March 2017 www.opaloman.org Issue 21 A PRODUCTION OF COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT Editor: Azza Al Hilali (
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[email protected]) EDITORIAL TEAM RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADAPT THE TEXTS TO SPECIFY THE COORDINATE FORMAT AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER A NEW BOARD TAKES THE HELM The record turnout was a testa- & Gas (as Chairman); Dr. Aflah compiling and publishing the ment to the Society’s growing Al Hadhrami, VP – Oxy (as Vice keenly awaited standards for Road prominence as the voice of the Chairman); Husam Al Jahdhami, Safety, Camp Accommodation hydrocarbon industry and a rec- Engineering Director – PDO (as and Heat Stress Management. ognition of its definitive role in Treasurer); Ashraf Al Mamari, The three sets of standards were driving best practice, standards VP Corporate Affairs – OCCEP; formally unveiled at the AGM. and professionalism in the oil and Hamoud Al Tobi, CEO – Al Another laudable achievement is gas sector. Shawamikh Oil Services SAOC; the rollout of National Occupa- Salim bin Nasser Al Aufi, Un- Khalid Al Kindi, Deputy Gener- tional Standards (NOS) for weld- der-Secretary of the Ministry of Oil al Manager – BP; and Mohsin Al ing professionals. This pilot project & Gas, was the Guest of Honour Hadhrami, CEO – Schlumberger. is a precursor to establishing simi- on the occasion. Also present were Earlier, in opening remarks, lar NOS norms for other trades “We are so exited about the An- the CEOs, Managing Directors OPAL CEO Musallam al in conjunction with the industry, nual General Meeting (AGM) of and Country Heads of a number of Mandhri outlined the significant training institutes and government Oman Society for Petroleum Ser- upstream companies and contract- strides achieved by the Society trained professionals.