DOHA: The second annual ‘Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah International Energy Awards for Lifetime Achievement’ will be held on April 8 at Museum of Islamic Art.
The Secretary General of the Organization of Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Abdalla Salem El Badri, along with Dr Daniel Yergin, author of The Prize, will lead an independent selection committee of individuals tasked with choosing the winners of the second annual ‘Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah International Energy Awards for Lifetime Achievement’, said a statement yesterday.
The seven-member volunteer selection committee, which also includes Dr Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Secretary-General of the International Energy Forum, and Nasser Al Jaidah, CEO of Qatar Petroleum International, has over 200 years of aggregated experience engaging with the global energy industry.
“The 2014 Awards will recognize individuals from all over the world for an outstanding record of accomplishment through the whole of a career and the distinguished members of the selection committee have been invited to deploy their wisdom in this role as they themselves are well respected internationally for their vast achievements,“ said Abdulaziz Al Malki, Vice-Chairman of The Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah Foundation.
The awards, which were established to celebrate the legacy of Qatar’s former energy minister, are set in five categories that emulate Al Attiyah’s 40 years of contribution to the sector – Qatar Energy Industry; Energy Producer-Consumer Dialogue; OPEC; Future Energy Leaders Education; Energy Journalism.
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