The Arab Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) will hold a symposium on latest advances in oil exploration and production technology in Bahrain on November 10th to 12th. Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said Minister of Oil and Petroleum Affairs Dr. Abdulhussain Bin Ali Mirza and Head of National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) will open this symposium along with OAPEC Secretary General Abbas Nagi. The event will focus on new developments in seismic and modeling, onshore and offshore, the role of geochemistry in exploration and developments in drilling technologies.