ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Omar Ayub Khan has said that this Government will give all assistance to international investment. He said this on Tuesday during meeting a delegation of Exxon Mobil at Petroleum Division. The delegation was headed by Alex Volkov, Chirman of LNG Market Development, Exxon Mobil. Irtiza Syed, President Exxon Mobil briefed Omar Ayub Khan, Federal Minister for Petroleum and Nadeem Babar, SAPM Petroleum about off shore drilling. He mentioned that ENI and Exxon Mobil started working at Kekra I on January 2019. Nadeem Babar added that there is an optimistic prospect of finding energy resources at Kekra I. He further said that government will defend free and safe investment in the country. Omar Ayub also said that after exploration, employment will be generated. Irtiza Syed also mentioned that Exxon Mobil is also interested in drilling of more off shore blocks and in LNG.Apart from this Exxon Mobil also stated that it can help in making of environmental friendly policy for off shore drilling that was admired by SAPM. INP
