World Refining Association
The World Refining Association exists to facilitate knowledge sharing and nurturing of business partnerships within the downstream oil and gas sector. We help the industry share knowledge, with a focus on new technology and in particular technology that improves efficiency and increases plant productivity. For over twenty years, the WRA has existed as a worldwide network to bring refiners and producers together with the relevant suppliers. Our industry leading content, conferences, exhibitions and networking events allow senior executives, decision makers and technical engineers, from all corners of the industry to come together to collaborate and discuss the future of the downstream industry.
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- Business Type:
- Professional association
- Industry Type:
- Oil, Gas & Refineries
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1997
About Us
The World Refining Association exists to help the downstream sector meet its environmental and financial goals. We help the industry knowledge share and we facilitate networking with a focus on new technology and in particular technology that improves efficiency. For over twenty years, the WRA has existed as a worldwide network to bring refiners and producers together with the relevant suppliers. Our industry leading conferences, exhibitions and networking events allow senior executives from all corners of the industry to be together to collaborate and discuss the future of the downstream industry.
Our History
The World Refining Association was founded in 1996 with the launch of Russia Refining & Petrochemicals in Vienna. Over the years our business has grown from conferences to serving thousands of customers every year through our networking events, industry reports, conferences and exhibitions. We now operate in 18 countries, Europe, Russia and the CIS, the Middle East, and Africa with offices in London, Singapore and the UAE . We are committed to providing the best experience for our customers.
Our Values
Our customers and our people are at the core of World Refining Association. Every person who is part of the family embodies our values.
Original
- Fresh and exciting formats in our downstream events every year including Big Debates and World Café Roundtables
- No longer just events! Producing bespoke reports and analysis for the industry
- At every internal meeting, our Customer Experience Manager is there to be the voice of you, the customer
Trusted
- Working with Governments around the world
- Finding solutions to your problems
- Always creating value to you and your business
Memorable
- Our people make us different
- Surprising and delighting our customers at every opportunity
- Accountable for any problem
Passionate
- We love what we do! Every one of us is passionate about building partnerships and knowledge sharing in the oil and gas events.
- Promoting and implementing creative and innovative ideas and solutions
Our Promise
We promise to facilitate knowledge sharing and nurturing of business partnerships within the oil and gas sector. We do so by providing face-to-face opportunities to network including conferences, exhibitions and networking evenings; independent analysis and creation of industry reports and webinars. We create downstream events that matter.
We aim to surprise and delight our customers at every opportunity.
Committed to long standing relationships
World Refining Association is committed to building long standing relationships. Over the past 18 years we have attracted more than 50,000 senior executives, from over 5,000 companies and nearly 200 countries, many of whom come back year after year. We have attracted headline, strategic partnerships with key industry stakeholders, including OMV, Total, Sonatrach, NOC Libya, , Gazprom and Ministries and governments globally.
Encouraging networking and the creation of partnerships
We understand the importance of networking and we know that sometimes it’s difficult to make the right connections, so, following your feedback, we’ve reimagined our event structures. We promise that our new event formats will give you more opportunities to meet the right people, and more platforms to have the right conversations.
Every World Refining Association event will now include new formats (roundtables, fire side chats, closed-door workshops, panel discussions and head-to-head debates). No longer will you have to sit through power point presentation after power point presentation. These new formats are designed to give you more opportunities for questions, debate, and peer to peer interaction, but still with the same high quality content you have come to expect from a World Refining Association event.
Our commitment to you now, and the future
Customer satisfaction and happiness is at the heart of every decision we make at World Refining Association. As part of our commitment to you, we would like to hear from you if you have any suggestions or feedback on our events, reports or webinars, or on a particular member of staff who has provided you with excellent service.