Dialogue - Kuwait Petroleum Corporation · 2014. 9. 1. · Meanwhile, Mr. Fawaz Al-Hajeri, acting...
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Farouq Hussein Al-ZankiChief Executive Of�cer
Dialoguewith CEO
In the beginning of my speech, I would like to extend my congratulations to
HH the Amir and HH the Crown Prince on the advent of Eid Al-Fitr hoping
Allah, the Almighty, to bestow His blessings on the State of Kuwait and the
Arab and Islamic nations.
I entreat Allah, the Almighty, as I congratulate you on this blessed occasion,
to bring it back peacefully and blessedly to my colleagues in the oil sector
while we progress steadily towards the future through implementing the 2030
strategy. This strategy is aimed at fortifying the status of Kuwait Petroleum
Corporation internationally as it includes projects and plans that cope with
environmental strategies that have been initiated all over the world. In this
context, the environmental fuel project, which tops the projects that KPC
intends to execute within the coming phase, has been recently approved. This
project will enable Kuwait to manufacture petroleum products pursuant to the
international criteria allotted in this domain. Furthermore, it will help improve
the quality of the petroleum distillates on the environmental and financial
levels as well as achieving added value for the Kuwaiti economy.
In this context, we should not disregard the petrochemical complex project which
is planned to be established in China as it is considered one of the focal projects
for the Corporation and the country as well. This project depends focally on the
Kuwaiti oil and it will open new horizons of common collaboration between
Kuwait and China. It will provide good outlets and markets for the Kuwaiti
products in a region considered one of the most developing zones all over the
world in spite of the sequential crises hitting the international economy. It is
known that China is the second biggest oil consumer in the world and it is one
of the most important industrially advanced countries as well, in addition to
its significant population. All these factors grant us a lucrative opportunity to
invest there and enter good markets that can take part incessantly in improving
the Kuwaiti oil products and achieve, in turn, desired added value for the
Kuwaiti economy.
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In This Issue
Gairge'an
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Oil family exchanges congratulations on the holy month of Ramadan
KPC holds “Gairge’an” celebration KPC takes part in “Al-Qefal” day
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E v e n t s
HE the Oil Minister, the State Minis-
ter for Parliament Affairs and Chair-
man of KPC board of directors Dr.
Mohammed Al-Busairi received con-
gratulators, who came to congratulate
him on the advent of the holy month
of Ramadan, in his Ghabga – Kuwaiti
dinner celebration held in Ramadan –
held in honor of the oil sector’s per-
sonnel on Thursday August 4, 2011
at The Regency Hotel.
The celebration was attended by a
large number of senior officials from
the oil sector and employees besides
media practitioners.
Dr. Al-Busairi was keen on receiving
and welcoming the attendants per-
sonally as well as exchanging con-
gratulations with them.
During HE Oil Minister’s Ghabga
Oil family exchanges
congratulations on the holy
month of Ramadan
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E v e n t s
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, represented by the In-
ternational Marketing sector, which is presided over by
Mr. Nasser Al-Mudhaf, Managing Director of Interna-
tional Marketing, received a high-level delegation from
the Taiwanese government and CPC Taiwanese Nation-
al Co on Thursday July 21, 2011 at the oil complex’s
headquarters.
This is stemmed out from KPC's plan which is aimed
at reinforcing relations with its clients and partners all
over the world in order to build new partnerships in the
international markets.
The visiting delegation was received by Mr. Farouq Al-
Zanki, CEO of KPC and senior officials of the Interna-
tional Marketing sector besides Mr. Nasser Al-Mudhaf,
Mr.Yousef Al-Qabandi, acting Managing Director of
marketing crude oil and light distillates, and Sheikh
Salah Al-Sabah, Crude Oil Sales Manager.
The two sides underlined the latest developments in the
international oil markets; in addition to the ways of bol-
stering cooperation in the future, particularly with CPC
which is one of the biggest companies that provides
the local Taiwanese market with its needs from oil and
gas. Moreover, it supplies the local petrochemical sec-
tor with its needs from raw materials.
To seek new investment opportunities
Int’l Marketing hosts a high-level Taiwanese delegation
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The Planning sector held a farewell celebra-
tion, on Tuesday July 26, 2011 at the Diwan-
iya of the oil sector, for Mr. Hashim El-Ri-
faai, former Managing Director of the sector,
who has recently undertaken the responsibil-
ity of Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC) as
a Chairman and Managing Director.
The new position came in line with a recent
rotation carried out among the senior offi-
cials of the oil sector.
The celebration was attended by Mr. Farouq
Al-Zanki, KPC’s CEO, Mr. Bader Al-
Khashti, Managing Director of Research,
Planning, Health, Safety and Environment
and a large number of the sector’s employ-
ees.
In his keynote speech, El-Rifaai remembered
the distinctive time he spent in the sector in
addition to the concrete collaboration with
the staff, extending his delight for heading
Planning sector as it is considered one of the
substantial periods of his practical and tech-
nical life that cannot be forgotten.
Finally, he thanked all employees for their
constructive cooperation with him and the
wonderful gifts they presented to him. One
of these gifts, which was the most prominent,
was a book including pictures and distinctive
captions written down by the sector’s em-
ployees to him as a special tribute.
In a family distinctive celebration
Planning sector says farewell to El-Rifaai
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The Planning and Career Development department
organized a celebration, on Sunday July 31, 2011 at
the auditorium of the oil sector’s complex, to honor
the students of the summer field training courses who
joined KPC for training in its various departments to
acquire practical and career experiences through di-
rect contact with employees.
On his part, Mr. Abdullatif Ahmad Al-Houti, Planning
and Career Development department Manager, wel-
comed the attendees hailing the tremendous efforts
exerted by the students, whose number reached 51
trainees, and concrete collaboration shown by KPC's
various departments which took part in training the
students. He also thanked the students’ supervisors for
cooperating devotedly with the department.
He pointed out that Training and Career Development
sector is used to supporting such training activities as
they serve the society; in addition, they are part of the
strategic directions of the sector hoping that all KPC’s
departments will participate in such training programs
to attain more numbers.
Meanwhile, Mr. Fawaz Al-Hajeri, acting Team Lead-
er of Training Affairs, confirmed that the department
seeks diligently to develop its activities including the
programs of field training. From this point, training
programs were organized for the first time dubbed
“Fist Aid” and “Time Management” which reflect
the department’s keenness on letting the trainees at-
tain knowledge and experience in such fields as they
are to fight their way in life, stressing these programs
managed efficiently to achieve their goals; in addition,
they were applauded by trainees and their faculties.
Representing the Commercial Studies Faculty in the
celebration, Mr. Khalid Al-Kandari thanked KPC’s ef-
forts in serving the civil society and its keenness to
train the students in order to qualify them to surmount
any difficulties they may face during their career and
practical life.
Finally, Taghreed Al-Sharhan, one of Administrative
Sciences Faculty’s students who joined the training
course, hailed the program which was allotted by the
corporation.
It is worth mentioning that appreciation certificates
were distributed to the trainees at the end of the cel-
ebration which was attended by representatives from
practical faculties and applied institutes in participa-
tion of Field Training Program and supervisors of
KPC’s various departments.
As they completed successfully their field training course
Planning & Career Development celebrates summer field trainees
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Project of assessing and developing efficiency of Financial & Administrative
Affairs sector’s staff at KPC launched
The Financial and Administrative
Affairs sector has implemented the
project of assessing and develop-
ing the efficiencies and abilities of
the oil sector’s employees in col-
laboration with E & Y Company.
This coincides with initiating the
Human Resources (HR) strategic
plan of 2020-2030 in the oil sec-
tor in order to assess, develop and
improve the proficiency of the sec-
tor’s personnel including Admin-
istration Group, Financial Group,
and Information Technology (IT)
Group.
This initiative is pursuant to the
directives of KPC which pays spe-
cial concern to manpower that is
considered the real investment and
focal support for success and prog-
ress in all oil fields and industries.
The project is aimed to update the
plans allotted to improve the per-
formance and efficiency of em-
ployees in tune with KPC strategic
plans; the matter will be reflected
positively on the quality of ser-
vices which Financial and Admin-
istrative Affairs sector provides to
other sectors in KPC and its sub-
sidiaries.
Under the auspices of Deputy Man-
aging Director of Financial and
Administrative Affairs Mrs. Hanaa
Al-Sumai’e, Administration Group
conducted, in cooperation with E
& Y Co, an examination on Sunday
June 19, 2011 to approach the effi-
ciency of its employees, about 32
personnel, at the auditorium of the
oil sector. These examinations are
aimed at taking part in identifying
the weakness and strengths points
of employees so as to develop their
proficiencies in this regard.
On her part, Al-Sumai’e confirmed
that the examinations are confiden-
tially and professionally conducted
as the results will be shelved to
make sure that they will not be
misused in any other purpose not
related to the plans of developing
employees’ proficiency.
She further thanked the depart-
ment’s employees for their coop-
eration and participation in such
initiative, indicating that those
who failed to take part in the first
examination will be set for exam
later.
In the same context, E & Y Con-
sultative Company was keen on
executing a number of steps to get
the best results from the initiative.
Among these steps what follows:
- Reviewing the skills and career
efficiency of the personnel of Ad-
ministration Group.
- Updating skills and career profi-
ciency in accordance with the re-
quirements of HR strategy 2030 of
the oil sector.
- Providing plans of career learning
which include career efficiencies
and proposed training programs
such as training during self-learn-
ing. Add to this, the duties which
should be fulfilled through attend-
ing such training programs accord-
ing to regulations allotted in this
domain.
- Coordinating with Training and
Career Development sector to re-
gard the notices and opinions of
the representatives of the sector
which is the authority in charge of
training and career development
affairs. It is also in charge of pre-
paring workshops required to up-
date the development plans.
- Coordinating with DMD of Ad-
ministrative Affairs to hold a num-
ber of awareness campaigns in HR
fields.
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Under the auspices of HH the Amir Sheikh
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Ku-
wait Petroleum Corporation took part in
patronizing "Al-Qefal day" the conclud-
ing activities of the 23rd Diving Voyage
which was held in the Kuwait Sea Club
on Saturday July 23, 2011.
KPC participation is part of its social re-
sponsibility it shoulders towards the civil
society. In addition, it is aimed also to
mark the diving voyage which was earlier
considered the key way of gaining provi-
sion for Kuwaiti ancestors.
It is worth mentioning that Mr. Ali Mu-
rad, Public Relations Manan-
ger, represented the cor-
poration during the
celebration.
As part of appreciating the ancestors’ heritage
KPC takes part in “Al-Qefal” day
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I n T h i s I s s u e
We thank Allah, the Almighty, as
He has completed His virtue on
Muslim people, and let them wit-
ness the end of the holy month of
Ramadan.
As we receive the Eid Al-Fitr, we
entreat Allah, the Almighty, to ac-
cept our good deeds and charitable
activities we tried devotedly to per-
form during the holy month of Ra-
madan. We beseech Him to bestow
His mercy and forgiveness upon us.
We beg Him to enable us to behave
our manners as they were during the
holy month of Ramadan to keep the
same good manners throughout our
lifespan. These good manners are
supposed actually to be available in
each Muslim person not only in Ra-
madan but throughout the year.
Eid is a lucrative opportunity to
spread the meanings of sympathy
and intimacy through which joy fills
the faces of all people particularly
the poor. It is a chance to root hope
and good omen in our hearts to con-
solidate altogether. It is known that
solidarity is one of the religion’s es-
sences.
It is a chance to forgive slips of
tongue and mistakes. It is chance to
empty hearts from hatred, malice,
altercations and enmity to become
brothers gathering around Islam
to fulfill the meaning of the verse
quoted from the holy Qur’an which
says Muslim persons are brother;
thereby, Allah, the Almighty in-
structs us to settle any disputes
waged among them.
Eid means to overcome conflicts
and disputes with others. Our
prophet (PBUH) says, “The Mus-
lim person is not allowed to boy-
cott any other Muslim more than 3
days. However, the one who greets
the other one firstly is the best.
Our Islam urges us to respect each
other; the young respects the el-
der and the latter shows sympathy
to the young. Muslims people are
instructed to cooperate mutually
to achieve charity and piety. Islam
also bans cooperating in commit-
ting sins. We should seek to es-
tablish and develop our homeland.
We should bolster our relations and
exchange visits with relatives and
friends to spread congratulations
on Eid which is an aspect of inti-
macy and benevolence.
Definitely, the blessings of Allah,
the Almighty, are countless as He
guides us to follow the right path of
His prophet (PBUH) like his hon-
orable family members and com-
panions.
As we receive Eid, we say farewell
to the beloved holy month of Ra-
madan whose page has been turned.
Anyhow, we couldn’t help congrat-
ulating those whose worship was
accepted during the holy month of
Ramadan and condoling those ones
whose worship was rejected.
God is the great!
Eid Al-fitr.... day of awards
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Verdicts related to Eid
Zakat Al-Fitr “Alms”: It is obligation imposed on
each Muslim person witnessing the holy month of Ra-
madan. It is about a certain amount from dates, wheat or
rice. This amount is equal to 2.40 kg. However, it must
be paid at the time of the sunset of the last day of Rama-
dan. Anyhow, it can be paid one or two days before Eid
but if it is paid after Eid prayer, it is not considered then
Zakat; it will be considered a charitable deed.
Sunna and prohibitions of Eid
Pursuant to the prophet’s Sunna, Muslims should ex-
claim “Allah is the great” from the time of the sunset
of the last day of Ramadan until the time of performing
Eid prayer. The Muslim person should bathe and wear
the best of his clothes. He should break his fast before
walking to perform Eid prayer. It is preferable, in line
with Sunna, to have some uneven dates. He should take
another way other than the one he took when he walked
to the place of performing the Eid prayer. Moreover, the
prophet (PBUH) bans fasting on the days of Eid Al-Fitr
and Eid Al-Adha. The prophet did not prefer to visit
graves during Eid.
Eid prayer
It is collective duty. It is composed of two prostrations;
in the first one the Imam and his followers exclaim sev-
en times that Allah is great; in addition, they exclaim
five times Allah is great in the second one. The sermon
is given after performing the prayer. Moreover, women
are allowed to walk for such prayer.
Happy Eid! We sincerely entreat Allah, the Almighty,
to accept your good deeds during this holy month. We
beseech Him to bestow his mercy upon His prophet
Muhammad (PBUH) and his wise caliphs; Abu Baker,
Omar, Othman and Ali besides all companions and fol-
lowers.
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G a i r g e ' a n
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation represented by Public
Relations Department held its annual celebration of
“Gairge’an” on Saturday August 13, 2011 at the lobby
of the oil complex.
The celebration was attended by a large number of
KPC employees, their families and relatives particular-
ly children, who enjoyed the entertaining activities and
contests organized during the celebration. Additionally,
gifts were distributed to the attendants.
It is mentioned that it is annual event KPC holds to mark
t h e Kuwaiti authentic traditional
habits in the holy month of
Ramadan.
To mark Kuwaiti Ramadan tradition
KPC holds “Gairge’an” celebration
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Eid…customs & Traditions
Eid was earlier distinguished with certain joy as Muslim
people were considering its advent very carefully due to
its importance. Before the advent of Eid, a number of
preparations is geared up. Among these preparations are
some popular desserts which are served necessarily in
the breakfast one the first day of Eid besides purchasing
new clothes and accessories for girls and women as well
as other items express the advent of Eid.
On the first day of Eid, all family members would gath-
er, after performing Eid prayer, at the house of the head
of the family to launch the ceremonies of the Eid. All
the family members are seated at one big table on which
multiple Kuwaiti traditional delectable food items are
served such as “Al-Harees and Al-Mehammar with
fish”, “Balaleet with egg” as well as various types of
desserts such as “Al-Khabees, Elki, Zalabiya and Tra-
beel” in addition to other hot drinks such as tea, milk
and coffee.
Women would decorate their hands and legs with red
henna to which a certain substance is added to form
navy red color. They were dressed in several traditional
clothes such as “Nafaneef” and Bakhaniq” which were
decorated with big roses. Women were also keen on
wearing jewelry through which they were decorating
their necks and hands.
Furthermore, children would go to streets to enjoy play-
ing with swings. In addition, several popular games
were allocated in suburbs and yards to be used in Eid.
Children were interested in playing such games. Ad-
ditionally, people would gather with their children at
Al-Safat Yard at Naif Palace to watch traditional shows
such as dancing with swords.
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