Biography of H.E. Secretary General
NAME:Ali Sabt Ben Sabt
Citizenship:Kuwaiti
Current Position:Secretary General, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), since March 1, 2020.
Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in Geology, Kuwait University, 1977
Career:
Ministry of Oil:
- Petroleum Geologist, 1977
- Geology and Geophysics Supervisor, 1988
- Director, Exploration and Production Department, 1993
- Assistant Undersecretary for Technical Affairs, 2 July 2001-1 July 2013
- Head, Committee on Upgrading Regulations on Petroleum Wealth Preservation of the Oil Ministry
- Member, Technical Committee for Demarcation of Maritime Borders with Saudi Arabia
- Head, Negotiating Team on Joint Northern Fields
- Member, Borders Committee of the Ministerial Council, 30 January 2005- 30 May 2016
- Acting Undersecretary, Oil Ministry, May 2013- April 2015
- Member of the Board of Directorsand Chairman, Arab Petroleum Services Company (APSCO), OAPEC
- Member of the Board of Directors, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), 25 December 2004- 30 October 2007
- Member of the Board of Directors, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), 1 November 2007- 30 July 2011
- Member of the Board of Directors, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), 31 July 2011- 17 January 2016
- Deputy Chairman, Kuwait Gulf Oil Company K.S.C.C (KGOC), 18 January 2016- 29 July 2018
- Member of the Board of Directors, Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company, 30 July 2018- 2019
- Advisor to the CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), 2015- 2019