Basra hosts Int’l fair for oil, gas companies

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: Basra will host an international fair for oil and gas companies by the end of November 2010, with the participation of more than 250 companies and institutions. “The province will host the oil and gas fair, the biggest specialized fair in the Middle East, between November 25-28, 2010, in al-Maaqal port,” Jawad Naaeem, one of the fair’s supervisors, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “More than 250 companies and institutions, specialized in producing oil and gas, as well as other companies working in the oil industry,” he added. Basra is 5900 km south of Baghdad. SH (P) 1