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His Excellency Shaikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Finance, Minister in Charge of the Oil and Gas Affairs received in his office on Thursday morning, September 4, the Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) Managing Director Mr. Yousif bin Abdulrahman Al-Zamil, accompanied by the GPIC President Dr. Abdulrahman Jawahery.

The GPIC officials informed the Minister on the latest work progress at the company -- factory operations and production figures over the past year, which has highlighted the outstanding performance of the company, which is zealously seeking opportunities for expansion and diversification of products within the Kingdom of Bahrain and abroad. The officials also briefed the Minister about the company’s future plans and upcoming projects and expressed happiness over the great support given to the company by the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The Minister praised the plans and programs developed by the GPIC to maintain competency in the midst of the rapid changes taking place in the vital petrochemical industry, and the efforts of the Board of Directors and Executive Management to promote and develop of the company’s business to elevate it to the ranks of major international companies.

Shaikh Ahmed also pointed out the positive results of the company’s business development programmes in the oil and gas sector and its overall impact on the economies of the GPIC partner countries linked in a successful joint venture by the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, and Petrochemical Industries Company, Kuwait, which represented a successful Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) joint oil project by the Gulf Arab States.

Engineer Al-Zamil expressed his gratitude and appreciation to H.E. Shaikh Ahmed for supporting the GPIC projects, the continuing support and keenness of the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain to provide an excellent businesses environment and a suitable investment environment, prompting many companies to contribute in top global development projects in the country.

Dr. Jawahery said that the GPIC had now become a leading company in the field of industrial diversification of the economy in Bahrain, and would continue to play an effective role in achieving Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030 in the areas of human and social development as well as economic and environmental projects, pointing out that the company was actively seeking to develop skills and knowledge of the Bahraini workforce to a level of high expertise so as to be able to operate important industrial projects.

The GPIC had recently received a number of awards and other recognitions, most importantly the shield for the chemicals sector in health and safety from the British Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) four time in a row, over major international participating companies, as well as the ISO 22301 certificate.

The meeting was also attended by Dr. Ahmed Ali Al Sharyan, the Secretary-General of the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA).