The Eleventh Arab Energy Conference will be convened in the Moroccan city of Marrakech on October 1-4 under the theme "Energy and Arab Cooperation."
Organized by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) and the League of Arab States, the conference aims at establishing an Arab institutional framework to review oil and energy issues in order to develop a pan-Arab perspective.
It also meant to harmonizing energy policies with development issues, assessing energy resources existing in the Arab countries and coordinating efforts towards developing these resources.
According to a statement from OAPEC, discussions will cover the transformations in global oil and gas markets and their implications for Arab oil exports, energy security as a global partnership, investment requirements to develop the energy sector in Arab Countries.
Discussions will also include Arab and world energy resources, petroleum downstream industries in Arab countries and the world, Arab cooperation in electric power field and energy demand management in Arab countries.
Editor:Cherie