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Annual Report
The Eighty- Ninth Meeting of OAPEC’s Council Ministers
The Council of Ministers held its Eighty- Ninth meeting on 22
nd
December 2012 in Cairo. The meeting was chaired by H.E. Dr. Youcef Al-
Youcefi, Minister of Energy and mines in the Arab Republic of Algeria.
H.E. the Chairman welcomed their Excellencies theMinisters and Heads
of Delegations wishing them success in their deliberations, and called for
cooperation among member countries to achieve OAPEC , s objectives.
H.E. the Chairman welcomed their Excellencies the Ministers those
who are attending the Council , s meetings for the first time: H.E. Mr. Hani
Abdul Aziz Hussein, Minister Petroleum in Kuwait, H.E. Dr Abdul Bari
Ali Al-Hadi Al-Arousi, Minsiter of Petroleum and Gas in Libya, H.E. Eng.
Osama Mohammad Kamal, Minister Osama Mohammad Kamal, Minister
of Petroleum and Mineral Resource in Egypt wishing them all success.
He was followed by H.E. Mr. Abbas Ali Al-Naqi, OAPEC Secretary
General, who welcomed their Excellencies the Ministers and Head of
Delegations upon their arrival, and expressed hope for the continued
support of the Council for OAPEC activities.
The Council then approved the proposed agenda for its Meeting where
upon it:
Received the decision of the Arbitration panel of the 2012 OAPEC
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Award for Scientific Research, for their paper addressing the topic
of «
Technical Development of Exploration and Exploitation of
unconventional Natural Gas Resources in Arab Countries
» , the
Council announce the names of the winners as follows:
The First Prize
-
, amounting to 7000 Kuwaiti Dinars, was
withheld.
The Second Prize
-
, amounting to 5000 Kuwaiti Dinars was awarded
and divided equally between the research papers presented by Mr.
Ahmad Ali Abdul Majeed, and Mr. Mohammad Khalid Khalifa
from Egypt, and the research presented by Mr. Ahmad Mahmoud
Shehata from Egypt.
