22nd Refining and Petrochemicals Technology Meet to be held in Odisha

KalingaTV News Network

Bhubaneswar: The 22nd Refining and Petrochemicals Technology Meet will be hoisted here from January 13 to 15.

Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will inaugurate the 3-day meet which will be organised by the Centre for High Technology in association with Indian Oil Corporation. The theme of the meet is ‘Emerging trends in downstream hydrocarbon sector’.

Around 900 oil industry professionals from India and about 100 foreign delegates from 44 global companies are expected to participate in the event.

Leading global consultants/technology providers/catalyst manufacturers like Shell, Honeywell UOP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Haldor Topsoe, Axens, DuPont, KBR, GTC, ICIS, Invista, Bechtel, Fluor Daniel, Linde, Dow, JNC Japan, Petronas, GC Russia, KNT Russia, TCC China, Albemarle will be participating in the meet.

Delegates from countries like Russia, Japan, China, Malaysia and UAE are going to be part of the event for the first time ever.

Sources said that the meet shall facilitate invaluable exchange of global benchmark practices on technological advancements in the hydrocarbon sector, petrochemicals, electric vehicles and impact on refining business, energy conservation, obtaining bio-oil from biomass, bio-refinery from bamboo feed stock.