January 22, 2020 Vol. LXXV, No. 4 a weekly Saudi Aramco publication for employees Ithra Winter Camp increasing engagement, comes to a close building relationships, Young campers share their insights effecting change and experiences at the conclusion of Saudi Aramco president and CEO Amin Nasser the most recent educational program shares personal insights and advice with hundreds at the King Abdulaziz Center for of young employees at the Young Leaders World Culture (Ithra). Advisory Board Town Hall. see page 9 see page 3 A Day in the Life of a Saudi Aramco Helicopter pilot Bassam H. Fallatah gets ready to fly an AgustaWestland AW139 at the helicopter pilot Tanajib airport. (Photo: Hasan see page 5 AlMubarak/MPD) tackling Type 2 OPEC basket Saudi Aramco diabetes with Tawazon five-week price trend 2019-2020 by the numbers $ 68.34 68.86 in Safaniyah 67.70 68.28 65.64 Working with Johns Hopkins Aramco nearly Healthcare, the Safaniyah Area Producing 2,000 employees have graduated from the staff is bringing a higher awareness of the Upstream Professional Onboarding Program, importance of a balanced lifestyle to avoid which prepares young professionals through Type 2 diabetes. an integrated program across multiple disciplines, solving complex challenges, and see page 8 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3 Jan. 10 Jan. 17 driving innovation. January 22, 2020 the arabian sun 2 company news Representatives of top performing individuals, teams, and departments pose with Abdullah O. Al Baiz, vice president of Engineering Services, and other members of management at the recent Engineering Excellence Awards. The healthy competition recognized excellence in six categories. ‘Healthy’ competition lays the foundation for excellence Engineering Services celebrates success of individuals and teams Dhahran — Promoting a culture of ment are all impacted positively by the cul- S. Shakhoury, speaking on behalf of CMS. tection Department (EPD) “healthy” competition is reaping dividends ture of competition, said Al-Bagawi. “The awards promote a healthy culture • (2nd) Rehan Farooqi: CSD for Saudi Aramco’s Engineering Services (ES), “With innovation and technology deploy- of competition, which creates enthusiasm • (3rd) Zeyad T. Ahmed: EPD as individuals and teams were recently rec- ment, we are trying to do more,” he said. among CoP leaders and members to share • (4th) Md Anwar Parvez: CSD ognized at the second annual Engineering “We are instilling and cultivating an innova- and discuss challenges, best practices, and • (5th) Emmanouil Spyropoulos: CSD. Excellence Awards. tion culture and embedding it in our organi- lessons learned.” Best Knowledge Sharing Excellence ES vice president Abdullah O. Al Baiz said zations and we benchmark with the best-in- The Consulting Services Department (CSD) Award for Departments the awards — covering six categories — class of the industry.” earned second place in the category of Best • (1st) Project Management Office: Badr M. pave the way for operational excellence. “Steering competition is the key term Innovation and Technology Deployment. Burshaid “These awards strive to promote excel- here,” said event organizer Mohammed N. “The award was a proud moment for me • (2nd) Projects and Technical Support: Walid lence and create an environment of healthy Al Mulhim, superintendent of Vendor In- as a professional,” said Rehan Farooqi. “My S. Al Kulaibi competition among individuals and teams spection. “We wanted the teams to be com- children were proud that their father was • (3rd) Hawiyah Gas Plant: Rashed M. Al Dos- rendering key technical services. The win- peting with each other in key processes for honored for his technology development sary ning individuals, teams, and departments the purpose of improving the performance work, which not only will save operating • (4th) North Ghawar Producing: Abdulaziz showed outstanding performances.” of the whole organization.” expenditures for the company, but will also U. Al Saleh Engineering consultant Abdulaziz Y. Asiri contribute in reducing greenhouse emissions • (5th) Projects Procurement: Abdullah A. Al excellence bringing efficiency won the Best Standards Committee Award. and our carbon footprint.” Sughaiyer. The Excellence Program is designed to “I’m delighted,” he said. “But, ultimately, Vendor Review Committee Excellence Best CoP Excellence Award develop efficient practices of the corporate- what it comes down to is the team that I am Award for Best Technical Committees • (1st) Project Inspection: Inspection Depart- wide processes through the adoption of working with. We’ve got the most amazing and Quality Office ment unique principals. The concept of sharing and exciting team. The entire team is pas- • (1st) Technical: Vessels Committee/CSD • (2nd) Maintenance and Asset Management: knowledge and best practices is leveraged sionate and we are working hard to keep • (2nd) Technical: Oil and Gas Process Engi- Corporate Maintenance Services Division to promote disruptive innovation and con- pace with cutting-edge technology.” neering Committee/Process and Control Sys- • (3rd) Engineering Standards: OE and Engi- solidate quality concepts and leadership ex- tems (P&CS) neering Services Support cellence. The awards program is anchored collaboration with stakeholders • (1st) Quality: Vendor Assessment Unit/In- • (4th) Drilling and Workover: Drilling Tech- by a comprehensive selection criteria that “We are working intensely to manage ef- spection. nical measures and ranks the achievements in fectively all of the standards to the highest Best Standards Committee Excellence • (5th) Safety: Loss Prevention. each category. degree of integrity, which calls for collabora- Award Best Technical Instructors Excellence “The intent of the awards is to recognize tion with all of the stakeholders.” • (1st) Nonmetallic Committee: CSD Award top performers in several areas related to Corporate Maintenance Services (CMS) • (2nd) Piping Committee: CSD • (1st) Abdulmhsen W. Al Jreedan: Pipeline Engineering Services and engineering in the placed second in the Best Communities of • (3rd) Corrosion Control Committee: CSD Projects company, and also to create healthy com- Practice (CoP) category. • (4th) Instrumentation Committee: P&CS • (2nd) Mahmoud A. Younis: Pipeline Projects petition among organizations,” said Jamil J. “This success is due to the close collabo- • (5th) Energy Systems Optimization Com- • (3rd) Mohammad K. Saffour: Oil Facilities Al-Bagawi, Saudi Aramco’s chief engineer. ration between CMS and field organizations mittee: P&CS. Projects “When you track and when you recognize, where maintenance and reliability personnel Best Innovation and Technology Deploy- • (4th) Othman Taha: P&CS you get improvements.” realized the benefit of sharing knowledge ment Excellence Award • (5th) Hussain M. Al Suwaidan: CSD Resilience, reliability, safety, and environ- and learning from each other,” said Shubber • (1st) Tyas I. Hikmawan: Environmental Pro- • (6th) Mohammed R. Tariq: P&CS. Project Management launches capturing lessons learned new tool to promote knowledge sharing Project Management works hard to main- able to easily capture and share project les- tain a high level of knowledge management, sons learned on the LLKB is a key corner- promoting knowledge sharing and transfer stone to spread a continuous improvement in all admin areas to create an environment culture within Saudi Aramco.” where those working on Saudi Aramco proj- Limjoco said capturing lessons learned is ects are keen to share their experiences and critical to maintain quality. help improve and enhance future projects. “Quality doesn’t happen by accident. It is To help facilitate this, the newly enhanced always the result of intelligent effort.” Project Management Office Department For Jovicevic, the experience reaped via (PMOD) Lessons Learned Knowledge Base lessons learned is very valuable, helping (LLKB) has been launched, offering a plat- teams “take advantage of our experience. Igor Jovicevic Fouad Ridouane Mohamed Walid A. Rogel R. Limjoco form for capturing project knowledge by Ibrahim “I highly appreciated the PMOD initiative submitting lessons learned in a clear and and such a great opportunity to share my easy step-by-step way. The knowledge is in launching the lessons learned campaign, • The Gas Facilities Projects Department experience, and positively affect the success then made accessible to all. which resulted in more than 250 submis- • Distribution and Terminal Projects of future Saudi Aramco projects.” PMOD influences knowledge sharing by sions. • Mohamed Walid A. Ibrahim of the Gas Ridouane submitted a lesson learned after offering a pair of facilitated services — the The lessons covered disciplines such as Facilities Projects Department having difficulty finding many lessons relat- Lessons Learned Collection (LLC) and Les- safety, claims and disputes, contract man- • Rogel R. Limjoco of the South Dhahran ed to laboratory construction in the Saudi sons Learned Implementation workshops. agement, stakeholder management, and Home Ownership Projects Department Aramco database. “Saudi Aramco has a LLC workshops are performed by projects construction technology. • Igor Jovicevic of Oil Facilities Projects continuing need to build, modernize, and at the end of each phase to capture knowl- In December, participating departments • Fouad Ridouane of the Community and upgrade its R&D laboratories,” he said. edge. The LLKB website contains a reposi- and individuals were recognized for submit- Public Projects Department PMOD manager