VOL.XXXIXNo.65/66

23/30-December-1996OAPEC

OAPECMinisterial Conference Approves Budget For 1997 The Council of Ministers of the Organization of Arab Oil Producing Countries (OAPEC)held its annual meeting in Cairo on 14 December under the chairmanship ofthe Qatari Minister of Energy and Industry, Mr. 'Abd Allah bin Hamad al-'Attiyah.The Council approved its 1977 budget amountingto KD1,388,000 ($4,164,000). The Council also approved the holding of the SixthArab Energy Conference in Damascus...