In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Halliburton employees around the world celebrated “Wear it Pink Day.” During that day, the employees shared photos and stories of their support in the fight against breast cancer.
Methanex’s vision of sharing the company’s own journey towards safer processes, assets and operations, demonstrates commitment to Responsible Care, and to safety within the petrochemicals sector. Methanex Egypt, in partnership with the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM), held the second Process Safety Management (PSM) Conference to highlight the topic’s importance within the oil and gas sector. This year’s version of the conference was titled ‘Modernizing Process Safety Management: Sharing the Vision’, was held on September 9, 2019 at the JW Marriott Hotel. The conference was held in attendance of ECHEM Chairman Chemist Saad Helal, Methanex Egypt CEO and Managing Director Mohamed Shindy, as well as more than 350 key leaders and top executives from the petrochemicals and downstream oil and gas industry.
In light of moving its operations from Canada to Egypt, TransGlobe is training all of its leaders, executives, and employees to raise awareness on the necessity of improving organizational culture, as well as diving deeper into identifying key behaviors fit for different roles.
During his first visit to Egypt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mario Mehren reinforced Wintershall Dea’s commitment to the country. The company invited representatives from the oil and gas industry, German stakeholders and diplomats for a one-of-a-kind Gala Dinner at the monumental venue of the Citadel of Salah El Din in Cairo.
With an eye on the future of subsea, Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) introduced on June 26 in Cairo its vision for the future of subsea: “Subsea Connect,” a new way of doing business focused on delivering lower costs and increasing productivity with a simple approach to subsea developments than ever before.
The team representing Ain Shams University won the 2019 IBA Technical Innovation Excellence Award, while Suez University won the award for Outstanding AAPG Student Chapter for the second year in a row.
Weatherford officially inaugurated its new facility and office space in Cairo in a ceremony held on April 30 that gathered the company’s global top management and key leaders of the Egyptian petroleum sector.
The new facility in Kattameya is part of a transformation process by Weatherford that started two years ago. Spanning across 40,800 square meters and employing approximately 230 people, the cost-effective initiative is estimated to save approximately $1.5 million per year for one of the biggest international oil and natural gas service companies operating in the Egyptian petroleum sector.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources launched on April 22, with the presence of H.E. Minister of Petroleum, Eng. Tarek El-Molla, the second edition of the Egyptian Petroleum Sector Energy Efficiency Conference (EPEEC 2019) under the theme ‘From Success to Sustainability’ at the Sky Resort in New Cairo. The two-day event discussed the ministry’s energy efficiency program, the 4-B pillar of the petroleum sector’s Modernization Project.
The second edition of the Petroleum Arabian Conference and Exhibition (PACE) was held from March 21 to 23 at the AUC New Cairo Campus, aiming to achieve balance between theory and practice.
