Exhibitors Pleased with 2010 Oil Show
By: Mycah Glover
Updated: October 21, 2010
Exhibitors have packed up after the final day of the 2010 Permian Basin International Oil Show. After three days of networking and showcasing the latest products on the market, looks like this years show was a success.
Rockwell Automation came in from Milwaukee after hearing good things about the show. And experiencing things first hand, looks like they'll be coming back.
"It's given us an opportunity to have face to face dialog, not only with our clients, but our industry partners, other industry vendors," says Marv Watson, Rockwell Automation. "I think the best part was absolutely the broad attendance. We've had such a good sample of people. "
Ten percent of the vendors traveled from around the world to be here.
Anthony Onoriode of Petro-Scanalog Int'l has been traveling to the show from Nigeria for the past ten years. He says, "The Odessa people, they look serious and they have the quality goods and services. That is what we appreciate in coming to Odessa."
Another vendor came from China, the world's leading oil exporter. Wang Yong Xin of Lilin Petroleum Machinery explains, "The position of the Permian Basin is very important. The Permian Basin is a very long time name for us and it's very famous in this industry."
We even ran into a company who was there promoting energy, but not necessarily the kind made from oil.
"We knew the green energy with solar panels and the wind turbines was the wave of the future.," says Kary Duncan, Priority Pump and Supply.
Duncan started his clean energy company back in 2008. That was also his first year to promote his products at the oil show.
"2008 was kind of slow. It was a new part of the industry," says Duncan.
But he stuck with it, and now, he's glad he did. "We've got tremendous leads here. There's a lot of people here. The excitement that we've not had in the last 2 years. It's been a good show for us."
Tune into Big 2 News at 5pm and 10pm this Friday to find out if the show brought in as much profits as local businesses had hoped.
