Farouq Hussein Al-ZankiChief Executive Of�cer

Dialoguewith CEOOn these blessed days, I would like to congratulate you on the advent

of Eid Al-Adha, entreating Allah, the Almighty, to bring it back with

prosperity. On this occasion, I beseech Allah to accept our good deeds

and help us keep the journey of development and construction in

progress for the oil sector. This journey is definitely aimed to boost

the international status of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation among the

international oil companies.

In this context, KPC has recently witnessed launching a number of

significant activities that are aimed to highlight this status and fortify

the customers’ trust in its ability to meet its obligations. On top of

these activities was to deliver the first cargo of Kuwaiti oil donations

to Japan among the initiative hurled by HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah

Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah who ordered 5 million barrels of Kuwait’s

crude oil to the Japanese nation to help it recover and surmount

the environment calamity yielded from the earthquake and tsunami

waves.

The Amir’s initiative reflects the humanitarian sensitivity of the

Kuwaiti government and nation that extends not only to the sisterly

and friendly countries during catastrophes and hard times, but it

extends also to reach several countries all over the world particularly

the poor ones to help them achieve development.

These activities include also a visit paid by Bangladesh Petroleum

Corporation to KPC to recognize the latter’s latest administrative and

technical schemes approved in this domain. This however confirms

that KPC has an international status; accordingly, the visiting

delegation was keen on benefiting from the Kuwaiti experience in

the oil industry that has been established on the shoulders of efficient

personnel who have sturdy belief in Allah, the Almighty; therefore,

they devotedly accomplish their duties to achieve more progress and

prosperity for our beloved Kuwait.

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Events

In This Issue

Participations

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Oil Minister sponsors Kuwait 2nd Pipelines Technology confab

KPC delivers the �rst cargo of Kuwait’s oil donations to Japan

Intensive meetings for KPC various sectors held

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Under the patronage of HE Minister of Oil, State Minister for

Parliament Affairs and Chairman of KPC board of director Dr.

Mohammed Al-Busairi, Sheikh Talal Al-Khalid, Managing Direc-

tor of Governmental, Parliamentary, Public and Media Relations,

inaugurated, on behalf of the minister, the 2nd Pipeline Technol-

ogy Conference which was held on 4-5 October, 2011 at Mangaf

Helton Hotel.

In his inaugural speech, Al-Khalid conveyed to the participants the

greetings of HE Minister of Oil and his excuse for not attending

the meeting, highlighting the importance of such conference in

stabilizing the oil industry.

He said, “The technology of pipelines through its various shapes,

such design, rehabilitating, maintaining geographical information

technology, and developing database, monitoring international cri-

teria and byelaw besides risk management, takes part in stabilizing

the operations of transporting the crude oil and its derivatives.”

He indicated that the crude oil resulted from the operations of dig-

ging wells are assembled through a network of pipelines installed

through fields near to each other. After that, it is stored in cisterns

of various capacities; the matter confirms the substantial and key

role of using pipelines manufactured from steel to transport petro-

leum and its distillates thousands of miles in accordance with the

stipulations of security and safety criteria.

It is worth mentioning that a large number representatives of lo-

cal, Arab and International oil companies participated in the con-

ference besides Mr. Adel Al-Terkait, Manager of Best Practices

Program at KPC, Mr. Saad Al-Dhufairi, Team Leader of Inspec-

Sheikh Talal Al-Khalid inaugurated it

Oil Minister sponsors Kuwait 2nd Pipelines Technology confab

tion and Corrosion Department at Kuwait National Petroleum

Company (KNPC), researchers from Kuwait Institute for Sci-

entific Research (KISR) and a number of Pipelines engineers

from Saudi Aramco.

He further indicated to the potentiality of the oil sector which is

relevantly connected to the local economy. Consequently, the

sector is progressing in tune with an obvious vision and strat-

egy whose results are planned precisely to guarantee the best

optimization for the local resources; in addition to preserving

them for the coming generations. He added the oil sector has

recently managed to increase the crude oil production up to 2.9

million bpd in accordance with the strategy of exploration and

production allotted in this respect.

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Under the auspices of HE Oil Minister, State Minister for

Parliament Affairs and Chairman of KPC board of directors

Dr. Mohammed Mohsen Al-Busairi, the activities of Ku-

wait’s 4th Scientific Exhibition Contest were launched and

held in Kuwait’s Chamber for Commerce and Industry on

Sunday October 16, 2011.

In his keynote speech in the press conference held on this oc-

casion, Mr. Ali Murad, Manager of Public Relations Depart-

ment at KPC, which is the platinum sponsor of the contest,

affirmed that KPC adopts essential values based on investing

in the Kuwaiti society through meeting the local needs from

energy and supporting the social initiatives which serve the

interests of all groups in the society particularly the Kuwaiti

youths.

The conference was attended by a number of sponsors and

officials besides Mrs. Aseel Al-Turkait, Executive Manager

of the contest, Mr. Faisal bin Saeed, Chairman of Kuwait’s

ExxonMobil for Exploration Ltd., Mrs. Israa Al-Habib,

Representative of Public Relations at Schlumberger for Oil

Services in Kuwait, Dr. Jassem Al-Besharah, Manager of

Scientific Culture Department at Kuwait Foundation for Ad-

vancement of Sciences (KFAS), Dr. Andre Makharji, Execu-

tive Manager of International Partnerships in North Western

University, and Dr. Winfred Thomson, President of Ameri-

can University to Kuwait (AUK).

Under the patronage of HE Oil Minister

Kuwait 4th Scientific Exhibition Contest launched

It is noteworthy that this contest has been established in 2008

by ExxonMobil and Kuwait Energy Co. In addition, KFAS

has joined the contest this year as an honorary founder.

Moreover, the winners of the first and second positions in the

contest, which is scheduled to be terminated in March, 2012,

will get the opportunity of joining field training courses in

Schlumberger Co; in addition, they will be given the choice

to select any of the company’s 50 headquarters all over the

world to complete their intensive training program.

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Pursuant to the initiative of HH the

Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-

Jaber Al-Sabah to help the Japanese

nation, which has recently confronted

the tragic disaster of tsunami which

devastated numerous installations

and infrastructures, Kuwait Petro-

leum Corporation (KPC) delivered

the first batch of its donation, which

is estimated to 5 million barrels of

crude oil, to Negashi Refinery that

is affiliated to Japan’s JX Nippon for

Energy. The refining capacity of this

refinery is 340,000 bpd.

On this occasion, the Japanese

government held a celebration, in

honor of CEO of KPC Mr. Farouq

Al-Zanki who was accompanied by

a high level delegation from KPC

including the Managing Director

(MD) of International Marketing

Sector Mr. Nasser Al-Mudhaf, MD

of Administrative and Financial Af-

fairs Mr. Ali Al-Hajeri, DMD of

To help it surmount the losses resulted from tsunami

KPC delivers the first cargo of Kuwait’s oil donations to Japan

International Marketing of Crude

Oil and Light Distillates Sales, MR.

Fahad Al-Nashmi and representa-

tives of KPC Office in Tokyo. Add

to them, Kuwait’s ambassador to Ja-

pan Mr.Abdulrahman Al-Otaibi, Ja-

pan’s former Prime Minister Yukyo

Hatoyama, Chairman of Japanese

Red Cross Tadatero Kono’e and

Minister of, Commerce, Industry

and Economy Yukyo Adano.

On his part, Mr. Farouq Al-Zanki

extended his appreciation and grati-

tude for the Japanese government

particularly Commerce, Industry

and Economy Ministry for holding

such celebration, affirming Japan is

able to surmount all crises and this

has been proved in the way through

which it handled the recent crisis.

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The Employee Engagement Project

team headed by Mrs. Hanaa Al-Sumaie,

Deputy Managing Directors of Admin-

istrative Affairs, commenced applying

the project’s recommendations which

are aimed at reinforcing communica-

tion, the concept of transparency in

addition to increasing awareness about

the Human Resources (HR) policies

and the administrative procedures.

Pursuant to comprehensive study and

questionnaire conducted on the level

of the oil sector, the committee has

stressed the importance of improving

performance, addressing the weakness

of the career link in the oil sector. This

however is to be carried out by focus-

ing on the following three key pivots:

� Career advancement opportunities

(career path and promotion scale).

� Improving communication among all

administrative levels.

� Sharing HR policies and other rel-

evant administrative procedures.

Accordingly, the team has recently

launched and improved SMS system

dubbed “Be the First to Know” for

KPC; as a result, the various duties and

career responsibilities will be available

for KPC personnel as per of transpar-

ency principle.

The management will notify employ-

ees, through this service, of all new

administrative rules and regulations

besides communicating with person-

nel directly.

The firstling of activating such service

was through dispatching an SMS to all

Employee Engagement Project

commences implementation steps

participants regarding the time of re-

leasing the new salary increment. This

service was hailed and applauded by

all personnel.

Furthermore, new initiatives will be

hurled within the coming phase aim-

ing to achieve a unique leap in perfor-

mance, bolster communication chan-

nels among personnel, and improving

the levels of satisfaction.

Held by International Relations Dept

Workshop to initiate mechanism of clean environmentThe International Relations Department

held on October 12, 2011 a workshop in

the auditorium of the oil complex about

initiating the projects of “Clean Envi-

ronment Mechanism” on the system of

capitalistic projects concerning the Ku-

waiti oil sector.

This initiative is stemmed out from Ku-

wait Petroleum Corporation’s (KPC)

keenness to preserve the environment

which is in tune with KPC 2020 strate-

gic directions.

On his part, Mr. Atif Al-Jumaili, Con-

sultant of International Relations, clari-

fied that such workshop is among the

long-term strategic plan which KPC al-

lotted and approved on May 27, 2010 to

manage the emissions of CO2 and other

warm gases. Accordingly, KPC vision

has been framed in such domain.

It is mentioned that KPC plays a pio-

neering role territorially in the activities

of managing gases’ emissions which

cause the phenomenon of thermal oc-

clusion and climate change.

The workshop was attended by a large

number of specialized experts from

KPC and representatives of planning

system from its subsidiaries.

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In association with Thomson Reuters

Int’l Marketing organizes workshop for its staff regarding

its latest applicationsInternational Marketing Sector rep-

resented by Marketing Research De-

partment organized on Wednesday

October 5, 2011 at the oil complex a

workshop in collaboration with US

Thomson Reuters for the sector’s per-

sonnel to let them be acquainted with

the latest technologies of this interna-

tional news agency.

This step is in line with KPC vision

which is aimed to develop the man-

power and develop their career skills.

The workshop, which was attended

by a large number of employees, is

aimed to brief them on “Eikon” pro-

gram which is considered one of the

latest high-tech which the agency has

recently provided its users all over

the world. This technology enables

the browsers to receive international

news and information as fast as possi-

ble particularly International Market-

ing Sector’s employees who under-

take the responsibility of following

up closely the latest developments of

the oil prices and cargos besides other

important related news.

International Marketing Sector at KPC received Chinese

delegation from C 1Energy for Energy on Thursday Octo-

ber 6, 2011 at the complex of the oil sector.

The visit is aimed to boost the bilateral relations between

the two countries, and conduct a presentation about the

industry of oil and refining particularly in China as C 1En-

ergy Company, which was founded over one decade ago,

is one of the most significant agencies specialized in pric-

ing and conducting reports about the industry of oil and

refining in China.

and it receives delegation from C 1Energy Co

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International Marketing Sector rep-

resented by Middle Distillate Depart-

ment hosted a high-level delegation

from Bangladesh Petroleum Corpora-

tion so as to boost mutual cooperation

with huge international oil companies.

Accordingly, Middle Distillate De-

partment headed by Mr. Anwar Al-

Matooq, organized a training course

for the visiting delegation including

workshops inside the various depart-

ments of the International Market-

ing Sector and KPC’s subsidiaries as

well.

On his part, Al-Matooq asserted that

the training program has been con-

ducted for a demand submitted by

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation to

avail of the Kuwaiti experience in oil

industry and recognize the work nature

and mechanism of the International

Marketing Sector. He made clear the

Int’l Marketing Sector hosts it for a week

Delegation from Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation visits KPC

course highlighted the key role which

the sector undertakes to keep Kuwait’s

name high all over the world.

The visiting delegation was escorted

by Team Leader of Middle Distillate

Sales Mr. Abdullatif Al-Mukhaizeem

who confirmed that the visit is con-

sidered an implicit recognition and ap-

preciation for the common and lucra-

tive cooperation between KPC and its

distinguished customers; in addition,

this activity supports the sector’s dili-

gent efforts which are aimed at fortify-

ing KPC’s status internationally.

Market Research Department, presided over by Mrs.

Nagham Al-Omar, organized a farewell celebration on

Sunday October 2, 2011 at the oil complex for Mr. Saud

Al-Khatib on the occasion of ending his duties in the de-

partment and moving to a new position epitomized in Over-

seas Offices Affairs Manager at the office of the Managing

Director of International Marketing Sector.

In her keynote speech, Al-Omar hailed the devoted efforts

exerted by Al-Khatib hoping him success and progress in

his new work.

Meanwhile, Al-Khatib thanked all employees of the de-

partment for their constructive collaboration with him dur-

ing his duties, extending his appreciation particularly for

Al-Omar who unlimitedly supports him and his colleagues.

He further thanked KPC higher administration for the trust

He moves to Overseas Offices Affairs Dept

Market Research says farewell to Al-Khatib

it puts in him through the new designation.

At the end of the celebration, Al-Omar granted Al-Khatib

a memorial plaque as a kind of appreciation for his efforts

put forth in the department.

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The Financial and Administrative

Affairs Sector organized a meet-

ing, on Tuesday October 11, 2011

at the auditorium of the oil com-

plex, for the employees of KPC

and its subsidiaries to let them be

acquainted with its principal ac-

tivities achieved by its various

departments which include Hu-

man Resources (HR) Department,

Information Technology (IT) De-

partment, Service Department and

others.

This step is stemmed out from the

ideology of “Think-K” that KPC

and its various sectors adopt to

highlight the key sectors and their

major activities.

It is said that the first meeting in-

cluded an introductory lecture

about the tasks of Development

and Career Training Sector.

It is worth mentioning that this is

the second meeting out of three

meetings which are scheduled to

be convened within the current fi-

nancial year. The meeting includes

a number of sessions aimed to in-

troduce the various departments of

the sector.

In the same context, another meet-

ing was held on Tuesday October

25, 2011 for the employees of the

oil sector working in upstream in

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Ku-

wait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC)

and Kuwait Foreign Exploration

Company (KUFPEC).

In addition, Planning Sector and

Research, Development, Health,

Safety and Environment Sector or-

ganized a meeting in Habara Cen-

ter in Ahmadi City to throw light on

the ideology of “Think- K” which

is aimed to unify the culture of the

oil sector’s personnel over their

key role they undertake in KPC.

On this occasion, Mr. Bader Al-

Khashti, Managing Director of

Research, Development and HSE

Sector, welcomed the employees

of the sector stressing the impor-

tance of adopting such ideology in

KPC's various sectors as it is aimed

to harmonize the viewpoints of the

oil sector’s departments and for-

tify a unified oil culture among the

various sectors and departments of

KPC and its subsidiaries.

Meanwhile, Mr. Abdullatif Al-

Houti, Managing Director of Plan-

ning, replied to a number of in-

quiries submitted by the sector’s

employees concerning the nature

and mechanism of work inside the

sector as well as its key role in de-

picting the plans of the corporation

and the Kuwaiti oil sector in order

to pave the way to applying KPC

2030 strategy.

It is mentioned that the meeting

was attended by Mr. Sami Al-

Rasheed, Managing Director of

KOC, Mr. Al-Shimmari, Deputy

Managing Director of KUFPEC

and Dr. Mohammed Al-Ramadan,

DMD of KGOC besides a number

of employees from the oil sector.

Resuming “Think-K” ideology

Intensive meetings for KPC various sectors convened

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I n T h i s I s s u e

Hajj is a sublime rite, a system of

worship on its own and a call

by Allah, the Almighty, to His

Muslim people who seek to

forsake their sins. Hajj is an

international Islamic union

located on common land

under one sky to perform

prayer to the only God whom

al entreat His forgiveness and

mercy.

It is a chance to purify the heart

from sins, heal the soul from

spiritual sickness and renew the

covenant with Allah, the Almighty,

to follow the path of obedience and

commitment. Hajj is one of religious

activities in which unity and soli-

darity are revealed among Muslim

people. Moreover, cohesion and col-

laboration are shown since faith is the

only criterion differentiates among

Muslims not money, race or origin.

Hajj importance

Pilgrimage or hajj is the

fifth pillar of Is-

I n T h i s I s s u e

lam. It is a divine concept; accord-

ingly, those who deny this pillar are

considered infidels. Allah, the Al-

mighty, says in His holy book that

hajj is obligatory for Muslim people

who are wise, adult and can afford

the cost of the journey. The prophet

Muhammad (PBUH) said in his “ha-

dith” – speech – that Islam is based

on five pillars:

To testify that there is no god but Al-

lah and Muhammad is his prophet.

To perform prayers.

To give Alms or Al-Zakat.

To fast the holy month of Ramadan.

To perform hajj; yet, this pillar is

obligatory for the Muslim peo-

ple who meet the aforesaid

conditions.

Accelerate perform-

ing hajj

Many of the proph-

et’s hadiths were

mentioned to insti-

gate Muslims to accelerate perform-

ing hajj. However, these hadiths

warn at the same time from lag-

ging the performance of this

obligation. Bin Abbas, may

Allah be pleased with him,

said that the prophet (PBUH)

said, “Hasten performing

hajj as none of you knows

what may descend expectedly

upon him. Also, the prophet

was quoted as saying that the

one who wanted to perform hajj

should hurry performing it as one

can become ill, things may get lost.

Abu Saeed Al-Khodari, one of the

prophet’s followers, said the prophet

said, “Allah says that a Muslim per-

son who has good health and gener-

ous life and stays in these lucrative

conditions without performing hajj is

deprived of great good.”

Superiority of hajj

Abu Horaira, one of the prophet’s fol-

lowers, said the prophet (PBUH) said

three Muslim people are protected by

Allah, the Almighty; a Muslim person

walks for one of Allah’s mosques, a

Muslim goes to conquer for the sake

of Allah and a Muslim leaves for per-

forming hajj. Ibn Masoud said the

prophet (PBUH) said, “Perform hajj

and Omrah – minor hajj – alternately

because they protect Muslim from

poverty and sins exactly as bellows

remove tailings of iron, silver and

gold. In addition, the paradise is the

award of the blessed hajj.

Furthermore, Abu Horaira said, “I

heard the prophet saying that the

The sacred call of hajj to be hurled in few days

Oh! Allah, I am here! At your service.

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Muslim who performs hajj without

committing obscenity or wickedness

returns from hajj without any sins as

if he is newborn.

Conditions of performing hajj

� The person must be Muslim and

sane. It is obligatory condition.

� He should be free and adult.

� He should be able to afford the cost

and burden of the journey financially

and physically. There should not be

any impediment hinders the journey.

� If the pilgrim is woman, she must

be accompanied by unmarriageable

person.

Kinds of hajj’s rites

There are three kinds of hajj:

Karin: It is meant that the pilgrim

intends to perform Omrah and hajj

at the same time. When the pilgrim

reaches Mecca and circumambulates

the Kaaba, he keeps “Ihram” until

finishing the rites of hajj and Omrah.

Motamate’: It is meant that the pil-

grim intends to perform Omrah dur-

ing the months of hajj provided hajj

should be performed in the same year.

In this case, the pilgrim has to call the

slogan “I am here! At your service”

during the months of hajj for per-

forming Omrah provided the pilgrim

has to perform it in the same year.

when he finishes performing Om-

rah, the pilgrim can get his hair cut,

dressed in clothes and he is accessed

to all things which were banned dur-

ing “Ihram”. On “Tarwiyah Day” –

the 8th day of Thul Hejja month – the

pilgrim should start performing the

rites of hajj. Thus, if he commenced

“Ihram” in Ramadan for Omrah from

“Meqat” – a place from where the

pilgrim starts his Ihram – and com-

pleted its rites in Shawal, he is not

then considered “Motamate’ because

it is stipulated to be dressed in Ihram

for Omrah during the months of hajj.

Mofrad: It is meant that the pilgrim

intends to perform hajj only at Meqat

and he keeps dressed in Ihram until

he finishes the rites of hajj.

Aishya, Mother of Faith may Allah be

pleased with her, was quoted as say-

ing, “We accompanied our prophet

(PBUH) to perform hajj; consequent-

ly, some of us started performing

Omrah, some others started perform-

ing hajj and Omrah and others started

performing hajj.”

Pillars of hajj

1- Ihram: It includes the intention of

commencing the rites of hajj

or Omrah.

2- Standing upon Afarat

Mountain.

3- Circumambulating the

Kaaba which is called

“Tawaf Al-Efadhah”.

4- Walking the distance

repeatedly seven times

between Safa and Marwa

Mountains.

Duties of hajj

1- Ihram must be at

“Meqat”.

2- To stay overnight in

Al-Mozdalifa – a place

in Mecca. Some reli-

gious jurisprudents al-

low children, women

and weak people to

leave after midnight

or one hour after mid-

night. However, Sun-

na says the pilgrim

can wait until per-

forming the dawn.

The obligation of staying overnight

at Mozdalifa is cancelled due to an

excuse such as weakness, fear, con-

gestion, illness or missing the gather-

ing.

3- Staying overnight at Mena for pil-

grims who do not have excuses.

4- Throwing firebrands

5- Getting hair cut

6- Farewell circumambulation. It is

not obligatory for the menstruous

woman.

Sunna

All actions or speeches which the did

or prophet said about hajj are consid-

ered sunna.

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Training and Career Development

Sector, headed by Managing Direc-

tor Sheikha Shatha Nasser Al-Sa-

bah, organized an intensive training

course starts in October until De-

cember, 2011.

This initiative is in line with KPC

policy which is aimed to pay special

concern to the newly-recruited em-

ployees.

The 3-month training course in-

cludes a number of programs aimed

to develop this group’s abilities.

These programs includes Health,

Safety and Environment (HSE) pro-

grams and a number of specialized

To rehabilitate them properly

Intensive training course held for newly-recruited staff

administrative and technical pro-

grams besides organizing field visits

to some oil companies and fields to

follow closely the nature of work in

the oil sector.

On his part, Mr. Abdullatif Al-Hou-

ti, Manager of Planning and Career

Development, hailed the program

which has lucrative contents, stress-

ing the importance of providing the

appropriate atmosphere to avail as

much as possible of such programs.

He revealed that a final assessment

will be conducted at the end of the

program to develop it.

It is mentioned that the participants

agreed unanimously at the impor-

tance of the course due to the bene-

fits expected from it. They expressed

their admiration with the way of ex-

ecuting the program extending at the

same time their appreciation for the

Training and Career Development

Sector.

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P a r t i c i p a t i o n s

After the studies of the industrial

psychology disclosed that it is not

possible to motivate an individual to

work efficeintly without a motif, the

issue of motivation began to be spot-

lighted intensively.

New plans and proper organization

do not mean that the individuals or

personnel will sponetaneously per-

form their duties in an efficient man-

ner. Thus, it is a problem to make

them work enthusiastically; however,

this problem can be treated through

motivation.

Definitely, it is important for an in-

dividual to be able to work; yet, the

Motivation…spur for

human excellence

most important thing for him is to

be enthusiastic to perform work or

duty.

Inlets of motivation

Several experiences have proved that

motivating laborers cannot only be

done through meeting their econom-

ic needs as they can be motivated

through meeting their psychological

and social needs too. The manage-

ment is in error if it thinks that the

inlet of financial compensations is

enough to guarantee loyalty and

satisfaction of employees. It com-

mits another mistake if it provides a

program of social services to moti-

vate employees before it allots a fair

structure for fees to meet firstly their

physiological needs.

Positive and negative motivation

There are two key kinds of motiva-

tion; the first is the positive motiva-

tion and the second is the negative

motivation. The positive motivation

is aimed to increase and improve

productivity and production through

encouragement and awards that urge

the individual to behave a certain be-

havior which the higher administra-

tion is interested in.

The negative motivation seeks to in-

fluence the laborers’ behavior through

applying the principle of penalty and

intimidation through threatening per-

sonnel to apply disciplinary penalties

such as cutting from the salary, de-

priving the employee of incentive or

promotion.

Although the negative motivation

can achieve higher level of produc-

tivity within the short-term; yet, it is

accompanied with a severe decline in

the employees’ spirits, the matter will

be reflected on other behaviors such

as being absent from work and pro-

voking hindrances at work besides

the inappropriate work atmosphere

yielded from resentment and com-

plaints submitted by workers. This

will lead to decreasing production on

the long run. This means that lead-

ers who depend on the second kind

of motivation will get rapid result;

yet it is limited and temporary. Yet,

the positive motivation increases the

rates productivity on the long-run.

Applying the systems of promotions

and connecting the periodical incen-

tives with achieving goals, letting la-

borers share the profits and upgrad-

ing the efficient and distinguished

ones regardless of seniority are the

most prominent patterns of positive

motivation.

Administrative Skills

By Ibrahim Awadh

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The United Nations Framework

Convention Climate Change (UN-

FCCC), which was approved in

1992 and came into effect in 1994,

is aimed to preserve certain level of

gases contaminate the atmosphere.

It is tasked with keeping the lev-

els of 1990 through obligating the

countries which cause such gases

to control these emissions and allot

policies help achieve this goal.

It is worth mentioning that over 191

countries endorsed this covenant on

top of which Kuwait that is tasked,

through this participation, with con-

firming the pioneering role which

KPC plays through its membership

in the national committee of follow-

ing UNFCCC activitites as well as

participating in negotiations held in

this regard to achieve lucrative in-

terests for the Kuwaiti oil sector.

Accordingly, Kuwait has legally to

be committed to the convention; yet,

it should cope at the same time with

the latest international developments

environmentally.

Among the most important require-

ments of this convention is to con-

fine and inventory data related to the

emissions of warm gases besides the

ways of controlling them. It is also

necessary to allot appropriate en-

vironmental policies in addition to

studying the impacts of these emis-

sions through the so-called Initial

National Communication project.

The mission of gearing up this proj-

ect has been decided to be achieved

by national proficient personnel

from the country’s various institu-

tions and authorities.

These personnel are divided into

four teams; the first team, which is

in charge of inventorying the emis-

sions of warm gases, is headed by

Mr. Jamal Al-Sanosi, Team Leader

of International Relations at KPC.

To keep continuity and recuperate specialized base

Al-Sanosi: Kuwait’s Initial National Communication

issued by efficient national personnel

Meanwhile, the second team is head-

ed by Dr. Abdullatif bin Nakhi from

Public Authority for Applied Educa-

tion and Training (PAAET) and its

membership includes Eng. Haitham

Al-Ali, who represents Ministry of

Electricity and Water (MEW), Mrs.

Fathiyah Akrouf, Mrs. Hanan Malal-

lah and Mrs. Fatima Taher who rep-

resent Environment Public Author-

ity (EPA), Eng. Yacoub Al-Ma’touq

from Social Affairs and Labor Min-

istry, Dr. Fatima Al-Shatti and Mrs.

Rasha Ma’rafi, who represent KPC

and Eng. Mohammed Jamal who

represents Public Authority for Ag-

ricultural Affairs and Fish Resources

(PAAAFR).

In this context, Al-Sanosi expected

the period of gearing up this project

will take 12 months approximately

out of which 3-6 months are allotted

the phase of inventorying the gases,

which is considered the infrastruc-

ture of the project, will be executed.

As per the participation of the nation-

al efficient personnel in this project,

he stressed this step is aimed to de-

velop proficient national personnel

able to prepare constantly such ini-

tial national communications which

are conducted periodically every six

years. In addition, this step is also

aimed to found a dependable wide-

spread base specialized in such issue

which serves at the end the interests

of the State of Kuwait.

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O i l C u l t u r e

In this issue of KPC Newsletter, we

will throw light on the geophysi-

cal surveys, which are conducted

by geologists to image the bot-

tom of the earth as it is considered

one of the most important ways of

searching for and exploring oil due

to its capabilities used in imaging

the layers and constructions of the

earth.

The seismic ways of the geophysi-

cal survey depend focally on the

elastic waves which move among

the various rocks with different

velocity. These waves are gener-

ated at certain spot. However, the

time in which the energy refracted

or reflected from the surfaces of

substances, is calculated. This pro-

cedure eases the way of identifying

the locations of the buried sub-

stances which are to be exploded.

Consequently, the seismic ways

excelled the other ways in terms of

the data they provide in this regard

particularly if these data are han-

dled and interpreted appropriately.

Among the ways of generating

seismic waves is to place dynamite

inside the well of explosion.

Additionally, researchers tried dili-

gently to follow other ways to get

seismic waves such as dropping

weight of using electrodynamics

shakings; yet, it was useless since

the energy produced from such

ways is not enough to achieve such

process. As a result, scientists ap-

proved the way of explosion as key

method.

It is possible now to classify the re-

sources of the seismic waves into

the following items:

1- Chemical solid explosives such

as dynamite, aqua sis, flexotri, pri-

macord and maxi pulse.

2- Resources of compressed air

such as seimoject par and terrapak.

3- Resources of power which de-

pend basically on sudden move-

ment of a piston or transducer or

boomer, the sonoprobe or the spark

array.

4- Gas exploders such as acqua-

pules , dinoseis and delta pulse.

5- Resources of mechanical im-

pulse or hummar.

6- Implosive resources such as the

hydroseis.

7- Vibratory resources such as the

vibroseis.

It is mentioned that the way of the

vibratory resources is classified

independently; whereas the other

ways yield sudden and short tra-

ditional pulses; however, selecting

the way depends on the require-

ments of operation to fulfill suc-

cessfully the seismic surveys.

It is distinguished with high-tech capabilities

Geophysical survey

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