3M Saudi Arabia announced its participation at the Saudi Arabia International Oil & Gas Exhibition (Saoge), which opened today at Dammam in Saudi Arabia. It also unveiled the opening of its Customer Experience Centre (CEC) in Dammam, dedicated to the oil and gas industry.

 

The science-based multinational company will be showcasing electrical, maintenance, and repair operations solutions as well as safety products that improve productivity for the oil and gas industry, protect and extend the life of critical assets, and protect people and the environment in which they operate.

 

“The oil and gas industry is a key focus for 3M in Saudi Arabia. As a science-based company, we have more than 10,000 products that are used at all points across the industry and Saoge can offer a great platform for us to showcase those innovative solutions. We all know that the oil and gas industry is currently facing challenging times, but we also believe that our solutions can help industry players operate more efficiently and thus overcome some of today’s toughest challenges across the industry’s upstream, midstream and downstream segments,” said Osama Hammoudeh, managing director of 3M Saudi Arabia. 

 

As a testament to their commitment to answering the ever increasing needs of companies and consumers around the world, 3M will soon be opening their Customer Experience Centre (CEC) in Dammam, which will be among the very few of its kind globally, dedicated to the oil and gas industry. 3M has CECs in 30 countries around the world designed to demonstrate 3M’s 46 core technology platforms and explain how creative combinations of these technologies result in unique and innovative solutions. 

 

“We are very excited to announce that our Customer Experience Centre will be officially opened in Dammam in December. Dedicated to the oil and gas industry, this centre is among the very first of its kind in the region and will share knowledge and global best practices with key stakeholders of Saudi Arabia’s oil and gas sector, thereby helping them achieve their operational targets and development plans, a much needed help especially in such tough industry conditions” said Nicholas B Brunet, general manager, Industrial, 3M Saudi Arabia. 

 

In addition to its electrical, maintenance and repair operations solutions, 3M solutions to the Oil and Gas industry range from lightweight glass bubbles for reducing the density of downhole cements to high-performance coatings for corrosion prevention in extreme environments, and from personal and environmental safety solutions against chemical and mechanical hazards, to specialty polymer processing additives for the automobile and aerospace vehicles components.