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H.H.the Prime Minister, Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, received at His Highness’s Court on Wednesday, 1st March, H.E. Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of State and Chairman of the Board of NOGA. Dr. Mirza presented to His Highness the members of the Board of Directors of NOGA, upon the promulgation of Royal Decree No. (78) in respect of the formation of the Board.

H.E. the Minister of State and Chairman of NOGA and the Board members were privileged to meet H.H.the Prime Minister, who is the sponsor of Bahrain’s oil industry development. They extended their thanks and gratitude to His Highness for the confidence conferred on them by being appointed to the Board. They assured His Highness that, together with all members of NOGA and all personnel associated with the oil industry, they would make maximum efforts to develop and further enhance the petroleum and gas sector, as part of the overall development process being experienced by the Kingdom of Bahrain.

They received instructions from His Highness, who emphasized that the newly established NOGA should give special attention to strategic matters related to the exploration for oil and supply of natural gas to keep the development process going. His Highness also instructed the Chairman and members of the Board to consider more oil related projects in order to create more employment opportunities.

His Highness was briefed on the achievements of NOGA since its inception in 2005 and was shown work plan for the next phase. His Highness the Prime Minister assured the Board of His Highness’s full support of NOGA’s actions and programmes for preserving and further developing Bahrain’s natural resources.