Good response to CIPPE expo

The three-day flagship oil equipment fair, that began yesterday, has been drawing substantial crowds and garnered 30 percent more attendance this year.

The global financial crisis and low international oil prices have dampened many oil producers' enthusiasm to invest in upstream exploration and many refiners are in the red.

This year a record number of 800 exhibitors from 35 countries and regions are participating in the Ninth China International Petroleum & Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition (CIPPE), said Gao Shan, member, organizing committee.