Deputy Mining Minister meets his Indian counterpart online

AKIPRESS.COM - Deputy Minister of Mining and Heavy Industry of Mongolia O.Batnairamdal had a virtual meeting with Tarun Kapoor, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Republic of India, Montsame reports. Underscoring that the meeting follows the 7th meeting of the Mongolia-India Joint Committee for Cooperation held online last December and the January 2021 meeting of former Chief of Cabinet Secretariat L.Oyun-Erdene, Minister of Mining and Heavy Industry G.Yondon, and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan, Mr. Tarun Kapoor expressed his appreciation that the bill on Supporting the Oil Refinery was passed by the Parliament on January 29 and that the Mongolian Government and Ministry of Mining and Heavy industry are attaching great significance to the refinery project.
Deputy Minister O.Batnairamdal said the oil refinery project has entered the development stage following the planning stage and that the approval of the law makes it possible to speed up the development of the oil refinery and open it within the scheduled time frame. The Deputy Minister also asked India to provide support in carrying out a detailed feasibility study of constructing pipeline and announcing an international open tender to select contractors for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and to work actively with Mongolia to select general contractors for EPC 2 and 3.