Day one of cippe2016 has seen more than 100 industry delegations visiting the show,including an increase in foreign visitors.

Oil ministers from Iran, Iraq and Yemen, as well as more than 60 senior executives from Saudi Aramco, ADNOC, Petronas, Kuwait Petroleum and PDVSAhave come to the show to share their views on the future of the industry.

These officials are involved in procurement, research and development, equipment fabrication and engineering. Officials from National Energy Administration and its local outfits in Guangxi, Yunnan andQinghai provinces are present at the show as well.

This year’s show is the second to set up a special zone for offshore engineering.The following companies have shown sharp interest in theoffshore engineering exhibits:

• China Petroleum Offshore Engineering

• Sinopec Shanghai Offshore Oil & Gas Company

• China Oilfield Services Limited

• CNOOC Limited

• Offshore Oil Engineering Company Limited

• Cnooc Research Institute

• Cnooc Enertech Tianjin Branch

• China Oceanic Information Center

• Tianjin Oceanic Administration

• China Merchants Holdings International.

China’s natural gas industry is poised for fast development, spurred by the national campaign for the blue sky dream.

The natural gas and equipment zone has attracted visitors from CNPC Natural Gas & Pipeline Company, China National Oil & Gas Exploration & Development Company, Sinopec Natural Gas Company, CNOOC Gas & Power, DWELL, Dagang Oilfield Natural Gas Company, COOEC LNG Engineering & Technology Centre, Shanghai Petroleum Company, Hubei Province Natural Gas Development , Anhui Province Natural Gas Development, Jinxi Natural Gas & Chemical, Henan Sichuan–East Gas Company, Tianjin Gas Refco Group, Beijing Gas Refco Group, China Kunlun Contracting & Engineering Corporation, China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering, Technip, China National Coal Group, Hengyi Group, Wison, Henan Coal Chemical Industry Group, ENN Energy Holdings and Guanghui Energy.