Conferences
Argus Oil Products Caspian and Central Asia Markets Conference
Istanbul, Türkiye
18–19 March 2027
The strategic meeting point for the global oil products industry
The conference annually brings together 450+ senior decision-makers from 250+ companies across the oil products, crude and LPG markets for high-level networking and the latest market insights.
Join leading oil companies, trading houses, refineries, logistics providers, exporters and buyers as they discuss emerging trends, shifting trade flows and new business opportunities across the Caspian, Central Asian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and Black Sea energy markets.
Taking place in Istanbul this year, the conference benefits from Türkiye's role as a key regional business and trading hub, providing an accessible meeting place for regional and global market participants.
Key topics 2027
- Freight market: Extended routes for crude and refined products transportation, effects on transportation costs, and shifts in the insurance market
- A new era for global crude and oil products markets. Shifts in worldwide supply and demand patterns
- Current macroeconomic landscape and industry developments
- The status of crude oil processing in the Caspian and central Asian region
- Potential projects for modernization and the availability of capacity in the region for neighboring states
- European refining under transformation: the role of the Black Sea and Mediterranean markets
- Trends in Turkey: growing imports and exports of oil products
- Middle East markets: a new reality and its challenges
- New fuel supply routes to Central Asia, logistics solutions
- Specifics of motor fuel quality Certification and Standardization in Central Asian Countries under supply shortages
- The Mediterranean bunkering market: supply, demand and the shift to alternative marine fuels
- Jet fuel and SAF markets: balancing aviation growth and decarbonization goals
2026 speakers
Iman Nasseri
Managing Director, Middle East,
FGE
Alexander Dilbazi
Development Director,
KazKontrakt (Kazakhstan)
Parviz Mammadov
General Representative in Central Asia and Caucasus,
Energo Trade
Grazvydas Bajoras
Director,
iFuel
Vitaliy Kozachenko
Managing Partner,
Fortior Law
Alexander Strelnikov
Insurance Broker / Risk Consultant,
Transocean Risk Solutions
Daulet Arykbaev
Head of Oil Transportation and Refining Department,
Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Łukasz Strupczewski
Executive Director for Oil Trading,
ORLEN S.A
Richard Matthews
Director, Consultancy & Research,
Gibson
Kristina Medvedeva
Overseas Operations Manager,
Anardarah Group
Aivar Monoldorov
Director,
Kyrgyz Oil Company
Leticia Parra Rodriguez
General Manager,
Sustainable Road Solutions - Total Energies
Aylar Dadayeva
Sustainability & Net Zero Developer,
Intertek
Sherzod Madaliev
General Manager, Road Bitum,
Uzbekistan
Nazym Bekbatyrova
Head of Oil Refining and Oil Products Production Department, Oil Transportation and Refining Division,
Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ayan Dutta
Industry expert
Timur Bashirov
Deputy Head, Department of Fuel and Energy Complex,
Agency for Protection and Development of Competition of the Republic of Kazakhstan
David Solomonov
Trading Business Analyst,
SOCAR Trading