Media Advisory: Minister to Speak at Oil and Gas Fall Seminar

The Honourable Jerome Kennedy, Minister of Natural Resources, will address delegates to the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industries Association’s (NOIA) 2011 Fall Seminar tomorrow (Wednesday, November 16). The luncheon address will take place at the Delta St. John’s Hotel and Conference Centre in Salon A at 12:30 p.m.

NOIA is Canada's largest offshore petroleum association with over 500 members in Atlantic Canada and around the world. The seminar, titled Fall Forward: Innovation through R & D, will feature presentations from oil and gas companies operating in Newfoundland and Labrador on major research priorities identified by the industry.

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Media contact:
Heather Maclean
Director of Communications
Department of Natural Resources
709-729-5282, 697-4137
heathermaclean@gov.nl.ca 

2011 11 15             2:05 p.m.