Sports Visit Celebration - Kuwait Oil Company

US World GPA (GCC Chapter) ConferenceKOC actively takes part in proceedingsKOC has contributed two working papers to the conference recently organized bythe Gas Processors Association (GCC Chapter) in Doha, under the auspices of theQatari Minister of Energy and Industry, Dr. Mohammad Bin Saleh Al-Sadah, themed“Operational Distinction in the Natural Gas Industry.”A technical paper titled “Improvement of Sulphur Recovery from Gas Fields in theJurassic Gas Project (NK)” by Engineer Saad Dlaihy Al-Hajri was well-received.Al-Hajri attributed this success to KOC and maintained that such an achievement wouldnot have been possible without the support and encouragement of the Gas Production& Projects Group Manager Ali Al-Kandari and the Operation & Maintenance of EarlyProduction Units TL Bader Al-Qaoud.The Gas Production & Projects Group participated in the Conference with two workingpapers submitted by Engineer Saad Dlaihy Al-Hajri and Senior Engineer Amitab Singhwhose presentation was titled: “Increasing Gas Production - An Operational ApproachBased on Experience.”The US GPA is a non-profit association specializing in energy production operationsand offers its services to its members worldwide since 1921.NK Operations Team WorkshopEvaluation of Horizontal Wells Drilling PerformanceNK Operations Team recently organized, in partnership with experts from the Evaluationof Oil Reservoir Capacity Company, a workshop titled: “Evaluation of Horizontal WellDrilling Performance in North Kuwait.” The workshop was held with the participation ofDrilling Operations Teams from West and South & East Kuwait.The workshop reviewed the most interesting drilling accomplishments, their difficulties,challenges and the exchange of expertise with other teams.Fields Development Group Manager (NK) Badria Abdul Rahman and DrillingDevelopment Operations Group Manager Mohammad Al-Saeedi welcomed theattendants and commended their efforts. They also upheld the importance of teamworkand the exchange of expertise with other teams in order to obtain the best results.Reservoir Studies TL (NK) Bader Al-Saad then conducted a presentation on theimplementation of new strategies in Horizontal Drilling and the main difficulties andchallenges facing them.Meanwhile, Rawdhatain Fields Development TL Moudhi Al-Ajmi spoke about theevaluation of drilled wells in comparison to their production and shed light on the mainlessons learned.Consultant Expert Giovanni Salerno, Senior Drilling Operations Engineer Nasser Al-Barazi, Senior Engineer (WK Development Group) Om Das and Senior Engineer(S&E Kuwait Wells Development Group) Naz Gazi conducted presentations onthe implementation of Horizontal Wells using the latest available technologies, theexchange of expertise among teams, the difficulties and challenges facing them andthe recommendations to be fulfilled.5