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Int’l energy conference ends in Baku

29 April 2016 12:42 (UTC+04:00)
Int’l energy conference ends in Baku

By Fatma Babayeva

The closing ceremony of international conference titled ‘Caspian Basin and Central Asia: Trade, Logistics, Refining and Petrochemicals’ was held in Baku.

The conference dedicated to the 93rd anniversary of former president of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev was realized with the support of the state owned energy company SOCAR and the joint organization of Baku Higher Oil School and British company Confidence Capital.

The conference aimed to promote the success of oil strategy, to attract the attention of professionals to the developments of Azerbaijan, to establish relations between representatives of different countries and to ensure mutual exchange of information between SOCAR and international partners.

The event was attended by government officials, MPs, representatives of SOCAR, as well as, the heads of various sub-structures of SOCAR, representatives of various companies of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Georgia and experts invited from different countries.

On the closing day of the conference, several reports were presented. Sarvar Agayev, the Deputy Executive Director of the Azerkimya production association submitted a report on Azerkimya and its projects on modernization and restructuration, while Rauf Nagiyev, the Deputy Director of the oil refining and petrochemical complex of SOCAR presented innovative approach to the creation of oil and gas processing and petrochemical complexes.

In addition, Mehman Huseynov, the director of Hazar Oil submitted overview of refining capacity of Turkmenistan and other participants.

In general, 70 specialists and experts from 19 countries came to Baku in order to participate in the international conference. More than 150 participants attended the event including 23 specialists and experts from Azerbaijan.

The conference lasted for three days, and 9 sessions were carried on various topics.

In addition, visits to SOCAR’s production facilities were organized for foreign experts.

The latest progress with the Shah Deniz-2 and Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli fields was discussed during the conference as well.

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Fatma Babayeva is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Fatma_Babayeva

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