Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 21

23-May-2005

OPEC/IEA Workshop Stresses MENA Benefits From Energy Development

The third OPEC and IEA workshop on the oil investment and the energy outlook in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) stressed the importance of energy development as a route to economic growth and stability within producer countries. In a joint statement following the 15 May meeting in Kuwait, OPEC President and Kuwaiti Energy Minister Shaikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah, said...