Celebration Exhibitions Campaign - Kuwait Oil Company

WK Operations Conduct Presentation on Desert HabitatKOC Efforts to Expand Environmental AwarenessIn line with KOC’s commitment to protect the environment against pollutionand raise environmental awareness within the society, the Operations Group(WK) recently conducted an awareness presentation at the Umm Al-QuraElementary School for Girls in Rumaithiya. The presentation touched onthe topic of the desert environment and the importance of its preservation.Conducted by Senior Engineer Nasser Al-Hajri, the presentation wasaccompanied by a short video presentation about the KOC initiative toestablish Al-Abdaliya Reserve and its phases of development.A group of school students participated in the activity by painting pictures ofthe reserve with shrubs being planted throughout it, as a contribution fromtheir part in preserving the environment.The event’s agenda also comprised a presentation about Home Safetywhich was conducted by the Snr. Safety Engineer Ali Al-Mirza.To conclude the event, Ag. TL OTS (WK) Mahmoud Al-Yacoubpresented Badriya Abdullah of the Um Al-Qura Elementary School with acommemorative shield and thanked her for the hospitality accorded to KOCand her contribution to spreading environmental awareness.Awareness Workshop on EPC Model ContractsOrganized By Commercial Support GroupThe Commercial Support Group recently organized a Contractual AwarenessWorkshop at the Hubara Center on Variations, Claims, Commodities andCurrency Fluctuations for Edification, Procurement & Construction (EPC)of Model Contracts.The aforementioned four topics are key issues in the successfuladministration of Contracts for KOC’s major capital projects. The relatedprovisions have been subject to extensive improvements in recent years.The objective of this workshop was to raise levels of contractual andcommercial awareness and improve competence within key user groupsin relation to a number of important aspects of the Company’s adoptionof model contracts. Key users were given a detailed overview of theprovisions, followed by practical examples demonstrating how theseprovisions are applied. The ultimate intention of such action was to providekey users with the knowledge required to effectively administer KOC’s hostof model contracts as efficiently as possible and thereby improving project6performance in terms of quality, cost and schedule.The speakers at the workshop were: TPL Senior Contracts Specialist (IMohamed Sadek, Attorney at Law (M/s SNR Denton) Karl Hopkins, M/sAmec Consultant Merv Mackay and M/s Worley Parsons Consultant GeoffSatchwell.The workshop provided an excellent opportunity to optimize theunderstanding of key users on those administrative aspects of theCompany’s suite of model contracts that have potential for significant impacton the overall performance of the Company’s major capital projects.Senior Contracts Specialist Mohamed Sadek said that the AwarenessSession was extremely well attended by 58 people from KOC MajorProjects Groups, Contracts Teams, the Legal Affairs Group and threeProject Management Consultants and that it included a lively and engagingQ&A session.