Addressing the 6th Drilling Congress and Exhibition
in Tehran on Saturday, Houshang Falahatian, the deputy petroleum minister for
planning, said shifting policies from an economy dependent on petrodollars to
an oil-based economy was one of the approaches taken by Iran in macro-decision
making of the oil industry.
He said development of onshore fields including
Azar as well as offshore fields like South Pars gas field were top on the
Iranian Ministry of Petroleum’s agenda.
Falahatian further touched on the issue of domestic
manufacturing of widely-used items in the oil industry, adding 51 contracts
with a total value of €597 million and Rls. 4,330 billion had been signed with
the domestic private sector developers in this regard.
This year's event includes 30 specialist panels, 5
workshops and over 100 presentations and lectures on the dimensions and
requirements of projects on enhancement and maintenance of production from the
technical, financial, legal, contractual, insurance and risk management
viewpoints.
Moreover, reviewing business strategies in
exploration and production companies, general contractors, drilling companies,
and technical services is top on the agenda of the congress.
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