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MENA Energies/SolarMed
Replaces
Arab Oil & Gas Magazine

Some 45 years ago the Arab Petroleum Research Center (APRC) launched its Arab Oil & Gas Magazine, the first monthly magazine to cover the hydrocarbon industry in all the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. From the simple tax collectors they were at that time, Arab countries have gradually become major players that operate in every sector of the world oil and gas industry, both upstream and downstream. To accompany that development and respond to new needs for information and reflection, we have launched five other publications in English, French and Arabic since then, which are in the forefront of the specialist publications read by thousands of companies, organizations and individuals involved in one guise or another in the development of oil and natural gas in the world’s leading hydrocarbon producing and exporting region.

Today, a new reality has emerged, namely the keen interest being shown by all Arab countries in the development of new sources of energy on their soil, including solar energy in particular. Everything suggests that this is an irreversible change of direction that will result in an acceleration in the development of renewable energy sources, which is needed to meet the needs of these countries’ domestic markets as well as those of other countries. The Mediterranean Solar Plan and the Desertec and Medgrid projects are a good illustration of the enormous interest being shown by consuming countries in Arab countries’ huge potential in the area of solar energy

That is the reason why the Arab Petroleum Research Center organized the first SolarMed conference and exhibition in Paris in 2010, and it will be organizing further editions once or twice a year from now on alternately in a European and an Arab country. And it is for that same reason that Arab Oil & Gas Magazine is changing its name this month and is becoming MENA Energies/SolarMed, with the vocation of covering developments in the whole energy sector in Middle Eastern and North African countries, starting with solar energy.

What is not changing, however, is our determination to continue our endeavors to retain the confidence of our readers and advertisers by providing them with reliable information, high-quality analysis, interviews with leading players in the energy industry and a magazine that is a pleasure to read.

Nicolas Sarkis
Editor & Publisher

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