Energy Minister Dr Abdulhussain Mirza, who was the keynote speaker, reviewed the history of the oil industry in Bahrain since the discovery of crude in the kingdom in 1932, before any other GCC country, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication.
He highlighted the key role that British oil companies played to develop the oil and gas sector in the kingdom, stressing on the training programmes those companies organised to develop the skills and build the capacities of Bahraini oil and gas workers and professionals.