Akbar Nematollahi said that 1,800 companies, including 600 foreign firms, will take part in the 19th International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition, which will be held from May 6 to May 9 under the motto of 'Energy Diplomacy and Domestic Manufacturing.'
In the last year’s oil show, only 195 companies from 15 countries participated in the event, he said, adding that the number of Iranian companies is also increasing from 850 to 1,200.
Nematollahi also said that the economic and commercial event is held with the aim of upgrading Iran’s regional and international cooperation and boosting the capability of domestic manufacturers through exchange of technical data and providing oil, gas, refining and petrochemical industrialists with new achievements, Shana reported.
Australia, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, China, Iraq, Italy, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Malaysia, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and Britain, are among the foreign countries attending the exhibition.