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Article: Abu dhabi - The Supreme Petroleum Council.
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- APS Review Downstream Trends
- Article date:
- January 26, 2009
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The SPC, in charge of the petroleum sector in Abu Dhabi, consists of key members of the ruling al-Nahyan family, representatives of the local Finance Department and ADIA, and the CEO of ADNOC bin-Yusuf who is the SPC secretary-general. It is chaired by Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed, Abu Dhabi's ruler and UAE president, whereas when Shaikh Zayed was alive this was headed by the crown prince and chairman the EC who now is Shaikh Muhammad bin Zayed (see omt4AbuDwho'sJan26-09)
ADNOC initiates most of the decisions or projects, which must be approved by the SPC. ADNOC was restructured from October 1998 to mid-1999 (see Vol. 56, No. 4).
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