The public relations office of the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) was revered at the 7th Festival of Iran's Top Oil Industry PRs. Held on Sunday, November 1, the event was arranged in the presence of Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh and Director General of Public Relations of the Ministry of Petroleum Akbar Nematollahi at RIPI's conference hall. The festival was held to identify and honor top public relations office in Iran's oil and gas industry, allow direct exchange of experiences and skills in public relations activities, assess shortcomings of the practice in Iran and improve efficiency of public relations activities in oil and gas industry. RIPI's online portal posts the institute's latest developments in Persian, English, Arabic and Russian. It is the gateway to 5 sub-portals on the major areas that RIPI faculties are focused on. The Persian portal of RIPI's Downstream Faculty as well as the Arabic and Russian pages of the institute's Upstream and Energy & Environment faculties have been recently launched.