PETROTECH - 2007: At a Glance

• The 7th International Petroleum Conference at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, was inaugurated by Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, Hon'ble Minister of External Affairs, Government of India, on 16th January, 2007.
• Mr. Murli Deora, Hon'ble Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India, inaugurated the PETROTECH Exhibition.
• "Unfolding Horizons: Hydrocarbon Vision of India" - a book published by PETROTECH Society, was released during Exhibition Inauguration.
• Mr. Dinsha J Patel, Hon'ble Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India, inaugurated the Photo Exhibition.
• Pre-Conference on Carbon Credits was inaugurated by Dr. Pradipto Ghosh, Secretary, Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India.
• Pre-conference Sessions
  • Session on "Coal Gassification" - inaugurated by Mr. P R Mandal, Advisor Projects), Ministry of Coal, Government of India.
  • Session on "Benchmarking in Downstream Industries" - inaugurated by Mr. Mukesh Rohatgi, CMD, Engineers India Ltd.
• PETROTECH-2007 Golf - Tee Off by Mr. B K Chaturvedi, the then Cabinet Secretary, Government of India.
• lifetime Achievement Awardees -
  • Padma Bhushan Col. Satya Pal Wahi, former Chairman, ONGC, for his outstanding contribution to upstream hydrocarbon industry &
  • Mr. Bhishm Kumar Bakhshi, former Chairman, IndianOil, for his outstanding contribution to downstream hydrocarbon industry
• Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, Hon'ble Minister of Panchayati Raj, Government of India, delivered the valedictory address.
• PETROTECH-2007 Conference was a great success with more than 1,000 technical papers received, of which 719 papers were presented in 32 technical sessions.
• The PETROTECH-2007 exhibition was the biggest in terms of the number of exhibitors - 140, including 40 overseas organisation from 17 countries.

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At PETROTECH - 2007 Exhibition