Baghdad – IA
Today, Monday, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani chaired the meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC).
The Ministry of Oil said in a statement received by the (INA): “Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil Hayan Abdul-Ghani chaired the 111th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), which is hosted by the Qatari capital, Doha, with the participation of the Ministers of Oil and Energy.” In member states.
The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil, Chairman of the current session of the Organization’s Ministerial Council, said: “The meeting discussed a group of topics related to the organization’s work and activities, the most important of which is the organization’s projected estimated budget for the year 2024 and the latest developments related to developing the organization’s work and restructuring it while developing its activities and reconsidering its work.” “The systems, laws and mechanisms that govern its work in a manner that is compatible with the challenges and emerging developments in the field of energy.”
Abdul Ghani stated, “The meeting included the announcement of the winners of the OAPEC Prize for Scientific Research, which is awarded every two years and its field for the year 2022 is (decarbonization technologies in the petroleum industry and the circular economy), in addition to a review of the Secretary-General’s report on the various activities of the General Secretariat.”
It is noteworthy that the 111th meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organization (OAPEC) was preceded by the holding of the (168th) meeting of the Executive Office, with the participation of members of the Executive Office of the Organization and headed by Naseer Aziz Jabbar, the representative of the Republic of Iraq in the Executive Office of the Organization, who chairs the current session.
Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani met on the sidelines of the meeting with the oil and energy ministers of the member states.