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Institute for Scientific Research “KISR”, Kuwait National Petroleum
Company “KNPC”, the Japan Petroleum Institute “JPI” and Japan
Cooperation Center- Petroleum “JCCP”.
Three keynote papers were presented to the symposium, along with
15 other papers; they covered the following key issues:
The development of catalysts and heavy oil processing.
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The clean fuel technique to produce gasoline and gas oil with
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very low sulphur content.
Innovative technology in refinery operations such as membranes
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and catalysts nanotechnology.
3.3 Petroleum Downstream Industries Week
The General Secretariat participated in the Petroleum Downstream
Industries Week, which was held in Abu Dhabi – UAE, under the
sponsorship of “Takreer” during the period 25-28 March 2012.
The Week featured the following events:
A seminar on innovated solutions in refining and petrochemicals
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at difficult situations, presented by Axens of France on 25 March
2012.
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Annual Meeting of Refining Industry in the Middle East, 26-
27 March 2012.
Global Petroleum Industry Executives Summit, 28 March 2012,
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organized by Honeywell.
Experts from member countries (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait,
Iraq and Egypt) participated in these events. Experts from Oman,
Morocco, in addition to a number of global oil companies, oil service
providers and refining and petrochemical service providers, also
participated.
