The 21st World Petroleum Congress and Exhibition in Russia
From June 16th through June 19th, 2014, at “Crocus Expo” Exhibition Center, Moscow capital, Russia Federation, the 21st World Petroleum Congress (WPC 21) and Exhibition were held. This Exhibition was attended by more than 4,000 delegates from over 80 countries, of which there were 30 ministers and 400 CEOs and heads of organizations, who came to participate in the discussion on the topic “Responsibly energizing a growing world”.
Plenary meetings addressed such issues as: traditional and non-traditional petroleum resources; sponsorship for industries; relationship between the procedures and consumers of oil and gas products; maintenance of environmental safety; commitments to develop sustainable energy...
Regular participants in the Congress and Exhibition are major companies such as Chevron, Exxon Mobil, General Electric, Siemens, BP, Total, Saudi Aramco, Petrobras... Among the delegates to WPC 21, there were: CEO of BP Group, Mr. Robert Dudley; General Secretary of OPEC, Mr. Abdallah Salem Oreck El-Badri; President of Petrobras, Lady Maria de Gracias Foster; Executive Director of International Energy Agency, madame Maria van der Hoeven; leaders of Norwegian companies including Staloi; President and CEO of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (ONGC); CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation, Mr. Rex Tilerston...
Vietnamese participants in the solemn Opening Ceremony and Agenda of the Congress included the Minister of Industry and Trade, Mr. Vu Huy Hoang; The President and CEO of Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, Mr. Do Van Hau; as well as the representative missions from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, and its member units. PV GAS also attended the Congress and Exhibition, led by Mr. Tran Hung Hien, Vice President.
In the evening on June 15th, 2014, the Opening Ceremony of WPC 21 was solemnly organized at Grand Kremlin Palace. World Petroleum Exhibition in the framework of WPC 21 Congress was organized in an area of over 55,000 square meters, on which there were over 500 booths of famous companies in the world and Russia in energy and petroleum fields, such as: Total, BP, Shell, JGC, Technip, Honewell, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, General Electirc, Saudi Aramco, Petrobras, Gazprom, Rosneft, Lukoil, Transneft...
Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group participated in the exhibition together with 6 member units, i.e. Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited (BSR), Vietsovpetro, PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Services Corporation (Vietsopetro), PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP), PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Services Corporation (PVD), PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), and PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PVGas) representing oil and gas exploration, production, processing and other service fields.