Al-Mahroos conveyed to them greetings and good wishes of HE Minister of Energy, Chairman of Oil & Gas Authority and Chairman of Bapco’s Board, Dr. Abdulhussain bin Ali Mirza.
Faisal Al-Mahroos, Bapco’s Chief Executive, thanked Chevron executives for their valuable contribution during this year’s TSA visit.
Faisal pointed out that the long-standing mutually beneficial relationship and cooperation between Bapco and Chevron through the steering committee in fields of oil lubricants technologies and trade has prospered over the years and he hoped that this would continue well into the future as Bapco embarks on its most ambitious refinery modernization program.
Al-Mahroos expressed pride in the strategic cooperation with Chevron hailing the TSA which links the two companies and allows Bapco to get acquainted with Chevron’s key technologies and ensures the transfer of these technologies to Bapco.
Chevron team reciprocated the message of thanks and said that they held in high regard Bapco’s committed and sincere efforts to professionally manage their refinery with a very talented pool of staff. They wished Bapco the very best for its future projects, especially the Refinery Master Plan. Chevron team, led by Barbara Burger – Vice President Supply Chain and Base Oil, also visited the newly commissioned Lube Base Oil Plant (LBOP) Project. The tour was conducted by A Jabbar A Karim, Bapco’s GM-MEP, and Burger was accompanied by Ashok Krishna VP Technology, Andrew Tong Principal Consultant for Business Development, Kevin Hofer Manager Engineering Services and Tayseer Abdel Halim GM of International Technical Services.
They expressed their admiration at the high quality of work and the safe manner in which the plant was successfully started-up and commissioned.