Iraq chairs a meeting of OAPEC Council of Ministers

INA - BAGHDAD

Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani chaired on Monday, the meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries - OAPEC.

“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," said the Ministry of Oil in a statement, received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA. 

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," included in the statement.

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.”