27th GCC Petroleum Cooperation Committee Meeting
His Excellency Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of State, Chairman of the National Oil & Gas Authority (NOGA) presided over Bahrain’s delegation to the 27th Meeting of the GCC Petroleum Cooperation Committee, which was held on 8th November 2006 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The meeting reviewed a memorandum presented by the General Secretariat as discussion a paper submitted by the State of Kuwait to the 8th “Advisory Meeting” of the GCC Heads of States. The paper contained a proposal for alternatives to keep the Gulf oil flowing to international markets in the event of closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Other topics included the GCC Secretariat’s memorandum on a proposed GCC Centre for Energy Strategic Studies & Research; GCC Secretariat’s memorandum on a draft GCC Mining Law (Ordinance) and its implementation regulations; report of the Energy Team Head and GCC Secretariat’s memorandum on the meetings of the GCC Energy Team; report of the GCC Task Force on the United Nations’ meetings on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol; GCC Secretariat memorandum on the first meeting of the working group on energy services within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO); GCC Secretariat’s memorandum on the outcomes and recommendations of the various petroleum committees (GCC Petroleum Strategy, Regional Plan for Petroleum Products); GCC Secretariat’s memorandum on the outlooks of member states in respect of the workability of certain technical committees; GCC Secretariat’s memorandum on the specifications of petroleum products in the
GCC local markets.
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