C&<strong>MD</strong> <strong>HSE</strong> <strong>AWARD</strong> <strong>2009</strong>Speech of the Committee ChairmanManager Health, Safety & Environment GroupMr. Mohammad Al-Fodari12th May, <strong>2009</strong>Mr. Chairman & Managing DirectorOur colleagues,Dear Guests,Today, we gather here with the winners to celebrate the C&<strong>MD</strong> <strong>HSE</strong> Award. After 12 years, this competitionhas proved its prominent status and added further successes to its outstanding short history. This success ismainly due to the dedicated attention by the senior management.Year after year, we observe more participants, whether from the <strong>Company</strong> staff or our contractors. We, inthe Committee, do welcome this wider participation, and encourage everyone to express own talent throughthis competition.This year, we have received 270 applications, categorized as follows:129 KOC employees, 128 Youth and children, 13 contractors.Dear guests,The improvement of the people’s life as well as the surrounding environment is a major aim for this Award.Hence, we selected “It is not about statistics… it is about keeping people healthy,” as the theme for thisyear.The competition has been categorized into four sub-themes: health, safety, environment and awareness. Asubcommittee was formed for each theme, and each subcommittee introduced unified evaluation criteriaagainst which each and every application was evaluated. At the end, winning applications were presentedto the main committee for final approval.Based on the magnitude and the benefit of the initiative, top applications were cross checked. The supremewinner was voted-off by the main committee and following the C&<strong>MD</strong> instructions to consider the reductionof flaring to less than 4%, which reflects the effort in maximizing our natural sources as far as our technicallimits would allow us.Our special thanks go to my colleagues in the committee, namely:Capt. Khalifa Al-Du’aij, Mr. Sulaiman Al-Somali, Mr. Shaker Faras, Mr. Abdullah Al-Simaiti, Mr. AbdulKhaliq Al-Ali, Mr. Mustafa Megdad, Mr. Dhari Al-Gharabally, Mr. Bashar Al-KhashtiThanks also to the heads of the subcommittees:Mr. Fares Al-Mansouri, Mr. Ahmad Abbas, Mr. Abdulla Al-Awadhi, Mr. Ismael Mataqi, Mr. Abdullah Al-Abdul SalamFinally, we say well-done for the winners, and wish the other participation a better luck for next year. Andour deepest thanks to those who gave hands to bring this event into success.
C&<strong>MD</strong> <strong>HSE</strong> <strong>AWARD</strong> <strong>2009</strong>Members ofC&<strong>MD</strong> <strong>HSE</strong> Award Committee<strong>2009</strong>Mr. Mohammad Al-FodariManager(Health, Safety & Environment)Capt. Khalifa Al-DuaijAdvisor to D<strong>MD</strong>(West <strong>Kuwait</strong>)Mr. Abdul Khaleq Al-AliManager(Public Relations & Information)Mr. Shaker FarasManager Operations(South <strong>Kuwait</strong>)Mr. Mustafa Bu MegdadManager(Ahmadi Services)Mr. Sulaiman Al-SomaliManager(Security & Fire)Mr. Abdulla Al-SumaitiManager Operations(West <strong>Kuwait</strong>)Mr. Dhari H. GharaballyTeam Leader(Health and Environment)Mr. Bashar Al-KhashtiGroup Planning Cord.(Training & CD)