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OAPEC Activities
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establishing the organization, its objectives, and
its main bodies and their specialties including
the Ministerial Council, the Executive Bureau,
the Secretariat General, and the Judicial
Tribunal. The Secretary General also tackled
OAPEC’s Arab and international relations,
the organization’s efforts in promoting joint
Arab cooperation in the petroleum industry
among the member countries, and defending its
members at international fora. HE Al Naqi then
talked about OAPEC’s joint ventures and their
role in boosting the Arab petroleum industry.
Session 1
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production
On Sunday 4 October
2015 at 11 :30 AM, the
first session of the forum
was chaired by Dr Samir
Al Qar’ish, Director of
the Technical Affairs
Department at OAPEC.
The session’s topic was a
paper titled “Fundamentals of Oil and Gas
Exploration and Production” presented by
Engineer Turki Hemish, Petroleum Specialist
(Drilling and Production), at the Technical
Affairs Department, OAPEC. The lecturer
defined a number of common terms used in the
petroleum industry explaining what oil and gas
are, and listing the theories on oil emergence
and hydrocarbons formation.
The lecturer pointed out to the importance
of the integration of available data during
exploration to limit the unsuccessful drilling
operations. He also explained the mechanism
of well drilling and the type of tests, measures,
and analysis, as well as casing, completion,
perforation, until thewell is ready for production.
Engineer Hemish then talked about the
number of seismic survey teams, drilling
activities around the world with regards to the
technical, economic, media, and environmental.
Following is a summary of the events of The
23 rd Forum on the Fundamentals of Oil and
Gas Industry.
Day 1: Sunday 4 October 2015
Opening Session
Under the auspices and attendance of
OAPEC Secretary General, the 23rd Forum
on the Fundamentals of Oil and Gas Industry
was inaugurated on Sunday 4 October 2015.
Participants and local andArabic media attended
the opening ceremony.
The forumwas opened by a speech of OAPEC
Secretariat General HE Abbas Ali Al Naqi.
He welcomed the participants wishing them a
happy stay in Kuwait. HE Al Naqi expressed
deep appreciation for the member countries that
responded to the invitation stressing that their
participation is an added value to the forum.
The Secretary General gave an overview
on the forum’s historical development since it
kicked off back in 1976. HEAl Naqi stressed the
Secretariat General’s keenness on continuing to
organize this event with the great support from
the member countries.
HE Al Naqi then presented a lecture
titled “An Overview on OAPEC and its
Joint Ventures”, which tackled the history of