The Bahrain Economic Association (BEA) organized a seminar on Tuesday 18th June, 2019, entiled, ‘What are the best investments in the oil and gas sector during the next five years?’. which was moderated by Dr. Omar Al Ubaydli, Deputy Chairman of the Association and Research Director at DERASAT, one of the speakers, DERASAT Analyst, Abdulaziz al-Dosari, noted the continuing importance of oil to development growth and that official statements on investment into Shale Oil sounded promising.