The General Administration of Exploration and the General Administration of Production represent the main technical departments for implementing the stages of upstream oil operations, namely exploration and production. The General Administration of Operations, Maintenance and Refineries also represents an important tributary to completing production operations and implementing the stages of downstream oil operations. The administration also implements the Gulf Company’s policy in the field of exploration by completing its work through its affiliated departments, which are the Geology and Geophysics Departments. It also ensures the progress of work within the scope of agreements and contracts concluded regarding concession areas and exploration operations, and works on coordination, supervision and general guidance, proposing and developing policies and plans for carrying out geological and geophysical works, following up on the activities of these two departments and working to implement everything necessary to achieve their technical and administrative objectives, for the purpose of achieving oil discoveries. New gas and an increase in the company’s oil reserves.