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Khaled Nouh
Middle East – President
Baker HugheS
Khaled Nouh joined Baker Hughes as President of the Middle East Region in September 2009. He brings 20 years of oilfield experience to Baker Hughes. He started his career with Saudi Aramco in 1990 before joining Schlumberger in 1994 as field engineer.
After operational positions in various Middle East countries, he held global marketing, human resources and line management positions.
He was then given responsibility for Schlumberger’s geo-markets in Libya and Saudi Arabia before appointment as vice president, Integrated Project Management for the Middle East and East Mediterranean region.
Khaled holds a mechanical engineering degree from King Saud University.
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Arend Snaas
Vice President MENA South and Gulf States
Weatherford
Snaas currently takes care of the geography which the company treats as the Gulf. This encompasses the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, but he also works closely with Lebanon and Jordan.
For Snaas, the UAE is proving to be conducive to carrying out business in the Gulf region. He points out the fantastic infrastructure, good visionary leadership by the Royal families, both in Abu Dhabi and in Dubai, and great connections.
The company has a comprehensive facility in the ICAD area of Abu Dhabi and an ongoing contract with ADCO which includes conventional
core analysis.
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Hisham Albahkali
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain – President and CEO
GE
As GE president and chief executive officer for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Hisham Albahkali continues to strengthen the presence of GE in sectors such as oil & gas, power, water, aviation and healthcare, in addition to aligning the company’s development programmes in line with the Saudi Vision 2020 to promote diversification and knowledge sharing.
Saudi Arabia is one of GE’s central markets in the region, and it has established long-term partnerships in growth sectors that bring a positive difference to the well-being of the people.
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Abdullah Saeed al-Suwaidi
CEO
National Drilling Company (UAE)
Abu Dhabi has targeted crude production of 3.5 million barrels a day by 2018. It is now up to operators such as National Drilling Company, headed up by Abdullah Saeed al-Suwaidi, to make that ambitious production boost a reality.
Established in 1972 by ministerial decree, Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (NDC) is considered to be one of the largest drilling contractors in the Middle East, providing drilling, work-over and well maintenance services.
With nearly 100 billion barrels of oil in reserves, the UAE can rest assured that it will have access to a secure energy source for the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, the development of hydrocarbon resources is an ongoing necessity.
The UAE is targeting an oil production boost of 800 000 bpd by 2018, so the gauntlet has been thrown down for all companies involved in exploration and production in the country’s rich onshore and offshore fields.
The company is seeing a growing onshore rig presence, it recently awarded Honghua Group a $300 million contract to provide seven 9000-metre 3,000 horsepower cluster land drilling rig units.
NDC has also recently commissioned Drydocks World to converte and upgrade the Beynouna Jack-up drilling platform in Dubai this year.
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Nabil Al Alawi
CEO
Al Mansoori
The enigmatic Nabil Al Alawi tipped 2011 as a year of recovery for the region’s oil and gas contracting environment, and he was right.
The resolutely bullish Alawi has been hiring hundreds of staff this year for UAE-based, home-grown Al Mansoori on the back of a strong order book and excellent prospects for large upstream projects. The company is active in most of the region’s booming markets, including Kurdistan, where it has operated for six years.
Al Mansoori has continued to thrive as the largest local oilfield service provider and its well-timed entry into the Kurdistan region has brought it remarkable success.
The company was recognized for its oilfield services at the Oil & Gas Middle East awards ceremony in November. Nabil’s son and deputy chief executive officer, Ibrahim Al-Alawi received the award, saying “What sets us apart from the competition is our people and their commitment to quality and safety. To provide a quality service to our clients, and a safe working environment for our employees.”
In past years, both Nabil and Al Mansoori have celebrated at the awards ceremony, with the chief receiving the lifetime acheivement award last year.
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Charles Ellinas
Managing Director
Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals units were involved in projects with a capital value of $8.8 billion in 2010-11, and 2012 saw even greater success, particularly with its Zakum Water Injection Upgrade Project. The company was commissioned for a $350 million project to increase water injection capacity and pressure in the Zakum West and Central Super Complexes to increase output to 100,000 bpd by 2015.
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Ibrahim Al Othman
CEO
Gulf Drilling International
The company recently entered into a new contract to continue providing offshore drilling rig services to Occidental Petroleum of Qatar, through the use of the Al-Wajba (Gulf-3) drilling rig.
The company also signed a contract valued at approximately $34 million to provide Lift Boat Services to Dolphin Energy over a sixteen month period.
GDI is a subsidiary of Gulf International Services, a holding company. It has a total of ten rigs located in Qatar, 5 of which are offshore jack-up rigs, it also has 4 land rigs and 1 jack-up accommodation unit.
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Dave Tredinnick
Middle East & Africa – President
Emerson Process Management
Dave Tredinnick helps to keep the region’s oil & gas projects running smoothly. As regional president of Emerson, a worldwide supplier of process automation technology and services, he has participated in the boom in large infrastructure projects, with Emerson often providing bespoke solutions that push the region’s development forward.
Emerson has been in the UAE for more than 35 years, and is working on some of the most innovative upstream projects in the Emirates, such as Abu Dhabi’s Shah Gas project. The company is helping the upstream industry through products such as its Virtual Wireless plant.
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Ali Vezvaei
Siemens Energy
Executive Vice President and General Manager
Under Ali Vezvaei’s leadership, Siemens has continued to make inroads throughout the oil and gas industry. The company recently signed a contract to service the Habshan-Fujairah pipeline’s automation, control and telecom systems that have been installed and commissioned by the operator, ADCO.
Earlier this year, the company also bought Expro’s Connectors and Measurements arm, including the Tronic and Matre brands.
Vezvaei joined Siemens Energy in 2005 as a Country Division Manager before advancing to become a regional sales manager in 2008. He rose to his current rank in 2011 after working as VP Strategy, M&A from 2009 to 2011.
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Mohamed Bin Dhaen Al Hamli
Minister of Energy
United Arab Emirates
The UAE remains as one of the most important hubs for the regional energy industry. While the oil & gas industry only directly contributes about 30 per cent of the country’s GDP, it is still a central location for many companies with activities related to the sector.
The Zakum oil system is still the third largest oil zone in the world, ADCO’s Bu Hasa field produces as much as 600,000 bpd, while the Murban Bab, Sahil, Asab and Shah fields contribute anther 705,000 bpd of light, sweet crude.
The Qusahwira and Bab fields are under development and will add as much as 250,000 bpd by 2014.
