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Volume 41 Issue 710
OAPEC Member Countries
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Under the patronage of Bahrain’s Minister of Energy His
Excellency Dr Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Bahrain’s National
Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) celebrated the 10th anniversary
marking its founding in 2005, with the participation of nogaolding
company, Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), Bahrain National
Gas (Banagas) and Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC).
In his speech, the Minister said that NOGA has made many
achievements in Bahrain’s oil and gas sector throughout a whole
decade, whether investment projects or joint oil company ventures,
development projects in the Bahrain Oil Field, as well as, encouraging
numerous oil projects that promoted environmental safety, setting
up regulations and proposing laws and legislation that regulated the
energy sector.
He praised the competent role of NOGA in managing the oil and
gas affairs in coordination with a number of specialised international
companies and for developing the oil sector in the Kingdom, in
addition to strengthening Bahrain’s position as a major regional
hub for organising international conferences and exhibitions. The
Kingdom has seen many global oil and gas events organised by major
international companies, including those in the field of oil services.
The huge participation of global companies in such events has had a
positive impact on the revitalisation of the economic activity in the
country, he said.
HE Dr Mirza said he was delighted with the achievements, as
well as, the modernisation and development efforts witnessed by the
Kingdom of Bahrain under its leadership and the constant support
received by the oil and gas sector from the government of Bahrain.
NOGA celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Bahrain