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NewBase 18 February 2014 Khaled Al Awadi

NewBase For discussion or further details on the news below you may contact us on +971504822502 , Dubai , UAE

Abu Dhabi set to host leading gas sweetening event

SOGAT 2014 will take place at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). (Image source: ADNEC)A host of international experts will be expected to gather in Abu Dhabi to debate the latest technologies used in converting sour gas into sweet gas at the upcoming Sour Gas and Advanced Technology (SOGAT) exhibition and conference .

The free-to-attend event, which will run from 23-27 March 2014 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.

Sour gas has been in growing demand across the UAE and wider Gulf region, supporting ongoing infrastructure, power and petrochemical requirements.

This year's SOGAT will include a number of workshops on the lessons learned from sulphur plant operations, amine treatment, process optimisation, gas compression, the sulphur supply chain and the key aspects of contamination removal, with the latter workshop forming one of the key themes of the event.

The event's organiser has said that this year's event will feature new exhibitors from China, who

will complement major international process separation companies. Other new exhibitors will

showcase their expertise with process simulation tools for designing complicated refineries and

gas processing plants.

Accompanying the exhibition will be the SOGAT conference, which will be opened by Khalid

Sahouh, senior vice-president of ADCO. Close to 30 papers covering a range of sour oil and gas

technology innovations and developments will be presented at the conference, including a paper

on from the Qatari Ministry of Energy and Industry who will focus on its carbon capture plans and

its Dukhan Jaleha EOR Pilot project.

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India's OVL Gets Two Oil, gas Blocks Offshore Bangladesh www.naturalgasasia.com

ONGC Videsh (OVL), the overseas arm of India's state owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), signed Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for two shallow water oil and gas exploration blocks SS-09 & SS-04 in waters of Bangladesh, the company said Monday.

OVL along with Oil India Limited (OIL) formed a consortium (50:50) and participated in the Bangladesh Offshore Bidding Round 2012, launched by Bangladesh Government during December 2012.

“The consortium was officially notified as the winner of two shallow water blocks SS-09 & SS-04 on 20th August 2013. Subsequently, the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) was discussed and

initialed on 19th September, 2013 and the Government of Bangladesh approved the award of the blocks to OVL/OIL consortium on 3rd December, 2013,” the company said.

According to a report in local Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star, OVL has planned an investment of $144.8 million in partnership with Bapex and Oil India.

Until the recovery of its investment, OVL will get 55 percent of the explored resources and the rest will be shared between Petrobangla and OVL, the newspaper reported. Petrobangla will get between 70 and 90 percent of the oil and condensate and between 60 and 85 percent of the gas.

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Abu Dhabi’s NDC takes delivery of Qarnin jack-up rig Press Release, February 17, 2014

Lamprell has completed construction on the jack-up drilling rig, “Qarnin”, and delivered it to Abu

Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (‘NDC’).

Completion and delivery of the jack-up rig, on time and on budget, was marked at a ceremony

held at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in

the UAE on 13 February. The rig will

depart the facility late February en route

to its drilling location in Abu Dhabi.

The contract for the NDC “Qarnin” rig

was signed in October 2011 and this is

the third rig in a series of six identical

rigs being built and delivered by

Lamprell to NDC. All six rigs have been

or will be designed according to the

Cameron LeTourneau Super 116E

(Enhanced) Class design.

‘Qarnin’ rig now joins its sister rigs, ‘Makasib’ which was delivered by Lamprell to NDC in July

2012 and ‘Muhaiyimat’ which was delivered in December 2012. The remaining three rigs are all

proceeding on schedule and will be delivered as planned in 2014/15.With the delivery of ‘Qarnin’

rig, Lamprell has now delivered a total of 20 new build jack-up rigs, and its eighth Super 116E

jack-up drilling unit to various clients during the last six years.

NDC Chief Executive Officer Abdalla Saeed Al Suwaidi said: “NDC’s commitment to creating

steady growth, advancing operational excellence and establishing the

highest levels of safety and efficiency have enabled it to become the

reliable Abu Dhabi based drilling services provider that it is today.”

“A modern rig fleet is essential to sustainable success and NDC launched

this major Offshore Rigs Acquisition Project to guarantee the highest levels

of reliability and ensure complete readiness to meet our clients’ present and future needs. We

would like to express our appreciation to Lamprell for their cooperation and dedication throughout

the duration of this project.”

Jim Moffat, Chief Executive Officer, Lamprell, said: ”I am pleased to announce the completion

and delivery of this third jack-up rig to NDC, on time and within budget, to

world class standards of safety and quality. The delivery of this latest rig is

testament to Lamprell’s excellent capabilities in project execution in the field

of new build jack-up rigs.This successful project delivery would not have

taken place without close teamwork and the strong relationship between the Lamprell and NDC

project and management teams. We look forward to working with NDC on the remaining three

projects which are all proceeding well and as planned.”

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Lundin spuds Balqis well in Natuna Sea (Indonesia) http://www.offshoreenergytoday.com

Lundin Petroleum AB has started the exploration drilling in the Baronang PSC, Natuna Sea,

Indonesia using the drilling rig Hakuryu 11. Balqis-01 will be followed by a sidetrack, Boni-01.

Balqis-01 is a wildcat

oil exploration well

designed to test the

hydrocarbon potential

of Tertiary sands

draped over a

prominent Basement

high. The main

objectives of the well

are Oligocene fluvial

sandstone reservoirs in

stacked four-way dip

closures.

Lundin Petroleum

estimates the Balqis

prospect to have the

potential to contain

unrisked, gross,

prospective resources of 47 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe). The planned total depth is 2,130

metres below mean sea level (MSL) and the drilling and evaluation is expected to take approximately 20

days.

Related: ‘Hakuryu-11′ Jack-Up Rig Waiting for Clear Sky in Vietnam

The drilling of Balqis-01 will be followed with the drilling of Boni-01 as a side track to the Balqis-01

vertical well with an offset distance from Balqis-01

(at TD) of 820 metres drilled to test a deeper

independent stratigraphic play concept. Boni-01 is

designed to test the hydrocarbon potential of early

to late Oligocene fluvial sandstone reservoirs in

stacked stratigraphic traps against a prominent

basement high. Lundin Petroleum estimates the

Boni prospect to have the potential to contain

unrisked, gross, prospective resources of 55

MMboe. The planned total vertical depth is 2,300

metres below MSL and the drilling is expected to

take approximately 5 days.

Lundin Petroleum, through its wholly owned

subsidiary Lundin Baronang BV, is the operator

and has a 90 percent working interest in the Baronang PSC. Partners are Nido Petroleum Limited with 10

percent working interest. Lundin operates five PSCs in Indonesia, namely Baronang, Cakalang, Gurita,

South Sokang and Cendrawasih VII.

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Eni to spud exploration well offshore Cyprus in August, Energy Minister says Offshore Energy Toda Staff, February 17, 2014

Italian oil company Eni will move ahead with its exploration activities offshore Cyprus, said Yiorgos

Lakkotrypis, the Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism in Cyprus.Lakkotrypis said that he

had had a meeting with the leadership of the Italian company ENI

during which “we discussed various issues, such as, for example,

their planning for exploratory activities in the Cypriot Exclusive

economic Zone.”

“We also discussed the issue of the Memorandum of Understanding

for the liquefaction terminal in Cyprus. The Memorandum is ready,

it has been agreed on, and there are some formalities left, such as

its approval by the Council of Ministers, so that we can proceed to its signing in the next few days,” the

Minister said.

Asked for his assessment as to what will be done on the part of Eni, Lakkotrypis said that “the initial

planning for the exploratory drilling was for the third and fourth quarters of 2014. ENI is now making a

great effort to speed up and to begin the exploratory drilling toward the end of August of 2014, something

that is very important because it will expedite the procedures for the discovery of more natural gas.”

Eni last year signed Exploration and Production Sharing Contracts with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry

and Tourism of the Republic of Cyprus, for Blocks 2, 3 and 9

located in the Cypriot deep offshore portion of the Levantine

basin, which encompass an area of around 12,530 square

kilometres, thus marking the entry of Eni in the country.

Eni was awarded the three blocks whilst leading a consortium

formed by Eni (80%, as operator) and the Korean company

Kogas (20%) in an international competitive tender (Cyprus 2nd

Offshore Licensing Round) which was completed in May 2012.

The oil & gas industry recently shown significant

attention to the Levantine Basin as it is one of the

newest exploration frontiers with giant gas potential.

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UAE pulls the plug on energy-sapping lights By Binsal Abdul Kader, Gulf News

A ban on sale of inefficient bulbs in the UAE will help save Dh668 million per year on energy bills and

carbon emissions — the equivalent to removing 165,000 cars off the road per year, authorities said

yesterday.

The ban, part of an indoor lighting standard in the UAE, will come into effect on July 1, senior officials

announced at a press conference on Monday in Abu Dhabi. The official nixing of energy-depleting bulbs

will mainly be on incandescent versions of lighting which have to be replaced by CFLs (Compact

Fluorescent Lamps), Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) and halogens.

After July 1, all bulbs have to meet

the new standard based on

environment, safety and efficiency

criteria. There is no restriction on

using existing low-standard bulbs,

whose life is almost one year. An

estimated 85 million lamps are in

use in the UAE, of which 78 per

cent about 63 million — are low-

standard ones. To implement the

new standard, the UAE will need

about Dh732 million in investments

on energy-efficient lamps, which

will be paid back within 13 months

through savings on energy bills. Although households have to spend more money on efficient lamps

initially, it will benefit them by all means in the long run, the officials said.

Of Dh668 million annual savings on power bills, approximately Dh452 million will be saved by households,

especially in emirates with higher tariff rates. The remaining Dh216 million will be saved by the

government through reduced subsidies. It is estimated that an average villa in Dubai will save

approximately Dh2,315 per year by changing its lights to energy-efficient products.

The ban will specifically target imports as there is no domestic production of lighting products at the

moment. The new standard will help reduce 940,000 CO2 emissions per year. Households contribute to 71

per cent of carbon emissions, of which 11 per cent comes from inefficient lamps. “The new lighting

standard will reduce the country’s energy consumption by 340-500MW per year, which is equivalent to not

using an average gas power station for six months,” said Rashid Bin Fahd, Minister of Environment and

Water.

This important achievement came as a result of the strong collaboration of all partners of the Ecological

Footprint Initiative, Razan Al Mubarak, Secretary-General of Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD),

said. The UAE Ecological Footprint Initiative is a public-private partnership, working to develop science-

based policy recommendations to help reduce the UAE’s carbon emissions and per capita Ecological

Footprint. The UAE has a high ecological footprint, which means a lot of resources such as energy, water,

and goods are wasted.

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The Ministry of Environment and Water, the EAD, Emirates Wildlife Society - World Wildlife Fund for

Nature (EWS-WWF), the Global Footprint Network, and Emirates Authority for Standardisation and

Metrology (Esma) are partners in this initiative.

Esma has framed the technical specifications of the standard for lighting products, which will be applicable

to CFLs, LEDs and halogens as well, a senior official told Gulf News on the sidelines of the press

conference. “One of the criteria is restriction on hazardous elements like mercury in lamps. If the level of

mercury exceeds the permitted level in CFLs, LEDs and halogens, they will not get entry to the country,”

Engineer Mohammad Saleh Badri, Director-General of Esma, said. He said Esma has a plan to dispose of

electric lamps in coordination with local authorities.

NewBase – Reasearch / commentary :-

The untapped potential of energy efficient lighting

Today a new generation of energy efficient lighting technologies can make a significant contribution to achieving our

energy and carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction targets. The International Energy Agency has calculated that, worldwide,

electrical lighting uses 19% of all electricity produced.

Two fundamental points are:

1) Three-quarters of all lighting currently installed uses older, less energy efficient technology, developed

before the 1970s – a figure based on Philips analysis of sales figures and existing lighting installations; and,

2) During the last decade there has been a

revolution in lighting technology,

especially in energy efficient solutions.

These developments, well documented by

trade media, cover all key areas of

lighting such as light sources, control gear

and luminaire optics as well as lighting

control sensors and LEDs (light-emitting

diodes).

The output of 530 power stations

Philips, the world’s leading lighting

supplier, has assessed the potential savings. Assuming an achievable 40% average saving in lighting energy

consumption, there would be running cost savings – or a business potential – worth 106 billion euros per

year. This is the equivalent of 555 million tons of CO2, or the equivalent output of 530 power stations. And

new lighting technologies not only offer energy savings, they also provide a higher quality of light.

Logically we should encourage, and indeed speed up, the switch from older lighting technology to the

technology on the market today. But current changeover and refurbishment rates are slow, for example, in

Europe they are 3% per year in street lighting and 5 to 6% per year in office lighting. These rates

demonstrate a key issue. Even if a new energy saving technology is developed, it takes almost a generation

for it to be fully adopted, and by then something better has been developed in its turn. Nor will the original

technology disappear as it will be discounted at a lower intial price.

The reality of the potential savings becomes more meaningful when viewed in the context in which lighting

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is used. In office or building lighting, for example, the difference in energy consumption between older and

newer technologies can be between 30% and 70%. This includes the use of lighting controls, which turn the

lights off automatically when nobody is present and adjust light levels in the office when natural daylight is

present. These technologies are no longer the complex technical solutions they used to be. Today simple

plug-and-play systems are available

which can save up to 70% of energy

consumed. It is a sobering fact that in

Europe only about 1% of buildings,

offices or schools use lighting controls

of any sort.

A similar picture can be found in road &

street lighting where cities and

municipalities can make very significant

savings. Old street lighting technologies

date from technology developed in the

1960s. Today new solutions, such as the

CosmoPolis system, can offer energy

savings of 50% and a far higher quality

of lighting. We can also control the light levels making dimming and presence detection a reality for even

greater savings. The same kind of energy efficiency story can also be told for retail, industrial, and hotel

lighting.

As for home lighting we have been producing the ordinary household light bulb for more than 100 years.

This uses 4 times more energy than existing compact fluorescent alternatives. Yet we still buy 12 billion of

these incandescent lamps per year worldwide. The collective cost in terms of energy and costs is huge. In

December 2006 Philips called for the replacement of incandescent light bulbs within ten years.

During the next few years, we expect to be able to announce further technology breakthroughs. LED

technology will have a greater impact in both commercial applications and the home. Already we have

domestic decorative LED light bulbs, which can replace incandescent light bulbs where only a decorative

effect is required both indoors and outdoors. Howver, the light output of these current LED light bulbs is not

yet comparable to conventional lighting.

The issue is clear, the solution is simple – just switch. But why is it not happening faster?

Barriers and solutions

The barriers include a lack of interest in new lighting technologies and an inititial investment hurdle. Firstly,

if we are to make a difference in the struggle against climate change, apathy is not going to help. Secondly,

although new lighting technologies offer major savings over their lifetime, there is an initial cost.

New legislation is needed to set minimum performance criteria for lighting. This should be supported by the

development of tax incentives to encourage new technologies or discourage older, less efficient

technologies. Local governements could adopt stricter green procurement policies and targets could be set

for CO2 per M2 of Office or km/Road. The development of new financing incentives and energy pricing

initiatives offers the potential to remove one of the largest barriers – that of higher initial investment costs –

and access the business opportunity for financial institutions or ESCOs (energy service companies) to repay

investments out of energy savings. Energy efficient lighting does provide a significant contribution to

reducing CO2 emissions in our struggle with climate change.

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Algeria: Samsung Engineering signs Algeria Timimoun gas project http://www.samsungengineering.com/mediaCenter/news/common/detail

Samsung Engineering has signed the Algeria Timimoun Field Development project worth $800 million USD with

Groupement Timimoun (GTIM), a joint venture between Sonatrach (51%), Total (37.75) and Cepsa.(11.25% )

The Timimoun Field Development project is located 800km southwest

of Algiers. Samsung Engineering is responsible for engineering,

procurement, construction and pre-commissioning on a lump-sum-turn-

key basis to build a 180km pipeline and a Central Processing Facility

(CPF) with a capacity of 177 million standard cubic feet per day

(MMSCFD). The project is expected to reach its completion in 2017.

Samsung Engineering was the only Korean company

selected for this project in the pool of top European and

Japanese EPC firms. The company has proved its

expertise in oil and gas plant projects with a strong

track record in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and

Malaysia.

Choong Heum Park, President and CEO of Samsung

Engineering, commented: 'Our accumulated experience

in the oil and gas sector in MENA led to this

opportunity to work with Groupement Timimoun. With

our commitment to safety for the project and

environment, we will execute and complete this project

successfully and expect to deepen our footprint in

Africa.'

NewBase special Research : About Algeria Gas

Algeria’s Gas Output and New Projects Set For 2016 by Hira Shahnawaz Akhtar

Algeria’s gas output is largely dependant on the production from the field Hassi R’Mel, which has been seen to hastily decline to one-third of its previous value. The field has been neglected in terms of development expenditure and maintenance infrastructure and has consequently seen a sharp drop in production in recent years.

The history of Hassi R’Mel

Hassi R’Mel is one of the largest gas fields in the world (eighteenth largest by rank) and holds more than half of Algeria’s total gas reserves. Hassi R’Mel was discovered by the French company Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) as the operator in 1956 while production started up in 1961. Currently, the local firm Sonatrach owns a 100 percent stake in Hassi R’Mel.

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To the southeast of Hassi R’Mel is the largest oil field in Algeria, called Hassi Messaoud, and both these fields are located in the province of Hassi Messaoud. Hassi R’Mel is located in the vicinity of Hassi R’Mel village which is located 340 miles (550 kilometres) south of Algiers. The gas field is 43 miles (70 kilometres) long stretching from north to south and 31 miles (50 kilometres) wide going

from east to west.

The field holds proven reserves of about 85 trillion cubic feet (tcf). “The remainder of Algeria’s natural gas reserves come from associated fields (alongside crude oil reserves) and non-associated fields in the south and southeast regions of the country,” reports the U.S.

Energy Information

Administration (EIA).

Steep decline in Algeria’s gas output

The production from Hassi R’Mel dropped from 75 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2008 to just 55 bcm in 2012. “The startling drop in just four years is one of the main reasons for the fall in Algeria’s gas exports in the past few years: they slid from 60 billion cu.m. in 2007 to 52 billion in 2011 and 55 billion in 2012. Already predicted at the end of 2008, the fall in Hassi R’Mel’s output can be blamed on the intense exploitation of the field some years previously,” reports Africa Intelligence.

“In the 2000s, Algeria over-exploited Hassi R’Mel’s reserves to make up for delays in development work on other Algerian fields, particularly Gassi Touil, Rhourde Nouss and also fields in the south-west, notably Tinhert, Touat, Timimoun and Reggane North. In addition, work to re-develop the field wasn’t done for fear of disrupting intensive production,” adds Africa Intelligence.

Upcoming projects in Algeria and investment

Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) is now vested in the Southwest Gas Project in Algeria, which is expected to start up by 2016. This includes Reggane Nord, Timimoun, and Touat projects and

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entails the construction of gas collection facilities, gas treatment plants and pipelines connecting this area to the Hassi E’Mel gas hub.

“The Repsol-led Reggane Nord project consists of developing six fields and is expected to reach a plateau production rate of 102 billion cubic feet (bcf) per year. The Timimoun project, led by Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) in partnership with Sonatrach and Cepsa, is expected to reach peak production of 57 bcf per year, and the Touat project, led by the France-based GDF Suez in association with Sonatrach, is projected to reach peak output of 159 bcf per year,” reports the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) is also vested in the development of the new field Ahnet for the exploration of tight gas reserves. This field is expected to contribute 100 to 150 bcf and will come online by 2016 as well. Other new projects to be started up in Algeria are shown in the table below.

Table 1: Upcoming Natural Gas Projects in Algeria

These upcoming

projects will have to

compensate for the

decline in Hassi

R’Mel. However, most

of these projects are

not expected to come

online for another

couple of years which

indicates that we can

expect a drop in the

gas output of Algeria

for the next few years.

Oil pipes and flares foul the desert near Hassi-Messaoud but, along with natural

gas, the fields provide 90 per cent of the country's foreign earnings.

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Genel Energy completes pipeline from Kurdistan Region of Iraq to Turkey http://www.oilreviewmiddleeast.com/

Genel Energy has completed the pipeline infrastructure to export crude oil from the

Kurdistan Region of Iraq to Turkey

During Q4 2013, the final phase of the export pipeline infrastructure from Dohuk to Fishkabur was

completed and tied in to the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline via a new metering station within the Region.

Since then, commissioning and line-fill operations have been progressing parallelly. Test flows

commenced in December

2013 and the first oil through

the new pipeline reached

Ceyhan in Turkey in early

2014, Genel said.

Tony Hayward, chief

executive of Genel Energy,

said, "2013 was a

transformational year for

Genel. The energy agreement

between the KRG and Turkey

and the completion of the KRI

independent pipeline

infrastructure has paved the

way for steadily rising oil

export volumes from Taq Taq

and Tawke over the course of

2014." On 8 January 2014, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq announced that first export sales via the

pipeline were expected to commence in the near future, with sales volumes expected to ramp up

over the remainder of the year. Genel expects that the pipeline system will be fully commissioned

during Q2 2014 once required upgrades to pumping stations on the Region's section of the

pipeline are completed.

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Khaled Malallah Al Awadi, MSc. & BSc. Mechanical Engineering (HON), USA ASME member since 1995 Emarat member since 1990

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the experience were spent as the Gas Operations Manager in Emarat , responsible for Emarat Gas Pipeline Network Facility & the experience were spent as the Gas Operations Manager in Emarat , responsible for Emarat Gas Pipeline Network Facility & the experience were spent as the Gas Operations Manager in Emarat , responsible for Emarat Gas Pipeline Network Facility & the experience were spent as the Gas Operations Manager in Emarat , responsible for Emarat Gas Pipeline Network Facility & gas compressor stations . Through gas compressor stations . Through gas compressor stations . Through gas compressor stations . Through

the years , he has developed great experiences in the years , he has developed great experiences in the years , he has developed great experiences in the years , he has developed great experiences in the designing & constructingthe designing & constructingthe designing & constructingthe designing & constructing of gas pipelines, gas metering & regulating stations and in the engineering of supply routes. Many of gas pipelines, gas metering & regulating stations and in the engineering of supply routes. Many of gas pipelines, gas metering & regulating stations and in the engineering of supply routes. Many of gas pipelines, gas metering & regulating stations and in the engineering of supply routes. Many

years were spent drafting, & compiling gas transportation , operation & maintenance agreements along with many MOUs for the lyears were spent drafting, & compiling gas transportation , operation & maintenance agreements along with many MOUs for the lyears were spent drafting, & compiling gas transportation , operation & maintenance agreements along with many MOUs for the lyears were spent drafting, & compiling gas transportation , operation & maintenance agreements along with many MOUs for the lococococal authorities. He has become a reference for al authorities. He has become a reference for al authorities. He has become a reference for al authorities. He has become a reference for

many of the Oil & Gas Conferences held in the UAE andmany of the Oil & Gas Conferences held in the UAE andmany of the Oil & Gas Conferences held in the UAE andmany of the Oil & Gas Conferences held in the UAE and Energy program broadcasted internationally , via GCC leading satelliteEnergy program broadcasted internationally , via GCC leading satelliteEnergy program broadcasted internationally , via GCC leading satelliteEnergy program broadcasted internationally , via GCC leading satellite ChannelsChannelsChannelsChannels . . . .

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