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India, New Delhi
India has taken its place on the global NGV events circuit with NGV India 2009 concluding successfully in Delhi last week. Supported by several interests, including the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Gail (India) Ltd, India’s flagship natural gas company, the event attracted more than 6,000 visitors over three days, with more than 500 attending the 3 day conference program. International exhibitors said they were attracted not just by the scale of the opportunities in India but also to scope out possible joint venture partners for local manufacturing plants. Within the next ten years, more than 300 cities in 16 states in India are expected to be connected to the natural gas grid. In that time more than 4 million natural gas vehicles are expected to be operating on the India’s roads, up from 650,000 currently.
Local dignitaries opening the event said the timing was auspicious, with India’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) due to announce gas allocations to distributors within weeks.
The exhibition was opened by Shri R. S. Pandey (right), Secretary Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, watched by Mr B.C Tripathi, Director Marketing, Gail India Ltd, Dr U. D. Choubey, Chairman/Managing Director, Gail India Ltd and Mr L. Mansingh, Chairman of the PNGRB (left to right).
The event could also lead to a revitalised national association, NGVA India. Vice President, Mr Pranav Mehta, said NGV India had served as a catalyst, bringing industry members together and signalled that the association would conduct an AGM within a month to gather additional momentum.
David Aitken, Managing Director of BES Allworld, organisers of the event, said the succcess of NGV India confirmed the company’s plans to make it an annual event, taking it to Mumbai in October 2010. Managing Director of Mumbai based Mahanagar Gas Ltd, Mr P.K. Gupta, was on hand for the closing ceremony, extending a welcome to delegates to Mumbai next year.
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