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Honoring Best Employee for Third Quarter of 2009/2010  PD Engineering Design Group -B- organized a party on 18/2/2010 at the Project Tent-MAB Refinery for honoring Mr. Mohamed Mahmoud Hajji, Technical Assistant for getting the Best Employee title for the third quarter of 2009/2010.In a speech Eng. Bassam Al-Obaidi, TL Construction -MAA- and Acting TL Engineering Design, praised the significant efforts and dedication of the honored as well as his cooperation with his colleagues, wishing him best luck.
The party was attended by colleagues of the honored employee working with the Engineering Design Group -B-, who commended the effoirts and cooperation exemplified by Mr. Hajji.
Concluding, Engineer Bassam Al-Obaidi presented the Best Employee certificate to the honored and later all those attending gathered around the luncheon prepared for that occasion. |
OHSAS Project Progressing as Planned Project Implementation activities for OHSAS 18001 :2007 are in full swing at all KNPC sites. Despite the extremely challenging deadlines, representatives from various departments are working hard and the project is moving as per plan. Some highlights of the project progress are :
OH&S Risk Registers (Draft C) prepared for MAA, MAB, SHU. Draft A completed for other Divisions and Departments after conducting 50 technical work shops with Division Coordinators.
Capacity Building:
- Awareness training sessions organized covering 1600 employees;
- Awareness training sessions conducted for 210 Management personnel.
- 78 employees trained as Internal Auditors
- 30 employees have undergone Lead Auditor Training Program
Milestones ahead:
- Finalization of Objectives and Improvement Programs by Managers
- Finalization of Apex OH&S Manual and Mandatory Procedures
- Internal Audit (proposed: 7th -10th March 2010)
- Closure of Audit Findings by sites
- Management Reviews (14th -18th March 2010) for sites and with SHEEC
- Certification audit proposed dates– Stage 1 Audit : 21st- 23rd March 10; Final Audit :4th -6th April’10;
Cooperation and coordination at all levels of the organization is the key to achieve these milestones. |
IT Engineers Celebrate Promotions  Celebrating the new “senior engineer” grade they recently gained, a group of IT staff organized a gala on 18/2/2010 at the cafeteria hall, Head Office. The gala was attended by Mr. Khalid Al-Asousi, Manager IT and a number of employees who came to share the celebration with their promoted colleagues. During the luncheon prepared for that occasion, Al-Asousi congratulated the honored employees and praised their sincere and outstanding efforts.
The honored employees promoted to the Senior Engineer grade are: Mr. Ebrahim Al-Sharrah, Sr. Eng. Network Infrastructure & Security, Mr. Fahad Al-Rashid, Project Leader - Technical Applications, Mr. Waleed Al-Mejaibel, Sr. Eng. Telecom, Mr. Naser Al-Tayyar, Sr. Eng. Systems - IT Planning and Mrs. Loulwa Abdullah, Sr. Eng. Network Applications. |
Japanese Delegation Visits MAB Refinery  Within the framework of cooperation between Kuwait and Japan in oil refining industry sphere, the Japanese delegation participating in the 11th Kuwait-Japan Joint symposium on “corrosion and material behavior in petroleum refining industry” that was co- organized by Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and KNPC, visited on 21/1/2010 Mina Abdullah Refinery.
The delegation was received upon arrival, by Mr. Sami Malallah, Manager, Operations Dept, Mr. Osama Shammas, Manager, FEG, Mr. Jamal Al-Houti, Coordinator Development & Technology-FEG, and Mr. Ali Al-Ajmi, TL, Operations Area-4. The visiting delegation was accompanied by Dr. Dawood Bahzad from the Petroleum Refining Dept- KISR’s Petroleum Research and Studies Center (PRSC).
The visit program started with a meeting at the refinery’s Admin. Building where Mr. Osama Shammas illustrated the refinery operations mechanism. This was followed by screening an awareness film on the security and safety procedures adopted by the refinery to ensure the safety of both employees and visitors.Mr. Jamal Al-Houti and Mr. Ali Al-Ajmi accompanied the delegation in a tour inside the refinery, and briefed them on the systems followed by the different refinery departments. During the tour the visitors came closer to the great efforts made by the refinery staff for promoting the oil and refining industry standards.
In closing, Mr. Osama Shammas said that the visit came in line with the KNPC Top Management policy on boosting relations and exchanging experience on oil and the refining industries |
MAA Refinery Recives KOC Delegation  According to the program set by the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) for exchange of visits by officials of KPC subsidiary companies to share experience on security and safety procedures adopted by all the oil sector companies, a delegation from Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) visited Mina Al-Ahmadi (MAA) Refinery on 24/1/2010. The visiting delegation included Mr. Mohammed Hussein, Deputy Chairman and DMD for Planning and Gas; Mr. Khalid Al-Khamees, DMD for Administrative and Financial Affairs; Mr. Khalid Al-Sumaiti, DMD for Exploration and Production Development; Mr. Hashim Hashim, DMD for South and East of Kuwait; and Mr. Mohamed Abdul Wahab Al-Fudari, Manager, HSE Group.
Upon arrival to MAA Admin Building, the visitors were received by Mr. Munawer Al-Mutairi, Manager, Operations Dept-MAA and Mr. Salim Al-Fawzan, TL, Instruments-MAA. The visit started with a meeting held at the Conference Room where a film was shown on awareness over the security procedures and instructions and safety practices within the refinery to ensure the safety of staff and visitors alike. The visiting delegation members made some observations and remarks that were fully discussed. Mr. Al-Mutairi reviewed the safety systems and regulations in place. Then, Al-Mutairi and Al-Fawzan accompanied the visitors in a site tour inside the refinery where they visited a number of units including acid gas unit No. 20.Before end of the visit, the visitors met again with MAA officials at the Admin. Building where the delegation members lauded the HSE regulations and procedures implemented by the company in general and by the MAA Refinery in particular. |
Physical IT Security System Deployed at KNPC Within framework of promoting KNPC’s leading and distinctive role at all performance levels, and to cope with the global trend of adopting smart systems to facilitate procedures and transactions while maintaining confidentiality and secrecy, Mr. Khalid Al-Asousi, Manager, Information Technology Dept. (IT), announced the conclusion of the first phase of the Physical IT Security System implementation project by using the existing smart Cards to access KNPC PCs/laptops. The project’s first phase included KNPC Head Office 800 employees. He added that the next phase - which has already started – includes applying the system to all computer users for both KNPC and seconded staff at different locations of the three refineries and local marketing.Commenting on the objectives of implementing such a system, Al-Asousi indicated that adopting the advanced system by the company makes it the first in the State of Kuwait to widely apply this technology, and places it among the leading global companies and organizations such as “Chevron”, “Microsoft” and the “Barclays Bank” which have the best technical systems for managing and preserving confidentiality of information assets through making sure that different PCs/laptops are used only by the authorized personnel. Before, anyone having the user name and password for any PC or laptop could use it, but now they will be denied access unless they have the assigned smart card.
Al-Asousi added that the newly adopted smart card authentication system opens up broad prospects for further additions and enhancements other than using it for opening doors, registering attendance, and accessing company computers, as smart cards can be uploaded with the users’ vocational and personal information and data such as their medical history and the available corporate training courses, in addition to the possibility of uploading smart cards with many of the company’s programs and systems to facilitate a wide range of procedures and transactions including issuance of different certificates like staff salary statements and others |
MAB Refinery Hosts Lecture on Spent catalysts Regeneration Technologies  In line with ongoing cooperation between KNPC and Al-Bilad Catalyst Co. Ltd for the development and manufacture of catalysts, MAB Auditorium hosted on 20 / 1 / 2010 a lecture delivered by Al-Bilad’s experts on spent catalysts off-site regenerating and recycling technologies.The event was attended by Mr. Sami Malallah, Manager, Operations Dept –MAB, Mr. Faisal Al-Qattan, TL, Process Engineering , Acting Manager, Technical Services Dept - MAB, in addition to a large number of operation and process engineers, especially UDs from the three refineries.The lecture started with a welcome note by Mr. Sami Malallah, followed by a brief overview on Al-Bilad Co. presented by the company’s General Manager Dr. Saleh Abotteen.Mr. Francois Locatelli, Deputy General Manager, gave a detailed technical presentation on the methods and technologies adopted by the company for reactivating spent catalysts and re-using the same. Concluding, Dr. Locatelli and Al-Bilad visiting delegation members addressed all the questions and queries raised by the audience.Mr. Malallah indicated that organizing such lecture was to exchange experience with Al-Bilad Co. which leads catalyst production and reactivation. It also aimed at acquainting UDs with the latest technologies in this field, he concluded |
ERM Team Reviews Last Year’s Achievements, Upcoming Plans  ERM team organized on 11/2/2010 a meeting at the Conference Room -MAB Admin Building in presence of Mr. Mohamed Ghazi Al-Mutairi, DMD-MAB, project sponsor; Mr. Osama Shammas, Manager, FEG; Mr. Ali Kashawe, TL, ERM-FEG. The meeting included a review of the ERM implementation cycle for the past year and the consequent results regarding preventing, addressing or fixing the very high risk threats, in addition to evaluating performance and the plan devised for the upcoming year. Also, during the event, the ERM coordinators winning the ERM awareness campaign competition were honored.In his speech Mr. Al-Mutairi emphasized the importance of the strategic system for protecting and enhancing the company’s assets. He added that the enterprise risk management process includes specific procedures for identifying risks at all sites and discussing the solutions and plans proposed by those in charge at all KNPC departments.He indicated that the 2009 ERM procedures resulted in identifying 358 risk threats, including 10 classified as very high risk threats according to KNPC approved scale. The said risk threats were later reduced to five, however, the constant efforts made by the team formed for identifying threats resulted in adding two new ones to the five already identified as very high risk threats. Al-Mutairi thanked all employees and appreciated their efforts for leading this project to success.
Mrs. Khaldah Ahmed Bandar, Senior Risk Analyst-ERM gave a detailed presentation on the activities carried out by the team during 2009 for assigning, identifying and classifying risk threats and the way of controlling them. She also reviewed the 2010 work plan that is based on starting work as soon as possible to minimize risk threats and adopt the right solutions. Towards the end, gifts were distributed to the winners and then all the attendees gathered around the luncheon banquet served for that occasion. |
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