The Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Minister of Natural Resources, is attending the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas this week, May 3-6. She is accompanying 144 delegates representing 67 companies and organizations from Newfoundland and Labrador.

OTC is one of the largest oil and gas shows in the world and attracts close to 75,000 delegates from more than 115 countries. This year the exhibition and conference is being held at Houston's Reliant Centre. The province's booth, #1633, is located in the Canadian Pavilion area.

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Tracy Barron
Director of Communications
Department of Natural Resources
709-729-5282, 690-8241
tracybarron@gov.nl.ca