Farouk el bakary (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Two items: Guide in original b/w printed wraps 21x28cm. 80, 84pp English and Arabic texts with many b/w photos, drawings, maps, and related adverts throughout. Laid in is an invitation card issued by the Congress' General Secretariat printed in Arabic with logo, 175x117mm, inviting Nabil Al-Zahairy to the Dinner hosted at the Hunting Club, Al Raqi, at 8PM on 22 April 1959. Guide good, creased, with tears and minor loss to the spine; invitation card good with centre-fold. The Arab League's Petroleum Affairs Department established the Arab Petroleum Congress as its forum to unify Arab oil policy. Iraqi engineer Mohammed Salman headed the Department, and was Secretary General of the Congress. The First Congress hosted in Cairo during 16-23 April 1959, involved Arab officials, Iran and Venezuela. In addition to valuable technical outputs, it laid the foundations for OPEC through the now famous meetings at Maadi Yacht Club attended by oil ministers Abdullah Tariki of Saudi Arabia, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo of Venezuela, the influential journalist Wanda Jablonski, among others. This keynote work, prepared by a Committee led by Farouk El-Bakary, opens with statements by Salman and Arab League Secretary General Abdel Khalek Hassouna, calling for a unified policy to maximise oil's benefits by developing local industry, and reducing dependence on crude oil revenues alone (pp4-5). It lists Congress and Exhibition staff, authorities and companies by country, for Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAR, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Yemen. The rest includes national petroleum sector profiles of varying focus and length. Iraq's for example is limited to state administration, while Saudi's describes Aramco's activities, staff, training, primary schools, scholarships, home loans, medical programme etc. And Kuwait's describes the history, activities and prospects of the Kuwait Oil Company, with profiles of the American Independent Oil Company and Arabian Oil Company. Other contributors include Phillips, Aero Service Corporation, C. Deilmann Bergbau, Deutz, and others promoting their services. A map shows Arabian oilfields. Photos include portraits of Salman and Hassouna, company personnel, activities and installations. This would have been issued to delegates, and is very rare with Worldcat locating only 4 to the American University in Cairo, Harvard, Stanford, and Exxon Mobil (OCLC 81152248). …