The PetroFed pavilion at the Petrotech-2009 exhibition at Pragati Maidan was inaugurated by Shri S. Sundareshan, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas on January 11, 2009.

PetroFed actively assisted in the organisation of Petrotech-2009 international oil & gas conference & exhibition at New Delhi.  The Director General, PetroFed, Shri A. K. Arora was a member of the Steering Committee.  The Director (Comm. & Mktg.), PetroFed, Shri Y. Sahai was on the three member panel of judges to select the best exhibitors in various categories at the  exhibition.

Shri A. K. Arora was also called upon to chair a Technical Session during the conference at Vigyan Bhavan on January 13, 2009 on ‘Emerging Energy Options – 2 (CTL/GTL/BTL)’.  The keynote speaker during the session was Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, UOP, LLC, USA who spoke on Advances in Pyrolysis Technology.  The other speakers were Shri E. Valotti, ENI India Limited on the GTL approach; Dr. Girish K. Chitnis, ExxonMobil on production of gasoline from coal; and Dr. Sudip Maity, Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research on liquid hydrocarbon production from coal, biomass and syngas.