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PART TWO
OAPEC Activities in 2012
public sector by 2030 with the support of Arab institutions and regional
specialized.
The General Secretariat was represented by His Excellency Mr.
Abbas Ali Al-Naqi who addressed the opening of the conference with
a speech entitled “The Role of Petroleum Industry in Economic and
Social Development”, and Mr. Abdul Karim Ayed, Economic Expert –
Economic Department.
3.15
Informal Ad-Hoc Working Group Meeting
The General Secretariat participated, as observer at the informal
meeting of the Ad-Hoc working group on the additional commitments
of the parties to Annex-1 of Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP17), and the Ad-
Hoc working on long term action and cooperation (AWG-LCA15), and
the Ad-Hoc working group to Durban (ADPI), in Bangkok, Thailand
during the period 30-8 / 5-9-2012.
3 – 16 The 34
th
Oxford Energy Seminar
The 34
th
Oxford Energy Seminar was held at St. Catherine’s College,
Oxford University, on 10-20 September 2012, and titled “The Dynamics
of the Global Energy Market”, under the joint sponsorship of St.
Catharine’s College, OPEC and OAPEC.
The Seminar aims to enhance professional development through
discussion and analyses of energy resource in order to better understand
the economic, technical and geographical influences. The Seminar
further provided structured opportunities to conduct dialogues between
petroleum exporting countries and petroleum consuming countries.
Sixty-one participants attended the Seminar representing a range of
institutions, government agencies, private sector energy companies,
regional and international organizations. Twenty-five countries with 16
participants were from OAPE countries.
