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3-4 The 6
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Annual Global Refining Summit
The General Secretariat took part in the 6th Annual Global Refining
Summit, which was held in Barcelona- Spain, 21-23 May 2012.
Leading world oil refinery organizations and commercials companies
participated in the summit presentingpapers andparticipating inworkshops
and discussions sessions. Summit topics included the following:
Oil refineries operational performance
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Energy consumption and improving the efficiency of its usage
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Controlling oil refinery costs
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Commitment to health, safety, and environment
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Study cases on challenges facing the refining industry in the
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world.
The OAPEC’s General Secretariat presented a paper entitled “ The
impact of the political and economic instability in the Arab world of oil
and refining industry”.
3–5 The meeting of 89th Session of Arab Economic and Social
Council
The General Secretariat attended as an observer, in the 89
th
meeting
of the ordinary session of the Arab Leagues’s Economic and Social
Council, which was held at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, 6-9
February 2012.
The meeting was attended by delegations from all Arab States
except Syria and Somalia, as well as representatives from 21 Arab
Organizations and Institutions. The agenda of the meeting included 14
items, and covered 5 main aspects:
Monitoring activities of the Arab League included several topics
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of including decisions of the 88
th
meeting of the Arab Economic
and Social Council of the Arab League Secretariat General.
Economic and Social Digest of the Council on the Summit Level
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presents two items that included economic and social digest of
