ISSUE 142 - DECEMBER 2013 DELIVERING ON OUR PROMISE CEO Address - page 1 New reem al harami surpassiNg successful winner of the Qatar safety SALES aNd PURCHASE busiNess womeN millstoNes AGREEMENTS award 2013 2Nd doha CSR New carboN aNd sustaiNability Qatargas league eNergy forum awards kicks off In this issue DEcEMBER 2013 12 16 30 44 OPERATING People Main EVENTs Corporate sOcial EXcELLENcE responsibility 2 Plateau Maintenance 15 Winter Camp 2013/2014 28 5th Hydrate Forum 34 Sustainability Reporting Project Achieves A desert haven th a Winner Significant Safety 29 8 Doha International 16 An interview with Oil & Gas Exhibition 35 JBOG wins Sustainability Milestone Award at O&G Year 2013 Reem Mohammad 9th GCC Economic 4 CEO shares insights and New Qatargas League Al-Harami Symposium in Stockholm 36 predictions at SIEW kicks off 18 An interview with nd 6 Qatargas MD delivers 30 2 Doha Carbon 38 Big on badminton keynote speech at Fatima Al-Mohannadi and Energy Forum 40 Golf Open reaches the 15th GAS Singapore 20 Shareholders’ Spotlight 31 Contractors’ 1st 7 Qatargas signs SPA Satoru Shibuta, 41 Golf Juniors tee Engineering off for 4th time with E.ON for 5-year GM, Cosmo Oil, Doha 32 LNG delivery Collaboration 42 Qatargas Pearl Sponsor 22 New Year 33 Safety Talk of Ice Hockey Season 8 5-year SPA with New Challenges PETRONAS LNG (UK) 43 First Qatargas Open 9 Qatargas and Centrica 24 ‘Best National Team’ Chess Tournament sign 4 year agreement at MOQP Challenge 2013 44 Ben Barbour A journey in art 10 JBOG achieves another 24 33 safety milestone 48 Qatar UK‒Celebrating a 11 Chubu Electric delegation Year of Cultural Exchange visits Ras Laffan 49 Qatargas engineers join 12 LNG first deliveries bolster Qatar Society of Engineers China trade 50 Supporting relief efforts around the world VIsITs 54 13 years of Blood Donation 55 Second QP Occupational 14 Global Environment Health Conference Exchange Visit by 56 Al Khor Community... 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CEO ADDRESS Delivering on our promise We are now concluding what has largest producer of helium in the world. dedicated efforts of all our Qatargas been another successful year for people, so well done to all of you. In successfully integrating and Qatargas and have made significant developing our national employees, As we move into a new, more steps towards delivering on our building their professionalism and challenging period in our relentless “Premiership” aspirations. creating leadership cadres, Qatargas drive towards excellence, our upgraded This year, in the face of increasing has continued to demonstrate its Management System (QGMS) will be competition from emerging LNG continuing commitment to Quality developing momentum as it extends to suppliers, we have successfully Qatarization, a commitment that has all parts of the Company’s operations. concluded agreements with new long- been recognized again this year by HE The aim is to streamline our activities term customers to further bolster The Minister of Energy. to ensure premier status in all that our market-leading position as LNG we do. That’s why we call it “the We have also recognized the need to suppliers to the world. Qatargas Way”. increase our local presence within the We have already received international community by expanding our corporate Further consolidation and preparation acclaim for our JBOG project as it visibility and bolstering our outreach to will be our primary focus over the rapidly nears completion, a project the communities our business touches coming weeks and months to ensure we which underscores and strengthens through greater focus on sustainable deliver on our promise to become the our commitment to sustainability in the CSR events and initiatives in the field World’s Premier LNG Company by 2015 environmental arena. of sport, health, culture, environment, and continue as one of the country’s main economic drivers to synchronize and education ‒ initiatives aimed at We have bolstered our support for our our strategy with the State of Qatar creating greater capability and social valued contractors and worked hard Vision 2030 and collaborate in creating return on investment locally in all the to strengthen our already solid safety a new knowledge-based society. mentioned sectors. provisions. With the communication Our vision is in sight and we are on of the 10 Life Saving Rules and with Such achievements further track to achieving it. the launch of the new Incident and underline Qatargas’ position as Injury Free (IIF 2) initiative, we have the world’s largest producer of LNG, Best wishes for the coming year. begun to challenge ourselves to recognized as a secure and reliable meet the strictest, most demanding supplier of clean energy, to a growing safety requirements of any LNG number of customers across the plant anywhere in the world and truly globe. They also help promote a view reflective of a world-class, premier of Qatargas as a generous corporate organization. citizen at home, sensitive to the needs and expectations of the local In keeping with the Qatar National community and conscious of our social Vision 2030 to support economic responsibilities as a leading contributor diversification we have worked with to Qatar’s economy. our sister company RasGas to bring the Helium2 plant into operation, making Of course, none of our achievements Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Qatar the largest exporter and second- would have been possible without the Chief Executive Officer 1 THE PIONEER - ISSUE 142 - DECEMBER 2013 OpERatInG ExcellEnce This important milestone showcases the commitment of the entire team –“ Qatargas, TCJV and associated subcontractors – to the Incident & Injury Free’ culture Jim Ierubino ” PMP Project Manager, Qatargas The Plateau Maintenance Project Team The PMP has also initiated a “Safely has surpassed the significant milestone Finishing Strong” campaign which of 500,000 STOP observation cards raises the awareness of systems since project inception. “STOP completion and pre mechanical observation cards are a true leading completion activities for the entire safety indicator, as they document, as 6,000 strong workforce. At the same well as require mitigation of, unsafe time, the team is administering their conditions and behaviors before they third annual safety climate survey, result in incidents or injuries. The which reflects input for over 2,000 safety culture, and climate of PMP, is project workers. centered around our STOP program”, Randy Stadler, QG Chief SEQ Officer, said Sheikh Khalid Abdulla Al Thani Qatargas and PMP contractor employees marking noted that “these are significant the 500,000 STOP card safety milestone. (QG COO E&V). achievements, particularly considering This important milestone showcases the difficult construction conditions the commitment of the entire within the operating Qatargas 1 plant Plateau Maintenance team (QG, TCJV and associated facilities. It is quite apparent that subcontractors) to the QG IIF culture. safety is a core value to the QG PMT”. Though the project is not entirely The project has now reached 96% Project Achieves injury and incident free (experiencing overall completion. Mechanical two lost time foot injuries in 35 million completion and startup are expected hours of heavy construction work in 2Q 2014. Significant Safety within the operating plant), they are confident that the STOP program has helped mitigate or avoid entirely Milestone numerous potential incidents. 2 3 THE PIONEER - ISSUE 142 - DECEMBER 2013 OpERatInG ExcellEnce CEO shares South East Asian LNG demand insights and “is expected to be well over 40 predictions million tonnes per annum by 2025 and will at SIEW account for 13% of Qatargas CEO Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani total Asia Pacific delivered the opening keynote address at SIEW, demand which focused on the diverse challenges facing the global LNG market. ” Moreover, there are currently a dozen new LNG terminal projects at various The Singapore International Energy has resulted in significant growth in in some cases, planning stages. Similarly, India is Week (SIEW) is an annual weeklong trade over the past few years. He also the growth of expanding its LNG receiving capacity platform for energy professionals, underlined Qatargas’ solid relationship gas consumption and its gas pipeline network to pave policymakers and commentators to with Singapore LNG. In March this that was achieved the way for increased imports over the discuss and share best practices and year, Qatargas supplied the first in the continent coming years. solutions within the global energy cargo of LNG into Singapore for the during the last “South East Asian LNG demand is space. This year the event took place commissioning of Singapore’s LNG new decade.” expected to be well over 40 million from 28 October to 1 November. regasification terminal, a significant However, his tonnes per annum by 2025 and will milestone for Qatar in its role in SIEW aims to facilitate the exchange outlook on the account for 13% of total Asia Pacific meeting the growing South East Asian of ideas and discussions on pertinent future of the demand. Several factors are driving this energy demand. energy-related issues and provides European LNG increasing LNG demand, including this opportunities for networking and deal Assessing the impact of shale gas market was region’s strong economic growth, the making among energy companies production on the North American positive.