Over 35% growth in number of foreign companies attending oil show http://www.irna.ir/ENNewsShow.aspx?NID=30339837&SRCH=1

Director of the 16th Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemicals Exhibition (April 15-19) Hossein Porsan says number of foreign companies attending the show has grown by more than 35 percent. Porsan, talking to reporters on the sidelines of the show’s opening ceremony, said more than 1,550 Iranian and foreign companies are participating in the exhibition. The 16th Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemicals Exhibition (April 15-19) opened here on Friday with inaugural speeches of First Vice-President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi and Minister of Oil Masoud Mirkazemi.  Majlis deputies and foreign ambassadors as well as those involved in the oil business both in Iran and overseas were present in the opening ceremony.