• Models of oil rigs and platform layouts displayed at the exhibition stand of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation at the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
    Models of oil rigs and platform layouts displayed at the exhibition stand of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation at the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
  • Gazprom Neft's exhibition stand with the Prirazlomnaya offshore ice-resistant oil-producing platform layout at the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
    Gazprom Neft's exhibition stand with the Prirazlomnaya offshore ice-resistant oil-producing platform layout at the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
  • Visitors examine a model of Gazprom Neft's Prirazlomnaya offshore ice-resistant oil-producing platform at the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
    Visitors examine a model of Gazprom Neft's Prirazlomnaya offshore ice-resistant oil-producing platform at the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
  • A walrus graces the exhibition stand of Gazprom Neft. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
    A walrus graces the exhibition stand of Gazprom Neft. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
  • The 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow has more than 500 exhibitors, including global companies Total, Aramco, China National Petroleum Corporation, Siemens and Staoil. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
    The 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow has more than 500 exhibitors, including global companies Total, Aramco, China National Petroleum Corporation, Siemens and Staoil. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
  • The 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow has more than 500 exhibitors, including global companies Total, Aramco, China National Petroleum Corporation, Siemens and Staoil. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
    The 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow has more than 500 exhibitors, including global companies Total, Aramco, China National Petroleum Corporation, Siemens and Staoil. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
  • Large companies as Chevron, ExxonMobil, General Electric, Siemens, Total, Saudi Aramco, and Petrobras regularly participate in the World Petroleum Congress, which is now being held in Moscow. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
    Large companies as Chevron, ExxonMobil, General Electric, Siemens, Total, Saudi Aramco, and Petrobras regularly participate in the World Petroleum Congress, which is now being held in Moscow. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
  • A China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation exhibit at the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow shows a layout of an oil refining facility. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
    A China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation exhibit at the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow shows a layout of an oil refining facility. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
  • The 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow has more than 500 exhibitors, including global companies Total, Aramco, China National Petroleum Corporation, Siemens and Staoil. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA
    The 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow has more than 500 exhibitors, including global companies Total, Aramco, China National Petroleum Corporation, Siemens and Staoil. Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA

Business

In pictures: Russia hosts Olympics of oil and gas industry

Olive Obina

June 16, 2014

  • English
  • Arabic

Russia is hosting the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow, with over 4,000 delegates attending the ‘Olympics of the oil and gas industry’ from June 15 to 19, 2014.

GasOpecEnergyTechnology