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PART TWO
OAPEC Activities in 2012
of OAPEC, gave a keynote address in the opening ceremony, in which
he mentioned the important place acquired by the Arab countries in the
global oil industry, this position is strengthened by their possession of
large portions of the world’s proven reserves in oil and natural gas, and
their effort to satisfy the global oil markets demand.
Fourteen keynote papers were presented to the conference they
enclosed following key issues:
Current production capacity and ongoing development projects,
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and its role in meeting the world oil demand.
The role of NOCs and IOCs in developing production capacity.
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The role of heavy oil and unconventional resources in meeting
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the global oil and gas demand.
Improving production capacity and environmental challenges.
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Participated in the conference were from different member countries,
15 from UAE, 1 from Bahrain, 5 from Algeria, 1 from KSA, 2 from
Iraq, 1 from Qatar, 10 from Kuwait, 2 from Libya, 3 from Egypt, along
with 4 from General Secretariat staff, which brought the total number
to 45 participants. In addition experts from IOCs and NOCs: KGOC,
Halliburton, Canadian Natural Resources, Geopolicity, Hart Energy.
The participants expressed their thanks to the Ministry of Energy
in UAE for sponsoring the conference, and the General Secretariat
for supervising it, and called for the convening of the conference on a
regular basis and alternating between OAPEC member countries.
The General Secretariat presented a paper on “Petroleum Reserves
and Production of Arab Countries”.
