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Volume
44
Issue
3
OAPEC Member Countries
GRU, based in Bahrain, aims at boosting
GCC leadership in refining and expanding
their regional and global ties with all refining
stakeholders. It is a platform comprising
refineries, gas plants, distribution facilities,
and petrochemicals hubs of the oil and gas
companies in the GCC.
In his speech, HE Al Khalifa underscored
the kingdom’s keenness on helping such
entities to succeed on its soil while providing
them with all support to achieve their goals.
He pointed out to the importance of making
communication opportunities and data
exchange available, as well as, exchanging
expertise to help promote the oil and gas
sector in the GCC countries.
The Minister congratulated the establishing
companies: the Saudi Arabian Oil Company
(Aramco), Kuwait Petroleum International,
the Bahraini Petroleum Company (Bapco), the
GULF REFINING UNION LAUNCHED
Bahrain’s Minister of Oil HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and Kuwait’s
Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water Bakheet Al Rashidi, along with an entourage of
officials attended a ceremony marking the establishment of the Gulf Refining Union
(GRU) in Bahrain.