Danske Gas at Black Sea, Istanbul

Danske Gas sponsored the meeting, observing at close quarters the region’s oil products market and the new supply routes taking shape.

The Executive Retreat ‘Türkiye: Black Sea and East Med Refining and Trading’ is a small-format, closed-door oil industry meeting organised by Confidence Information Services, a firm with a long record of conferences and seminars for the oil and gas sector across Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East. The 2024 edition – the third in the series and the first held in Istanbul – took place on 28–29 November at the Hyatt Regency Istanbul Ataköy, bringing together more than 130 delegates from 23 countries.

The programme centred on the refining geography of the Black Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean and on the realignment of oil product trade brought about by 2024: the redirection of trade flows, the restructuring of LPG pricing across the Polish, Russian, Central Asian and Turkish markets, and terminal logistics. Analyses were presented by experts from Energy Intelligence and Kpler alongside representatives of SOCAR Türkiye, and the agenda concluded with a technical visit to the Aygaz terminal in Ambarlı.