Alkagesta attended the International Petroleum and Natural Gas Enterprises Conference (IPEC) 2026 in Zhoushan, linking its participation to the development of its China business and wider fuel trading activities. According to Alkagesta Media, the company was represented by Bayram Bayramli, its China Business Developer, at the gathering at the Zhoushan International Conference Center in Zhejiang Province.
The annual conference draws participants from Asia, the Middle East and Europe, spanning oil and gas companies, bulk commodity businesses and trading houses. Port operators and bunker suppliers also take part. Alkagesta Media describes IPEC as the principal promotional venue for Zhoushan’s oil and gas industrial chain, bringing those businesses together through forums, industry presentations, commercial matchmaking and project-signing sessions.
The event is organised under the auspices of the Zhejiang Provincial Government and the China (Zhejiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Its programme combines discussion of the sector with opportunities for business engagement. The company’s account places its attendance within the continuing development of its China business line, alongside its broader activities in trading petroleum products and biofuels.
Alkagesta pointed to Zhoushan’s growing bonded fuel supply base and its early activity in biofuel and methanol bunkering as relevant to its operations. It said those developments were aligned with the expansion of its Geneva biofuels desk and with its chartering function’s exposure to the product tanker market. These links formed part of the company’s stated rationale for participating in the conference.
The company also highlighted direct contact with Chinese refiners, storage operators and bunker suppliers as supporting its sourcing of marine fuel cargoes for East Asian ports. Alkagesta Media said that engagement helped the company position itself in a bunkering market it characterised as among the world’s fastest-growing. The account focused on those commercial relationships and their relevance to its fuel trading business.
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