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Title: DUBAI - The Non-OPEC Countries - Part 5 - The Emirate Of Dubai.
Publication: APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy (Newsletter)
Date: May 5, 2003
Publisher: Pam Stein/Input Solutions
Volume: 45 Issue: 5Distributed by Thompson Gale
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The UAE's federal super-structure has no authority over the petroleum sector and related industries in Dubai or in the other member emirates. Each of the emirates has its own government and petroleum department or national oil company. There is no co-ordination among the seven emirates concerning their petroleum resources. The current UAE Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Obeid Bin Saif Al Nasseri, is an Abu Dhabian who belongs to the powerful Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). When he attends meetings of OPEC, OAPEC, the GCC or other multilateral institutions, he is formally to be recognised as representing the UAE, which by implication should include Dubai and the others. But in reality this is not the case. Before...