Tehran, April 17: The number of foreign companies attending Iran’s 16th International Oil, Gas, Refining, and Petrochemical Exhibition has increased compared to previous editions of the event.
The manager of the exhibition told IRNA on Friday that the number of foreign participants has risen by 35 percent compared to last year’s exhibition, noting that 495 foreign firms from over 40 countries are attending the event.
Hossein Porsan said that China has the highest number of representatives with 166 pavilions, which is an increase of over 50 percent compared to the 100 Chinese companies that attended last year.
“Despite the sanctions imposed on Iran’s nuclear energy program, Germany is participating in the fair with 64 companies, Italy with 36, Britain with 37, Spain with 14, France with 15, and South Korea with 33 companies,” Porsan stated.
He went on to say that a number of major energy groups such, as Total of France, Norway’s Statoil, and OMV of Austria also have pavilions at the expo.
Some 927 Iranian companies are participating in the exhibition.
The international exhibition, which is currently underway in Tehran, opened on Friday and runs until April 19.
——–Agencies