In an exclusive interview with Oil Review Middle East, Friedrich Portner, chief commercial officer, Maritime Cluster, AD Ports Group discusses how the integration of Noatum Maritime into AD Ports Group has expanded its global reach. The company is adding value to offshore operations by integrating the various services into one platform, enabling it to scale up and become more competitive. Portner outlines how AD Ports is leveraging innovation and technology and highlights its commitment to sustainability. He concludes by discussing plans for further offshore integration and the addition of new capabilities.

At ADIPEC 2025, Oil Review Middle East spoke to Kevin Killeen, MSA Safety’s product line manager, flame and open path gas detection. He highlighted its advanced gas detection solutions in an exclusive interview.

Killeen explained MSA’s key products, which include the FL5000 Multi-Spectrum Infrared Flame Detector, the Senscient ELDS Open Path Gas Detector, and the S5000 for robust, sensor-enabled monitoring across extremes.

MSA supports oil and gas operators with cloud-connected systems offering real-time visibility and quick response to modern safety challenges. Tailored for the region, these solutions deliver extended calibration, self-testing, and scalable value.

In an exclusive interview with Oil Review Middle East, Maurits van Tol, CEO of Catalyst Technologies at Johnson Matthey, discusses the importance and benefits of cross-sector partnerships in the energy transition.

He explains how such partnerships can help to de-risk energy transition projects, given the challenges of scaling up the new technologies involved, and provide increased bankability for the customer. He notes that an integrated proposal saves a lot of money for the companies involved over the lifetime of the project, and that by working together it is cheaper and faster to develop proposals.

Highlighting Johson Matthey’s sustainable fuel partnership which involves four parties, he says, “What we see is a 10% cost reduction, and we are 15% faster already in developing proposals for our customers. This is only the beginning; as we work together we can only get better and faster. That’s a real benefit for our customers.”

Maurits van Tol also highlights the interconnection between policy regulation, infrastructure and market conditions in creating an enabling business environment, and underlines the importance of trust and cultural fit between partners.

“No matter how good the business case looks on paper, if there is no trust and more of a win-lose than win-win with any of the partners, it’s not going to work,” he says.

It is important to ensure a good cultural fit at the front-end stage of the project, he advises.

Visit Johnson Matthey at ADIPEC @Hall 5, Stand #5240.

Joseph El Bitar, Vice President and General Manager, Hexagon, discusses the company’s presence at ADIPEC, where it showcased autonomous technologies and smart digital reality solutions that enhance operational efficiency, improve safety and support the global transition to cleaner energy, under the theme “Two worlds, one sustainable reality".

Alexander Van Veldhoven, Group Chief Strategy Officer at Bapco Energies, explains how Bapco Energies is diversifying its portfolio and exploring low carbon options throughout the value chain for a sustainable energy future, in line with the Kingdom’s national energy strategy. “Transformation is at the heart of everything we do,” he says. As well as emission reduction initiatives, the company is broadening the scope of its traditional oil and gas operations into energy transition and renewables, pursuing exciting opportunities in wind and solar.
Van Veldhoven also outlines how the company is leveraging big data and digitalisation as an integral part of its day to day operations, and is looking to explore further opportunities with AI, big data and new technologies.
“It’s the start of a new era and we want to be part of that,” he says, adding that Bapco Energies is keen to develop new partnerships and capitalise on opportunities to raise brand awareness