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MEETING / WORKSHOP / CONTRACT KOC News Management Meets with Contractors The Technical Services Directorate met with contractors on October 25. EAMD (Technical Services) Fahed Al-Ajmi, Manager Major Projects Issam Al-Houti, Manager Engineering Kamel Al-Zaidan, Team Leaders and Project Management Consultants (Fluor, Parsons & AMEC) as well as contractors work- ing with Technical Services met together at the Hilton hotel. Fahed Al-Ajmi highlighted the fact that KOC is currently undergoing a critical phase in its development, one that will have repercussions on Kuwait as a whole, especially with the signing of very important and recent contracts. “Once these con- 4 tracts are signed, we have to monitor closely their progress to ensure that projects are carried out in a timely and efficient manner. This is why we continue to have these ongoing monthly meetings,” he remarked. Al-Ajmi congratulated Major Projects and Engineering Groups for their efforts in achieving Fluor & AMEC Workshop Held The Company Signs a Contract with Delta KOC recently signed a contract with Delta, a Qatari company, to supply 5,000 psi wellheads. EAMD (Administration) and Acting EAMD (Oil Services) Ali Al-Shammari, remarked that this contract — valued at KD 8 million over a four year period — was signed according to the contract system called Supply Chain Management, which was new within the Kuwait Oil Company. "This contract will guarantee better coordination and cooperation between the two parties," Al-Shammari said. "We are very happy to be signing this agreement with this Qatari company. This reflects our policy of supporting GCC companies. The geographic closeness of Qatar to Kuwait will also shorten the shipping period thus avoiding delays in delivery," he concluded. Manager Major Projects Issam Al- Houti, invited a number of group managers, team leaders and employees to a recent Fluor & AMEC workshop. At this workshop, two managers addressed the group - Peter Wilson General Manager, Fluor Company and Alec Butler, Project Manager AMEC Company. Then, an open forum followed where everyone discussed current suggestions and opinions regarding best work practices, time management and money. Issam Al-Houti reminded everyone that project execution is a key com- the company strategy. “We insist on best performance in all our projects. This is our benchmark. These meetings are welcome because they provide us with a good opportunity to meet with contractors to exchange ideas and suggestions about how to carry out our jobs at the highest levels,” Al-Ajmi concluded. ponent within KOC’s strategy. "Because of work management and execution, we continuously seek to further our best work practices," he said. "In this respect, PMC, Fluor and AMEC suggested we organize this small but important workshop." These two guest speakers highlighted important aspects of executive procedures regarding work strategies and projects. Group Managers included Khaled Al-Khamees (Opns.-E), Adnan Al-Aradi (Support Services - S&E), Kamel Al-Zaidan (Engineering) and Abdul Hussein Al-Sarraf (Support Services -W).
5 KOC News Personnel Development Team at PSG Celebrates 100th Milestone The Personnel Development Team, Production Development Support Group, celebrated its 100th meeting in early October in the Industrial area. It was a milestone celebration. Team Leader Personnel Development Manna’a Al-Ajmi, Team Leader Drilling Personnel Career Development, Hamad Al-Kandari as well as team members attended. Manna'a Al-Ajmi spoke, “The Personnel Development Team at the Production Support Group was created by the sub-surface in May 2003. There was a need to develop tools and processes to manage staff development in the sub-surface Job Families (JF) of Geo-science, PE/RE, Drilling, Well Surveillance as well as Data Management.” The team consists of representatives from the concerned line groups as well as the T&CR Group. “Together they design, plan and implement any in-house technical training program,” he remarked. Al-Ajmi underlined the fact that, with the new training philosophy, the Support Team has developed job specific competencies for each JF in each competency and at each grade level. He commented, “The team has identified also a range of ‘learning actions’, which are designed to help each person reach the required standards in each area of competency at each stage in their career.” He noted, “The team has developed an on-line Assessment and Personal KOC Participates in GCC Maintenance & Production Meeting A KOC delegation participated recently in the GCC 17th Maintenance & Production Oil 25 Employees Take ‘Modern Trends’ Course The Career Development & Planning Team organized a training course at the Crowne Plaza hotel for 25 employees from different groups across the company who attended it in early October. The course speaker, Dr. Najeeb Al- Rifa’i, said, “Many KOC employees had attended similar courses and would continue during the next few months. Each person taking the training needed to be familiar with this program; it helps to improve performance which will eventually benefit the entire organization,” Dr. Al-Rifa’I remarked. “Advanced information is made available to all Companies meeting held in late September in Qatar. Manager Career Development & trainees. If they are in harmony with themselves such information as this course provides will only have further positive results on their attitude,” he added. Course outline included a practical component about how to make decisive decisions at the right moment. Timing is everything in this. Relaxation exercises, the use of imagination and creating the proper atmosphere were three methods used to create the right framework. The Training Officer, Career Development & Planning Team, Badr Al-Hadiah, supervised the ‘Modern Trends’ course. Development Planning process for each JF. It is currently managing the third PDP review cycle for the subsurface staff to identify learning needs that need to be met in 2006/07.” Training Aydh Al-Hajri, Manager, Operations-South Shaker Al- Faras, Team Leader Maintenance- Al-Ajmi concluded that proposals will be submitted by December 2005 for the 2006/07 programs. “This program comprises 32 technical courses, 12 software courses and 3 workshops.” West Waleed Shuaib, Team Leader Inspection & Corrosion- South & East Imad Al-Nasser, Senior Corrosion Engineer Abdul Wahab Al-Ahmad and Senior Engineer Technical Services- South & East, Adnan Al-Haidar, comprised the entire KOC delegation. The main focus was a workshop on sludge removal technologies, tank inspection & test, cathodic protection as well as paint. Other delegations included Qatar Petroleum, SaudiAramco, Adnoc (UAE), Babco (Bahrain) and Petroleum Development (Oman). CELEBRATION / PARTICIPATIONS
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