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Conference on oil industry training begins.


MANAMA: A training and educational conference for petrochemical companies will open today at the Gulf Hotel's Awal Ballroom.

Oil Minister and National Oil and Gas Authority (Noga) chairman Dr Abdulhussain Mirza will address the opening ceremony at 9am.

Economic Development Board chief executive Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al Khalifa and head of the organising committee Phil Andrews Phil Andrews is a race car driver born in the United Kingdom on 20 December 1968.

From 1988 until 1990 he competed in Formula 3000, first for Middlebridge and later for Superpower.
 will speak.

The three-day event three-day event

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 is being organised by British Gate Energy in co-operation with the Noga, Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company, Bapco, Banagas and Gulf Union for Petrochemical Manufacturers.

Representatives from local and international universities and colleges are taking part. The conference will discuss safety in industrial operations and innovative training methods to groom factory technicians and operators.

Partnerships between factories and institutes, project management, simulation technologies, employment and avoiding "brain drain brain drain
n.
The loss of skilled intellectual and technical labor through the movement of such labor to more favorable geographic, economic, or professional environments.
" of trained workforce will also come under the spotlight.

A conference spotlighting latest trends in oil exploration and production will also be opened today at 7pm at the Regency InterContinental Bahrain.

The event is being organised by the Arab Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries ) in co-ordination with Noga.

Dr Mirza will patronise Verb 1. patronise - do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
buy at, frequent, shop at, patronize, shop, sponsor

back up, support - give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to; "She supported him during the illness";
 the opening ceremony and deliver a speech highlighting the history of oil exploration in Bahrain since 1932.

Latest developments in the sectors of oil and gas in Bahrain will also be spotlighted.

OAPEC secretary-general Abbas Ali Syed Abbas Ali (born February 20, 1976), in Indore is an Indian first class cricketer. A left handed batsman, Ali debuted in 1996/97. His career best score of 251 was made the following season and stood as the highest score by a Madhya Pradesh batsman until Jai Yadav made 265 two  Naqui will also address the conference.

Several key issues feature on the agenda, including seismic data analysis, heavy oils, the re-exploration of geological strata and geochemistry geochemistry, study of the chemical changes on the earth. More specifically, it is the study of the absolute and relative abundances of chemical elements in the minerals, soils, ores, rocks, water, and atmosphere of the earth and the distribution and movement of .

The participants will also discuss reducing the detrimental impact of oil exploration and production on the environment.

Several case studies highlighting oil industries in OAPEC member states will also come under scrutiny.

Established in 1968, OAPEC includes 11 Arab-oil producing countries. Bahrain joined the pan-Arab consortium in 1970.

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Date:Nov 10, 2008
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