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120 countries represented at recent conferences. In 2009, 2,500 companies from 38 countries participated and 66,820 attendance, an 8.5% drop from previous year's 75,092, was reported despite a global economic recession and initial concerns about swine flu. Attendance in 2014 reached a 46-year high of 108,300, the highest in show history and up 3.3% from the previous year.
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held and many outlets reflected on the impact of OTC on
Houston and the industry over the years. To celebrate the 50th edition of the event, OTC created a special sign and commissioned Houstonian artist Mario E. Figueroa Jr., also known as GONZO247, to create a one of a kind plexi glasscube painted live at OTC. The 2019 OTC is the 50th anniversary of OTC.
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Technology Conference, the flagship OTC event, is the largest oil and gas sector trade show in the world. The first OTC was held in Houston, Texas in 1969. In 2017, OTC was ranked the 25th event on the Trade Show News Network 2017 Top US Trade Shows List. In 2018, the 50th edition of OTC was
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Technology Conference has been held in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, and will be held in fall 2018. In 2011-2012 and 2014, the conference was held in Houston. The 2015 edition was held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 2016th edition was held in St. John's, Canada and 135 technical papers were
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Offshore Technology Conference event is generally lower than prices for other oil and gas conferences. In 2018, to attend the full conference as a professional who was a member of one of the 13 sponsoring organizations the registration fee was $ 180 which included full access
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Technology Conference is an OTC event that covers the technical challenges that come along with exploration and production of petroleum and natural gas in the arctic. The conference technical program will discuss the logistical and technical aspects involved with recovery oil and gas in
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OTC Asia was held in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2024. The 2018 OTC Asia was held in March in Kuala Lumpur. More than 290 technical papers were presented at OTC Asia in 2018. The event also includes the OTC Asia
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