TEHRAN, Feb. 22 (Mehr News Agency) – Tehran Permanent International fairgrounds will be the venue for Iran's 14th International Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Exhibition from April 21 to 25.
In a press conference on Sunday, the director of the fair said that the show is the largest exhibition in the Middle East and also the largest oil show among other exhibitions of OPEC.
Seyyed Ziaoddin Nouroddini added that the show will gather round 800 domestic and over 500 foreign companies from 35 countries to showcase their latest achievements, products, and technology, IRIB reported.
"By taking part in the fair, the foreign companies will make the sanctions against Iran ineffective," the official noted.
The 13th International Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition (held in Tehran in April 2008) covered 10 task forces including consultant engineer groups, spare parts constructors, technical and commercial service provider companies, oil products producers, processing equipments producers, fuel consumption efficiency companies and research and training sector, general contractors, companies active in information technology fields.
Foreign companies from more than 30 countries, including Germany, Britain, France, Russia, Ukraine, China, Spain, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, United Arab Emirates, Belgium, Sweden, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Romania, Netherlands, Belarus, India, Qatar, Turkey, Bahrain, UK, Japan, Finland, Denmark, Greece, Canada, USA, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong participated in the exhibition.
A total of 860 domestic companies and 505 foreign companies took part in this exhibition. The Oil Industry Equipment Manufacturers Community with 161 subsidiary companies, Iran Industry Equipment Manufacturers Community with 45 subsidiary companies, and Iran Fuel Efficiency Organization with 55 subsidiary companies were among domestic companies who were present at the event.
