Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan will be visiting Istanbul, Turkey from 10 – 12 July 2017 to represent India at the 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC) International Conference.
During his participation at the Conference, Shri Pradhan will be chairing a Ministerial Session on the subject тАЬCurrent Economic Strategies in Indian Oil & Gas SectorтАЭ and a Plenary Session on тАШSupply and Demand Challenges for Oil, Gas and ProductsтАЩ. He is scheduled to hold several bilateral meetings with visiting Petroleum Ministers.
The Minister will be launching an event on Hydrocarbon Exploration & Licensing Policy (HELP) as a part of process of promoting the upcoming oil & gas bidding rounds in India.
The tri-annual WPC Conference is widely recognized as the `Olympics` of the oil and gas industry. It attracts Ministers, CEOs of Oil and Gas MNCs, experts and academics from the hydrocarbon sectors and provides an ideal forum to showcase potential of IndiaтАЩs hydrocarbon sector, highlight the recent policy reforms to international investors and interact with policy makers, technologists, scientists, planners and management experts, entrepreneurs, service providers and vendors in order to attract foreign investments into IndiaтАЩs growing oil and gas sector.
