World Energies Summit Opens with Visionary Address from Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum H.E. Karim Badawi

14 Oct

Written By Rachel Creegan - Marketing Manager

“This is more than a conference, this is an upstream marketplace of ideas, opportunities, and deal-making for governments and leaders from across the world." Gayle Meikle, CEO of Frontier

📸 And we think that’s pretty clear when you check out the first images released from 2025's World Energies Summit!

Just a few hours into our two-day agenda and once again we’re proving our unique position as the outcome-driven international gathering for those shaping the global upstream industry.

We were honoured to welcome H.E. Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum & Energy Resources, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources - Egypt whose Opening Keynote “𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗶𝗹 & 𝗚𝗔 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄” summed up the criticality and scale of vision we all share when he told us:

“The field that we are all involved in - delivering the energy needs for out populations and surrounding regions - is something which touches the lives of everyone around us.”

Following that, we brought our audience a morning packed with discussion and networking, featuring the vanguard of global upstream development.