Bob Dudley, Mukesh Ambani, Narendra Modi to share dais tomorrow

Ahmedabad, 18 October 2013

The chief executive of British energy major BP, Bob Dudley, will on Saturday, October 19th, 2013 share the dais as the guest of honour with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi(as the chief guest) at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University(PDPU) convocation function in Gandhinagar. BP has operations in 90 countries and employs 85,000 people. BP partner Reliance Industries Limited(RIL) promoter Mukesh Ambani chairs the board of governors of PDPU. The CEO of the British company is also likely to meet oil minister Veerappa Moily in Delhi during his trip to India.The BP boss met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his last trip to India in April. Saturday’s convocation event is scheduled to start at 9.00 am.

Gujarat consumes about one-third of the natural gas market in India. The state has presence of gas import terminals of Petronet LNG and Shell. Two more LNG terminal projects are in pipeline. Reliance’s refining complex in Gujarat is the world’s largest. State-run Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC) is leading company in country’s gas market with its expertise in city distribution.

Dudley could get state government’s invitation to become part of the PDPU board.