The curtain has now fallen on the gasworld South & Central America Conference 2009, our first ever venture into South America, and the feedback from delegates deemed it a resounding success despite the financial pressures that exist globally at present.
Delegates arrived from all corners of the world to attend the conference, as some, including the gasworld team, flew thousands of miles to approach Santiago over the still snow-capped Andes mountain range.
Entitled The Challenges Facing the Gas Industry in a Region of Opportunity, the conference had been organised to understand more about the Latin American economy, the region’s prospects for the industrial gas business, and allow the locally-based gas companies within the region to learn from leading experts on new technology developments and operating practices.
Perhaps understandably, however, there was much discussion about the industry itself and of the global market, in light of the recent economic downturn.
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