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Al-Ma’awali the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Services, H.E. Mohsen Al Bulushi, Undersecretary Ministry of Commerce and H.E. Qais Mohammed Al Yusuf the new Chairman of the Chamber of Com-merce (OCCI). Also present were the CEOs, Managing Directors and Country Heads of a number of member companies, Operators and contracting firms alike.It was an excellent opportunity for our Society to report on our consid-erable achievements over the year and thanking all those individuals and companies which supported us in the previous year, sitting in dis-cussion forum committees or spon-soring events during the year. The Key note address was delivered by Mr. Yusuf Al Ojaili, the Chairman of BP Oman who talked about BP’s achievements during its journey to bring the Khazzan Gas project to fruition, and also it was good to stay updated with a direct address to the distinguished audience from H.E. Mr. Aufi about his Ministry’s ideas and plans in how to stay the course on sustaining the journey in a number of areas and specifically in the employment of Omanis.

Last month we also witnessed the 2018 edition of the Oil and Gas West Asia (OGWA) Exhibition and Conference in Muscat. The exhibi-tion once more reaffirmed its com-mitment and offered a platform to exchange exceptional amount of in-formation on various facades of the oil and gas sector as well as glob-al developments to its visitors with OPAL directly involved as an official partner. OGWA gave us the oppor-tunity to showcase services that we provide to our members in which this year we hosted a contingent of around 48 Chinese companies pro-viding various state of art Oil & Gas equipment and services.At the end of the month we signed a collaboration agreement for the up-coming “The Oil & Gas Year Oman 2018 edition” with the Oil & Gas Year (TOGY). The book will be an essential tool for the Ministry of Oil & Gas and OPAL to promote devel-opments and measures in place to enhance sustainability and boost efficiency in the Sultanate’s oil and gas sector, as well as portray the core values held by small and large oil and gas producers, operators, services companies and suppliers present in the Sultanate. In light of that cooperation a “Round Table” discussion panel will be organized in Mid May, just before Ramadhan. details will be forthcoming in due course. In the meantime, it’s busi-ness as usual in all other fronts. We are continuing to make in roads in 2 additional standards, and work-ing in implementation of the Road Safety Standards with the approval of the IVMS and MSL providers and the HSE Apprenticeship technical tenders in and being assessed for delivery in May. Until then...

Musallam Al Mandhari

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The first quarter of 2018 is now be-hind us, with the month of March being another hectic one. March is normally an AGM month so, with the “Men in Black” dress code theme, this AGM held this time at the Grand Hyatt Muscat was as-tonishing. The event attracted a capacity audience of more than 300 company representatives and executives. Such a record turnout is

a testament to the Society’s growing prominence as the voice of the Oil & Gas industry and a recognition of its definitive role in driving best practice, standards and profession-alism in the sector. The Event was held under auspices of HE Salim bin Nasser Al Aufi, Under-Secre-tary of the Ministry of Oil & Gas, as the guest of honor in the pres-ence of H.E. Dr. Yahya bin Badr


Under the auspices of HE Dr. Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhy, Minister of Oil and Gas and in the presence of HE. Mohammed bin Nasser Al Rasbi, Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense and a group of undersecretaries, ambassadors and heads of oil companies and banks, United Engineering Services Company(UES), a subsidiary of MB Group, organized an opening ceremony of its new premises in Rusayl Industrial Estate. The new building is a significant addition to the company’s facilities, consisting of two workshops equipped with the latest high-precision manufacturing equipment.In a speech delivered by Eng. Said bin Saif Al Maskari, UES CEO, he em-phasized that the company has received several certificates in the field of manufacturing and quality of ser-vice from local and international institutions. The company has long experience in the service of oil and gas companies, the electricity sector and the military sector. In addition, the Marine Engineering Department offers its services through state-of-the-art marine vessels.

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Abraj has introduced its own behavior-based safety program with the name of SoLOOKi. We have designed our own logo and we are in the process of regis-tering it as trade mark and copy right. SoLOOKi is an Arabic word meaning My Behavior. In the SoLOOKi logo, the dominant yellow color indicates it is a warning for unsafe act or conditions. The English letters, “LOOK” in capital indicates observing or seeing the act or condition. The logo looks as a stamp indicating the authority to stop any unsafe behavior as basis of taking the obligation to observe and report.The main concept of SoLOOKi is that Unsafe behavior create unsafe acts and conditions that leads to injuries.Abraj SoLOOKi program consists of reporting any unsafe act, unsafe condition, safe act or safe condition. As soon as any Abraj or other employee witnesses an unsafe act/condition or a situation which may lead to an incident or near miss, he / she can report it by using SoLOOKi card. All employees are encouraged to use Abraj SoLOOKi card.

Al Sumri Transport has achieved a significant safety Milestone of 26 years with-out Lost Time Injury and had received a free LTI excellence award from Petroleum development of Oman. Al Sumri is one of the pioneer transport companies in the region that works in oil and gas sector in Oman. Despite the road hazards and challenges of this area in the country, AL sumri team is fully committed to fulfill HSE standards. ‘Our main focus is health and safety of our employees and pas-sengers.” states Najma Al harthi , Al Sumri’s CEO : To be given 26 years free LTI excellence award is a great honor and a privilege. We couldn’t have done it without the support of PDO and team work of all my colleagues in the company.

MEMBER NEWS ABRAJ INTRODUCED BEHAVIOR BASED SAFETY PROGRAM

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ICEM COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCEInternational College of Engineering and Management (ICEM), located with-in easy reach of Muscat International airport, is recognized for providing professional Higher Education (HE), Vocational Training, Safety Services and consultancy services which meet the highest standards and accreditation. Ed-ucation at ICEM provides access to professional knowledge and expertise for a range of professions. Many of our courses are unique, only offered by ICEM in Oman, the GCC and the wider region. Our course includes what is required by companies to maximize your career opportunities. Currently, the College offers five BSc Degree programmes licensed by the Ministry of Higher Education, Oman and accredited by the University of Cen-tral Lancashire in the United Kingdom. These Degrees are:BSc Fire Safety (Engineering) - Fire Safety Engineering is for students who wish to be involved in the design of fire safety solutions through the applica-tion of prevailing knowledge and proven techniques. Fire Safety Engineering is a field which explores the various possibilities of preventing fires. It can be defined as the art and science of designing buildings and facilities for life safety and property protection in the event of an unwanted fire. This includes the application of scientific and engineering principles, based on an under-standing of the phenomena and effects of fire and of reaction and behavior of people, property and the environment as well as the impact of fire protection systems including detection, alarm and active fire protection systems. BSc Fire Safety (Management) - Fire Safety Management is aimed at those who would like to assume managerial responsibility for fire safety in for exam-ple, leisure complexes, office blocks, large shopping centres, public services and factories. Such roles place emphasis on human behaviour, regulation and legislation and the evaluation and development of policy for fire safety procedures and materials used in the construction industry. BSc Well Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - The programme is designed to allow students to systematically and progressively acquire the knowledge and skills required to operate effectively as an engineer in the drilling or ser-vice sector of the oil and gas industry. Through the integration of practical and experimental work with academic development, students graduating from the degree programme are placed in a unique position to embark on a career in the Oil and Gas Industry, or to continue with academic studies. Subjects cov-ered in this four year programme give students an excellent theoretical and practical grounding in well engineering and develop communication skills in English to enable effective operation in a managerial role in the industry. BSc Facilities Management - The course emphasises facilities management in the context of the built environment and its application to buildings. However, facilities management in its widest sense is not just about maintenance and controlling costs. In order to support the core activities of the business, facilities management must ensure the smooth running of the non-core services through careful planning and management. These services may include: health and safety monitoring (incorporating fire safety), component specification; infor-mation and communication technology and software; building services and operational services. Operational services may include car parking, security, catering, welfare, crèche facilities, cleaning and waste disposal, energy effi-ciency and distribution, internal communications and partnering. BSc Health, Safety & Environmental Management - Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) regulations has become law in the Sultanate of Oman recently and many em-ployment opportunities are becoming available within industrial and commercial organizations in the field of health, safety and environmental management. It can be predicted, in relation to the Sultanate alone, that job opportunities will increase sharply and in the GCC region generally. HSE is having an increasing effect on business, commerce and industry as the region begins to focus on im-proving safety management. The demand is for well qualified, knowledgeable HSE pro-fessionals, and the aim of this course is to provide you with the knowledge and skills to meet this demand and take advantage of the many job opportunities which will become available.

On the 26th of March 2018, Oman LNG was honoured by the British Coun-cil for being a ‘Leading Aptis Provider’. The British Council hosted a celebra-tion ceremony at the InterContinental hotel in Muscat where partners’ efforts in the development of talent in Oman were recognised as well as the partic-ipants who received ‘Certificates of Appreciation’. Oman LNG was among the 12 partners, and the only private sector organisation apart from training institutions, that was honoured at the event.

Mr. Harib Al Kitani, Chief Executive Officer of Oman LNG, is named ‘CEO of the Year’, at the Al Roya Business Awards, first edition. The well-deserved accolade recognises his extensive experience in the oil and gas industry and the valuable impact he has made as a leader in Oman and beyond, in partic-ular the LNG business. Under his guidance and stewardship, Oman LNG continues to thrive; with much appreciation given to his relent-less efforts to enhance talent and expand the business; helping the company to achieve milestone after milestone.

On Tuesday 6th March, 2018, our company S J Abed & Al Sulaimi Catering Group LLC celebrated 10 years in the Sultanate of Oman at a ceremony held in Al Mouj Golf Club among all our clients, vendors and peers.

OMAN LNG HONOURED BYTHE BRITISH COUNCIL FOR BEINGA ‘LEADING APTIS PROVIDER’

S J ABED & AL SULAIMI CATERING GROUP LLC CELEBRATED 10 YEARS OF OPERATION

CEO OF OMAN LNG, NAMED ‘CEO OF THE YEAR’, AL ROYA BUSINESS AWARDS 2018.




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GALFAR RECOGNISED FOR LANDMARK SAFETY PERFORMANCE BY PDO

OPAL SIGNS COLLABORATION AGREEMENT WITH THE OIL & GAS YEAR

Galfar Engineering & Contracting SAOG, the largest multi-disciplinary engineering construction company in Oman, has been recognised for a landmark safety performance by Pe-troleum Development Oman (PDO). Senior management of PDO felicitat-ed Galfar for achieving a significant safety milestone of 10 million safe

man-hours without Lost Time Injury in PDO Saih Rawl area gas jobs at an event held recently.Remarking on the award and mile-stone, a spokesperson of Galfar said: “Ten million man-hours without LTI is a remarkable milestone and reflects our commitment to ensuring safety of our people. We are very proud of the project team and site workers for maintaining a strong safety and Injury Free culture. Safe-ty is a core value at Galfar and this achievement is a true testament to the commitment of the project team to embrace a strong safety culture.”He added, “We thank PDO for this recognition and we will continue our

efforts to ensure that safety remains at the core of our culture. Galfar has always implemented internationally recognised Health, Safety and Envi-ronmental (HSE) standards and best practices throughout the sectors it operates in.”Galfar Engineering and Contracting SAOG, together with its subsidiar-ies, offers construction, manufactur-ing, equipment hiring, and person-nel training services in Oman. Since its establishment in 1972, Galfar, with its strong leadership, has exe-cuted a focused strategic vision and its endeavor towards excellence in construction quality, safety, per-formance, employee satisfaction and social responsibility. This has enabled the company to be the most trusted and sought-after engi-

neering, procurement, construction, operations and maintenance and project management company in the region. Oman’s largest construc-tion company with EPC capability in oil and gas, roads and bridges and civil and utilities sectors, also operates in other GCC countries and India.The company offers construction services for various projects, such as hospitals, health centres, monu-mental structures, flyovers, stadiums, sewage treatment plants, heavy industrial structures among others. The company also constructs roads, bridges, and airports; and carries out civil and mechanical construc-tion, public health engineering, elec-trical, plumbing, and maintenance contracts.

OPAL has signed a collaboration agreement for the upcoming “The Oil & Gas Year Oman 2018 edi-tion” with the Oil & Gas Year (TOGY). The book will offer a unique opportunity of providing an analysis of the energy sector seen through the eyes from the key executives in the energy field.

More than ever, this year, the book will be an essential tool for the Ministry of Oil & Gas and OPAL to promote develop-ments and measures in place to enhance sustainability and boost efficiency in the Sultanate’s oil and gas sector, as well as por-tray the core values held by small

and large oil and gas producers, operators, services companies and suppliers present in the Sul-tanate.The agreement underscores both parties’ ambition to further strengthen the Oman’s image and its presence in the interna-tional stage. The agreement was signed by Abdullah Al Harthi, OPAL’s Com-munication Executive Manager and TOGY’s Oman Country Di-rector, Sergio Rojas.

With safety at the centre of its opera-tions, Oman LNG recently announced a remarkable milestone reached – and still counting – of twenty five million man-hours worked without a Lost-Time Injury (LTI). The new record translates to over two thousand eight hundred and fifty days (25 million man-hours) or almost eight complete calendar years without casualty to any of its personnel, signposting the company’s continuing vigorous attention to the safety and health of employees and contractors. The latest milestone enunciates the company’s unrelenting strides towards estab-lishing a culture of safety, embraced by its people, to guide efficient operations of its liquefied natural gas production and export business and notably comes after a few months in which an elaborate shutdown activity with unusually high levels of personnel took place to carry out planned critical repair and maintenance. “On behalf of the Board and Management, I would like to take this opportunity, to congratulate all staff and contractors on this latest safety accomplishment. Our safety record has remained unbroken and for that we have to thank both a re-silient company culture and also the efforts of personnel across the entire supply chain. We have proudly completed 25 million LTI-free days. Each new barrier broken merely raises the bar.” said Harib Kitani, Oman LNG’s Chief Executive Officer, addressing staff and contractors on the new record, while calling for continued observance of safe practices to reach new milestone heights.

OMAN LNG CLOCKS TWENTY-FIVE MILLION HOURS WORKED LTI FREE

February 16th 2018 was a milestone for Cameron in Oman as we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the open-ing of our first major facility in Rusayl. Cameron has of course been active working and developing products and services to support the Omani O&G Industry for many years prior to that. We marked this wonderful occasion with a Gala Lunch at our facility for our valued customers, employees and visiting senior manage-ment. With speeches from Stefan Radwanski - our Houston based Surface Systems President, Jon Keen - Cameron Oman’s Group Operations Product and Service Delivery Manager, Daniel Shalley - Oman Sales Manager. Without doubt the show was stolen with a wonderful speech from Hasina Al Rawahi - Supply Chain, who has been with the company since we first opened our doors. She spoke with great eloquence of the pleasure of being a Cameron employee, her own personal development and career growth throughout the last twenty years with Cameron.We at Cameron are proud to be a part of the Omani O&G Industry and the part we have played in developing products, services, infrastructure and most importantly our very talented team across all three locations. With continued investment in people, products and infrastructure we look forward to being part of the outstanding Oman success story for the next twenty years and beyond.

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