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Petrotech 2009, the 8th International Trade Conference & Exhibition, concluded on an upbeat note in New Delhi from January 11-15, along with concurrent conference at the stately Vigyan Bhawan. The event was the biggest of its kind and was supported by the ministry of petroleum and natural gas and organised by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd with Reed Exhibitions as partner.
The chief guest was R.S. Pandey, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, and included other dignitaries such as S. Sundareshan, Additional Secretary, MoP&NG; Ron Stevens, Deputy Premier & Minister of International & Inter-Government Relations, Alberta, Canada; and Dr. Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhi, Minister of Oil & Gas, Government of Oman.
Among the organisers, Sarthak Behuria, Chairman, IndianOil, and Chair - Steering Committee; V.C. Aggarwal, Director HR, IndianOil, and Chair - Organising Committee; P.K. Chakraborti, Director - Pipelines, IndianOil, and Director - Exhibition Committee; Mike Allsopp, CEO, Reed Exhibitions, India; Ms Val Johnston Jones, Industry Director (Energy & Marine) Reed Exhibitions, UK; and Mandeep Singh, COO, Reed Exhibitions India, were present.
R.S. Sharma, CMD, ONGC Ltd; U.D. Choubey, Chairman, Gail (India) Ltd; V.K. Sibal, Chairman, DGH; R.P. Sharma, Senior Vice President, Reliance Industries Ltd; and Subir Raha, Ex-Chairman, ONGC Ltd, added glitter to the ceremony.
The dignitaries shared their views on the aptness of the theme Petrotech 2009 in the current global scenario and how this platform would help evolve a consensus on issues faced by the world economy, and the oil and gas industry in particular.
There were many firsts in the run-up to the exhibition: Net space sold — 7,400 sq. m; 273 international and domestic companies; 13,433 visitors; 17,111 footfalls; and five country pavilions.