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The Kingdom of Bahrain may well be positioning its energy industry to lean towards the downstream segment, but sitting on considerable reserves of heavy oil makes the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) an important player in the GCC oil and gas market. The first oil well in the Gulf region was spudded in Bahrain in 1931, […]

Wang Yilin assumed a leadership role in the state-owned CNPC in 2003, brining onboard over 30 years of expericne in China’s oil and gas industry. In addition to the company’s onshore and offshore operations in the People’s Republic of China, Africa, Central Asia-Russia, South America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, the company also owns and […]

EGPC is the entity through which the Egyptian government manages the country’s hydrocarbon sources. The company was founded in 1956 but was known as General Petroleum Authority until it was renamed to EGPC in 1962. It wasn’t before 1976, however, that Egypt became a net exporter of crude oil. Throughout its history, the company always […]

NOC Libya was established in November 1970, replacing the Libyan Petroleum Corporation which was founded in 1968. The company is involved in exploration and production within Libya, the import and export of oil and gas, construction and maintenance of pipelines and storage tanks. In addition, affiliated with Libya NOC is a petroleum research centre that […]