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Dialoguewith CEOI would like to congratulate you on the advent of the New Year entreatingAllah, the Almighty, to make it good year for the oil sector and help usproceed steadily to achieve the objectives and ambitions of KPC andits subsidiaries. I entreat Allah to make security, stability and peaceoverwhelm our beloved Kuwait under the patronage of HH the AmirSheikh Sabah Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and his Crown Prince.As we receive 2013, I look at the future trustfully believing in thecapabilities and efficiency of the Kuwaiti oil sector’s personnel whocan confront and manage proficiently the huge challenges which theymay face in the phase of underpinning the status of KPC internationallythrough improving the level of the Kuwaiti oil industry as per theinternational criteria allotted in this domain. Add to this is the sublimegoal of increasing productivity up to 4 million bpd.Undoubtedly, achieving such goal urges each individual belongs to thisvital sector, which is considered the key support of the Kuwaiti economy,to believe in his capabilities and skills to harness them in fulfilling thesector’s ambitions. Moreover, the spirit of one team and self-denial arekey constituents which each employee should have to reach integrationin performance. These two elements are our resource of power and themotive which enables us to achieve extraordinary results that we seek toaccomplish for the oil sector and the State of Kuwait.Farouq Hussein Al-ZankiChief Executive Officer

Under auspices of HE Minister of OilThe 16th Career Opportunities Exhibition inauguratedUnder the patronage of HE the Minister of Oil, Chairmanof KPC’s board of directors, the activities of the 16th CareerOpportunities Exhibition were inaugurated on 27-29November, 2012 in Kuwait University.The exhibition is aimed to bolster communication betweenthe students and the public and private sectors toprovide them consequently with a chance for direct recruitment.Several officials and a large number of students alongwith Dr. Hassan Al-Khayat, Dean of Faculty of Engineeringand Petroleum, assistant deans and heads of departmentsattended the exhibition.It is worth mentioning that the exhibition is held annuallyto let youths be acquainted with the job opportunitiesavailable in the most important companies, institutions,KPC and its subsidiaries.KPC NEWS 3

In This IssueOrganized by KPIAl-Zanki inauguratesobesity awarenesscampaignUnder the patronage of Mr. FarouqAl-Zanki, CEO of KPC, Kuwait PetroleumInternational (KPI) organizedan awareness campaign on obesityand its negative impacts for senior officialssuch as chairpersons, managingdirectors and their deputies of theoil sector on Monday December 17,2012 in Mangaf Hilton Hotel.In his keynote speech, Al-Zanki said,“The oil sector applies internationalcriteria of health, safety and environment;in addition, KPC 2030 strategyis keen on making balance betweenthe needs of work and the health ofpersonnel in the sector.”He added this strategy did not disregardHSE concept as it includes anumber of goals and criteria applied inKPC and its subsidiaries particularly4KPC NEWS

under the ostensible hike of the percentageof being infected with bloodpressure and diabetes in Kuwait. Thismatter requires preserving necessarilythe health and safety of personnelto improve their skills, efficiency andperformance at work.Meanwhile, Mr. Hussein Ismail, ManagingDirector and Chairman of KPI’sboard of directors, said this campaignis considered one of the most prominentactivities which KPI is keen onpartaking in as personnel’s health isone of the major priorities which KPCand its subsidiaries undertake.It is noteworthy that the campaignincluded health lectures, sports competitionsand walkathon in which anumber of nutrition specialists andphysicians took part.KPC NEWS 5

E v e n t sUnder auspices of HE Minister of OilAl-Zanki inaugurates KIPCEUnder the patronage of HE Eng. Hani Abdulaziz Hussein,Oil Minister and Chairman of KPC’s board of directors, theChief Executive Officer of KPC Mr. Farouq Al-Zanki inauguratedKuwait International Petroleum Conference andExhibition (KIPCE) which was organized by Society ofPetroleum Engineers in collaboration with Kuwait Universityand under the patronage of KPC on 10-12 December,2012 in Mangaf Hilton Resort.Addressing the conferees, Al-Zanki said, “No need to modifythe rates of oil production in the current time as theinternational rates of supply and demand are stable. However,this issue will be tackled in the coming meeting of theproducing countries.”On KPC’s participation in the exhibition that was organizedon the sideline of the conference, Al-Zanki indicatedKPC is keen on partaking in the territorial and internationalactivities related to oil and gas to exchange experienceswith the huge oil companies particularly in the field of productionand drilling technology. He added the Kuwaiti oilsector confronts several challenges to achieve KPC 2030strategy which gives special concern to the national personneland the experience it gains from the foreign companieswhich are collaborating with it in its vital projects amongwhich the projects of producing heavy oil. However, thesteps of producing heavy oil are progressing properly asper the strategy of the oil sector.For his part, Mr. Ahmad Al-Arbeed, former CEO of DANAGas Company, briefed the conferees on the project of KuwaitCapital of Oil, adding the project has reached a developedphase since ideas have been crystallized and put ina document to initiate concrete steps in this domain. Thisdocument includes several developmental ideas aimed todevelop the local oil industry through benefiting from internationalexperiences and technologies besides a numberof ideologies which are aimed to optimize the new resourcesof energy rather than oil and its distillates.He further pointed out that the team in charge of the projectis currently finalizing the process of assessing the efforts ofKuwait in the oil industry within the past twenty-five yearsand the achievements fulfilled in this regard.It is mentioned that a number of sessions and workshopswere held on the sideline of the conference in participationof a group elite specialists of oil industry from all over theworld.6KPC NEWS

Unique project applied in Kuwaiti oil industryAl-Khalid: A series of educational stories to be issued to develop the oil culture for youngstersKuwait Petroleum Corporation announcedit intends to launch a pioneeringeducational project aimed to deeplyroot the oil culture in the youngstersthrough issuing a group of books andissuances concerning the oil industryin the State of Kuwait through an excitingway using narration and diagrams.On this occasion, Sheikh Talal Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, Managing Directorof Governmental, Parliamentary, Publicand Media Relations, said, “KPCrealizes the importance of the socialresponsibility it shoulders as it is thekey engine of the Kuwaiti economy.Therefore, it has espoused the initiativeof publishing a series of educationalphotographic stories for theyoungsters.”He further asserted that the issuance isconsidered the first of its kind in theinternational oil industry as it is a pioneering,unique and cultural project inthe oil industry.While receiving a delegation from Kuwait Down SyndromeAl-Khalid: KPC spares no effort in supporting the various groups of the civil societySheikh Talal Al-Khalid Al-Sabah,Managing Director of Governmental,Parliamentary, Public and Media Relationsat KPC, received a delegationKuwait Down Syndrome on TuesdayDecember 11, 2012 at the library ofthe oil complex’s headquarters.The delegation included Dr. SadiqaAl-Awadhi, Chairperson of KuwaitDown Syndrome, and some officialsalong with some children from the society.Al-Khalid said, “KPC believes in thenecessity of supporting the institutionsof the civil society; therefore, it paysspecial concern to Kuwait Down Syndrometo help its members from theelderly and people with special needsto involve in the society.”For her part, Al-Awadhi extended hergratitude at the end of the visit to KPCand its contribution in providing theneeds of the society’s children includingeducational programs and medicalcare as per their abilities and the needof the civil society.The delegation presented a memorialplaque to Sheikh Talal as an appreciationfor KPC’s support to the society.KPC NEWS 7

E v e n t sUnder KPC auspicesAl-Rushaid inaugurates 1st Kuwait Enterprise Risk Management confabUnder the patronage of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation,Mr. Sami Al-Rushaid, Managing Director and Chairmanof Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), inaugurated the 1st KuwaitEnterprise Risk Management on behalf of Mr. FarouqAl-Zanki – CEO of KPC – on 26-28 November, 2012 inHoliday Inn Hotel, Kuwait.In his inaugural speech, Al-Rushaid affirmed that progressand development are usually accompanied by riskswhich differ in liaison with the challenges of the age andthe requirements of such development.He pointed out KPC and its subsidiaries have witnesseda number of changes regarding risks management inline with the new challenges which the oil industry confronts.For example, the Kuwaiti oil sector has recentlywitnessed a number of risks among which hackers, andgeopolitical fluctuations that have destabilized the oilmarkets. Add to this is the environmental and climaticchanges.Mr. Ali Al-Hajeri, Managing Director of Financial AffairsSector at KPC, said the corporation deals with enterpriserisks as per certain ideology since 2004. Accordingly, ithas established Risk Management Department for suchpurpose as the oil industry faces several risks that necessitatesbeing ready to deal with them properly and in atimely manner.He further indicated that Kuwait and KPC in particularare pioneers in risk management field as KPC has appliedinternational criteria approved in this domain.Meanwhile, Mr. Nabil Bouresli, Managing Director ofAdministrative Affairs Sector, highlighted KPC’s strategyin dealing with risks, adding it allots several visionsto manage the risks it may experience to control or trimdown the negative impacts of these risks.It is noteworthy that Mrs. Eman Al-Gharaballi, TeamLeader of Risk Enterprise Management Department, underlinedthe journey of the corporation in risk managementfield and the achievements it has fulfilled in thisdomain. In addition, she spotlighted KPC’s tendency todevelop the general policies and the joint operations tomanage efficiently any risks it may confront.8KPC NEWS

To underpin communication between KPC and mediaSheikha Shatha Al-Sabah: Success achieved by media workshops issuccess for KPC ideologySheikha Shatha Nasser Al-Sabah,Managing Director of Training andCareer Development sector at KPC,affirmed Petroleum Training Center(PTC) has recently organized an intensivemedia program for the top officialsof the oil sector to bolster communicationbetween KPC and media.She indicated that the media programincluded specialized workshopsfor the Chief Executive Officer Mr.Farouq Al-Zanki, the managing directors,their deputies, the managers ofpublic relations and media along withteam leaders of KPC and its subsidiaries.These workshops highlightedthe ways of building deeply-rootedrelations with local and internationalmedia and how to deal with it particularlyduring the time of crises.They also underlined the way of takingpart in TV seminars and interviewsas well as the way of dealing with thelatest technologies of communicationand the social networking sites suchas Twitter and Facebook.She added PTC sought the experienceof the international media practitionerRobert Mathew who spotlightedhis long experiences in media startingfrom his work in BBC and FinancialTimes newspaper, Sunday Telegraph,Times and Economist.She further indicated that PTC hasoccupied a considerable status andinternational reputation thanks to thetraining programs it provides to thepersonnel of the oil sector irrespectiveof their degrees. In addition, itseeks the assistance of the best internationalexperts in all fields to keepdeveloping the training programs andplans allotted for the Kuwaiti oil sector’semployees.KPC NEWS 9

E v e n t sInt’l Marketing Sector receivesEthiopian delegationMr. Nasser Al-Mudhaf, Managing Director of InternationalMarketing Sector at KPC, received a high-levelEthiopian delegation headed by HE Mr. Sufian Ahmad,State Minister for Finance and Economic Development,along with a number of Ethiopian diplomatic corps membersto Kuwait on Wednesday November 28, 2012 in theheadquarters of the oil complex.The visit is aimed to negotiate on the pricing policy betweenKPC and Ethiopia for 2013 particularly for jet fueland gasoil.This is part of KPC’s keenness to carry out its strategywhich is aimed to underpin its presence in a number ofpromising markets through exporting the Kuwaiti crudeoil and its distillates to the largest possible number of marketsparticularly Africa whose markets are distinguishedof their prominent logistic site.The visiting delegation was received by Al-Mudhaf alongwith Mr. Yousef Al-Qabandi, DMD, Mr. Abdullah Al-Zaid, Acting Manager of Middle Distillates Department,Wael Jassem Al-Khedher, Team Leader of Middle DistillatesSales, Khalid Al-Hemaidi, Senior Sales Representative,and Hamad Al-Khamees, Sales Representative.During a distinguished celebrationLeadership Development Union celebrates new managersLeadership Development Unit presided over Mrs. SalmaAl-Hajaj, organized a welcoming celebration on TuesdayDecember 4, 2012 at Rotana Hotel for the new managerswho have been promoted in KPC and its subsidiaries tocongratulate them on the new position.Al-Hajaj welcomed the new managers in her keynotespeech, stressing she trusts in their career abilities and efficiencyto confront the challenges that they may brazenout in the future. She further urged them to work diligentlyon accomplishing KPC’s strategy which gives specialconcern to manpower. She added KPC and its subsidiariesspare no effort to invest and develop manpower believingthis element is essential for pushing the wheel of developmentforward and fulfill the desired goals.10KPC NEWS

Held under the slogan of “The Era of PR”KPC sponsors Kuwait Fourth Conference & Workshop on Public Relations 2012Under the patronage of KPC in collaborationwith International PublicRelations Association – Gulf Chapter,the activities of Kuwait FourthConference & Workshop on PublicRelations were inaugurated on December19, 2012 in Sheraton Hotel,Kuwait.The 2-day conference was organizedby Way Communications under thetitle of “The Era of PR”.In her inaugural speech, Mrs. EtedalHamad Al-Ayyar, Head of OrganizingCommittee, welcomed the confereesand thanked the sponsors of theconference, indicating the conference is aimed to increaseawareness on the latest ways of confronting the challengesthat personnel may confront in the field of public relationsincluding the modern technology.Representatives of public relations departments in the localand territorial government institutions and authoritiesattended the conference in participation of a large numberof international and territorial experts in public relationsand marketing.Mr. Ali Murad, Manager of Public Relations Departmentat KPC, represented the corporation in the conference. Heaffirmed that the public relations an administrative conceptor a career has developed rapidly within the past years dueto the increasing complications of the modern society.“Companies and institutions impose several goals and requirementsto their public relations system to fulfill suchas the identity of the institution and its image regarding itsactivities, projects and achievements,” noted he.KPC NEWS 11

E v e n t sIn a celebration includes top officials of Int’l Marketing SectorKPC abides farewell celebration to Al-QabandiKPC represented by International Marketing Sector abidesfarewell celebration for Mr. Yousef Al-Qabandi, DMD ofInternational Marketing Sector, on Thursday November29, 2012 at the auditorium of the oil sector’s complex.A large number of colleagues from the sector and KPCwere keen on attending the celebration to greet and abidefarewell to Al-Qabandi who spent nearly 28 years on duty.Al-Qanadi said, “I’m proud of the time I spent in servingan institution like KPC which has international status.Add to this is the brotherly relations I establishedwith my colleagues throughout this long journey ofwork. Finally, I would like to thank and appreciate eachemployee supported me and cooperated positively withme at work.”... and another farewell celebration held to Salma HajajKPC held a farewell celebration for Mrs. Salma Al-Hajaj,Head of Leadership Development Unit, on the occasion ofher retirement on Thursday December 6, 2012 at the auditoriumof the oil sector.Top officials and personnel along with HE Hani Hussein,Minister of Oil, Chairman of KPC’s board of directors,Mr. Nabil Bouresli, Managing Director of AdministrativeAffairs, Research and Development, Abdullatif Al-Houti,Managing Director of Planning, Bader Al-Khashti, ManagingDirector and Chairman of Kuwait Oil Tanker Company’s(KOTC) board of directors, Nader Sultan, formerCEO of KPC, and Mohammed Hussein, Executive Managerof Equate, attended the celebration.Al-Hajaj extended her gratitude and appreciation for herteam and each employee whom she dealt with in the oilsector, affirming the decision of retirement was not veryeasy specially when the person is working in an institutionlike KPC which is distinguished with attractive work natureand intimacy among personnel, hoping her departmentto keep achieving success and progress.12KPC NEWS

KPC Spring Camp inauguratedKPC Spring Camp was inaugurated on Friday December14, 2012 in Camp Area which is located on Wafra Road.The camp included prominent family tents for hospitalityand other tents for performing prayers along with tentsfor parties and meals. Moreover, a special tent was installedfor the Kuwaiti traditional sitting and other entertaininggames and activities which added joy to childrenand their guardians too.It is noteworthy that Public Relations Department waskeen on providing safety and security criteria for thecamp-goers as it allowed only KPC personnel and theirfamilies to enter the camp which was provided also withan ambulance and professional paramedical team fromAhmadi Hospital.Public Relations Department indicated that the camp receivesKPC personnel and their families everyday from7:00am to 10:00pm until the end of March, 2013.For his part, Mr. Ali Murad, Manager of Public RelationsDepartment, and Mrs. Wasmiya Al-Meshan, TeamLeader at Public Relations Department, along with theconcerned employees, were keen on receiving the campgoerspersonally.KPC NEWS 13

Department Under The SpotDr. Fatima Al-Shatti:Environment Departmentprogressing diligently toapply KPC 2030environment strategyEnvironment Department is one of theimportant departments in Kuwait PetroleumCorporation as it pays special concernto health and man’s life not onlyin the corporation but also in Kuwait ingeneral.From this point, KPC Newsletter has interviewedDr. Fatima Al-Shatti, Managerof Environment Department to shedlight on the department and its dutiesthrough its chapter of “Department underSpotlight” which is aimed to highlightthe duties of KPC’s various departments.Al-Shatti said Environment Departmentis keen on achieving excellence in theenvironmental performance throughplaying a key role in providing supportand experience to top officials of KPCand its subsidiaries.She indicated the goals of the departmentcan be summed up in the followingpoints:- To create a proper work environmenton the level of the oil industry throughthe following items:• Achieving the goals of the sustainabledevelopment and improvingthe environmental performance.• Applying the items of internationalenvironmental treaties ad conventions.• Trimming down the negative impactsyielded by man’s wrong behaviorsand environment accidents.Asked about the duties which the departmentundertakes, Al-Shatti saidthese duties are briefly recapped inthe following points:- Applying KPC 2030 strategic directions– we mean here what is relatedto environment – in collaboration withKPC’s subsidiaries through providingproposals and recommendations helpachieve these directions.- Following up and assessing the environmentalperformance of KPC andits subsidiaries and to identify to whatextent their performance meets the requirementsof the goals and strategy ofthe corporation.- Executing, reviewing and auditingHSE criteria and environmental policiesand plans including the proceduresand related principles allotted in this domain.- Applying KPC’s strategy of warm gaspolicy.- Taking part in the decision-makingprocess and complying with obligationsof territorial and international treatiesand conventions which KPC has signedin this respect.14KPC NEWS

- Applying the policy and plan of con-tainable Development” – as per the8.Organizing a workshop for UN or-trolling oil spills; in addition to makingprinciples and bases applied by theganization under the title of “Ku-sure that KPC and its subsidiaries areorganizations of oil and gas indus-wait: Preparation of Initial Nationalcommitted to applying it accurately intry.Communication Under UN Frame-cooperation with Environment Public4.HSE Department won ISO Manage-work Convention on United ClimateAuthority (EPA) and some other con-ment System in June, 2011 besidesChange” in collaboration with EPAcerned government authorities.OHSAS 18001:2007 and 9001:2008– Territorial office of West Asia on- Focusing on the performance of theand ISO 14001:2004.17-18 June, 2011.environmental performance of KPC’s5.Paying several field visits to follow9.Participating effectively throughsubsidiaries through allotting goals andup the implementation of ISO crite-KPC represented by Environmentplans for the annual and the 5-year planria in HSE Department.Department in gearing up and pres-in liaison with KPC 2030 strategy.6.Applying the initiative of recover-ent Kuwait’s national report on theAs for the achievements which Envi-ing used and expired medicationssustainable development in Rio +20ronment Department accomplished inin the medical clinic allotted for the(June 2012) in collaboration with2011/2012, Al-Shatti said the depart-personnel of the oil sector’s head-a team affiliated to the Secretariat-ment has fulfilled several prominentquarters.General of Higher Council for Plan-achievements among which what fol-7.Establishing and updating the web-ning and Development under thelows:site of HSE Department throughtitle of “National Teamwork of Sus-1.Several awareness lectures regard-Oil Gate for the employees of thetainable Development in the State ofing environment were held peri-oil sector.Kuwait”.odically such as KPC EnvironmentDay which was held in Al-Sadaqaand Al-Salam Park on February 16,2012 in participation of top officialsfrom KPC and its subsidiariesbesides CEO Mr. Farouq Al-Zanki.2.Awareness lectures on oil spillscontrol were organized on February8, 2012 besides a lecture on benefitingfrom waste and recycling it toenergy on April, 5, 2012.3.Taking the initiative of conductingthe first report on the environmentalperformance – “Report of Sus-KPC NEWS 15

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