Speeches 2005
Opening Speech to the OPEC-Russia Meeting
26 Dec 2005 | by OPEC Conference President, HE Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Secretary General & Kuwait’s Minister of Energy, Moscow, 26 December 2005
Opening Statement by OPEC Conference Alternate President to the 2nd Ministerial Meeting of the EU-OPEC Energy Dialogue
02 Dec 2005 | by HE Dr. Edmund Maduabebe Daukoru, Alternate President of the OPEC Conference and Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum
Opening Statement by OPEC Conference President to the 2nd Ministerial Meeting of the EU-OPEC Energy Dialogue
02 Dec 2005 | by HE Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, OPEC Conference President and Kuwait's Minister of Energy
OPEC’s perspective on the world oil market
02 Nov 2005 | Speech by Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Acting for the Secretary General, to the 5th Russian Oil & Gas Week, Moscow, Russia, 31 Oct.-2 Nov. 2005
OPEC & oil in an interdependent world
02 Nov 2005 | A speech by Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Acting for the Secretary General, to the 31st Pio Manzù Conference, Rimini, Italy, 28-30 October 2005.
Oil outlook: challenges and opportunities
20 Oct 2005 | A slide presentation by Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Acting for the Secretary General, to the National Academies Workshop, Washington, D.C. - 20 October, 2005
OPEC's perspective on oil market developments
19 Oct 2005 | A speech by Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Acting for the Secretary General, to the 7th APEC Energy Ministers' Meeting, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, 19 October 2005.
OPEC-IEA cooperation and the international oil market outlook
28 Sep 2005 | These are highlights from a keynote speech made by Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Acting for the OPEC Secretary General, at the OPEC/IEA luncheon, sponsored by the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, “Saudi Aramco”, at the 18th World Petroleum Congress, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 28 September 2005. The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Mr Claude Mandil, also addressed the luncheon.
Statement on oil market stability by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
24 Sep 2005 | Official statement prepared on the occasion of the meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, D.C. - 24 September 2005
Meeting the supply challenge
21 Sep 2005 | A speech by Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Acting for the Secretary General, to the Energy Intelligence Group's Oil and Money Conference, London, England, 21 September 2005
Oil prices: to the sky or stabilisation?
30 Aug 2005 | A speech by Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Acting for the Secretary General to the Alfred Berg ABN AMRO's Nordic Energy Conference, Oslo, Norway, 30 August 2005
Energy: the coming back of the Gulf
08 Jul 2005 | The following speech, attributed to Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Acting for the Secretary General, was prepared for, & distributed at, the Aspen Dialogue on World Economy, Third international conference, "The West, the BRICs and the rest: a global agenda for the transatlantic economy".
Global oil outlook: Challenges & opportunities for OPEC
05 Jul 2005 | A speech by Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director, Research Division, Acting for the Secretary General - European Energy Forum, Strasbourg, France, 5 July 2005
Energy for the 21st century: a cooperative approach
20 Apr 2005 | A Speech by Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director, Research Division, Acting for the Secretary General - Ninth Economist Government Roundtable, Athens, Greece, 18-20 April 2005
OPEC Oil: meeting consumer needs in the early 21st century
04 Apr 2005 | A Speech by Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director, Research Division, Acting for the Secretary General - 13th Annual Middle East Petroleum & Gas Conference, Dubai, 4 April 2005
Oil and Development: The role of OPEC: A historical perspective and outlook to the future
24 Mar 2005 | A speech by Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director, Research Division, Acting for the Secretary General to the Cosmopolitan Club Vienna, 24 March 2005
The challenge of sustaining economic growth and the expanding energy needs of Asia: the role of OPEC
01 Mar 2005 | A speech by Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director, Research Division, Acting for the Secretary General to the 8th Annual Asia Power Conference, Singapore, 1-4 March 2005
Global Oil Outlook, future economic development and investment requirements for OPEC Countries
16 Feb 2005 | A Speech by Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Director, Research Division, Acting for the Secretary General to the 2nd African Petroleum Congress, Algiers, Algeria 16-17 February 2005, Session: "Oil Revenues", 16/2/05.
Speech by OPEC's Conference President to the World Economic Forum
27 Jan 2005 | by HE Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, OPEC Conference President & Minister of Energy for Kuwait. World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland 26-30 January 2005. Session "Tomorrow $80?" - 27 January 05
Energy Security in an Interdependent World, OPEC's Role & Objectives
06 Jan 2005 | A Speech by Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Acting for the Secretary General to a Roundtable Discussion "Regional Cooperation: Key to Energy Security", New Delhi, January 6, 2005