2008-02-27 The 10th Session of Mediterranean Conference and Exhibition for Oil and Gas kicked off on Tuesday morning at Dat Al Emad Complex in Tripoli.
The conference is organized by the International Organization for Energy in collaboration with the Oil National Corporation, Libyan Oil Institute, Engineering College at Al-Fateh University, Environment General Board and the UN Development Program in Great Jamahiriya.
The opening of the conference was attended by the Secretary General of the International Organization for Energy, the Secretary of Administrative Committee of the Oil National Corporation, the Secretary of the People's Committee of Al-Fateh University, the Secretary of the People's Committee of Engineering College, the representative of the Oil Producing Arab Countries and the representative of the Libyan Oil Institute.
More than 500 professors and researchers from Britain, U.S., Russia, Canada, Ukraine, Italy, Hungary, Kuwait, Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria, India, Tunisia, Iraq and Malta in addition to Great Jamahiriya will take part in the three-day conference.
Numerous scientific symposiums and seminars will held on the margins of the conference on the swinging oil prices and its repercussions on economies of producing and consuming countries, and focusing on natural gas as an alternative source of energy.
And the international exhibition for modern equipment and technology to extract and produce oil and gas was held on the margins of the conference with the participation of 18 companies specialized in the area of oil exploration, excavation, refining, treatment and marketing.
Via [Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation]
