Oil seminar to be held in Bali

Oil seminar to be held in Bali

JAKARTA (JP): Several leading figures in the world's oil and
gas industry are expected to participate in a four-day Indonesian
International Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference 1999 (IIOGE
99) from Sept. 7 and 10 this year in Nusa Dua, Bali.

Chairman of IIOGE's organizing committee Soepraptono Soelaiman
said in a statement on Tuesday that secretary-general of the
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Rilwanu
Lukman would make a keynote speech in the conference.

Other keynote speakers who have confirmed participation in the
conference include Minister of Mines and Energy Kuntoro
Mangkusubroto, State Minister for the Empowerment of State
Enterprises Tanri Abeng, and International Finance Corporation's
oil, gas and mining director Philippe Lietard.

Soepraptono, who is also director general of oil and gas at
the mines and energy ministry, said international investors will
learn of, and respond to, the sweeping changes affecting the
present and future energy business in Indonesia during the
exhibition and seminar.

The seminar will feature between 20 and 30 national and
international speakers, he said. (jsk)