UK and US Officials Confirm Participation in Oil Exhibition
The participation in the international exhibition (1-4 June) and Conference Caspian Oil & Gas-2016 has been confirmed by the Special Representative for Trade of the British Prime Minister Baroness Emma Nicholson and US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Diplomacy Robin Dunnigan.
The exhibition, which is an annual range of activities with the support of the Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan and SOCAR, is to be held in Baku from May 31 to June 6 inclusive. The organizers of the 23rd in a row exhibition Caspian Oil & Gas-2016 are the British ITE Group and its exclusive partner Iteca Caspian.
This year it will feature 247 companies from 30 countries of the world. The exhibition will feature sections, in particular for the development of oil and gas fields, construction and operation of wells, pipeline construction and transportation of hydrocarbons. --17D-
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