Baku to host Caspian oil and gas exhibition, conference

The new Baku Expo Centre will host a trade exhibition of the region's
leading oil and gas companies under the name Caspian Oil and Gas. The
event will take place in the Azerbaijani capital from June 1-4.

The Caspian Oil & Gas Conference will be held on June 2-3 at Baku’s
Hyatt Regency Hotel.

2010 will be the 17th event and the exhibition and conference are
fully supported by the Ministry of Industry & Energy of Azerbaijan and
the state oil and gas company, SOCAR, reports Trend.

"We are delighted that Caspian Oil and Gas will be the first event to
be held in the new exhibition complex.  It marks the beginning of a
new chapter in the history of this highly respected event by providing
excellent facilities and room for future expansion,” the organizer of
the exhibition, Edward Strachan, Executive Director of the ITE Groupm,
said.

 “It is testament to the strength of the Azerbaijan economy and the
foresight of the government that, even through a testing economic
period, the construction of the Baku Expo Centre has been completed.
Baku is the Caspian region's commercial centre and with this new
exhibition facility, it will reaffirm the Azerbaijan capital as the
focal point of the region's trade event activity too," he added.