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Visit of Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri to Iceland (11 July)

Visit of Hon’ble Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri to Iceland (11 July)

A high level delegation led by Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri. Hardeep Singh Puri [MoPNG] visited Iceland on 11 July 2025. Minister was accompanied by Shri Arun Kumar Singh, Chairman ONGC and Shri Arvinder Singh Sahney, Chairman IOCL, Ms Esha Srivastava, Joint Secretary (IC), MoPNG and Rasaal Dwivedi, PS to Minister. The delegation held a meeting with Foreign Minister (FM) Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Reykjavik.

  1. The delegation also had a full day-long meetings and site visits on 11 July. The delegation visited Hellisheiði Power Station, the largest geothermal plant in the world, operated by Orkuveita Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Energy). The visit was followed by detailed presentations from CEOs and senior executives from ON Power, Verkís, CarbFix, ÍSOR, and Baseload Power. The presentations were followed by engaging discussions on expanding bilateral cooperation in geothermal energy.
  1. Hon’ble Minister also visited the LA art Museum, Hveragerði in South Iceland where the exhibition "Among Gods and Men: Icelandic artists in Varanasi" is currently on display. Minister was welcomed by Ms Kristín Scheving, Museum Director and Mr Einar Falur Ingolfsson, Icelandic artist.