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Dr Ahmed Ali Al Sharyan, the Secretary-General of the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) received in his office a delegation from the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Dmitry Sharonov on Monday, December 8, 2014.

The Bashkortostan delegation included First Vice President of Ural TechnoStroy Mr. Robert Vagapov, UNTC LLC official Elias Molagalin, Chairman of AVG Capital Partners, CEO of Razgulay group Rustem Mirgalimov, and other delegates.

The NOGA delegation headed by Dr. Al Sharyan included Dr. Mohamed Jaffer Al Sayyad, Director of Studies and International Relations Directorate, Engineer Abdul Hussain Monfaridi, Advisor to the Minister’s Office as well as officials from Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) and Tatweer Petroleum.

The NOGA Secretary-General welcomed the members of the visiting delegation, and presented a comprehensive energy development documents highlighting the oil and gas sector prospects in the Kingdom of Bahrain and investment opportunities in exploration and production in Bahrain Oil Field, as well as oil and gas and petrochemical industries. Dr Al Sharyan presented to Mr Sharonov a dossier of top oil exhibitions and conferences being held in Bahrain in 2015 and 2016, which included four world conferences held under the patronage of His Royal Highness the Prime Minister. It included the 19^th Middle East Oil and Gas Show (MEOS 2015), the 3rd Middle East Process Engineering Conference and Exhibition (MEPEC 2015), the 12th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition (GEO 2016), the 10th Middle East Petrotech 2016 as well as the Middle East Heavy Oil Congress on November 25-26, 2015, held for the first time in the Kingdom, a global event which the Russian delegation expressed interest in participating as it provided a good opportunity for the Bashkortostan oil companies to showcase and market their heavy oil refining technology and capabilities to international oil companies.

The visiting delegation gave a presentation about the energy sector in Bashkortostan, and expertise available with them in the field of oil refining, particularly in heavy oil refining, where they had over 80 years of experience.

Bashkortostan is a main industrial centre in Russia, with a trade ranking among the ten largest in Russia. The two leading industries being oil and gas exploration and petrochemical industries and microbiology. Bashkortostan’s traditional strengths are petrochemicals, agriculture and machine engineering, with high-tech industries. The republic is particularly leader in petroleum refining industry and has five oil processing refineries. Bashkortostan leads in oil refining, with about 30% of the Russian oil refined in the republic, more than 50 million tons annually. The republic is also known for its mineral wealth, with 3,000 varieties of minerals available. Bashkortostan enjoys a good investment cataloguing from international rating agencies.