This get-together meeting was held in the presence of members of Secretariat of Commission and representatives of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), National Iranian Oil Products Refining and Distribution Company (NIOPDC) and also petrochemical industries.

For his part, Baqer Ansari Legal Advisor to the Secretary of the Commission placed special emphasis on the significance of presenting timely information for enlightening public opinions.

According to the law, responses should be published in accordance with the national interest considerations, he opined.

Then, Hassan Samim Nik-Pey responsible official in charge expressed his special thanks to the unsparing cooperation of the Oil Ministry and its subsidiary companies for the implementation of this law and said, “with the coordination made in this regard by the Secretariat, an expert-level meeting will be held in the coming year in cooperation with the representatives of concerned ministries, organizations and banks on the way of publishing accurate and timely information to the noble nation.”

At the end of this expert-level meeting, problems facing ahead of implementation of law of accessing information were raised by the representatives of the ministry.

Speaking at the 2nd Intl. Conference of Exploration and Production, he added, “new model of Iran Petroleum Contracts (IPC) is one of the basic and fundamental strategies for the development of country’s oil industry.”

There are many complexities in the decision-making and decision-taking process in the field of new petroleum contracts, he said, adding, “upstream contractors have made considerable growth in the recent years as compared to the previous years.”

Turning to financing petroleum projects, he said, “financing has been put atop agenda through financial funds, partnership of small-scale capitals, financial resources of bank and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).”

Organizing tenders’ process for oil projects will be followed up strictly in the beginning of coming years (to start March 21, 2018) within the framework of rules and regulations, Manouchehri highlighted.

According to the studies made on oilfields by both domestic and foreign companies, he said, “significant results have been obtained on the country’s proven oil reserves.”

The 2nd International Conference of Exploration and Production will be held in IRIB Conferences Center in the presence of 1,000 top managers and directors in the field of contracting and employing in Iranian oil industry with the aim of reviewing the latest achievements, developments and future outlooks within the framework of new model of IPC, Deputy CEO of National Iranian Oil Company concluded.