The area of competence to monitor technical developments in the petroleum industry in all its phases, at the Arab andinternational levels, and the preparation of technical studiesaround,and organizing and participating in conferences, seminars and meetingsrelating thereto, and supervision of the "Award for Scientific OAPEC," which awarded every two years,also provides Data Bank General Secretariat of the relevant data. The Department of Technical Affairswith many of the studies and research of the Arab and international power centers, including the Japanese Co-operation Centre, and implement joint conferences and seminars.