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Log 4 Our record of the company’s news from around the globe Features 8 RAPID delivery 24 42 8 Not just a huge project for Malaysia, United Kingdom Algeria Malaysia but a hugely complex one for Petrofac ‘Preparing for ‘The single longest ‘It is truly an 16 Credit where it is due decommissioning supermartensitic historic project’ Meet Group Treasurer and Head of isn’t business stainless steel Tax, Afonso Reis e Sousa, the man as usual’ pipeline in the world’ who looks after the company’s cash 20 Major export How one of the Gulf’s biggest facilities handles half of Iraq’s crude oil exports 24 We have lift-off The dramatic removal of a North Sea platform’s surface installation 30 Back to the shop floor An HSSE initiative is sending corporate advisors back to the sites they regulate 36 Constructive thinking The logistical challenges of a giant Kuwait refinery project 42 Well connected A new pipeline in Algeria has employed innovative materials and techniques 44 I always carry… A prized, inherited Parker 75 fountain pen People 46 Meet some of the Petrofac people around the world Cover An aerial shot of the RAPID project, Malaysia. Photograph by Ian Teh Feature article: Back To The Shop Floor Donning workwear, an Head Office HSSE executive goes on site in Saudi Arabia See page 30 7 Oman ‘Our roadshow reinforced our commitment to increasing ContributorsPetrofacts In-Country value ’

Christophe Viseux Paul Keers Peter Halliday Ian Teh The Petrofac editorial Editor Photographer Writer Writer Photographer team is responding to the Ann Whatley operating environment Assistant Editors Christophe is based Launch Editor of Peter has written Ian’s work has by publishing two Jennie Saywell in Dubai. His work GQ in the UK, for clients including been featured editions this year; Laura Cook has been in the Paul both writes Ford, Visa and in Time and contact petrofacts. Art Direction 4 36 [email protected] Esterson Associates New York Times and edits widely Western Union Newsweek with comments or Picture Editor Turkey Kuwait contributions. Millie Simpson ‘The project is ‘This will be Every employee should Consultant Editor Petrofac’s first among the receive a copy; contact Paul Keers in Turkey ’ world’s top five petrofacts.distribution@ Printed by petrofac.com if you’d like www.push-print.com refineries by to receive a copy output ’

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FIRSTGASAT KHAZZAN

Our client BP announced production has begun from the giant Khazzan gas field in Oman, which is operated in partnership with Oman Oil Company Exploration and Production, and is BP’s largest start-up of 2017. In 2014, Petrofac was awarded a contract worth around US$1.4 billion to deliver the engineering, procurement and construction of the central processing facility (CPF). One of five mega- projects we have underway in Oman, the Khazzan gas field’s CPF was delivered to a tight timescale; at one point Petrofac’s engineers produced more than 350 isometric drawings a week. WORK TO BEGIN IN DUQM Petrofac will be working on the utilities and offsites at the Duqm Refinery in Oman SALALAH SUPPLIER ROADSHOW A roadshow in Oman attracts more than 100 local companies, demonstrating Petrofac’s commitment to the area Petrofac, in a 50/50 joint engineering, procurement, Engineering & Construction, relationship with DRPIC.” venture with Samsung construction, commissioning, said: “This significant project Duqm has been designated Petrofac’s Salalah supplier signed a contract worth close factor of projects in Oman. the aim of supporting the local Engineering, has received training and start-up represents our twelfth in the Oman’s next industrial centre, roadshow, held in September, to US$600 million for the More than 100 companies community and optimising notification of intent to award a operations for all the utilities country and serves to reinforce to be known as the Duqm reinforced our commitment to engineering, procurement and with a presence in the region local content, particularly contract worth approximately and offsites at Duqm. Petrofac’s commitment to one Special Economic Zone, increasing In-Country Value in construction of the Salalah attended the roadshow and SMEs which will be crucial to US$2 billion with Duqm The development, which is a of our core markets. with investments of up to Oman by engaging local LPG extraction project. showcased their services to the project’s delivery. Refinery and Petrochemical strategic investment for the “It’s a valuable opportunity US$15 billion earmarked for contractors, employing and In-Country Value aims to our Salalah LPG Extraction His Excellency Sheikh Salim Industries LLC (DRPIC) in the Sultanate of Oman, occupies for us to continue to increase petrochemicals and training local people, and benefit local development, project team. bin Aufait Al Shanfari, Chairman southern part of Oman. more than 2,000 acres. When In-Country Value through infrastructure development procuring goods locally. contribute to human capability, Salalah LPG Company of Dhofar Municipality and Work on the 47-month project completed, it will have a refining engaging with the local supply over the next 15 years. Earlier this year, Petrofac and stimulate productivity in representatives and other local Chairman of the Municipal will commence shortly, subject capacity of approximately chain and recruitment of local The Duqm Special E&C Oman LLC(PECOL) the economy, and is a major authorities participated, with Council, opened the event. to financial closure and full 230,000 BOPD. It is expected resources. Economic Zone will be one of notice to proceed from DRPIC. to be operational by 2021. “We are looking forward to the largest developments of its EPS West won two Project Delivery Petrofac’s and Samsung’s E Sathyanarayanan, Group working with Samsung on this kind in the Middle East and PETROFAC WINS TWO ENERGY awards at the Energy Coordinator, Daniel Gear scope of work includes Managing Director, Petrofac project and growing our North Africa. INDUSTRIES COUNCIL AWARDS Industries Council was awarded the first ever Awards, which celebrate Rising Star MBA. To read Sakhalin Island, Russia Kıyıköy, Turkey Halfaya Contract Area, Iraq the work of UK companies more about Daniel and his NEW Sakhalin Energy Investment South Stream Transport B.V., Petrofac has been awarded in the energy supply win, see the ‘People’ CONTRACTS Company Ltd (Sakhalin Energy) a wholly-owned subsidiary of a five-year Project chain. section on page 47. INBRIEF has awarded Petrofac a contract GAZPROM, has awarded an Management Consultancy The Southern North Sea David Blackburn, Senior worth more than US$700 million Engineering, Procurement and contract in Iraq worth (SNS) operations team Vice President, EPS West, for its onshore processing Construction (EPC) contract to US$30 million. wonwo the Collaboration said: “These are both facility on Sakhalin Island. Petrofac for the development Awarded by PetroChina award, in recognition of significant achievements, The project has a lump-sum of onshore pipelines and a gas International Iraq FZE for the team’s efforts to drive and we should be proud engineering, procurement and receiving terminal near Kıyıköy the Halfaya Contract synergies in cost and of Daniel and our offshore fabrication component, in Turkey. Valued at €340 Area in southern Iraq, the efficiency by integrating SNS team. and a reimbursable element for million, the project is Petrofac’s contract builds upon logistics and people “Our successes at the construction and site services. first in Turkey and will be Petrofac’s long track management across two EIC Awards demonstrate It will be Petrofac’s tenth undertaken by its EPCm record of working in of our Duty Holder just how exceptional our project in Russia. business. the region. contracts. people can be.”

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AWARD-WINNING ENERGY REDUCTION IN SHARJAH Savings by the Petrofac facilities management team have won them a 2017 Energy Management Award DEMYSTIFYING EPCm The Petrofac facilities adapt the operation of the turning on in unnecessary a journey to its current place. One of the things that makes Petrofac different is the spectrum of delivery models which we management team in Sharjah systems in order to achieve areas, and repairing openings Annually I set Basil and his team can offer in Engineering Procurement and Construction has achieved a 50% reduction optimal energy use. through which cool air was the challenge to improve, in energy costs over the past Other efforts to reduce the leaking out. and every year they have few years, earning them an energy consumption included Jean Chidiac, Senior Vice delivered, culminating in this With a track record of around award for energy reprogramming the timings of President, Human Resources high energy saving. Not only 200 engineering, procurement management. automatic lighting and and Administration, said: is it good for the environment, and construction (EPC) Johnson Controls, who electrical equipment, rewiring “Our building and energy but it represents huge cost projects, Petrofac has a wealth provide the air conditioning circuits to avoid the lights management has been on savings too.” of experience in designing, and other building services building and commissioning oil for our two towers in and gas plants. Sharjah, awarded the For the past two years, we Sharjah facilities have been growing our EPCm management team their offering, which marries our 2017 Energy Management engineering and technical Award. capabilities with a range of The team achieved a 49% more flexible commercial reduction in energy costs at models that suit the individual the end of 2016, compared requirements – and risk RT

to the ‘base year’ of 2009. appetites – of our clients. EA According to Basil What makes Petrofac /H Ahmed, Manager, Building different, as an EPCm provider, Facilities,the team used is our ability to take on more of

analysis tools to monitor the the risk profile on behalf of the SHONAGH RAE inputs and outputs of the client. Our spectrum of entire heating, ventilation commercial models ranges To look at how and when we construction management is an alternative model. and air conditioning from fully reimbursable apply each of these approaches, support. This is our approach This is the approach that systems, and were able to through to lump-sum turnkey, we must first assess the factors with PDO in Oman and with we’ve taken recently for an depending on what our clients influencing a client in selecting Sakhalin Energy. We have also onshore receiving station want and need. an EPC delivery model. executed a number of past project in Turkey, and the WHAT DOES ‘QUALITY’ MEAN? SHARING OUR STRATEGY This approach enables us to contracts on this basis. Khazzan CPF project in Oman provide tailored EPC solutions Fully Reimbursable If a for BP. At Petrofac, quality is with Nigel Paton who, until Petrofac’s strategy has been wins in Russia and Turkey.” that serve both ends of the client chooses to manage the Transferring the risk Lump-sum turnkey When everyone’s business. Within his recent retirement, was put in the spotlight at a series Jon said employees are keen market, and it sets Petrofac risks, and wants a granular level If clients are focused on clients want to transfer the risk our lump-sum E&C business, Executive Vice President, of information sharing to ask questions about the apart from other, purely of visibility and overall control, accelerating their project fully to the contractor and to and our EPS East and EPCm Assurance, and who chose sessions, to help increase strategy, which has three key reimbursable service then a fully reimbursable schedule but also want the achieve clarity of cost and businesses, we use the the overall winner. awareness around the themes: focusing on the core, providers. ‘services’ model may be used. contractor to hold the single schedule from the outset, framework of ISO 9001:2015, “It’s great that so many company’s five year plans. delivering organic growth, and To understand this better, we This is the way in which we point of accountability for they are likely to select the which sets the minimum people took the time to Hosted by Jon Carpenter, reducing capital intensity. set out to ‘demystify’ EPCm, approach our delivery for the Al managing the risk profile, the lump-sum turnky e method. requirements for a quality articulate their thoughts on Group Head of Strategy, the These have been evident in our and lift the lid on how Petrofac Taweelah project in Abu Dhabi. project must be well defined This is an ideal solution for management system. quality,” said Nigel. “It needs sessions are in response to external communications, and is bringing together the very EP+CM Services Some from the outset. Lack of well-defined projects, as Although all of our to be front of mind for us all.” employees wanting to know internally through channels like best of its capabilities to adapt clients prefer a commercial definition may result in inaccurate evidenced by the hundreds of employees hold personal Congratulations to Murali more about our strategy and the Business Brief. to an ever-changing market model that is KPI-led. This prediction of materials and lump-sum turnkey projects beliefs around the concept of Thankavel, Senior Advisor plan for the future. “This strategy is right for this and delive ring for clients’ incentivises the contractor via costs, and also a less mature we’ve completed in the last quality, they should represent HSSE at our GC29 Project “The feedback from moment in time, given where individual needs. dedicated performance level of risk assessment and three decades. a common goal: to optimise in Kuwait, who took home Petrovoices in 2016 was that we are and the market is now, Our technical approach to targets in key areas, and mitigation. In these instances, value for Per t ofac’s customers, the prize of a GoPro Hero5. employees want to learn more and positions us for the future. projects across Petrofac is the fosters greater alignment a fully lump-sum turnkey option The right approach without compromising quality This is the definition about our strategy, and where We are also looking at medium- same, and each project will between client and contractor. may not be the right approach This is the benefit of having and integrity. which Murali (left) the company is going, so we to long-term market dynamics, result in the delivery of a This model also allows clients if schedule and price can’t be an EPCm and lump-sum So ahead of World shared with us: are ‘setting the stall out’ both and how to position the world-class facility. to leverage Petrofac’s ‘locked in’ with confidence turnkey capability within Quality Day in November “Customers define internally and externally,” he said. company to take advantage In EPCm, we use our procurement capabilities; we from the start. Petrofac. It creates flexibility 2017, the E&C team held quality. It’s when the “Since late 2016, our direction of new, interesting market inherent engineering and purchase on their behalf, and Convertible lump-sum in our solutions and brings a competition in order product being has been clear, and we took the sectors, like waste-to-energy procurement capabilities, share savings with them. Our For Petrofac, being able to together the best of our to explore what quality delivered, or opportunity with our interim and offshore wind.” support this with an absolute Engineering, Procurement and progress with a client on a capabilities to adapt to an means to Petrofac service being results in August to lay out our Held so far in Sharjah focus on delivery, and provide a Construction Management reimbursable basis at the ever-changing market, ensuring employees. performed, strategy explicitly. It’s also and London, Jon aims to commercial framework which (EP+CM) services model gives outset, then converting to that we have the right In total, 316 people exceeds their encouraging to see evidence of deliver sessions regularly is aligned to the specific needs the client full control of lump-sum at an agreed stage, approach to meet each shared their definitions, expectations.” its execution with recent project across Petrofac. of the client. construction and we provide when risks are better defined, client’s needs

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Log_11revise.indd 6 07/11/2017 12:34 Log_10PK.indd 7 03/11/2017 15:56 RAPID NORMAL DELIVERY Alongside 26 other main contractors, Petrofac has been working on the giant RAPID project in Malaysia. But despite the complexities, as Peter Halliday discovers, Petrofac has delivered on its commitments to the welfare and safety of the workforce. Photography by Ian Teh

‘The essential form of the bicycle has always remained the same… but its function is constantly being optimised,’ says Dave Blackburn

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Malaysia11PK.indd 8 02/11/2017 17:46 Malaysia11PK.indd 9 02/11/2017 17:46 For a company like Petrofac, in turn, is part of the very much “There’s a healthy sense Drone photography there’s no such thing as an larger Pengerang Integrated of competition among the from above (right) ordinary project. They all have Complex (PIC). different players, with everyone gives some sense of the size and their own particular quirks and When it is complete, the vying to be the quickest, and complexity of work characteristics. But the RAPID PIC will in turn be part of the the safest, and the most within the RAPID project in Peninsular Malaysia is Pengerang Integrated proficient. But there’s also a project – which in perhaps more out-of-the- Petroleum Complex (PIPC), healthy level of partnership and its turn is part of ordinary than most. the biggest petroleum and cooperation. We spend a lot of the even larger Announced in 2014, and petrochemical hub in all of Asia. time in each other’s company, Pengerang Integrated Complex valued at around US$500 The 6,242 acre site will include and watch carefully what million, this Engineering oil refineries, naphtha crackers, everyone else is doing. As a Procurement Construction petrochemical plants, a result, we learn from them, they and Commissioning (EPCC) liquefied natural gas import learn from us, and best practice contract is part of the Refinery terminal and a regasification gets progressively better.” and Petrochemicals Integrated plant. At a total cost of around The scale also means that Development (hence RAPID), US$27 billion, it represents a all of the different facets of the located in Johor, Malaysia. major strategic investment for project need to be carefully Awarded by PRPC Refinery Malaysia, lifting the capability of choreographed, as Project and Cracker Sdn Bhd, a the country’s oil and gas sector, Director Sardana YK describes. subsidiary of PETRONAS, and producing a range of “The best sense you get of the it includes three sulphur high-value, high-demand scale and complexity comes recovery units, two amine products and by-products, early in the morning, when regeneration units, two sour such as commodities, 60,000 people are all fed and water-stripping units, a liquid differentiated and specialty watered, and moved from their sulphur storage unit, and a petrochemicals. accommodation blocks to their sulphur solidification package respective workplaces. Fleets unit. And, as with every A sense of scale of airport-style buses are on the Malaysian contract, local With 60,000 construction move, carrying hundreds of content is a key consideration. workers on site, the people at a time, and getting So, what’s so unconventional accommodation facilities alone everyone to their destination by about this? stretch across more than 500 6.30am. To me, it typifies the On the surface, the project is acres. Around 1.8 million cubic sheer scale of the project and not unusually large; it is one of metres of concrete are being the number of moving parts.” several refinery contracts now poured, enough to build another As you speak to other underway; it is in a country nine PETRONAS Twin Tower members of the project team, where the company already developments. And, at a this sense of being part of has deep roots; and, this being combined length of more than something momentous and Per t ofac, local delivery is a 20,000 kilometres, the electrical historic comes up time and time given. So, surely, this is an and instrumentation cables are again. As Quality Manager, entirely ordinary, completely the equivalent of the distance Lokman Bin Zakaria puts it: conventional Petrofac from North to South Pole. “I have never worked on assignment? This means that the Petrofac anything of this scale before. If we dig a little below the team is just one cog in a very It is truly an historic project, surface, we soon see that this is big, very busy, very complex and I feel proud to be a far from the case. machine. The company works part of it.” Working in a alongside 26 other main tropical region A major investment contractors, as well as scores Strategic significance means ensuring Although sizeable in its own of subcontractors, which As well as being strategically health and safety where hot, dry right, the Petrofac project is creates an interesting dynamic. significant for Malaysia and conditions (below) part of the somewhat larger As Executive Vice President, its economy, RAPID is also are transformed RAPID development which, Murugan Pitchai explains: strategically significant for daily by rainstorms.

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Malaysia11PK.indd 12 03/11/2017 13:31 Malaysia11PK.indd 13 02/11/2017 17:47 Petrofac. It may not be the Built by Petrofac onshore project, and operating Wi-Fi, a shop, a prayer room obvious sense of pride by both Petrofac and Most of the contractors on sequentially. And, as a result, company’s only refining for the workers, onshore in Malaysia is entirely and even an ATM.” amongst the leadership team. PETRONAS. If you work by the the wider PIC project have the work could be accelerated. project, but it was one of the the accommodation different from operatn i g Around 1,800 people live in Similarly, Petrofac enjoys a book, there is little scope for turned to foreign The change in approach has and utilities very first to be awarded, and facility (top left) onshore in the Petrofac the workers’ accomodation stellar safety record. At the mishaps, even on a large site subcontractors, where they been a big success. According builds our downstream incorporates two heartlands of the Middle East and utilities facility in seven time of writing, the team had like this, with so many different tend to use up their allowable to Construction Superintendent credentials. This, in turn, helps dining halls (top and North Africa. As Murugan four-storey blocks, together clocked up more than 6.8 people and languages.” quoo ta of f reign nationals. Norazam Bin Urif: “It is a busy Petrofac to become a more right and opposite), explains: “This is a tropical with two recreation halls, two million man-hours without a Petrofac, however, has adopted and congested site, which diversified business, and a shop (above left) region, and we get tropical dining halls, a utilities centre, single Lost Time Incident (LTI), Local delivery a very different approach. needs to be managed very extend its core strengths in oil and even a barber rainstorms almost every day. and a sport s complex. and had received HSSE Another accolade for Petrofac Based on its knowledge of carefully, but the progress has (above right). fields and processing facilities Workers sleep in With all the mud and moisture, Also, a workers grievance awards from PETRONAS on is the company’s commitment the local supply chain, the been strong. At the time of to adjacent sectors such as four-storey blocks that creates very challenging management procedure has three separate occasions. to local delivery. company has chosen to work writing, around 80% of the refining and petrochemicals. (opposite bottom) conditions, brings extra been implemented, to ensure Safety Manager Jaiha As is the case on most exclusively with locally-based construction work had been Playing a key role in a large, complexity, and has a big that any concerns that workers Tarsono puts this down to projects in most countries, the subcontractors and has helped completed, and there was a prestigious project like RAPID, impact on health and safety.” may have can be aired and managing the basics: “My job client has set down some them to source, recruit and clear target to achieve in with a refining capacity of addressed. is to ensure that we work in mandatory requirements for train a high proportion of excess of 90% by the year-end. 300,000 barrels a day, Workers’ welfare To keep the standards high, compliance with the law and the proportion of local people Malaysian workers. The focus of the project is strengthens the case. And this Another thing that marks the the entire workers’ follow the standards set down on the workforce. therefore beginning to shift weight of responsibility is project out as something accommodation and utilities Determination to deliver from construction to systems clearly on the mind of the special is its visible commitment facility is independently Of course, it hasn’t always completion.” project team. “Clients judge us to workers’ welfare, and this is audited on a regular basis, and been plain sailing on the Murugan concludes, on our past performance. By exemplified in the quality of the judged against the stringent RAPID project. “It’s a case of so-far-so-good, showing we can deliver on this Petrofac-built onsite criteria set out by PETRONAS, Back in the second quarter but we’re not done yet. project, we are better placed accommodation. across things like cleanliness, of 2017, progress was slower “The final stages of any for more refining projects in the As Sardana, a 16-year hygiene and comfort. Petrofac than anticipated as a result of project tend to be the most future. It becomes a virtuous Petrofac veteran puts it: was the first EPCC contractor a number of value engineering critical, so you can’t look back circle,” explains Sardana. “I have stayed in many workers’ on the site to receive a factors proposed across PIC. on past achievements, you accommodation facilities on Focused Recognition Award in In order to gain construction have to stay focused on the Unusual in its geography many projects, and have never respect of its workers’ welfare momentum, the decision was remaining challenges. Of course, Petrofac has been seen anything quite like this. and workers’ accommodation made to appoint additional Everyone here is looking at how active in Malaysia for more “The quality of the and utilities facility and was subcontractors. Although this to deliver a quality project to the than a decade, so the accommodation is quite also the first EPCC contractor would bring yet more complexity, client on time, within budget company is no stranger to the exceptional. We provide a full to achieve the highest camp it would mean that many of the and safely. That determination local environment. Even so, range of services, including rating across the entire PIC key tasks could be handled to deliver is what makes me RAPID was the first major sports and leisure facilities, development; creating an simultaneously rather than proudest of all.”

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Malaysia11PK.indd 14 02/11/2017 17:47 Malaysia11PK.indd 15 02/11/2017 17:48 CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE Group Treasurer and Head of Tax Afonso Reis e Sousa looks after Petrofac’s cash, funding and tax affairs around the world, and watches the credit ratings and interest rates which affect the company. Interview by Angela Jameson. Portrait by Philip Sayer

‘The essential form of the bicycle has always remained the same… but its function is constantly being optimised,’ says Dave Blackburn

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Afonso06PK.indd 16 07/11/2017 08:59 Afonso06PK.indd 17 02/11/2017 16:53 The career path from directing episodes lower its borrowings – and the interest of a popular TV police drama series to it pays on them. heading up the treasury and tax functions Afonso describes the exercise that is at Petrofac is not immediately obvious. going on across the company as like But the more you talk to Afonso Reis e collecting all the money that is left around Sousa, the more you realise that the skills your house and in various bank accounts that took him into writing and directing for and even in the piggy bank, in order to offset film and TV as a younger man are just as the mortgage. helpful keeping Petrofac’s treasury “Everyone in our finance function is running smoothly. involved in this to some extent.A huge part A company’s treasury team is of working capital management is making responsible for making sure that the right sure that we invoice and collect payments money gets to the right place in the right on time. The global cash management currency at the right time. You could project is a complementary initiative,” think about it like good financial he explains. housekeeping, but good communication “Higher interest rates will have an skills are also crucial. impact on our costs, but our strategy is to reduce our capital intensity and so the level of borrowings will come down in the ‘Here you have medium-term,” Afonso says. ownership of the Afonso first came to the UK as a schoolboy, eager to learn amongst the decisions you make international students of Atlantic College, and the ability to the school started in South Wales by German educationalist, Kurt Hahn. act on them’ At university, Afonso studied economics and finance and then joined Morgan Grenfell to work in project finance. It appealed to him because it was about financing ta ngible things – airports, power stations, bridges, accommodation, motorways – that would ultimately make a difference to people’s lives. However, uncertain whether banking “The Chief Financial Officer looks after really was the career for him, Afonso Petrofac’s ability to raise finance at the Petrofac is paid in Kuwaiti Dinars. the profits, I look after the cash and spent three years in the late 1990s trying Afonso is responsible most competitive cost. Asked if it keeps Some contracts will also have an liquidity,” says Afonso. the freelance writer and director’s life. for all the banking him awake at night, Afonso says: “It doesn’t element of local currency revenues, which As Group Treasurer Afonso is He directed two episodes of The Bill, make me feel good, but our role is not to are used primarily to meet local costs in responsible for all the banking relationships the long-running UK police drama, and relationships the paint a false picture. the same currency. the group has, with more than 20 banks. a feature film called Holding On, before group has, with more “We choose to deal with all of our Treasury and Tax has teams spread The Portuguese former investment banker eventually returning to banking. stakeholders as fairly and as around the globe, meaning that Afonso has also deals with the two rating agencies In 2012 he decided that after years of than 20 banks straightforwardly as we can, and that to travel frequently, with a week a month that rate Petrofac’s credit – essential if it being an advisor to companies, he wanted involves sharing bad news as well as spent in Sharjah, where six of his Treasury is to continue borrowing money in the to be at the coalface. He joined Petrofac as good news. In the long run, that approach team are based. bond mr a kets. Group Head of Structured Finance. In 2014 and degree of transparency pays The Tax team is also dispersed. “We set Afonso is also responsible for the he was promoted to Group Treasurer and dividends. the tone and provide advice to the tax guarantees that Petrofac issues each time in 2016 given the extra role of Head of Tax. “A tangible example was the successful offices around the world, but the reporting it agrees a large contract of work for a Leaving banking was a natural extension of the loans that were about to and compliance work is at the business client, and which total US$5 billion at present. progression, but it also followed some mature in August, notwithstanding the unit level. Group Tax focuses on those And if that were not enough, Afonso is frustration. “As an advisor you have a degree credit rating downgrade,” he adds. areas that have to be coordinated centrally, also Head of Tax at Petrofac. of experience but clients don’t always follow such as consolidated reporting or roll out Relationships are at the heart of Afonso’s your advice. One of the reasons that I came Global currency of new initiatives.” job. He has to keep lots of external people into this industry was because here you At least Brexit is not causing too many He is also clear that Petrofac is not on side – banks, rating agencies and have ownership of the decisions you make difficulties for the Group Treasurer. seeking to minimise its tax liability, tax authorities. and the ability to act on them,” he says. While many UK companies have been wherever it operates. “Our job is to pay the He also needs to work with clients who Of course there are still frustrations, struggling with the weakness in sterling, right amount of tax – all around the world,” require financing support (especially from when events occur outside your control. it has had little impact on Petrofac. he says. Export Credit Agencies, such as UK One of these was the decision in May “We don’t have a huge amount of work Occasionally, Afonso gets the chance Export Finance) in order to fund projects by ratings agency Moody’s to downgrade in Europe so it hasn’t had a significant to get out of the office and see Petrofac and, ultimately, place orders with Petrofac. the company’s rating, because of the effect,” Afonso says. operations, mostly in the Middle East. This is increasingly important to secure potential risks posed by the Serious Petrofac has an active currency hedging “I wish I could do more site visits EPC contracts in the oil and gas sector. Fraud Office’s investigation into Petrofac. programme for all identified currency because they are extremely important. The other rating agency, Standard & Poor’s, exposures. Petrofac’s functional currency It’s easy to lose sight of what we are doing, From The Bill to the bills did not change its rating and overall is the US dollar, and it hedges all of its when you are concentrating on the One huge focus for Treasury at the Petrofac’s rating remains better than most material exposures in other currencies. financial aspects. It’s very invigorating to moment is its global cash management. of its peers. However, because of the nature of oil and see us doing what we do well.” Petrofac is reducing the cash it has on its Nevertheless, a rating downgrade gas services, most of its revenues are in Even for a numbers man, there’s more balance sheet, so that ultimately it can affects the business because it affects US dollars, except in Kuwait, where than just figures to communicate.

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Afonso06PK.indd 18 07/11/2017 08:59 Afonso06PK.indd 19 02/11/2017 16:53 This is the oil export facility located about Tankers range from large crude carriers 60 kilometres from the Iraq coastline at (with a capacity of around one million Iraq Iran Al Fao. It is responsible for approximately barrels) to very large crude carriers MAJOR 50% of Iraq’s total crude export – that’s (two million barrels). On-board tanks are around 1.7 million barrels per day, exported allocated by the ship’s cargo master, and both from here to the rest of the world. heavy and light crude can be supplied Crude is produced EXPORT For the last five years, Petrofac has been or even mixed. onshore at various providing a managed solution in respect of The operation is 24/7 in nature and an oil fields including Here’s how one of the Gulf’s operations and maintenance services to average of more than 25 tankers is loaded Majnoon and Rumaila biggest facilities, managed by South Oil Company for this facility. each month. With an average time to load a The crude is produced onshore at various very large crude carrier of around 60 hours, Petrofac, handles around half oil fields in Iraq, including Majnoon and the queue of tankers in the anchorage at any of Iraq’s crude oil exports Rumaila. It begins its journey via onshore one time extends an estimated four miles. pipeline to two pumping stations, Zubair The offshore team, of around 200 people and Tuba, located more than 100 kilometres at any given time, is housed primarily on the from the coast. Petrofac’s responsibility Ocean 240 ‘flotel’, and the accommodation Zubair begins when the crude travels via subsea facilities provide them with respite from their pumping pipelines to the facility. 12-hour shifts with recreation activities station It passes through the offshore Central like a gym. Metering Manifold Platform (CMMP), where The Ocean 240 facility has some self- the oil is fiscally metered and recorded, and sustaining elements; for example, water and Al Fao is then directed to one of four operational sewage treatment. Personnel are offshore beach valve Single Point Mooring systems (buoys). for an average of 42 days; and supplies are stations The metering systems hon t e CMMP are obtained every two to four weeks via supply linked to each of the buoys, and the crude is boat from Kuwait and UAE. pumped through a pipeline end manifold via The environment offshore is challenging, Tuba the subsea hoses to the SPM and loaded due to its remote location and adverse onto the tankers moored alongside via the weather – all four seasons can be pumping floating hoses. encountered in a single day. station Ocean 240 accommodation barge

200 Central metering kilometres for oil to travel by and manifold pipeline from production field platform to the offshore facility 60 kilometres from the Al Fao facility Kuwait to offshore 2.2 Single point billion barrels exported since moorings start-up in November 2012 1.7 65 million barrels per day run nautical miles for supplies and through the offshore network. changeover crews to journey Petrofac took over operation Shuwaikh from service base in Kuwait in 2012 when production was Port at 0.5 million barrels a day 14 50% vessels in marine fleet Tankers of Iraq’s crude oil export passes through 200 people in offshore team

Saudi Arabia

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Iraq_20PK.indd 20 07/11/2017 09:06 Iraq_20PK.indd 21 07/11/2017 09:06 DELIVERING VALUE Petrofac is paid on a lump- Our team continues to sum basis to undertake all support SOC by providing the operating responsibility innovative solutions to and maintenance of the problems, such as a facility on behalf of SOC, never-done-before SPM to ensure maximum export boat lift manoeuvre, volumes are reached. and assembling In this respect Petrofac replacement flexible manages a high degree of hoses offshore prior to risk associated with installation to avoid the 25 4 1,140 maintaining the facility’s risks associated with tankers are loaded Up to a four-mile tankers have sailed uptime and export levels. a long tow. each month line of tankers from the facility with in anchorage more than 2.1 billion waits to load at barrels of oil as of any one time September 2017

Central metering and Single point Tanker manifold platform mooring

Pipeline end manifold

275 42 4 7,448,014 5 60 2M Petrofac is Petrofac personnel More than four man-hours worked single point moorings – Average time to load Very Large Crude Carrier responsible for are offshore for an years free of without lost-time four operational, plus one tanker: 60 hours tankers each have a 2 million subsea pipelines average of 42 days lost-time injury injury as of stored and maintained by barrel capacity of 275km, and 30 September 2017 Petrofac in Hamriyah, Sharjah 1,800m of subsea and floating hoses

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Iraq_20PK.indd 22 07/11/2017 09:07 Iraq_20PK.indd 23 07/11/2017 09:07 Over the next decade, more than 100 offshore platforms in the UK Continental Miller Platform Shelf are to be partially or completely Produced: WE HAV E removed. Around 1,800 wells in what is 345 million barrels generally known as the North Sea are forecast to be plugged and abandoned, Years of life: 15 and several thousand kilometres of Location: LIFT-OFF pipeline are to be decommissioned. When a platform ceases production, So there is understandably a lot of interest 270 kilometres in decommissioning work in the UK. northeast of Aberdeen its decommissioning begins. Petrofac has experience right across Water depth: Those responsible for managing the life cycle of oil and gas assets, from construction, through operation, to 100 metres one North Sea asset during its decommissioning. Most recently, the Cessation of production: break-up tell us their story. company brought its experience to bear on the Miller platform, 270 kilometres 2007 Portraits by Murdo MacLeod north-east of Aberdeen, where it has been successfully managing the asset in support of BP’s decommissioning programme. Petrofac is well versed in the management of operations on an asset, where, as an experienced Duty Holder, the company takes responsibility for a facility’s Safety Case on behalf of a client. (The Safety Case identifies the hazards and risks of a facility, describes how they are controlled, and puets a saf ty management system in place.) The Miller platform ceased production in 2007, and it was operating as a minimally- manned installation when responsibility for the platform shifted to Petrofac last year. BP had already plugged and abandoned the wells, and cleaned up the surface installation (‘topsides’). Petrofac’s role was to refocus the remaining personnel and bring in additional manpower in preparation for the removal of those topsides, within just 12 months. Saipem was appointed as heavy-lift and removal contractor, meaning a tri-party arrangement and a need to build strong and collaborative relationships quickly to get the job done safely and in that short space of time. The Petrofac team ensured the continuing maintenance and integrity of the platform, enabling BP to focus on its preparation for removal works. Petrofac implemented systems, planning and processes for maintaining the platform and its personnel while its core assets were being removed. At the same time, the team themselves ha d to transition from the ‘operations’ mind-set, necessary for the platform’s ongoing maintenance, to the ‘project’ mind-set required for its decommissioning. The Saipem S7000, During the established window of the world’s second operation in summer 2017, the S7000 – largest crane one of the world’s largest heavy-lift ships vessel, nearly 200 – arrived alongside the platform. Miller’s metres in length two crane booms, helideck, drilling deck and capable of and accommodation module were to lifting 14,000 tonnes, removes a be removed. section of the Miller Those who worked on the project tell platform’s topsides their story…

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Miller014PK.indd 24 03/11/2017 09:06 Miller014PK.indd 25 03/11/2017 09:06 PLANNING FOR THE CHANGE Petrofac has two decades of experience across more than 25 major asset transitions, so it is accomplished in the art of transition management. As part of the team responsible for moving Miller’s operations into Petrofac’s portfolio, Mark Bartlet was involved right from the start. “Every transition is different. No matter how experienced you think you are, each asset presents a unique challenge. Our transition plan captures every step we need to take in order to successfully transfer personnel, policies and systems. Through the plan we also identify risks and agree how we’ll mitigate them. It’s a mammoth process, and in the case of Miller, we needed to execute it in a compacted timeframe. “We all know that with change comes a level of As an Offshore Installation it comes to managing safety uncertainty for the people BRINGING Manager, Ken Hamon is offshore. Throughout the involved. That can impact responsible for all the personnel project we had to plan for safety, so we worked THE TEAMS and all the work undertaken on milestones that brought about closely with BP throughout TOGETHER his asset. He joined the Miller different safety challenges, transition. As a result, project at the beginning of the from having one of the world’s transition completed without transition, and set about largest ships alongside incident, in just three months. creating a ‘one team’ approach. the platform, to managing “We then had to increase “All companies have their the unusually high level of the asset team significantly own cultures. With three deconstruction work. for removal preparation, parties involved in this project, “Preparing for which required a ihuge sh ft successfully integrating our decommissioning isn’t in focus. With an increase approach was paramount to business as usual. It requires of around 60 people, we success – particularly when us to adopt an approach taken needed to prepare the asset you consider how quickly we’d in a projects environment. to accommodate them – be moving from the transition We achieved this through from refurbishing cabins to into the preparation and then the use of shared services, taking care of the small removal phases. multi-skilled workforces and things that mean a lot to “Miller was to become home more collaborative working.” people when they’re away from home and, as people from home. moved on to the asset, “My role changed at that we worked to engage with ‘With three point too. I worked with everyone on a personal level parties involved Saipem’s logistics team to create an inclusive working to integrate our approach environment. It might sound in this project, to logistics, waste basic, but quiz, darts and pool successfully management, permit nights instantly removed any development and job barriers amongst our multi- integrating our planning. This even included national workforce, and our approach was safely re-homing a tank of open door policy meant people tropical fish that had been were happy to raise concerns. paramount housed on Miller for years.” “That’s really important when to success.’

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Miller014PK.indd 26 03/11/2017 14:17 Miller014PK.indd 27 03/11/2017 14:18 Safe completion of the first weather shelter with basic WATCHING part of the project laid a solid accommodation (and a kettle) foundation for the next round on the asset in case we need to OVER of decommissioning. Then send a small crew out there. THE REST Miller’s ‘jacket’, the steel frame Otherwise, it’s vacant. supporting the deck and the “As Duty Holder we remain topsides, and the last trace legally liable for any activity or of the asset, will be removed. incident that occurs within In the meantime, Petrofac 500 metres of the asset, so continues as Duty Holder and we have to keep a close eye it’s the job of Operations on things. We do that through Manager, Stephen Diplock, an emergency response to deliver the company’s vessel operating in the area. commitments to BP. It conducts regular circuits “Our teams watched the around the asset and sends heavy lifts from the vessel. photographs back to us It was a really poignant moment onshore. for many of us, but particularly “When the jacket is removed those who had worked on the next year, our responsibilities asset for a long time. For them, as Duty Holder will cease, Miller had been ‘home’ for a long marking the end of our remit. part of their career. For us, this “It has been such an exciting marked a new stage in ouro r le project to be involved in, and as Duty Holder. for now we’re busy looking “Miller is now classed as ahead to the next phase and a ‘normally unmanned keen to take forward installation’. We still have a small everything we have learnt.”

Prior to the first heavy lifts task quickly became clear. ‘The final act was to isolate the main generator THROWING taking place, Miller had to be “There must have been more and then cut all the cables at THE OFF powered down for the final than five thousand cables, and to isolate the once, ‘just in time’, as the last time. Faced with kilometre after we knew that attempting to main generator few people left the asset and SWITCH kilometre of cables and piping line-walk every single cable walked over the bridge to the of all descriptions – from and pipe to trace it back and then cut all heavy-lift vessel, where the hydrocarbon and electrical, physically to its origin would team was residing. to sewage and lighting – take teams of electricians the cables at “This meant we had a Petrofac developed a ‘just-in- years to complete. once, as the last fully functioning asset, with time’ approach to switch off, “We realised that the safest heating, lighting, sewage and as Project Manager, Stuart and most efficient approach few people left galley, until we had actually Nuttall, explains. would be to wait until we had the asset.’ left the platform. “When we arrived on completed all the other “At that point, Saipem carried Miller, the enormity of the procedures. The final act was out the first heavy-lift.”

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Miller014PK.indd 28 03/11/2017 14:33 Miller014PK.indd 29 03/11/2017 14:33 On site in Saudi Arabia: Senior A new initiative sends corporate HSSE team members out to HSSE Advisor work on the sites they regulate. We talk to those behind the Chuks Maduekeh from Head Office idea, then see the diaries of two who have taken part was on site to see those receiving monthly safety awards. Chuks’ Back To The Shop Floor diary is on BACK TO page 32 THESHOP FLOOR

When was the last time someone issuing But we’re not categorising or discriminating, corporate standards and guidance for a it’s a common programme for all. site actually worked on a site? That’s the “Likewise, people who had never been question that sparked Back To The Shop to a site before were a little scared, Floor, an HSSE initiative championed by obviously, worried that they wouldn’t be Andy Nickerson, Petrofac’s Head of accompanied by anyone, and might be Health and Safety. asked questions and expected to know “I originally took the idea from Richard everything because of being in the Branson,” he explained. corporat e office. So, mixed feelings, “Branson asked all his board members but mostly positive.” at Virgin Airways to spend a week at Andy and Shadab led from the front, an airport being baggage handlers. and went themselves on the first visits. He wanted to get them out of their ivory “My site visits are usually with a functional towers, and understand the tasks and perspective,” said Andy. “They’re short, challenges faced by their workers. And not and I know I get shown around like the just wander around with a clipboard, but Queen, where everything’s freshly painted. actually pull on coveralls, and appreciate In a week,I got to walk around the places the issues of the people doing the job.” I’d normally not see. For Petrofac, such an initiative could help “I picked up some very basic things. to break down barriers between corporate Take the requirement to read out a risk HSSE and the workers on site. “I want us to assessment – some of the subcontractors be people they can recognise, not faceless do not have a great grasp of English! figures at head office,” Andy explained. So we’re now looking at doing more things “People they feel they can pick up the using more pictures rather than words.” phone to call, because we’re people they As the candidates have returned, have actually worked with.” feedback from both sides has been And it could answer questions of overwhelmingly positive. Andy has noticed communication. “How do we know how the benefits already. our corporat e tools are being used?” “You see people who were energised by he wondered. the experience, who had been operating “There’s a question of vocabulary; are blind but now understand the issues, and we talking the same talk as the person can say, ‘Well, that’s not going to work.’ on the shop floor? Are we using the same “And it must be working for the sites, terms, in the same way? And the only way too, because we’ve been invited back!” to really understand that is to be out there Initially rolled out across Petrofac’s core alongside them.” Middle East locations, the initiative The idea was immediately well received, may well ube rolled o t to other regions. and it fell to Shadab Aboo, Senior HSSE “When we work in Russia, for example,” Advisor, to organise the visits. says Andy, “I think people need to get “All of our project leaders, project over there, and experience a climate managers, construction superintendents of -30oC before they regulate for it. and project directors thought it was a “And there are other functions in brilliant idea,” he said. Petrofac that should look at this initiative,” “Most of our own team liked the idea he believes. “How can they support their and were very eager. There were a few internal clients if they don’t know their people who have had a lot of site internal clients? experience, and now that they’re in “There can be a divide between the the corporate office they said, ‘I’ve been support functions and operations – and this doing this all my life, I don’t see the point.’ is the best way to overcome that divide.”

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Back to shop18revise.indd 30 07/11/2017 12:09 Back to shop17revise.indd 31 07/11/2017 09:52 When he was Gimme shelter Environment Co- thinking of this ordinator took me initiative, maybe There is no around the rest Andy had me at the Good morning arrived on a clear substitute for shelters, where back of his mind, day. And I was experiencing the there is shade, because this was In the early Saudi taken aback by the heat of a site like seating and mist tailor-made for me! mornings there is sheer size and this. It really fans, and I was I was really often a heavy fog. scale of the hits you, as soon grateful for the looking forward to The HSE Manager has project which I as your boots hit specified supply it, as it presented to check weather saw. I would the ground!The of drinking water! Chukwuka an opportunity conditions and describe it, in its for someone like assess driving current state, as a ‘Chuks’ me – who is conditions, but giant forest of Maduekeh office-based – to fortunately I steel frameworks. have first-hand is a Senior experience of life HSSE on a project site. And I wanted to Up lifting associated lifting Advisor. see how the Group equipment and the He went to Standards and Spent a day with the segregation of the Guidance Advisors monitoring lifting area. It a site in documents that a pipeline lifting reaffirmed for me Saudi Arabia I facilitate and operation. We something I had develop in the checked the lifting written about: the office are plan, the daily importance of the interpreted and crane inspection physical presence implemented checksheet, the of the HSSE Advisor on site. colour coding of on the worksite.

New angle and barriers and so on. When you are I’ve worked on actually on the writing HSE ground, you realise standards, but okay, so that’s a seeing activities five degree slope, in real time made and you can me realise what I actually feel it, was writing about, which is very regarding slopes helpful.

All together with the team I saw Cleaning up exercise. Everyone that in terms of on the project Every Saturday stakeholder It was time for the joins in, tidying there’s a project- management, too. You general worksite and keeping the wide ToolBox Talk to have to identify the housekeeping. Once worksite clean. So all 7,000 workers. stakeholders on your every month, prior as the whole idea This one raised project, and the to the monthly of Back To The Shop topics like slips quickest way you can client site Floor is that we and trips hazards reach them when inspection, the should work as part caused by the high needed. It’s very entire project of the on-site humidity. It’s all important to embarks on a team, y0urs truly about communication; maintain excellent general was also involved and when I was out communication. housekeeping and I did my bit!

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Back to shop15PK.indd 32 03/11/2017 15:07 Back to shop15PK.indd 33 03/11/2017 15:07 I worked on this site for nearly all of 2016, so for the Back To The Shop Tanked up found smart from an Road watch Driving Safety. Floor initiative I HSSE perspective is This verifies decided to go back Last year they were that around each As I was roaming compliance with the and see what has just building the tank a wall is between different Golden Rules of changed in a year. base of these fuel placed, just far areas of the site, Safety. Any areas I couldn’t believe tanks and they were enough to contain I was also for improvement are that this was the about seven feet twice the volume of performing one of tracked in a same site I was on tall. Now, as you the tank, in case our seven safety register and Mustaffah before. All I could can see, they’re of a leak. initiatives, the followed up for Awad is an say was “Wow!” massive! What I Petrofac Assurance correction. New roads have Index (PAI) on HSSE – been built, and a lot Engineer III, of deep excavations are going on. Last who went to year you were able The hole in real life it is a different to walk around the a completely site; now you can’t truth different thing. site in Saudi get around unless You realise just Arabia you’re in a vehicle. I have written how big and how I felt like it was my about excavation, deep an excavation first time there. and there are can be, and how pictures to show important the you what it is, but barriers and signs believe me, once you really are. see an excavation

Playing they really take it Fine food salad bar, all seriously! There kinds of drinks, to win are yearly I loved the food in and even an ice- competitions and camp. There are cream machine! After working tournaments, for three different You’d never be hours, when trophies and for cuisines daily – disappointed with everyone is back at money. It’s about Indian,Filipino the variety of camp, a lot of the pride, and they do and Arabic – with a options you have. employees play whatever it takes basketball.And to win.

Clipper mirror and equipment, and Blue line-up trade build their own salon outside. They At the end of the Some workers decide usually trim and do day, you’ll see all to become barbers buzz cuts, nothing the workers lined as a side job to fancy or stylish, up at designated make a bit of extra but enough not to areas on the site, money. They bring look raggy going to waiting for their their own chair and work next day. buses to go back to their camps.

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Back to shop15PK.indd 34 03/11/2017 15:09 Back to shop15PK.indd 35 03/11/2017 15:09 With a workforce reaching more than 12,500 at times, this has been no ordinary project for Petrofac CONSTRUCTIVE THINKING

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Kuwait16PK.indd 36 03/11/2017 14:02 Kuwait16PK.indd 37 07/11/2017 09:10 Toolbox talks (left) maintained communication with members of the large workforce

Just about 65 kilometres out of Kuwait Once completed, the output of the City a complex of refinery units is rising development will put them in the top five from the sands. largest refineries in the world by output. With a workforce reaching more than Multiple offices in different countries were 12,500 at times, two other partners and required with, apart from Sharjah (head office working in a hot barren landscape, this for the joint venture), eight other locations: has been no ordinary project for Petrofac, Samsung, Seoul; CB&I, Hague; Petrofac Delhi requiring super heavy equipment to be with further support from Mumbai and moved – at one point even forcing the Chennai; also Samsung Delhi; CB&I Delhi, closure of the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai. and the Kuwait site itself. It is a testament to the dedication of the Multiple time zones and aligning different people involved that progress has been engineering standards was just one of so swift. Three and a half years after the the early challenges to be overcome. project was started, it is expected to be “Everything had to be rationalised and completed at the end of next year. aligned, as well as implemented, including Arup Dasgupta, Project Director for the 3D modelling, different project elements three joint venture partners, says “It is a and review processes involving our client,” largely greenfield and partly brownfield says Dasgupta. “As Petrofac is the leader project. And it’s a first for KNPC, a new within the joint venture, everything refinery project built to international comes through this office and we all have standards that will be more environmentally to be governed by one common friendly and increase capacity.” project procedure.” The unified approach was key, as Krishan A unified approach Malhotra, Engineering Director explains. Korea’s Samsung Engineering and CB&I “In such a complex project, using high Nederland are the two firms that joined with technology and multiple partners, extensive Petrofac, working to upgrade and expand interface is required with all of the different the Mina Abdulla Refinery capacity from offices. As we have been working across nine 270,000 barrels per stream day (BPSD) locations including Sharjah we had to build to 454,000 BPSD, apart from brownfield a completely integrated platform for design. modifications in Shuaiba Tank Farm. Upon This was hosted in Delhi by Petrofac. completion of the prestigious Clean Fuels Cataloguing and hosting had to have Project (CFP), the gross capacity of the connectivity to each location, plus whenever integrated Refinery (including the refining a glitch occurred we had to coordinate a units at Mina Al Ahmadi – by other contractors) shutdown seamlessly and at the same time In order to get them will be 800,000 BPSD, meeting the 2020 across all the locations.” There were also ‘Integration, leadership to the site (above), demand and specifications for a wide range extensive interfaces to be managed with the and cohesion are all some of the huge components had to of refinery products. other contractors working on the project prime components in be transported “There have been many challenges to across basic process design, detailed (left) on roads that work through, but the main one, given the engineering, procurement engineering and making a joint venture had to be closed magnitude and configuration of the project factory testing. and even specially and joint venture, has been integration, At its peak the direct labour for the joint like this successful’ strengthened leadership, and cohesion, all prime venture was in the range of 12,500, excluding components in making any joint venture indirect support staff. “Numerous apartment successful,” says Dasgupta. “Now we have buildings also had to be leased in Kuwait City achieved this level of progress, we can say by our subcontractors to meet the needed it has been a good experience so far among manpower levels,” says Dasgupta. “There is the joint venture partners. However, we also a camp for supervisory people nearer to are never complacent as there’s still a lot site. We had to spread out the workforce in of work to do to get this project over the different places. This involved meticulous line and handed over to KNPC.” planning for entry through the gates for those

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Kuwait16PK.indd 38 03/11/2017 15:33 Kuwait16PK.indd 39 03/11/2017 09:27 commuting, also rigorous journey Petrofac logistics team successfully management planning to ensure all transfers transported a 13 metre high pressure vessel can take place safely. Other challenges to from a fabrication yard in Dubai to Jebel manage have included the summer time Ali port. This tricky operation involved working period which permits (and rightly the closure of Dubai’s main thoroughfare, so) longer mid-day breaks; so we had night the busy Sheikh Zayed Road. shifts or early morning shifts, particularly Because of the complexity of the during Ramadan.” transportation, as well as the dynamic Team-building was also paramount, with infrastructure development happening in the a number of gatherings at sports halls, each area for Expo 2020, our usual vendors had one its own feat of logistics. Prashant Bokil is renounced the full scope. The Petrofac team Petrofac’s Project Director. “We introduced made a thorough study and meticulously many collaboration initiatives within the planned the movement, mitigating the teams. The last one was a team-building associated risks to create something of a exercise in May which included a safety quiz milestone in the history of Petrofac logistics. amongst other activities. There was also a The equipment had an 18 kilometre trip to roulette wheel that, whenever it stopped on make before it was further shipped to Kuwait a particular activity, someone had to stand port and delivered to our KNPC MAB1 project up and talk about it.” site. Coming in at 21.645 metres (length) x The size of the project meant that many of 8.5 metres (width) 8x 13.10 metres (height) the construction components, some 1,400 the weight of the unit was over 185 tonnes. pieces of equipment, all different sizes and To ensure there was minimal disruption, shapes, were enormous. “The heaviest the journey had to take place overnight. piece of equipment was 1,500 metric tonnes, And alongside the heavy equipment, there a hydro-cracker reactor that we had to bring has been the fabrication and construction of from Shuaiba Port some 10 kilometres away,” 2.6 million inch-diameter piping and 5,000 says Brown Vijaykumar, Logistics Manager. kilometres of cables (both underground and “We encountered a lot of problems. above ground), the equivalent distance The original plan was to take it through our between Kuwait City and Rome, Italy. site, but there owere t o many culverts to Mohammed Farah, Construction Director cross, so we had to find an alternative route. says: “This part is 75% completed.” Easier than it sounds I have to say! “We established six or seven different Moving forward options, then we had to evaluate the best There are still critical stages that will have to one. After detailed studies, we found the be overcome as the partners work towards most effective one was using the main the final stages of construction and move road for around 5 kilometres but this was into pre-commissioning. Teamwork, risk against the traffic with the net result being assessment, quality and safety will all be we had to stop all the traffic. To minimise paramount. disruption we carried out the move from “Working concurrently, soon we will have midnight until early morning, along with a some construction activities running police escort.” alongside pre-commissioning. This isn’t Another consideration was the live uncommon but has obvious associated overhead power cables; so the power had risks unless we closely follow all the safety to be shut down as the crude column – procedures,” says Farah. 74.34 metres in length, 12.93 metres wide, “For the past two years we have won 12.86 metres high and weighing 900 metric safety awards, and we wish to maintain this tonnes – went through. Just to complicate successful record in the months to come. matters, our newly identified optimum route As of mid-October, the joint venture has went through a military facility. After eight expended some 65.2 million hours in the field months of negotiation, and ultimately and 71.3 million hours overall. We have just satisfying their stringent requirements, started mobilising the pre-commissioning Transporting and we received approval to remove various team. I am biased of course, but this is one of ‘I am biased of course, installing the giant portions of the military’s fences and gates. the best projects that Petrofac has had, and but this is one of the components (above) has been “We also had to strengthen the roads, we will hopefully achieve our targets with an best projects that challenging, especially the kerbs,” says Vijaykumar. excellent safety record and no major issues. and required “When you go through the brownfield areas, “There are many challenges, but we work Petrofac has had’ collaboration (left) the process is a very protracted and a hard to overcome them. That’s part of the between the joint bureaucratic task for obvious reasons. fulfilment when you’re working on venture partners There are many different authorities to deal an EPC project.” with to secure approval and the required Everybody involved agrees that the work permits, but we managed to get through has been tough, but rewarding. without any incident. The route we designed “The experience we have gained from and developed was also followed by other doing core refinery units will definitely propel contractors working at the site, including us further into the downstream area, so I those not working on our own project.” hope there will be several more projects that Another logistical challenge was will emerge in the Middle East and elsewhere overcome earlier this year when the where we can be successful,” says Dasgupta.

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Kuwait16PK.indd 40 07/11/2017 09:10 Kuwait16PK.indd 41 03/11/2017 09:27 A new pipeline in Algeria incorporates both advanced materials and innovative techniques WELL CONNECTED

A demanding project The second phase of the In Salah Gas development project has involved developing infrastructure on three fields in Algeria, over an area of some 2,000km2. The main central processing facility is able to produce around 17 million cubic metres of gas per day, and the project involves more than 300 kilometres of interconnecting pipelines. The gas itself has a high CO2 content which, combined with been used previously in Workers would have to operate water, results in the formation of relatively short lengths offshore in temperatures of more than highly corrosive carbonic acid. 83KM and onshore. 60oC. The project has taken Consequently, it was necessary The pipeline had to be more than three and a half years, to create a pipeline that could SMMS located carefully, as it runs and deployed 350 welders, convey its contents without close to the Ahaggar National fitters, layers and helpers. corroding. Supermartensitic PIPELINE Park (the biodiverse home of But the result is a continuous stainless steel (SMMS) might the Saharan Cheetah), and 83 kilometre pipe, the single provide the answer, but it had beneath the peaks of the longest SMMS pipeline in its own problems, and had only Ahaggar Mountains, above. the world.

Iron Material: 78.019% preventing Nickel corrosion 6.5% Martensitic stainless steel Chromium was invented in 1913 by 12.15% Harry Brearley, a Sheffield Molybdenum metallurgist who later 2.5% became known as the King of Steel. During work to improve rifle barrel steels, he discovered that under laboratory conditions, steel consisting of about 0.3% carbon and 13% chromium

remained free of rust. made it appealing to the oil Its name derives from its and gas industries, particularly crystalline structure. where the materials carried Subsequent developments through the pipe might corrode have led to supermartensitic it from within. As advances stainless steel, which has have been made in its higher tensile strength, weldability, so its use Other metals 0.831% Carbon 0.008% and improved resistance to has become more viable. Manganese 0.15% hydrogen cracking. Its The composition of the SMSS Silicon 0.65% corrosion resistance and used in the Southern Fields Sulphur 0.003% relatively low price have pipeline is shown right. Phosphorus 0.02%

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Algeria10reviseHC.indd 42 07/11/2017 12:06 When I was doing made from sterling silver with a gold nib. I ALWAYS the research for My grandfather bought his for about my Master’s in US$30, which 50 years ago was a luxury CARRY… 1989, I was based item. He bought my father his, just before at a marine Parker stopped making them in the 90s; MY research centre I believe they’re now collector’s items. in the Caribbean, When my grandfather passed away 20 PARKER and spent the years ago, his prized pen was left to me; best part of a he knew just how much I loved it and PEN year living with what it meant to me. It’s survived the Greg Ross, Head of Social my grandfather. One of my more enduring perils of five children’s curiosity, and has memories of him was his treasured Parker been the one thing in my pocket through Performance, still uses the pen that 75 fountain pen; the other was his dark my work and travels across so many he inherited from his grandfather. green Ford Mustang . He was a doctor, different countries. Photograph by Christophe Viseux trained in the US, who had returned home After so many years, and though to Trinidad to finish his career supporting it occasionally leaks, it still writes the community he’d grown up in. He had a beautifully and is an indelible part of me. clinic in a poor neighbourhood in Port of Quite a few of my generation have them; Spain, and his ‘fancy pen’ and car were the one of my colleagues from Kerala said his things his patients would always comment fountain pen also had sentimental value, on; I guess they were signs of a local boy reminding him of his school days, when, who had been overseas. He would always like me, he had to use pen and ink. remind me that life was about putting This year my eldest son just finished something back into the community and his Master’s, and to continue the family helping those less fortunate than yourself. tradition I managed to find one for him. While inexpensive Biros were As a millennial growing up in a culture becoming fashionable, he held on to where so much is instant and dispo sable, his Parker 75. Designed to commemorate I hope his 75 reminds him of the timeless Parker’s 75th anniversary in 1964, it was beauty and permanence of things.

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I_Always_Carry_04PK.indd 44 02/11/2017 17:36 I_Always_Carry_05revise.indd 45 07/11/2017 09:14 my game from the coaches ‘Youneed to be Volleyball: Warren Price there, too. But the best part IT Manager Warren Price is was seeing New Zealand able to make currently based in our London RISING cricket star Jesse Ryder play decisions on office, but grew up watching – and perform the haka people play volleyball on the STAR alongside his teammates. the go’ beaches of sunny South Africa. It was absolutely terrifying – “I played for fun as a kid, but A Petrofac Delivery both the dance and his game!” when I reached high school Karan’s cricket experience I started getting more serious Coordinator wins le has sharpened his game in the and practising every day,” inaugural MBA award office as well as on the pitch. Warren says. He went on to “The sense of direction I play first team volleyball, Project Delivery Coordinator have developed from playing touring the country playing Daniel Gear, who is based in cricket has given me the against other high schools. our Aberdeen office, has confidence to adapt quickly, Warren’s coach saw that he recently been awarded the THE NATIONAL improvise and take the lead at had talent, and promoted him inaugural Energy Industries K/

OA work,” Karan says. to the men’s team at the tender Council’s Rising Star MBA. Unsurprisingly, Karan is in age of 16. Warren then worked As winner of the award, which high demand when it comes his way up through the ranks to aims to develop future industry

PHER WHITE to Petrofac’s many cricket play for the provincial team, a leaders, Daniel will receive a TO competitions. When Karan championship league team, fully funded scholarship to

CHRIS started at Petrofac as a and then, at the age of 18, the undertake the oil and gas Karan Sandhu: “Cricket has given me the confidence to adapt quickly and take the lead at work.” Graduate Trainee, he joined South African U21 team. management MBA at Robert the Mechanical Team, and “I felt on top of the world – Gordon University in Aberdeen op Cricket: Karan Sandhu been a mistake, and that he went on to become Captain. and a great sense of on an executive part-time basis. For Karan Sandhu, an engineer had in fact made the UAE “There have been a few Warren Price achievement,” Warren Daniel beat seven other WORLD in Sharjah’s Subcontracts team’s trainee list – but by then attempts to lure me away to remembers. “There was such finalists from companies such Department, representing India Karan had already begun the other teams – once someone Grand Masters European Cup tremendous team spirit, and as WorleyParsons and Lloyd’s CLASS: at cricket had been a dream Indian trials. even suggested auctioning me in Glasgow, where 58 teams we felt that we could achieve Register to win the award at a since he first picked up a “The selection process was off for charity! But I remain loyal from across the continent, in five anything.” glittering ceremony in London. OURTOP cricket bat at the age of six. extremely intense,” Karan says. to my Mechanical team…to the different age group categories, Warren learnt many things “It sounds clichéd, but I “Cricket has become part “Most of the others had taken a chagrin of my own department!” competed for the Cup. from bein g in the team, which genuinely didn’t expect to win,” FLIGHT of my personality,” he says. year’s sabbatical solely to “A total of 138 games were he still carries with him today. Daniel says. “I was sitting at a “I remember watching 90s sharpen their game for the Hockey: Blair Thomson played over nine days, across “There are actually quite a table with the other Rising Star cricket stars and the adoring selection process. We were Blair Thomson, a Crisis four different venues, so it was few similarities between being MBA finalists, all truly high- TEAM crowds and thinking – ‘I want under constant scrutiny, and Management Project Manager very intense,” says Blair. “I was successful at volleyball, and in calibre individuals doing to be one of them!’” it was very cut-throat and from Aberdeen, has been a also lucky enough to have my job,” Warren says. “Team amazing things for their MATES This year, Karan’s dream nerve-wracking.” hockey umpir e for more than been appointed to umpire two work and communication are respective companies, so it finally came true: he was Once he had returned to the 20 years. He first cut his teeth of the four finals.” obviously vital, as well as was a huge surprise when my Pe selected for India’s Indoor UAE, Karan got the call he’d with local hockey clubs, and Although umpiring can be realising that everyone has name was called out.” Cricket World Cup squad. been dreaming of: he’d been now officiates at international both mentally and physically their role to play. But by far Daniel’s MBA course begins Born and brought up in the invited to play for India. “To say hockey matches, including at tiring, Blair says it’s all worth it. the most important is in January, and he can’t wait to UAE, Karan has been playing I was thrilled doesn’t even the Commonwealth Games “For me, the beauty of these responsiveness. Volleyball is a get started. indoor cricket in Dubai for the begin to cover it,” he says. “It and the Olympics. tournaments is meeting very fast game, and you need And since being awarded the past 15 years. For the last four was like getting the Hogwarts “Hockey umpiring can be players, officials and to be able to make decisions Rising Star MBA, Daniel has years, he has been playing in letter – only 19 years late.” glamorous one week, and grim supporters from so many on the go and adjust your added two more industry the elite A-division alongside Although Karan was a the next,” Blair says. “I’ve different countries, and forging game on the fly to beat awards to his collection. the UAE national team. reserve, and did not play in the witnessed the full spectrum of links with people you wouldn’t your opponents. This is also Daniel was named ‘National Earlier in the year, the team’s official games, he did get the weather conditions, locations otherwise meet. A great very relevant in Petrofac’s Apprentice of the Year’ at the management lost Karan’s chance to play in the practice and standards of game – from example of this was a fellow fast-paced corporate En gineering Construction phone number, which meant games, and was able to soak dazzling to dismal.” umpire, Antonio Tolomei from environment.” Industry Training and that he couldn’t attend the trials up the incredible atmosphere Blair recently umpired at the Italy, whom I met at the Grand Sadly, Warren broke his Development Awards; and he It’s not just Petrofac’s for the UAE team. But Karan’s of the tournament. Several Masters European Cup. He’s a finger a week before the 1997 also took home the overall initial disappointment turned to colleagues came along to lovely man, someone you African Championship, so ‘Learner of the Year’ award. projects that are world excitement when he got a call support him and spectate from naturally click with. We umpired never played internationally – class. Jennie Saywell from one of the sponsors, who the stands. three matches together and it although he did play asked him to trial for the Indian “Seeing world-class players was like we’d been working domestically to help preparree talked to three team instead. from across the globe was together for years. I would for the World Championships. employees who have A whirlwind ensued: the amazing,” he says. “I learnt never have met him otherwise.” Today, the scarcity of following night, Karan flew out many techniques to improve Next year, Blair is umpiring at volleyball leagues in London been involved in sport to Indi a, where he was to spend the Grand Masters Hockey means that Warren only playsys at an international level, two weeks at the Indian squad World Cup 2018 in Barcelona. socially, but he has high hopespes trials, alongside 80 fellow ‘You forge links “It’ll be a small affair – only for his children following in hiss and play their parts hopefuls. It was only when he with people 200 teams playing across footsteps. both in the office and had landed in India that the 12 days,” Blair jokes. “But I’m ‘At the rate my son is UAE team’s management you wouldn’t hoping it’ll be a bit sunnier than growing, he’s going to be just in world tournaments called to say that there had otherwise meet’ Blair Thomson Glasgow!” as tall as me – if not taller!’

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AROUND THE GROUP MY FAVOURITE THE ART OF RELAXATION PLACE Two of our colleagues have found that painting in their spare time, in very different styles, When Petrofac employees were asked to name their favourite place, some chose is both creatively rewarding and an ideal counterbalance to their working days a location near to their home, while others chose somewhere far away – but each Sagar Kuwar is a Document myself more positive and had a reason why that place means so much to them Controller based in our energetic at work the next day.” Mumbai office, and he has Deputy Manager (CMMS) Kuala Lumpur Delhi had a passion for art since his Mohankumar M is based in our Yasmin Mohd Ramzi Tushar Jain school days. Chennai office, and creates Kaabah, Mecca Temple “I love to paint and draw beautiful traditional Tanjore My favourite place is Kaabah, As my life goes on at its pace, because it is such a stress paintings in his spare time. Mecca. After morning prayer, there is a lot that I had to face. I read the Quran facing the Beyond worldly joy and reliever for me.I paint in my Tanjore (left) is a South Kaabah until sunrise. Birds are satisfaction, inner peace apartment, in silence – it’s very Indian traditional painting style, chirping. The wind blows softly. is what I desire to embrace. relaxing,” Sagar says. with figures placed within arches, I feel the greatness of God. So, Temple is the place Sagar paints a range of curtains and decorative borders. I brush away my ego and say from where I derive my faith, genres, from still life to portraits The canvas is glued over a prayers for my loved ones. confidence and divine sensation, – but the work he is most proud plank of teak wood; the artist It is surreal and peaceful. and is indeed my ‘happy place’! It is the most beautiful place of is a painting he created for draws a detailed outline on the on earth. the cover of the Mumbai canvas, and decorates the newsletter (right). piece with gemstones and Warrington Sharjah “I will always cherish this Sagar Kuwar’s painting on the and creativity, as well as gold leaf. Ghandi Manning Satish Nair painting,” Sagar says. cover of the Mumbai newsletter superb technical skills – and Finally, the artist fills in the Many! Bora Bora “I painted it for Diwali, the (above left), and Mohankumar says that the same applies to outlines with watercolours. My happy place isn’t one, Situated in the middle of festival of lights and colours, M’s painting in the traditional his work, too. Mohankumar’s most recent but many: anywhere the Pacific Ocean, Bora Bora Tanjore style (above right) explored by bike. I love the is one place that comes very as this festival inspired me to “I find that painting makes artwork is a Tanjore painting freedom and feeling of close to J.B.Priestley’s showcase my talent.” me more creative and of Lord Balaji and Goddess self-sufficiency, as I carry On Doing Nothing. This is my Sagar feels that a truly great positive in my approach,” Padmavathi, which he made everything I need on my bike favourite place – watching the piece of art requires a painter he says. for his housewarming for the weeks ahead. This sun go down, observing fishes in with a powerful imagination “Through painting,I find ceremony. photo is of a remote island I pristine waters, staring at the camped on for one night on mountains, or just idling on the a recent cycle tour of beach doing nothing. Scandinavia.

Sharjah Woking LISTENING TO PEOPLE Shivaram Shankanarayana Minnie Lu Our new Group Director of HR wants employees to feel they can stand up and be heard Madikeri Tsinghua University, Beijing My favourite place is Madikeri, My favourite place is my In August, we welcomed to the operations. He has already “As a company, we deal a beautiful hill station in India university – Tsinghua where I was born. Madikeri is University in Beijing. Every business a new Group Director been on several trips to with lots of technology and the place where, when I was a time when I think of it, it puts of HR, Des Thurlby. Des joined Sharjah and Aberdeen, to our complicated processes,” young boy, I met a four-year-old a smile on my face.I especially from offshore deepwater Al Taweelah facility, and on an Des says, “but nothing is more girl who was visiting our house love the autumn season. Riding drilling contractor Seadrill, offshore Board visit to the FPF1. complex than a human being. and decided I’d marry her one a bike through the tunnel of where he was Senior Vice This understanding of how the “HR needs to be advocates day. And when we both grew golden leaves is a happy and President and Global Head busin ess works is something of employees. A business won’t up, we did just that! beautiful feeling nothing could ever compare with! of HR for the last four years. Des feels is fundamental to an be a success unless it has Before that, he spent more effective HR department. well-trained, motivated, than 25 years in a range of HR “It’s essential for HR to be committed employees who Aberdeen London positions in the automotive deeply enmeshed in the are treated fairly and feel Fiona George Ines Maroszek industry, working in England, operational side of the business,” that they can speak up and Burn O’Vat Water Wales, Germany and China. Des says. “HR professionals be heard. Burn O’Vat is a mysterious My favourite place is water – “I always wanted to work in a should not only understand the “I am confident that we have cave an hour outside Aberdeen be it a lake, river, or the sea. that was formed 14,000 years The sound, smell and distinct UK-listed international company HR processes and approaches, a leadership team and a driven ago. I love climbing over the rocks colours of the water and salty that is deeply committed to its but also the business itself – and talented employee base to enter and then suddenly air of the ocean evokes serenity. people, so Petrofac ticked all and the people who work in it.” that can make this business an seeing the huge open space. One feels at peace at the feel the boxes for me,” he says. Des says that his primary even greater success,” he says. It’s a local legend that Rob Roy, of the water as it immerses you. “I couldn’t work for a company areas of focus will be talent and ‘Nothing is more “I have been very impressed the famous Scottish outlaw, Looking out over the endless that does not value its people.” succession planning; training by the many talented people sought refuge there! water to the horizon, you can complex than a lose yourself and feel that time Despite his recent start date, and development; enhancing I have met in the HR team, and is slowing down. It washes away Des has already thrown himself HR’s systems; and embracing human being’ I look forward to wo rking with all your worries. into the minutiae of Petrofac’s the human side of HR. them in the years ahead.”

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MY WORLD ANEW LEADING ROLE KARIM John Pearson will be strengthening and developing the Group in a new role at Petrofac OSSEIRAN John Pearson has joined Production Services in the John has joined following Americas region, and the Every issue, Petrofacts Petrofac in the new role of Western Hemisphere through a 28-year career at AMEC Northern Europe & CIS region. Chief Corporate Development leading geographic and Foster Wheeler, during which Group Chief Executive, asks an employee to Officer and Group Managing service line expansion, and time he held several positions, Ayman Asfari said “I am provide an insight into their Director, Western Hemisphere. exploring longer-term including as President, Global delighted that John has joined world. This issue, meet Reporting to Group Chief growth opportunities. Oil, Gas & Chemicals, and us in this new role that has been Executive, Ayman Asfari, John said “I am truly excited multi-market roles running the created to give dedicated Karim Osseiran, Global John is assisting in further to have joined Petrofac, leadership commitment to Head of Petrofac Training strengthening key relationships whose agility and innovation in the continued evolution of Services, based in Sharjah with international and adapting to new market our offering. independent oil company conditions I have always “John’s fresh perspective, clients globally, as well as admired.” proven leadership pedigree and leading the implementation “There is more to be gained experience of the European and and development of the now, by the energy supply Americas markets will help us Group’s strategy. adapting rapidly to the new capitalise on the exciting You arrive at a party; how Apple Music and Shazam It is a state of mind. He is also managing the market realities we and our opportunities we see for organic do you describe what you have made it all accessible with growth of our reimbursable clients face, than at any point in growth in complementary areas do to a stranger? a click. What’s your idea of business, Engineering and the last 30 years.” and adjacent mar”kets. I work in a business that misery? provides training to the oil and How would you answer Also a state of mind. gas industry by designing and the question: “Petrofac? building world class training What do they do?” Which book would you faciities and offering a wide We are an oilfield services recommend to someone if GIVING ISREWARDING range of solutions for workforce company that designs, builds they only had time to read A Project Director finds that helping children in his hometown brings its own rewards development. and operates oil and gas one book? facilities. We also train and When Breath Becomes Air by Almost ten years ago, Project research, he chose four What three words support workforce development Paul Kalanithi. Although it is a Director Srikanth Nagaraj children of his own to sponsor: would you use to describe in these areas and significantly memoir of a dying man, it decided to sponsor four one girl and three boys. your work? contribute to In-Country Value teaches a lot about living. underprivileged Indian children Srikanth deliberately chose Strategic, detail-oriented and wherever we operate. – and this year he added four children who lived close to dynamic . What did you want to be more children to his brood. Mysore so that he could visit Is it better to start work ‘when you grew up’? Although Srikanth is them on trips back home. He What do you love most early, or work on late? A pilot of fighter jets! currently based in Sharjah, he also wanted them all to belong about your job? Early start; but in Petrofac that maintains close ties with his to the same community. The diversity; operating at a also means a late finish! If you could go back in time, hometown of Mysore in India’s “I wanted the other children strategic level but also with the what advice would you give Karnataka state, and wanted to and parents in the community attention to detail required for Where do you get your to your younger self? help the community’s children to see them going to school business acquisition and project best ideas? Enjoy the present as much as get a good education. and doing well – so that they execution. Usually they come to me early in plan for the future. And take “I’m from a modest would in turn be inspired to the morning, in the shower. care of your body; it is there to background,” Srikanth says. focus on the benefits of What are the biggest last you for a long time. “Our family went through some education. That way, there challenges in your work? What do you most admire difficult times, but people would be a positive change for Its wide geographic spread, in a person? If you could invite any five always helped us through. the whole community, not just and the major volatility linked to Honesty and clarity of thought. people to your dinner party, I wanted to do something to these four children.” large Tibetan community oil prices. who would you choose? give back, and help needy The children are preparing ‘Helping people near Mysore. What’s your idea of Roger Federer, for his mental children get a good cedu ation, to finish their studies and enter reminds me of “Helping people always What was your first happiness? toughness and ability to rather than having to work from the world of work; they hope who I was and reminds me of who I was, and ever job? compete beyond his ageing an early age – to give them the to work in engineering like how far I’ve come thanks to a Manual concrete mixing during ‘Enjoy the present body; Barack Obama, for chance to achieve great things.” Srikanth. He visits the children howfarI’ve come’ good education and the school summer holidays. an insight into the job of the One day in 2008, Srikanth at least once a year, and speaks kindness of strangers,” he says. as much as plan most powerful man in the world; saw that a colleague had a to the m on the phone several “I’m thankful to be able to give Which app or new for the future. Warren Buffet, for his business picture of a child on his desk. times a year to offer advice and back a little now, and to anyone technology has changed acumen; Jerry Seinfeld, as any He told Srikanth that he was encouragement. out there who is considering your life, and why? And take care of dinner party needs someone sponsoring the child through Earlier this year, Srikanth doing the same: don’t think I enjoy a wide range of music your body; it is with a good sense of humour; an organisation called World sponsored the education of twice. The changes you will genres and used to spend a lot and Maroun Semaan, as I did Vision, and this planted the idea four more children: eight-year- make will last a lifetime, and will of time collecting records, tapes there to last you not get the chance to say in Srikanth’s mind. After much old Tibetan refugees from the be felt by generations to come.” and CDs. Now music apps like for a long time ’ goodbye properly.

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We have lift-off ‘Preparing for decommissioning isn’t business as usual’

Constructive thinking ‘Transporting and installing giant components has been challenging’

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