Industry sessions drill down into some of the most innovative upstream and downstream solutions new to market.
Recognition Awards
Be recognized for your contribution to the future of oil and gas. RDPETRO will seek out, praise and provide a platform for the very best.
Digitalization in the oil and gas industry:
The R&D role
RDPETRO’s exclusive CTO Summit will gather the world-leading Chief Technical Officers, Chief Scientists, Chief Innovation and Chief Information Officers to discuss how digitalization is disrupting the oil and gas industry.
Artificial Intelligence promises the biggest advances, transcending the limitations of mortal brainpower. When coupled with big data, visualization, mapping, sensor technology and other new technologies, the oil and gas industry will undergo seismic change.
