The 14th International Exhibition "Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan-2009" and the international scientific-practical conference that brought together over 400 foreign participants wrapped up in Ashgabat, the Turkmenistan.ru correspondent reports.

The forum was attended by over 200 world-renowned oil and gas and service companies including Petronas, Dragon Oil, CNPC, Gazprom, Lukoil, Wintershall , Komatsu LTD, RWE AG, OMV, British Petroleum, Chevron, Total and others, as well as governmental and international organizations from 35 countries, including Germany, Austria, Great Britain, United States, Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Japan, Turkey, Iran, China, India, UAE.

The scientific-practical conference discussed issues related to development of international cooperation, attracting foreign investments and introducing high technologies in exploration and development of fields, in the processing sector, in implementation of new infrastructure projects in the fuel and energy complex of Turkmenistan.

Representatives of the U.S. State Department, the European Commission's Directorate General for Energy and Transport, the International Energy Agency, the Ministries of Energy of Russia and Kazakhstan, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the International Gas Union, USAID, as well as heads and leading specialists of foreign companies spoke at the conference.