Coral Reefs of Kuwait 25 Jan 2016 KUFPEC Publishes the Coral Reefs of Kuwait Book As part of its firm commitment towards environmental awareness KUFPEC Publishes the Coral Reefs of Kuwait Book Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) announced today the publication of Coral Reefs of Kuwait, a book that explores the amazing diversity of marine ecosystems in the Arabian Gulf, shedding light on the multiple risks endangering the sustainability of the coral reefs of the State of Kuwait. The publication of the Coral Reefs of Kuwait book follows on the success of its predecessor Birds of Kuwait book, released by KUFPEC two years ago. The 270-page Coral Reefs of Kuwait is also the culmination of 8 years of research and underwater photography in cooperation with the non-governmental organization Biodiversity East assisted by many professional photographers, experts and scientific research institutions inside and outside Kuwait. Our coral reefs are as important as any other natural resource and they must be protected and preserved for future generations, says KUFPEC Chief Executive Officer, Sheikh/ Nawaf S. Al-Sabah. KUFPEC, he added, is committed to protecting and preserving our natural and environmental resources and ensuring the sustainability of our unique ecological diversity. KUFPEC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation ( KPC ), is an international petroleum company engaged in exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas outside the State of Kuwait. It is currently active in 15 countries with 64 projects in the international upstream sector. KUFPEC continues to work aggressively towards meeting its targets and achieving its strategic plans, aiming to increase its production to 200,000 BOEPD with reserves of 650 MMBOE by the year 2020, while delivering value to the Kuwaiti oil sector. Explore online version of Coral Reefs of Kuwait book - coralreefsofkuwait.org Crude Oil Outlook 2016 25 Jan 2016 2
KUFPEC hosts Mohammad Al-Shatti KUFPEC hosts Mohammad Al-Shatti for a talk on Crude Oil Outlook 2016 Commercial Department at KUFPEC hosted Mohammad Al-Shatti, Manager, CEO office KPC on Monday, January 25, 2016, at the Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Auditorium; KUFPEC Head Office who presented a visually-rich analysis on Crude Oil Outlook 2016. In his presentation, Mr. Al-Shatti shed light on the various causes for oil price drop; Global stock surplus, OPEC Policy and slow down of the Chinese economy. He further touched upon the Kuwaiti crude oil market and future prospects. Event started with a welcome remarks by Waleed Al Ben Ali, Manager Commercial Department. Event was concluded with a speech by KUFPEC Chief Executive Officer, Sheikh/ Nawaf S. Al-Sabah who thanked Mr. Al-Shatti for accepting KUFPEC invitation and presented him a copy of the recently released book by KUFPEC titled Coral Reef s of Kuwait. 3
Mountaineer Fuad Qabazard 31 Jan 2016 In a motivating presentation: Mountaineer Fuad Qabazard shares his experiences with KUFPEC Employees. In a motivating presentation: Mountaineer Fuad Qabazard shares his experiences with KUFPEC Employees. 4
KUFPEC hosted an inspiring session with Kuwaiti mountaineer Fuad Qabazard on Sunday, 31 January 2016, at Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah Auditorium, KUFPEC Head Office. Mr. Qabazard succeeded in climbing up 5,364 meters to the Mount Everest Base Camp, located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal and Tibet and raised Kuwaiti Flag. In his inspirational and visually rich presentation titled A MAN s worth is no greater than his AMBITIONS, Mr. Qabazard shared his adventures, the challenges and hardships the team had to overcome and lessons learned while he courageously under went such an adventures that has been culminated with the raising of Kuwaiti flag on top of the Mount Everest. His story highlighted the power of positive thinking and importance of motivating the team to focus on the task ahead. Summing up his experience Mr. Qabazard concluded by saying courage, determination and perseverance are tools that enable a person to achieve the impossible. The event, organized by KUFPEC Commercial Department, was concluded with a Question and Answer session where many KUFPEC employees interacted with Mr. Qabazard. 5
KUFPEC: Energizing our Future a corporate video documentary 21 Feb 2016 KUFPEC: Energizing our Future a corporate video documentary During the Think K event hosted by KUFPEC and on the occasion of KUFPEC s 35th anniversary, Sheikh Nawaf S. Al-Sabah KUFPEC CEO airs for the very first time at the event a new 10-minute corporate video documentary entitled KUFPEC: Energizing our Future. The corporate documentary features KUFPEC core business activities, milestones, strategy and corporate social responsibilities. The documentary focuses on sharing technologies between our International upstream operators/partners and KPC s subsidiaries such as Kuwait Oil Company and Kuwait Gulf Oil Company from exploring current and prospective upstream opportunities including LNG to the exploration and production of shale oil. The corporate documentary also focuses on KUFPEC s commitment and reemitting drive towards humanitarian and environmental concerns manifested during times of local and International disasters to community outreach and HSE campaigns. You may view the KUFPEC corporate video documentary KUFPEC: Energizing Our Future with the following link enclosed below and via our website: www.youtube.com/kufpecofficial Pakistan minister at KUFPEC 06 Mar 2016 KUFPEC CEO receives Pakistan Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources KUFPEC s CEO, Sheikh Nawaf S. Al-Sabah accompanied by VP-Operations Mrs. Hosnia Hashim and senior management members met with H.E. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources (MPNR), the Islamic Republic 6
of Pakistan along with the Heads of local Pakistani E&P companies (Mr. Saeedullah Shah Director General Petroleum Concessions, MPNR, Mr. Sheikh Imran ul Haque MD Pakistan State Oil and Mr. Syed Wamiq Bokhari MD PPL) on 7 March 2016 and discussed bilateral relations, existing challenges and future plans for exploring and developing hydrocarbon resources in Pakistan, in addition to future business opportunities related to exploration and development including Tight Gas, Shale Gas, Offshore drilling, etc. KUFPEC has producing interests in Qadirpur, Zamzama, Kadanwari, Bhit, Badhra, Sukhpur and Zarghun Blocks, and is the third largest gas producer amongst foreign exploration and production companies operating in Pakistan. 7
8
CERAWeek 2016 07 Mar 2016 KUFPEC s VP-Operations participates at IHS CERAWeek 2016- Houston, USA VP-Operations, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) participates at IHS CERAWeek 2016- Houston, USA KUFPEC s Vice President-Operations, Mrs. Hosnia Hashim, was prominently featured at the 35th IHS CERAWeek conference, held February 22-26 at the Hilton Hotel Houston, USA, where she actively took part in two panel discussions. 9
In her presentation in a plenary discussion, entitled NOC Strategies for a New World on Tuesday 23 February 2016, Mrs. Hosnia gave a presentation that touched on the following items: Global low oil prices and its drivers General view on Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and its 2030 strategy KPC International Upstream-KUFPEC Strategy Highlights of KUFPEC major projects and company aspirations Today s world-an unpredictable world During this strategic dialogue which focused on the challenges facing national oil companies (NOCs) and their variant responses to volatility and uncertainty in a time of low oil prices, Mrs. Hosnia was joined by a distinguished group of speakers that included Besim Sisman,President & CEO, Turkish Petroleum, Narendra K. Verma, Chief Executive Officer, ONGC Videsh and Juan Carlos Echeverry, Chief Executive Officer, Ecopetrol. The session was also followed by interactive discussion among the presenters and between session participants and panelists. Also, in another separate panel on Wednesday 24 February 2016 devoted to exploring the role of women as leaders in the energy industry, Mrs. Hosnia, who was joined by Elizabeth Littlefield, President & CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Zenaida Monsada, Secretary of Energy, Republic of Philippines and Cynthia Warner, EVP, Strategy & Business Development, Tesoro made a presentation in which she gave an overview of the Gender Diversity in the Oil and Gas sector, shedding light on the challenges to attract and retain professional women for the different roles within the sector s workforce. She exemplified her points with the Kuwaiti oil sector case study highlighting the endeavors exerted by KPC and its subsidiaries to endorse and promote the advancement of women in the national oil sector in Kuwait. IHS CERAWeek is recognized as a leading forum offering insight into the energy future. The IHS CERAWeek 2016 marked the event s 35th anniversary and convened more than 2,800 delegates from more than 50 countries and more than 300 speakers to provide fresh insights and critically important dialogue on the most urgent issues and realities to be faced in energy markets, technologies and geopolitics. This year s theme of Energy Transition: Strategies for a New World focused on the responses to low prices; what s ahead for markets, investment, costs and technology; the environmental agenda, including responses to climate conference in Paris 2015; emerging competitive strategies and industry structure; and regulatory policy and geopolitics. Participants encompassed all regions and industry segments oil, natural gas, power, nuclear and renewables. KUFPEC Area Offices employees celebrated the Kuwaiti National and Liberation Day 01 Apr 2016 KUFPEC Area Offices employees celebrated the Kuwaiti National and Liberation Day KUFPEC Area Offices employees celebrated the Kuwaiti National and Liberation Day around the world. KUFPEC Canada Office employees headed by Country Manager Mr. Lee Wahl, KUFPEC Indonesia office employees headed by County Manager Mr. Hussain A K Hussain, KUFPEC Pakistan office headed by Shahid Khan, KUFPEC Egypt office headed by Mr. Mohammed Al-Ajeel celebrated a joyful and sentimental event. Offices were decorated with patriotic Kuwaiti flags creating in a highly spirited environment full of fun and pride felt by all the employees as one team. KUFPEC and its family would like to take this opportunity to proudly and sincerely wish Kuwait a very happy National and Liberation Day. 10
11
12
13
Oil and Gas Summit 11 Apr 2016 Kuwait Holds the 4th Oil and Gas Summit Under the patronage of H.E. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Acting Minister of Oil and KPC Chairman H.E. Mr. Anas Al-Saleh, Kuwait Inaugurated the 4th Oil and Gas Summit held from 11-12 April 2016 at the Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel. Venezuelan former Minister of Energy and Mines H.E. Dr. Alirio Parra welcomed the distinguished guests from the energy sector at the event hosted by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. Following Dr. Parra, KPC Deputy Chairman and Chief 14
Executive Officer Mr. Nizar M. Al-Adsani then opened the event and addressed all those present. KUFPEC headed by its Chief Executive Officer Shaikh Nawaf S. Al-Sabah was accompanied with Vice President for Operations Mrs. Hosnia Hashim, who was involved in a panel discussion Driving Forward Project Execution: Achievements and Opportunites at the event in addition to Vice President for Finance and Administration Mrs. Ghada Al-Amer. 15
Kuwait University Job Fair 12 Apr 2016 KUFPEC participates in the Advisory Program of Disciplines & Job Opportunities Fair at Kuwait University Under the patronage of Kuwait University Dean for the Faculty of Science Prof. Jassim Mohammad Al-Hassan, the Advisory Program of Disciplines & Job Opportunities Fair was inaugurated at Prof. Faiza Al-Khurafi Building on Tuesday 12 April, 2016 at Kuwait University. The 3-day event brought together under one roof several private and public companies including KUFPEC, provides an 16
amble venue for Kuwait University students to explore and consider academic disciplines as well as prospective career opportunities upon graduation. 17