OAPEC, the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, was created in order to facilitate co-operation between member Arab countries on petroleum industry matters. The technical and economic departments of OAPEC comprise the Arab Centre for Energy Studies. OAPEC is the sponsor of:
- AMPTC – Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company
- APICORP – Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation
- APSC – Arab Petroleum Services Company
- Arab Drilling and Workover Company
- Arab Geophysical Exploration Services Company
- Arab Well Logging Company
- Arab Petroleum Training Institute
- Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard Company
Membership is open to all Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries. Currently there are 10 member countries including Algeria, Egypt, Libya. |