January 2007 - Dolphin Energy

‘Dolphin Energy Limited: creating
wealth, economic growth and
employment for citizens of the
region far into future’
Issue 11
January 2007
• DOLPHIN ‘CO-HOSTS’ GIANT GASTECH SHOW
• CORAL PROJECT WINS COVETED AWARD
• OPERATING PERMITS RECEIVED
CORAL PROJECT WINS
COVETED ‘PIPELINE’ AWARD
Contents
Dolphin Co-hosts
Gastech...
4-5
New Company
Logo Launched... 7
Annual Staff
Meeting Reports...
8
Qatar Office
News...
9
The Great DolphIn
splash of 2006!...
11
Protecting the
Turtles - III...
13
IT News and
New Staff...
Front Cover:
Dolphin at Gastech 2006 –
HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin
Zayed Al Nahayan, Crown
Prince of Abu Dhabi, is
shown the Dolphin Project
map by EVP-Operations
Ibrahim Ahmed Al Ansari,
(centre) and Deputy GM
Qatar, Ibrahim Al Kuwari
Editors:
Stefan Kemball
Mirna Hijazi
Norma Sbahieh
Mariam Al Badr
Dolphin Energy has now
received two significant
regulatory approvals that
represent a substantial
step in bringing the
Dolphin Gas Project to
completion.
Receiving the award (Left to Right) Ahmed Al Sayegh CEO Dolphin Energy, Nasser Al Suwaidi, Deputy CEO ADNOC,
Yousif Al Hamar Director SCENR , Dr Thabit Abdel Salem Director, Razan K. Al Mubarak, Managing Director EWS 14
Dolphin and its partners
in the ongoing coral reef
study received muchappreciated recognition
from their peers in the
regional energy industry on
December 3, 2006.
The popular oil and gas
magazine ‘Pipeline’ held its
annual awards ceremony
at the Abu Dhabi Officers
Club on the occasion of
the first Gastech exhibition
to be held in the UAE. The
magazine invites readers
to vote for a number of
awards, including project of
the year, personality of the
year etc, and Dolphin has
twice won previous awards.
For 2006, Pipeline readers
selected the three year
research project: ’Inventory
& Mapping: Coral Reefs
of Abu Dhabi and Eastern
Qatar, Jan 2005-Dec 2007’
as winner of the Pipeline
Environmental Award for
Excellence in 2006.
The award recognizes
the work of the important
partnership behind the
project: the Emirates
Wildlife Society, the World
Wide Fund for Nature, the
Environment Agency – Abu
Dhabi and Qatar’s Supreme
Council for the Environment
and Natural Reserves.
Dolphin CEO Ahmed Ali
Al Sayegh told us: “It is
very motivational to win an
award that has been voted
by fellow-professionals in
our challenging industry
– it is also a matter of pride
that this great regional
partnership has been able
to achieve so much in such
a short period.”
The study is proceeding on
schedule and on budget
– with completion planned
for the last quarter of this
year.
AWARD FOR CORAL STUDY
The recent ‘OFFSHORE
ARABIA’ conference, held
in Dubai during December
2006, honored Dolphin
with its “2006 Excellence in
Environmental Projects and
Products Award” for a detailed
and comprehensive paper
presented to delegates.
Graham Rae, VP-HSE, receiving the award from RECSO Chairman
Khamis Juma Bu-Amim
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MAJOR ‘CONSENT TO OPERATE’
PERMITS RECEIVED
5 years work to meet HSE standards
The conference is organized
annually by RECSO (the
Regional Clean Sea
Organization), whose
members include ADNOC,
QP, PDO, Saudi Aramco,
Iranian Offshore Oil Co and
other producers with regional
operations.
The paper, “Developing a
Regional Coral Conservation
Strategy – the Dolphin Energy
Perspective” was presented
by Environmental Engineer
Marwan Al Kendi.
These ‘Consent to
Operate’(CTO) permits
have been issued by the
Qatar Supreme Council
for the Environment
& Natural Reserves
(SCENR) and the
Environmental Agency
of Abu Dhabi (EAD), the
two regulatory bodies
that control strategic
environmental initiatives in
their respective countries.
The Qatari CTO is dated
January 9, 2007 and is
renewable every two
years; the Abu Dhabi
CTO was issued on
December 28 2006, with
annual renewal terms.
MANDATE
Commenting on the
CTO, Graham Rae,
VP-HSE for Dolphin
Energy, said: “From its
beginning, Dolphin has
been mandated by its
shareholders and CEO
to follow international
industry standards in
all aspects of its quality,
health, safety and
environmental activities
and therefore ensure
regulatory compliance.
“These CTOs are
essential to our
operations – and they
represent the culmination
of much work by many
people across the
company over five years.”
Graham explained that
in order to qualify for the
permits – and to function
as a gas production and
processing company
– Dolphin had completed
extensive environmental
baseline studies, detailed
environmental impact
assessments and
management plans. The
company had also carried
out thorough preparation
for commissioning and
start up of our production
platforms, pipelines,
umbilicals, processing
plant and receiving
facilities, as well as our
gas distribution network
in the UAE.
He added: “A key
element of our social
responsibility approach
is that we protect the
environment, maintain a
strong safety program at
work and promote sound
occupational health
standards.
“QHSE has thus become
part of everything that we
do. The CTOs recognize
our hard work and
become benchmarks for
our future operational
activity.”
EXPORT
PIPELINE
JOINS
QATAR
AND UAE
The final link in Dolphin’s 364
kilometer, 48 inch subsea
Export Pipeline, passing
through Qatari and UAE
waters, was made in August
2006. The pipe laid from Qatar
(right) is linked with the shorter
section laid from Abu Dhabi.
Dolphinsight | Exhibition report:
DOLPHIN CO-HOSTS GASTECH...
D
olphin Energy was
the official co-host
(alongside ADNOC)
for the December 2006
Gastech Exhibition and
Conference – held for
the first time ever in Abu
Dhabi.
As a result, CEO Ahmed
Ali Al Sayegh offered
welcome remarks to
guests at the Pipeline
Magazine Awards dinner
the night before the
show. The CEO told the
Pipeline audience how
much he appreciated the
‘Excellence in Energy’
Award concept – and not
only because Dolphin
had won in earlier years!
He subsequently
delivered a formal
Abu Dhabi’s ADIPEC
exhibition in November 2006
saw the last appearance
of Dolphin’s familiar ‘gas
terminal’ cylindrical steel
stand – a much larger
redesigned pavilion was
specifically introduced for
the major Gastech show
in December, also in Abu
Dhabi.
“The former stand fulfilled
the need to catch the
visitor’s eye at formative
stages of the Dolphin Gas
Project,” said Mirna Hijazi,
Corporate Communications
Manager.
“Now we approach
completion of construction
and first gas. The global
Gastech exhibition’s first
appearance in the UAE
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keynote address to
VIPs, energy ministers
and delegates on the
opening morning of
the event, December
4, during a glittering
ceremony at the
Emirates Palace Hotel in
Abu Dhabi.
Welcoming the guests
warmly, the CEO
said that this was a
“particularly exciting
time” for Gastech to visit
our shores.
Over the last 40 years,
Abu Dhabi had built
up its oil and gas
industries together
with experienced
international partners
– and the results were
plain for all to see.
“However, back in 1999,
when the Dolphin Gas
Project was announced,
many of our peers were
baffled” he observed.
“Seven years later, gas
is a hot topic and the
answers are very plain
indeed – at a time when
we have customers
queuing for Dolphin gas,
even before we go to
market…”
Mr Al Sayegh referred
to future “courageous
initiatives” such as
Dolphin, which also
depended on vision and
self belief. Abu Dhabi
was now looking at new
strategic and creative
gas projects in coming
years – particularly
the development of
...AND WELCOMES GLOBAL GUESTS
its extensive sour gas
deposits and gas related
hydrogen production.
“As we prepare to
supply some 30 percent
of the UAE’s power
requirements,” he
concluded, “Dolphin is
already planning ahead
for its own potential
expansion. We hope
that within a few years
we’ll be able to bring a
further 1.2 billion scf/day
to the booming markets
of the UAE and Oman…
subject to a further
agreement between the
governments of Abu
Dhabi and Qatar.”
was the right time
to introduce a
much larger stand
– with a direct
focus on receiving
and hosting
larger numbers
of important
professional
guests, as well
as showing
our new video
presentations
inside and outside
the stand.”
VIP visitors during
Gastech included
The newly commissioned Dolphin pavilion, built by Pico International, drew much favorable
HH Sheikh
comment from Gastech visitors throughout the event.
Mohammed Bin
Zayed Al Nahayan,
HE Abdullah Bin Hamad
version) at the Environment
Crown Prince of
Al Attiyah.
Exhibition Abu Dhabi at the
Abu Dhabi, and Qatar’s 2nd
end of January and later in
Deputy Premier and Minister
The modular stand will
the year at full size, in other
of Energy and Industry,
be seen (in its smaller
major energy events.
The Dolphin stand was a hive of activity throughout Gastech…
NEW
DOLPHIN
EXHIBITION
STAND
LAUNCHED
AT
GASTECH
QATAR ENGINEERING STUDENTS
SPONSORED TO VISIT GASTECH
“Fuelling the Future” Program
Senior engineering and science students
from Qatar attended Gastech 2006 in
Abu Dhabi as special guests of Dolphin
Energy on December 6 and 7, 2006.
program was devised by Gastech
organizers under the name “Fuelling the
Future.”
The group of 25 students was invited
from the engineering and science
faculties at Qatar University and the
Qatar campus of Texas
A & M University.
Dolphin Energy CEO Ahmed Ali Al
Sayegh commented: “These students,
who are all keen to work in the regional
energy sector, were exposed to the gas
industry’s current issues, forthcoming
projects and potential employers.
They joined UAE and other international
engineering undergraduates for two days
of information and recruitment meetings,
plus visits to both conference sessions
and exhibition stands. This networking
“They had a real opportunity to learn
about the practical needs of gas
producers and utilities – what is on offer
to new graduates, as well as what is
expected of them.”
Dolphinsight | Exhibition report 2:
INNOVATIVE
WELL SYSTEM
SHOWN TO
SPE IN USA AND
ABU DHABI
Four Dolphin staff members
have received appreciation
from fellow members of
the prestigious Society of
Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
at SPE conferences in the
USA and Abu Dhabi.
The group has developed
an innovative method of
Misfer presenting the innovative well system paper in Texas
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS BY CEO:
BBC, CNN AND MEED
Misfer Al Hajri and Bruce Macdonald preparing for their session at ADIPEC,
Abu Dhabi, in November 2006.
testing gas reservoir levels
deep underground. This
not only minimizes reservoir
damage, but also allows
sequential testing of a well
– without time-wasting
removal of the test string
in between tests. What
is more, the method has
been used with success on
Dolphin’s North Field data
well NFD1-1.
Marcellin and Emmanuel
Segui.
The title of the paper was:
“Innovative Well Testing
System for High Rate
Sour Gas Khuff Well in the
North Field Qatar” and
the authors are Dolphin
engineers Misfer Al-Hajri,
Bruce Macdonald, Patrick
The second presentation
was at the Abu Dhabi
International Petroleum
Exhibition & Conference
(ADIPEC) on November
6, 2006: Misfer made the
presentation, together with
Bruce.
The paper was selected
by the SPE for its initial
presentation at the 2006
SPE Annual Technical
Conference & Exhibition in
San Antonio, Texas, USA
on September 26 last year.
It was presented by Misfer,
with Patrick in support.
During November and December
2006, CEO Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh
held one-on-one meetings with
leading world and regional media
– to update international business
markets on Dolphin’s progress
and its plans for first gas to flow
from Qatar to the UAE in summer
2007.
The television interviews were with
CNN International and the BBC:
both were duly broadcast and
repeated across the Middle East.
The MEED magazine discussion
with deputy editor Angus Hindley
resulted in the regional business
weekly’s first cover story of the
New Year.
The CEO told Hindley that
although there had always been
a robust economic case for the
Dolphin Project, “because this is
a cross-border deal, some people
(in 1999) were not sure that the
project would go ahead. So we
did not focus on the emotional
things but on the practical
issues.”
One aspect of Dolphin that
THE NEW
DOLPHIN
LOGO
HISTORIC VIDEO TELLS THE DOLPHIN STORY
Recent construction achievements feature in the new Dolphin video
Since 2003, Dolphin activities have been videoed at
regular intervals by film crews operating in Fujairah,
Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, on and offshore Qatar and – most
recently – even in Norway.
The results were stored (under the rather tame
professional title of ‘B Roll’), ready for the day
when all these historic pieces of video could be
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edited and strung together to tell the actual story of
operations, from the very beginning.
The resulting 12-minute video made its appearance
at the Gastech exhibition in December 2006,
suitably equipped with explanatory sound-track and
computer-generated explanatory visuals – where it
attracted wide interest.
Dolphin’s new logo has
now been implemented
across the entire range of
our activities. It is – quite
literally – a vital symbol of
our business: a prominent
corporate reference that
is visible to all who come
in contact with us. This
rebranding exercise was
launched in the UAE and
Qatar during the first week
of July last year.
The new logo uses stronger
and cleaner typefaces than
before to strengthen the
impressions of our various
audiences about the
company – with colors that
have been carefully chosen
to reflect our extensive
marine energy interests.
The spherical shape of the
central element symbolizes
a pipeline. In a wider
context it also represents
‘the routing of energy’ from
one point to another.
MEED highlighted was Dolphin’s
proposed fast-track volume
build-up, immediately after first
gas arrives. Mr Al Sayegh was
quoted: “Back in 1999, the one
thing we were not sure about was
whether the full 2,000 million cf/d
would be needed in six, 12 or
18 months after the pipeline was
commissioned. Now we do, and
we will hopefully ramp up over a
six-to-eight month period.
“If I could do it in one month, I
would, but this is not possible.”
EASTERN GAS
DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM PROGRESSES
The upgrade
construction and
installation work on the
all-important Eastern
Gas Distribution
System (EGDS)
is on schedule
for completion by
November this year.
The EGDS is the
last major contract
for the Dolphin Gas
Project, and it will
The three spikes represent
the three areas of activity
– upstream, midstream
and downstream. They
also represent the three
shareholders in the
business (Mubadala
Development Company of
ensure monitored
distribution of Dolphin
gas by pipeline to all
customers throughout
the UAE and later
Oman.
The two contracts
for the upgrading of
the existing system,
new building works,
metering and control
systems were
awarded in May 2006.
Abu Dhabi, Total of France
and Occidental Petroleum
of the USA) as well as
the three GCC nations
cooperating on the venture:
Qatar, the UAE and the
Sultanate of Oman.
Dolphinsight | UAE / QATAR
QATAR News
ANNUAL STAFF MEETINGS: FEEDBACK
RECEIVED FROM QATAR AND ABU DHABI
issues related to project
completion, staff benefits
and other matters of broad
significance.
The CEO also told staff
that every question raised
through submission of the
(anonymous) forms that
had earlier been circulated
would be constructively
dealt with during the
subsequent two months.
Omar Al Ameri, newly
promoted to the position of
DVP-HR, was duly tasked
with follow up procedures.
The Annual Staff Meeting in Abu Dhabi
For the second year in
succession, Dolphin Energy
has held staff meetings for
all employees in both Qatar
and Abu Dhabi – hosted by
CEO Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh,
EVP & Qatar General
Manager Sandy Lowe and
EVP-Operations Ibrahim
Ahmad Al Ansari.
The gatherings were held
to show the company’s
appreciation to staff, to
offer an opportunity for
them to raise issues of
either general or personal
concern – and to have
these addressed either in
open forum, or privately
subsequent to the
occasion.
The meetings were held on
November 15, 2006 at the
Four Seasons Hotel in Doha
and on November 19 at the
Rotana Beach Hotel in Abu
Dhabi. In each case they
were followed by dinner.
In his inaugural addresses
in each venue, the CEO
commented on the
enormous distance that
Dolphin had come in just
six years. This was due
entirely to the commitment
and enthusiasm of
employees, he said, and he
wanted to honor all of them
for their professionalism
and dedication.
In each city the CEO,
Sandy and Ibrahim then
took selections of presubmitted questions about
Omar told DolphInsight:
“We have now conducted
surveys to benchmark
a full range of market
conditions, in order to make
the most suitable, factbased recommendations to
management on behalf of
employees.
“The positive results are
now being seen by staff,
and I want to congratulate
my team on their hard work
for this initiative.”
HSE CHAMPIONS
RECOGNIZED IN THE UAE
A number of Dolphin managers and employees in
the UAE and Qatar were publicly recognized for their
outstanding HSE performances during the Annual Staff
Meetings held during November.
UAE based staff recognized were the following:
Mohamed Al Mansoori receiving his award from the CEO
Manager
Department
Department
Employee
Mohamed Al Mansoori
Platforms PMT
UAE Operations
John Barker
Successfully managed
transition of Al Ain-Fujairah
Operations while maintaining
HSE focus and good TRIR.
Successfully managed J
Ray McDermott whose HSE
program & record have been
excellent.
Al Ain Fujairah pipeline team
has achieved 1000 days
without an LTI.
Day to day coordination
of Technip Al Jaber’s
construction HSE program
– good TRIR record.
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Project work to date
completed without any LTI.
GRAND
RAMADHAN
SUHOOR AT
RITZ-CARLTON
Dolphin Staff in Qatar
enjoyed a wonderful
outing (our Doha
Correspondent
reports…), together
with their spouses, at
the Ramadan Suhoor
which was held at the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel on
October 10, 2006. On
arrival guests received a
small traditional perfume
gift and a number for
the Raffle draw.
Sandy Lowe, EVP &
GM, Ibrahim Al-Kuwari,
DGM, Philip Persillon,
EVP Projects, David
Norris, HR Manager
and Ajlan Al-Enazi,
Government Affairs
Manager all participated
to draw winning
numbers and the five
prize winners were
announced.
HSE RECOGNITION
FOR QATAR STAFF
Qatar employees assembled for the Annual Staff Meeting
The evening lasted
well into the night.
The dinner was well
organized and the
tables were beautifully
set up. Delicate
classical Arabic music
was another highlight.
Jean-Claude Choux receiving his award
Managers and staff recognized for outstanding HSE
performance in Doha during the recent Staff Annual
Meeting were the following:
Manager
Jean-Claude Choux
Continuously demonstrates
outstanding leadership in
HSE matters.
Employee
Stephen Sayle
Successfully managed the
turtle protection program at
RLC with excellent results.
Pro-actively drives
HSE issues within Well
Operations, Contractors &
SIMOPS.
Outstanding environmental
support to Project Manager
Team’s covering RLC,
platforms, pipelines &
umbilicals.
Role model in HSE matters
and as Duty Emergency
Manager.
Department
Well Operations Logistic
Warehouse and Logistics
team have competed 850
days without an LTI.
Employee
Robert Fryer
Outstanding day to day
coordination of JGC’s
construction HSE program
with good TRIR record.
Project size – number of
sub contractors, camps,
languages with more than
17K people on site.
Dolphinsight | DOLPHIN ‘MEETS OR BEATS’
KEY SAFETY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
(KPIs) IN 2006
The year 2006 was
by far the busiest in
Dolphin’s history because
of extensive project
engineering, supply and
construction. Yet the
safety performance of
Dolphin staff members
and our contractors, on
and offshore, in Qatar
and the UAE has led
to substantial safety
achievements.
Dolphin measures safety
performance in our
industry by recording the
number of injury or illnessrelated incidents that we
experience per million
hours worked – the ‘total
recordable incident rate’
or TRIR. During 2006,
the TRIR was 1.37 for
employees and 1.65 for
our contractors – against
a pre-set target of 4.5.
For comparison purposes,
Dolphin’s QHSE
Department benchmarked
these results against
established standards
of the International
Association of Oil & Gas
Producers (OGP). Their
worldwide and Middle
East TRIR values for 2005
were respectively 3.05
and 2.99.
Dolphin CEO Ahmed Ali
Al Sayegh commented:
“In both the local and
global context, this has
been excellent HSE
performance by any
measure.”
Our project and
operations managers
have worked closely with
site teams and contractor
management to identify
all hazards and reduce
risk wherever possible.
Notable Dolphin 2006
milestones reflect the
following achievements,
all without a lost-time
injury…
•Dolphin staff worked
3 million hours
•UAE operations at Al
Ain-Fujairah pipeline
•JGC (Qatar Gas Plant
STAFF PARTY 2006!
A SPLASH IT REALLY WAS!
contractor) achieved 25
million hours
•JRM (Offshore Platform
construction) completed
3 million hours
•Noble Gene House
drilling rig (North Field)
worked 750 days
•Wells Operations
contractors: 1 million
hours
•Wells Operations
warehouse: 950 days
Graham Rae, VPHSE, concluded: “The
challenge for 2007 is to
do even better!”
VISIT TO AFP PROJECT SITES AND TAWEELAH
The 2006 DolphinSplash on December 16 was
one of the best – although it had to be postponed
for two days, due to the fact that this year, we
really had a winter (some global warming would
have been appreciated at the time…)
The Emirates Palace Hotel provided a splendid
backdrop for lots of fun and games. The
magnificent buffet and the entertainment went on
till late – and as usual it was the kids who didn’t
want to leave…
Senior management visited the Al Ain Fujairah Pipeline during October 2006 on a tour of inspection – a similar inspection visit was made later during December
2006 to the Taweelah receiving facilities.
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Dolphinsight | 11
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A LIFE IN THE DAY…
elcome to our third
Dolphin-sight turtle
installment, updating
you on Dolphin’s efforts
to protect endangered
Hawksbill and Green Sea
Turtles on and around the
beach areas where we
have been performing
construction activity (photo:
turtle nesting at RLC).
NOURA AL KAABI
Head of Training & Development
I come from what you
might call a ‘military
family’ to which I am
devoted– my father is a
senior officer here and
my brother is studying at
Sandhurst in the UK (No,
he doesn’t know Prince
William, he’s one course
after him!). My mother is a
Principal at an Abu Dhabi
High School.
an MBA, but probably
in the wider HR arena.
I don’t want to confine
myself to training, and
recruitment is a sector
that has always interested
me: people selection and
development…
As for constructive leisure,
I am a very enthusiastic
photographer! I have
A colorful scene in Venice, Italy…
I DO
My key function is to
provide the correct
training and career path
planning for all Dolphin
Associates, in both Qatar
and the UAE.
Currently, for example, I
am involved in delivering
what we call ‘matrix
training’ for QHSE at
Taweelah and for the Al
Ain-Fujairah Pipeline.
This is a necessary safety
awareness program
that must be completed
by relevant employees,
even before they start
actual technical training:
employee safety is just so
important!
My next major project in
2007 will be to complete
a cycle of successful
“succession planning”
– this will help to prepare
nationals for higher
positions over the longterm, and it will also apply
to non-national staff as
well, at all levels. Here we
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are really looking three to
five years ahead…
I AM
I am a graduate of the
UAE University in Al
Ain, with my Major in
Management Information
Systems – somewhat
different to what I do now.
This background is very
helpful, however, as I am
always seeking ways to
automate and administer,
using MIS-type employee
tracking systems which
save time and effort for all
involved.
It is my interest in people
that took me into the HR
arena. I was previously
a Supervisor at Zayed
Military Hospital, where I
looked after support staff
and handled internships
for IT. I joined Dolphin in
April 2004 as a Senior
Training & Development
Officer, so I will shortly
have achieved three
years.
… plus a stunning image from East Africa
So you can see that
I come from a very
organized background:
that helps me to be
focused in all I do!
I ASPIRE
I anticipate many
challenges, and I also
need to handle the current
ones, while deepening
my knowledge and
experience.
In terms of work and
study, I am keen to do
taken many, carefullycomposed black-andwhite and color pictures in
such charming countries
as Turkey, Italy, even
Tanzania. I especially like
Nikon cameras for their
quality and versatility.
I also (of course) aspire
to do better at my work.
I greatly appreciate the
atmosphere created here
by senior management
– and also the support
that I get from my hardworking team!
Dolphin achieved another successful turtle monitoring
and protection season in 2006. With the majority of
shoreline construction works completed earlier in the
year, the Dolphin RLC beach area was largely re-instated
to it’s original
profile. In close
cooperation
with RLC
Environment
Department, an
environmental
awareness
initiative was
undertaken
when local high
school kids were
given a tour of
our beach area and helped in cleaning up trash and other
debris which had drifted onto the beach from further out in
the gulf waters. A fun day was had by all. The students
were very interested in Dolphin’s turtle protection program,
and the beach ended up pristine and clean afterwards
such that turtles could nest without any obstacles.
In fact, we are happy to
report that turtles nested
successfully in 2006 on the
beach directly above where
are pipelines were installed
and covered back over with
sand. Prior to construction,
the beach sand had
been carefully kept stored
separately from other
excavation material such
that the same sand was
used to return the beach to
it’s original condition (see
inset photos).
Turtles started nesting a bit earlier than previous years in
RLC, but our monitoring team was ready for them once
again. Based on our experience from previous years, and
in coordination with RLC, we
barricaded a small area of
beach where our umbilical
cables were to be installed
across the shoreline (see
previous inset photo). In
this way, we protected turtles
from nesting in the small area
we needed to work in, and
DOLPHIN
PROTECTING
TURTLES
…PART III
at the same time avoided
any project delays. Turtles
nested happily on either side
of this protection area, and
later hatched completely
undisturbed by any Dolphin
project activity.
The first turtle nest was recorded in March’06, as
compared to April when the turtles typically start nesting.
All nests found within and adjacent to Dolphin’s Rightof-Way (ROW) were again
monitored (a nest egg count
is shown in photo above)
and protected by installing
plastic mesh barriers around
them (shown in photo is the
same technique applied by
Dolphin on the UAE side of
the pipeline project).
The Dolphin team has continually worked very closely
with RLC Environment Department towards common turtle
protection and monitoring goals. In August 2006, Dolphin
received a letter of commendation from the Director of
RLC (Misnad Al Misnad), expressing appreciation of
Dolphin’s ongoing environmental protection efforts; stating
in part, “Dolphin Energy’s efforts within this programme
over the last two years represents one of the single most
important marine conservation initiatives involving marine
turtles within RLIC, indeed Qatar.” .
The Project HSE team would like
to thank the RLC Environment
Department and the Dolphin
Project Management Team, and it’s
Contractors, for their environmental
protection support again during
the 2006 turtle season. With only
minimal beach construction activity
remaining to be undertaken,
Dolphin will ensure that the
beaches around it’s pipelines
are fully restored and ready for
turtles to nest again in 2007 and
onwards…
Written by: Steve Sayle, Project Environmental Specialist:
Dolphin Energy Limited
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IT & A Report:
TRANSFORMING THE I T
ENVIRONMENT WITH
WORLD-CLASS SOLUTIONS
Dolphin’s new IT
“Standardization Initiative”
will define and implement a
common office application
core for all Dolphin Energy
sites – as well as providing
world-class synergetic
solutions to support
business goals. The project
will begin in Q1 2007, with
completion likely by year
end.
Target applications include:
• Standard technologies,
policies and processes
• Anytime, anywhere,
secure user access
• Reliable and optimized
services
• Data sharing between
users and different sites
• Review of license costs
and maintenance of
business applications
• Cohesion and synergy
within Dolphin locations
The standardization
initiative covers Security,
Mobility, Productivity
applications, Infrastructure
and Services.
PLANT
AUTOMATION
PROJECT BY
HONEYWELL GETS
UNDER WAY
After a successful FEED
study by Technip France,
the new Dolphin Plant
Automation Applications
and Systems (PAA/
PAS) implementation
project was awarded
to Honeywell Middle
East and its main subcontractor Trust Technical
Services last year. Works
are at different stages –
with engineering services
for 11 applications
already in hand.
The project will
implement an integrated
MES/MIS solution to
support Operations and
other departments in
monitoring Dolphin’s
assets, production and
sales, in addition to
supporting the decision
making process. The
solution is composed of
15 different applications
and an integration
platform. Three applications,
namely Pipeline
Management System 1
(sea lines), the Pipeline
Management System 2
(Export and Distribution
Pipelines) and Gas
Distribution Management
System were identified as
critical and were awarded
as Long Lead Items
directly to Scandpower
(Norway) for the first and
to Energy Solutions (US)
for the last two.
Completion of critical
applications is planned
for 2007, with project
completion estimated at
mid 2008.
WELCOME TO NEW DIRECT HIRE EMPLOYEES
(June - December 2006)
Abu Dhabi
1. Jescel Alejano
2. Azza Saif Al Maskari
3. Husa Yousef Ahmed
4. Abdulla Ali Al
Hashemi
5. Maha Gamal El-Din
Dahroug
6. Mariam Salem Ballaith
7. Marwan Yaqoub Al
Kendi
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8. Mohammed Jumma
Al Jeraisi
9. Cenon Velasquez
Doha
Ras Laffan
1. Reda Bouhouita
1. Nasir Hamid
2. Anfal Al Kandari
2. Joseph Garcia
Caccam
Al Ain
3. Khalid Abdulredha
Khouri
Ahmed Abdulla Al Amoudi
4. Mashael Ali Al Rashid
5. Khalifa Saif Al Sowaidi
Taweelah
Edwin Mojica
Fortich
6. Khames Mohammed
Al Naimi
7. Maye Issa Al Kuwari
3. Mohammed Hassan
Hassan
4. Rola Michel Atiyeh
5. Tarik Walid Massrieh
6. Shailesh Godbole
7. Harish Rubpakula
8. Moawiah IshaqYousef