Taking place from 24-26 February in Dubai, Connecting Hydrogen MENA (CHM) 2025 will bring together the entire hydrogen value chain to accelerate the hydrogen economy, production, and exports. Over three transformative days, CHM 2025 will facilitate critical dialogue and collaboration across diverse sectors, including hydrogen, technology, finance, ammonia, manufacturing, and transport – essential for revolutionising the energy landscape and advancing the clean energy transition. Accelerating the hydrogen economy events Events calendar 2025 January 26-30 Sabic Technical Meeting JUBAIL https://stm25.com February 4-5 BBTC MENA MANAMA https://europetro.com/bbtcmena 17-19 EGYPES CAIRO www.egypes.com 18-20 IPTC 2025 KUALA LUMPUR www.iptcnet.org 24-26 Connecting Green Hydrogen MENA DUBAI www.connectinghydrogenmena.com 25-27 International Energy Week LONDON www.ieweek.co.uk March 4-6 SPE IADC Int’l Drilling Conference STAVANGER www.drillingconference.org April 7-9 Middle East Energy Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE https://www.middleeastenergy.com/en/home.h tml Please verify dates and location with organisers as this information can be subject to change 8 ISSUE 1 2025 | oilreviewmiddleeast.com The Middle East's clean hydrogen capacity plans Source: S&P Global Middle East Hydrogen Projects with Final Investment Decisions (FID): To date, nine projects in the region have reached FID, with a combined capital expenditure estimated at US$50bn. ADDRESSING THE CYBER THREAT Energy companies are increasing investment in IT and OT cybersecurity, with a majority considering cybersecurity to be the greatest threat to their business. Source: DNV Energy Cyber Priority 2025 report 71% of energy professionals expect their company to increase investment in cybersecurity this year 66% agree that attackers’ use of AI in phishing attacks has made it more dicult to determine if emails are genuine