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Al-Assriya Printing Press<br />

<strong>KOC</strong> <strong>News</strong> is a fortnightly publication published by the Information Team for <strong>KOC</strong> Employees - 20th Year - No. 446 - 17 Shawal 1426 A.H - 19 November 2005<br />

IN<br />

THIS ISSUE<br />

2 A Football Match<br />

with Saudi Arabia<br />

Texaco<br />

3<br />

Organizers of<br />

Omra Trips<br />

Honoured<br />

8 Senior<br />

Management<br />

Visited Patients<br />

Eid Al-Fitr Reception Held for Well-wishers<br />

Senior management held a reception<br />

at the Ahmadi Guest House<br />

on November 5 for well-wishers<br />

celebrating Eid Al-Fitr.<br />

Chairman & Managing Director<br />

Farouk Al-Zanki, EAMDs and<br />

managers congratulated employees<br />

with many happy returns of the<br />

day.<br />

Ahmadi Hospital Organizes Major<br />

Gastroenterology & Hepatology Conference<br />

Representing HE Minister of<br />

Energy Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahed,<br />

Managing Director, Petroleum<br />

Services, Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled<br />

Al-Sabah inaugurated a major<br />

Gastroenterology & Hepatology<br />

Conference held at the Hilton Hotel<br />

on November 8-10. It was organized<br />

by Ahmadi Hospital in collaboration<br />

with the Faculty of Medicine,<br />

<strong>Kuwait</strong> University and Thunayan<br />

Al-Ghanim Gastrology Center.<br />

Continued on P2<br />

Editor-in-Chief Ali D. Al-Shammari. Correspondence should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief, K.O.C. Information Team,<br />

P.O. Box 9758, Ahmadi 61008 <strong>Kuwait</strong> Fax: 3981076 E-mail: kocinfo@kockw.com / Home Page: kockw.com


CONTINUATION / MATCH<br />

From P1<br />

<strong>KOC</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Ahmadi Hospital Organizes Gastroenterology & Hepatology Conference<br />

In his opening speech, Sheikh Talal<br />

enthusiastically welcomed wellknown<br />

international specialists who<br />

had joined together with their<br />

<strong>Kuwait</strong>i counterparts to focus on the<br />

latest developments in the important<br />

fields of gastroenterology and hepatology.<br />

“This conference provides a great<br />

opportunity for our medical special-<br />

ists to meet with experts to<br />

exchange experiences and firsthand<br />

knowledge on how best to fight the<br />

diseases of our time. We hope this<br />

gathering will greatly assist everyone<br />

working in medicine in<br />

<strong>Kuwait</strong>,” Sheikh Talal said.<br />

Importantly, he added that the conference<br />

was focused on boosting<br />

Ahmadi’s medical services for<br />

2<br />

employees working in <strong>Kuwait</strong>’s oil<br />

industry. He thanked the organizers<br />

for their excellent planning<br />

efforts.<br />

Conference organizer, Dr. Aref<br />

Abbasi, Assistant Manger Dental &<br />

Primary Services, Ahmadi Hospital,<br />

said that the Medical Group was<br />

delighted to have such a wonderful<br />

group of specialists at this confer-<br />

ence at this time. “The presence of<br />

world-class physicians and professors<br />

from America, Europe and<br />

Asia will surely advance medicine<br />

at Ahmadi Hospital, and in<br />

<strong>Kuwait</strong>,” he said.<br />

The three-day conference, ‘New<br />

insights in Gastroenterology &<br />

Hepatology’, was designed to<br />

specifically update physicians and<br />

surgeons on their knowledge and<br />

experience in this vital field.<br />

Presentations included a wide variety<br />

of topics ranging from state-ofthe-art<br />

diagnosis to applying the<br />

most recent advances in medical<br />

and surgical treatment in gastroenterology<br />

and hepatology.<br />

Saudi Arabia Texaco Plays Host to <strong>KOC</strong> Team<br />

Saudi Arabia Texaco played host to<br />

the <strong>KOC</strong>/Texaco annual football<br />

match held on October 23 in the Al-<br />

Zor playgrounds. <strong>KOC</strong> Chairman &<br />

Managing Director Farouk Al-<br />

Zanki together with Saudi Arabia<br />

Texaco President Ahmad Awad Al-<br />

Omar and other senior officials<br />

attended this exciting annual event.<br />

To launch the match, Al-Omar welcomed<br />

everyone who continued to<br />

encourage on-going friendships<br />

between employees of these two<br />

companies. In turn, Al-Zanki high-<br />

lighted the fact that such meetings,<br />

begun by Al-Omar, reflected on the<br />

on-going relationships between<br />

<strong>KOC</strong> and Saudi Arabia Texaco.<br />

The game itself was close. Both<br />

teams had the advantage from time<br />

to time. It was especially exciting<br />

when Saudi Arabia Texaco scored<br />

their first goal at the 7 minute mark.<br />

Saudi Arabia Texaco narrowly beat<br />

out <strong>KOC</strong> with a score of 3-2.<br />

This was the third game in this<br />

annual series. <strong>KOC</strong> won the two<br />

previous games.


The Society of Petroleum Engineers<br />

<strong>Kuwait</strong> section continued its 2005-<br />

06 season with its 2nd major presentation<br />

of the year New Era-<br />

Jurassic Exploration in <strong>Kuwait</strong>:<br />

Discoveries, Impact and Challenges<br />

at the Radisson SAS hotel on 17<br />

October.<br />

Khaled Al-Saif, <strong>Kuwait</strong>, SPE<br />

Chairman and <strong>KOC</strong> Manager,<br />

Financial Services, welcomed<br />

another packed house in the second<br />

meeting of the fall season as a<br />

<strong>KOC</strong>-sponsored event.<br />

Guest speaker, Khalid Ali Al-<br />

Sumaiti, EAMD, Exploration and<br />

Production Development from<br />

<strong>KOC</strong>, spoke about the new era of<br />

revolutionary as well as strategic<br />

thinking in exploring Jurassic formations<br />

in North <strong>Kuwait</strong>.<br />

He outlined the early developments<br />

in drilling from 1951-1981. During<br />

the 50s and 60s, development rather<br />

than exploration was the way things<br />

were done without a single test.<br />

Wells were abandoned but never<br />

really tested. Since 1995, events<br />

have changed dramatically through<br />

geo-scientific efforts with a new<br />

framework, concepts and visions to<br />

map fractures, target faults as well as<br />

3<br />

A Ghabga was held at the Radisson<br />

SAS Hotel recently to honor planning<br />

efforts for recent ‘Omragoers’.<br />

C&MD, EAMDs, Group<br />

Managers, TLs as well as ‘Omragoers’<br />

gathered together for this<br />

ceremony held during the last 10<br />

days of Ramadan. <strong>Kuwait</strong> Airways<br />

representatives as well as Masha’ir<br />

for Hajj & Omra — the two organizations<br />

that provided the facilities<br />

— were also present.<br />

Three trips were organized for<br />

more than 300 employees and their<br />

families. The Community Services<br />

Team coordinated and organized<br />

the trips.<br />

EAMD (Administration) Ali Al-<br />

Shammari described Community<br />

Services as the ‘Good Initiatives<br />

<strong>KOC</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Team’ for all their effort in arranging<br />

these important trips. “Similar<br />

to our meetings in the Holy City of<br />

Makkah, this evening is a reflection<br />

of the ‘One-Family Spirit’ that<br />

brings all employees and their families<br />

together to serve our beloved<br />

country,” he said.<br />

Al-Shammari thanked the members<br />

of the Community Service<br />

Development Committee for shouldering<br />

many responsibilities. He<br />

also thanked the pilgrims for their<br />

cooperation and commitment in<br />

this endeavor.<br />

<strong>Kuwait</strong> Airways representatives as<br />

well as Masha’ir for Hajj & Omra<br />

received special recognition.<br />

Shields were distributed at the<br />

close of the evening Ghabga.<br />

SPE Kicks Off New Season with 2nd Major<br />

Presentation of the Year<br />

fractures and select exploratory locations.<br />

“Basically,” he said, “<strong>KOC</strong><br />

now has a concept, a model and its<br />

applications. Our three main objectives<br />

are reserves, production as well<br />

as oil & gas production. There are<br />

huge associated gas/gas condensate<br />

reservoirs here.” This new exploration<br />

phase, which is separate from<br />

the North <strong>Kuwait</strong> Project, is overand-above<br />

<strong>KOC</strong>’s 2020 Strategy for<br />

4 billion barrels per day.”<br />

In a lively question-and-answer session,<br />

he highlighted objectives and<br />

strategies in more detail. He stressed<br />

Organizers Honored for<br />

Omra Trips<br />

that <strong>KOC</strong> must work aggressively.<br />

ìWe must think ‘win/win’. We must<br />

understand the true extent of the<br />

reservoirs and to do this we will<br />

lease satellite EPFs on a 5-year<br />

renewable basis. We will need experienced<br />

people for the new rigs that<br />

will be required. We will also plan<br />

for high value over the next 5 years<br />

as we work together with the marketing<br />

people but first, we will need<br />

much more detailed information<br />

which will include H2S as a problem<br />

to be solved, for example. We<br />

plan to take full information into<br />

account from area to area and use it<br />

as our model for success.<br />

Khalid Ali Al-Sumaiti concluded by<br />

focusing on ‘One Team Spirit’<br />

between the IOCs or Service<br />

Providers and the <strong>KOC</strong>. “If we work<br />

alone, it will take a long time but<br />

when we work together with others,<br />

things will happen sooner. The last<br />

6-7 years have been very fruitful.<br />

We have the best quality crude oils<br />

in all the Middle East. Natural gas<br />

reserves are now beginning that will<br />

herald on a new era of self-sufficiency<br />

in gas for <strong>Kuwait</strong>.”<br />

HONORING / PRESENTATION


MEETING / WORKSHOP / CONTRACT<br />

<strong>KOC</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Management Meets with Contractors<br />

The Technical Services Directorate<br />

met with contractors on October 25.<br />

EAMD (Technical Services) Fahed<br />

Al-Ajmi, Manager Major Projects<br />

Issam Al-Houti, Manager<br />

Engineering Kamel Al-Zaidan, Team<br />

Leaders and Project Management<br />

Consultants (Fluor, Parsons &<br />

AMEC) as well as contractors work-<br />

ing with Technical Services met<br />

together at the Hilton hotel.<br />

Fahed Al-Ajmi highlighted the fact<br />

that <strong>KOC</strong> is currently undergoing a<br />

critical phase in its development,<br />

one that will have repercussions on<br />

<strong>Kuwait</strong> as a whole, especially with<br />

the signing of very important and<br />

recent contracts. “Once these con-<br />

4<br />

tracts are signed, we have to monitor<br />

closely their progress to ensure<br />

that projects are carried out in a<br />

timely and efficient manner. This is<br />

why we continue to have these ongoing<br />

monthly meetings,” he<br />

remarked. Al-Ajmi congratulated<br />

Major Projects and Engineering<br />

Groups for their efforts in achieving<br />

Fluor & AMEC Workshop Held<br />

The <strong>Company</strong> Signs a<br />

Contract with Delta<br />

<strong>KOC</strong> recently signed a contract with Delta, a<br />

Qatari company, to supply 5,000 psi wellheads.<br />

EAMD (Administration) and Acting<br />

EAMD (<strong>Oil</strong> Services) Ali Al-Shammari,<br />

remarked that this contract — valued at KD 8<br />

million over a four year period — was signed<br />

according to the contract system called<br />

Supply Chain Management, which was new<br />

within the <strong>Kuwait</strong> <strong>Oil</strong> <strong>Company</strong>.<br />

"This contract will guarantee better coordination<br />

and cooperation between the two parties,"<br />

Al-Shammari said. "We are very happy<br />

to be signing this agreement with this Qatari<br />

company. This reflects our policy of supporting<br />

GCC companies. The geographic closeness<br />

of Qatar to <strong>Kuwait</strong> will also shorten the<br />

shipping period thus avoiding delays in delivery,"<br />

he concluded.<br />

Manager Major Projects Issam Al-<br />

Houti, invited a number of group<br />

managers, team leaders and<br />

employees to a recent Fluor &<br />

AMEC workshop. At this workshop,<br />

two managers addressed the<br />

group - Peter Wilson General<br />

Manager, Fluor <strong>Company</strong> and Alec<br />

Butler, Project Manager AMEC<br />

<strong>Company</strong>. Then, an open forum followed<br />

where everyone discussed<br />

current suggestions and opinions<br />

regarding best work practices, time<br />

management and money.<br />

Issam Al-Houti reminded everyone<br />

that project execution is a key com-<br />

the company strategy.<br />

“We insist on best performance in all<br />

our projects. This is our benchmark.<br />

These meetings are welcome<br />

because they provide us with a good<br />

opportunity to meet with contractors<br />

to exchange ideas and suggestions<br />

about how to carry out our jobs at the<br />

highest levels,” Al-Ajmi concluded.<br />

ponent within <strong>KOC</strong>’s strategy.<br />

"Because of work management and<br />

execution, we continuously seek to<br />

further our best work practices," he<br />

said. "In this respect, PMC, Fluor<br />

and AMEC suggested we organize<br />

this small but important workshop."<br />

These two guest speakers highlighted<br />

important aspects of executive<br />

procedures regarding work strategies<br />

and projects. Group Managers<br />

included Khaled Al-Khamees<br />

(Opns.-E), Adnan Al-Aradi (Support<br />

Services - S&E), Kamel Al-Zaidan<br />

(Engineering) and Abdul Hussein<br />

Al-Sarraf (Support Services -W).


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<strong>KOC</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Personnel Development Team at PSG Celebrates 100th Milestone<br />

The Personnel Development Team,<br />

Production Development Support<br />

Group, celebrated its 100th meeting<br />

in early October in the<br />

Industrial area. It was a milestone<br />

celebration. Team Leader<br />

Personnel Development Manna’a<br />

Al-Ajmi, Team Leader Drilling<br />

Personnel Career Development,<br />

Hamad Al-Kandari as well as team<br />

members attended.<br />

Manna'a Al-Ajmi spoke, “The<br />

Personnel Development Team at the<br />

Production Support Group was created<br />

by the sub-surface in May<br />

2003. There was a need to develop<br />

tools and processes to manage staff<br />

development in the sub-surface Job<br />

Families (JF) of Geo-science,<br />

PE/RE, Drilling, Well Surveillance<br />

as well as Data Management.” The<br />

team consists of representatives<br />

from the concerned line groups as<br />

well as the T&CR Group. “Together<br />

they design, plan and implement<br />

any in-house technical training program,”<br />

he remarked.<br />

Al-Ajmi underlined the fact that,<br />

with the new training philosophy,<br />

the Support Team has developed job<br />

specific competencies for each JF in<br />

each competency and at each grade<br />

level. He commented, “The team<br />

has identified also a range of ‘learning<br />

actions’, which are designed to<br />

help each person reach the required<br />

standards in each area of competency<br />

at each stage in their career.” He<br />

noted, “The team has developed an<br />

on-line Assessment and Personal<br />

<strong>KOC</strong> Participates in GCC Maintenance & Production Meeting<br />

A <strong>KOC</strong> delegation participated<br />

recently in the GCC 17th<br />

Maintenance & Production <strong>Oil</strong><br />

25 Employees Take ‘Modern Trends’ Course<br />

The Career Development &<br />

Planning Team organized a training<br />

course at the Crowne Plaza hotel for<br />

25 employees from different groups<br />

across the company who attended it<br />

in early October.<br />

The course speaker, Dr. Najeeb Al-<br />

Rifa’i, said, “Many <strong>KOC</strong> employees<br />

had attended similar courses and<br />

would continue during the next few<br />

months. Each person taking the<br />

training needed to be familiar with<br />

this program; it helps to improve<br />

performance which will eventually<br />

benefit the entire organization,” Dr.<br />

Al-Rifa’I remarked. “Advanced<br />

information is made available to all<br />

Companies meeting held in late<br />

September in Qatar.<br />

Manager Career Development &<br />

trainees. If they are in harmony with<br />

themselves such information as this<br />

course provides will only have further<br />

positive results on their attitude,”<br />

he added.<br />

Course outline included a practical<br />

component about how to make decisive<br />

decisions at the right moment.<br />

Timing is everything in this.<br />

Relaxation exercises, the use of<br />

imagination and creating the proper<br />

atmosphere were three methods<br />

used to create the right framework.<br />

The Training Officer, Career<br />

Development & Planning Team,<br />

Badr Al-Hadiah, supervised the<br />

‘Modern Trends’ course.<br />

Development Planning process for<br />

each JF. It is currently managing the<br />

third PDP review cycle for the subsurface<br />

staff to identify learning<br />

needs that need to be met in<br />

2006/07.”<br />

Training Aydh Al-Hajri, Manager,<br />

Operations-South Shaker Al-<br />

Faras, Team Leader Maintenance-<br />

Al-Ajmi concluded that proposals<br />

will be submitted by December<br />

2005 for the 2006/07 programs.<br />

“This program comprises 32 technical<br />

courses, 12 software courses and<br />

3 workshops.”<br />

West Waleed Shuaib, Team<br />

Leader Inspection & Corrosion-<br />

South & East Imad Al-Nasser,<br />

Senior Corrosion Engineer Abdul<br />

Wahab Al-Ahmad and Senior<br />

Engineer Technical Services-<br />

South & East, Adnan Al-Haidar,<br />

comprised the entire <strong>KOC</strong> delegation.<br />

The main focus was a workshop on<br />

sludge removal technologies, tank<br />

inspection & test, cathodic protection<br />

as well as paint.<br />

Other delegations included<br />

Qatar Petroleum, SaudiAramco,<br />

Adnoc (UAE), Babco (Bahrain)<br />

and Petroleum Development<br />

(Oman).<br />

CELEBRATION / PARTICIPATIONS


MISCELLANEOUS<br />

<strong>KOC</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

33 per cent Operations Transfer Still Remains in<br />

Wafra Transfer Operations<br />

The joint <strong>KOC</strong>/KGOC Team<br />

responsible for the transfer of Wafra<br />

Operations from the <strong>Kuwait</strong> <strong>Oil</strong><br />

<strong>Company</strong> to the <strong>Kuwait</strong> Gulf <strong>Oil</strong><br />

<strong>Company</strong> held a recent meeting in<br />

mid-October in the Hubara Center.<br />

Team Leader Qassem Al-Mejadi,<br />

congratulated the exceptional<br />

efforts of the team. Their achievements<br />

had been higher than what<br />

was expected. He remarked that<br />

The Gardening Competitions for the Year 2006 will take place on Thursday & Friday 16th<br />

& 17th March 2006. On these two days the judging panels will visit and inspect the gardens<br />

of the registered competitors and classify them in compliance with the established terms of<br />

the competition.<br />

The Gardening Competitions for the Year 2006 and the relevant prizes for them will be as follows:<br />

Name of the Competition<br />

most of the operations had now<br />

been transferred but the remaining<br />

portion still comprised 33 per cent.<br />

Al-Mejadi urged everyone to meet<br />

the current remaining challenge in<br />

order to complete the job on time.<br />

Discussions focused on work<br />

already completed as well as work<br />

yet to be completed within the next<br />

month. November 19 marks the date<br />

set for the next meeting.<br />

Medical Students<br />

Ahmadi Services Group - Community Services Team<br />

Annual Gardening Competitions<br />

Prizes<br />

First Second Third Fourth Fifth<br />

(Silver Cup) (Shield) (Shield) (Shield) (Shield)<br />

+ KD + KD + KD + KD + KD<br />

The Best Flower Garden 400/- 300/- 200/- 150/- 100/-<br />

The Best Vegetable Garden 400/- 300/- 200/- 150/- 100/-<br />

The Best Lawn Garden 400/- 300/- 200/- 150/- 100/-<br />

The Best Fruits Garden 400/- 300/- 200/- 150/- 100/-<br />

The Best All-Round Garden 400/- 300/- 200/- 150/- 100/-<br />

(Outside Fence)<br />

The Best All-Round Garden 400/- 300/- 200/- 150/- 100/-<br />

(Inside Fence)<br />

Those interested in this function are advised to contact the Community Services Team<br />

Telephone Nos. (66881 / 3984170) to obtain the necessary information, forms, ...etc. and<br />

register their names for these competitions by not later than 27th February 2006.<br />

6<br />

NOTICE<br />

PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION TEAM<br />

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For Sale / Rent<br />

• For Sale: Land Cruiser, 2002 in<br />

good condition, 79,000 km,<br />

grey colour - beige interior, regular<br />

service. On loan KD 4,300<br />

- installment KD 164. Want KD<br />

3,900 - negotiable.<br />

Tel. 22078 - 7983777.<br />

The first group medical students of the faculty of<br />

medicine <strong>Kuwait</strong> University visited the company<br />

late last September.<br />

The group was received by Dr. Sabriya Saleh<br />

Coordinator Medical group, and Samih Sarhan,<br />

Senior Occupational Hygienist of the HSE<br />

(South & East <strong>Kuwait</strong>) Team.<br />

A presentation was made by Samih on the occupational<br />

hazards in the oil industry after which<br />

the group visited a drilling rig, well head and<br />

gathering center.<br />

Around the lunch table, acting Team Leader HSE<br />

(S&EK) Hasan Al-Birami, Dr. Sabriya, and<br />

Samih held a discussion with the medical students<br />

on their observations in the fields. The students<br />

were briefed about medical services rendered<br />

to the oil sector employees through<br />

Ahmadi hospital.<br />

In order to extend assistance by Personnel Administration Team to<br />

<strong>Company</strong> employees in matters related to Compassionate Leaves and<br />

Bail Bonds, the employees listed below will be on call during and outside<br />

<strong>Company</strong> working hours. Organizational Unit Heads are requested to cooperate<br />

with them for necessary administrative actions.<br />

• For Rent or Sale: A big deluxe<br />

villa - two floors & basement -<br />

South Surra - Al-Shuhada.<br />

Owner’s Tel. 9639946.


The General management has issued a circular<br />

No. 24/2005 detail 1.11.2005 regarding<br />

new Organizational changes effective on<br />

Monday 7th November 2005:<br />

I. GENERAL MANAGEMENT<br />

1. Planning Group will be transferred to<br />

General Management<br />

Mr. Ahmad Mohd. Al-Rasheed will continue<br />

as Manager Planning and will report to<br />

Chairman & Managing Director.<br />

II. Exploration & Production Development<br />

Directorate will be renamed as <strong>Oil</strong><br />

Services Directorate<br />

Mr. Mazen Dawood al-Sardi is redesignated<br />

as Executive Assistant Managing Director<br />

(<strong>Oil</strong> Services) and will report to Chairman &<br />

Managing Director.<br />

The Directorate Comprises the following<br />

Groups & Team:<br />

1. Production Development Support Group<br />

Miss Shafiqa Idris Mubarak will continue as<br />

Manager Production Development Support<br />

Group.<br />

2. Drilling Operations Group<br />

Mr. Ayad Mohd. Al-Kandari will continue<br />

as Manager Drilling Operations Group.<br />

3. Research & Technology Group<br />

Mr. Adel Essa Al-Abbasi will continue as<br />

Manager Research & Technology Gruop.<br />

4. Health, Safety & Environment Group<br />

Mr. Mohd. Abdul “Wahab Al-Fodari will<br />

New Organizational Changes<br />

continue as Manager Health, Safety &<br />

Environment Group.<br />

5. Health, Safety & Environment Team (<strong>Oil</strong><br />

Services)<br />

Mr. Ali Hussain Ali is redesignated as Team<br />

Leader HSE Group.<br />

The above will report to Executive Assistant<br />

Managing Director (<strong>Oil</strong> Services).<br />

III. NORTH KUWAIT DIRECTORATE<br />

Mr. Khalid Ali Al-Sumaiti is redesignated as<br />

Executive Assistant Managing Director<br />

(NK) and will report to Chairman &<br />

Managing Director.<br />

The Directorate Comprises the following<br />

Groups & Team:<br />

1. Exploration Group<br />

Mr. Menahi Saeed Al-Anzi will continue as<br />

Manager Exploration Group.<br />

2. Fields Development Group (North<br />

<strong>Kuwait</strong>)<br />

Mrs. Badria Hussain Farhad will continue as<br />

Manager Fields Development Group (NK).<br />

3. Operations Group (North <strong>Kuwait</strong>)<br />

Mr. Ali Abdulla Al-Muhanna will continue<br />

as Manager Operations Group (NK).<br />

4. Support Services Group (North <strong>Kuwait</strong>)<br />

Mr. Saeed Yousef Hamadah will continue<br />

as Manager Support Services Group (NK).<br />

5. Health, Safety & Environment Team<br />

(North <strong>Kuwait</strong>)<br />

Mr. Abdulla Mohd. Al-Awadi will continue<br />

as Team Leader HSE (NK).<br />

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<strong>KOC</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

The above will report to Executive Assistant<br />

Managing Director (NK).<br />

IV WEST KUWAIT DIRECTORATE<br />

Mrs. Hosnia Sayed Hashim is appointed as<br />

Executive Assistant Managing Director<br />

(WK) and will report to Chairman &<br />

Managing Director.<br />

The Directorate comprises the following<br />

Groups & Team:<br />

1. Operations Group (West <strong>Kuwait</strong>)<br />

Mr. Abdulla Ali Al-Sumaiti will continue as<br />

Manager Operations Group (WK).<br />

2. Fields Development Group (West<br />

<strong>Kuwait</strong>)<br />

Mr. Hassan Ali Bunian will continue as<br />

Manager Fields Development Group (WK).<br />

3. Support Services Group (West <strong>Kuwait</strong>)<br />

Mr. Abdul Hussain Abdul Khadher Al-<br />

Sarraf will continue as Manager Support<br />

Services Group (WK).<br />

4. Divided Zone Group<br />

Mr. Jaber Hunaif Jaber will continue as<br />

Manager Divided Zone Group.<br />

5. Joint Operations Group<br />

Mr. Mohd. Salem Al-Dousari will continue<br />

as Manager Joint Operations Group.<br />

6. Health, Safety & Environment Team<br />

(West <strong>Kuwait</strong>)<br />

Mr. Ismail Yacoub Mataqi will continue as<br />

Team Leader HSE (WK).<br />

The above will report to Executive Assistant<br />

Managing Director (WK).<br />

‘Model Employee’ Certificate Awarded to Engineer<br />

The Management Support Group awarded Eng.<br />

Khaled Al-Awadi with <strong>KOC</strong>’s ‘Model<br />

Employee’ certificate for the last six months.<br />

Group Manager Abdul Aziz Al-Mansour<br />

remarked, “Al-Awadi truly deserved the award in<br />

competition with his associates on technical<br />

points.” The award symbolizes outstanding<br />

achievements. This award is given twice a year to<br />

the best employee in the Management Support<br />

Group.<br />

“Al-Awadi was given credit by his colleagues<br />

and his team leader. I my self had tested him in<br />

different occasions, and he proved to be an outstanding<br />

employee,” Al-Mansour said.<br />

Team Leader, Risk Management, Shehab<br />

Abdullah, said that the award is tabulated according<br />

to point-scoring that helps create friendly<br />

competition among employees. “Al-Awadi is<br />

dedicated, committed and creative at work,”<br />

Abdullah said while pointing out that, at the same<br />

time, Al-Awadi remains at the office after work<br />

and comes early every morning.<br />

Khaled Al-Awadi, Project Manager, spoke at this<br />

award ceremony. “It is enough for me to have good<br />

comments from my colleagues, team leader and<br />

manager. This is a source of great satisfaction,” he<br />

said. “Appreciation is a good thing. It creates an<br />

incentive to give more time and effort to better the<br />

company.” He concluded that he remains at the<br />

office after work and comes early because he loves<br />

his work and feels fulfilled in it. Al-Awadi was<br />

awarded a shield and a certificate of appreciation.<br />

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VISIT / DEGREE / BIRTH<br />

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Al-Sardi Visits Patients at Ahmadi Hospital<br />

During Eid Al-Fitr<br />

EAMD Petroleum Services &<br />

Acting EAMD (Tech. Svcs.) Mazen<br />

Al-Sardi, accompanied by Manager<br />

PR&I Abdul Khaleq Al-Ali, visited<br />

Ahmadi Hospital patients during<br />

Eid Al-Fitr.<br />

Dignitaries included Hospital<br />

Manager Dr. Jamal Al-Ghanim,<br />

Assistant Manager Primary &<br />

Dental Services Dr. Aref Al-Abbasi,<br />

Mrs. Awatef Al-Khamees,<br />

Exploration Group, was awarded a<br />

Master’s degree in Geochemistry<br />

from the French Petroleum Institute<br />

(IPF). The Master’s thesis was<br />

defended on October 16 in PTC in<br />

the presence of EAMD, North<br />

<strong>Kuwait</strong>, Khalid Al-Sumaiti,<br />

Manager Exploration Group<br />

Menahi Al-Anzi and Team Leader<br />

Exploration Studies, Salah Abdul<br />

Malik in addition to the supervising<br />

professors at IPF. This is the first<br />

Master’s degree supervised and<br />

funded by the <strong>Kuwait</strong> <strong>Oil</strong> <strong>Company</strong>.<br />

The thesis was divided into two<br />

parts. The first part tackled the geochemistry<br />

and isotopes of <strong>Kuwait</strong><br />

oils and rock samples and the second<br />

part focused on the hydrocarbon<br />

generation and migration of<br />

Najmah and Qusaibah source rocks<br />

into Bahrah field, North <strong>Kuwait</strong>.<br />

The professors discussed the thesis<br />

plus the results of her thesis tests,<br />

rock and core analysis. They also<br />

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Saleh, Social Specialist Latifa Al-<br />

Kandari, Bio-Medical Eng. & HSE<br />

Medical Coordinator, Nof Al-Azmi,<br />

in addition to a number of administrative<br />

and medical staff.<br />

"On such occasions, senior management<br />

is keen to maintain the practice<br />

of visiting the sick and checking<br />

on their personal health," said Al-<br />

Sardi. "This <strong>Kuwait</strong>i tradition truly<br />

indicates <strong>KOC</strong>'s strong social ties."<br />

He added that the one-family prevailing<br />

in <strong>KOC</strong> is the motive behind<br />

discussed the thesis lab and chemical<br />

analysis. The thesis was well<br />

received by the professors, and<br />

accordingly, she was awarded a<br />

Master’s degree.<br />

TL, Exploration Studies, Salah<br />

Abdul Malik, said that this degree is<br />

part of a training program set by<br />

Exploration and Training & Career<br />

Development Groups. "It took us<br />

two years to prepare this program<br />

which is a first for the <strong>KOC</strong>. It will<br />

be the basis for similar future studies.<br />

‘Shehanah’ is God's Gift to her Parents<br />

The mother gave birth to triplets<br />

after only 22 weeks of pregnancy.<br />

Unfortunately, two infants died, but<br />

thank God, Shehanah survived.<br />

He father, Abdullah Al-Utaibi, said<br />

that he and his wife failed to have<br />

children even after nine years of<br />

marriage. “By God’s will, my wife<br />

finally became pregnant, but she<br />

gave birth to three girls after only<br />

22 weeks. Unfortunately, two did<br />

Assistant Manager Support Services<br />

Khaled Al-Sweilem, Assistant<br />

Manager Medical Care Services Dr.<br />

Dia’ Al-Izza, Dr. Adel Ghali from<br />

the London Office, Head Administrative<br />

Medical Section Ali Al-<br />

Zu’bi, Head, Nursing Services,<br />

Halima Abdullah, Senior Admin.<br />

Officer Eid Al-Mteiri, Medical<br />

Group Coordinator Dr. Sabriya<br />

<strong>KOC</strong> Sponsors First Ever Master’s Degree<br />

not make it," he said.<br />

Shehanah was under close observation<br />

in Ahmadi Hospital until she<br />

passed the critical stage. She is now<br />

in her six months.<br />

According to the WHO, any birth prior<br />

to 24 weeks is considered premature<br />

and the chances of survival are<br />

minimal. ‘Shehanah’ is the female<br />

name of the hawk. “It symbolizes<br />

strength,” the father says proudly.<br />

the high rank the company currently<br />

occupies among the world majors.<br />

Dr. Al-Ghanim thanked Al-Sardi<br />

for these gestures. "This is a chance<br />

for all of us to exchange cordial<br />

feelings and strengthen friendly<br />

relationships," he said.<br />

The hospital visit began in the<br />

Pediatric Ward as gifts were distributed<br />

to the children there. After<br />

touring other sections, Al-Sardi<br />

praised improvements recently<br />

implemented in the hospital.

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