Khaleejiah Issue 69

REG. NO. ّIGPI 021 Issue (69) September 2009

H.E. Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al KhalifaChairs Board Meeting

Lord Jordan and

Ifa Members

Congratulate

H.H. The Prime Minister

Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Awardfor Excellence in Industry

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للتفوق �ل�سناعي

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GPIC is a firm believer that continual improvement in plant safety and reliability is the key distinguishing factor between success or average performance in the petrochemical and fertilizer industries. At GPIC we invest extensively in safety, occupational health, care for the environment and the reliability of our plant. Our average annual investment in these areas for the last five years has been around US$ 131.5 Million. This has enabled us to ensure that our complex at Sitra, which has now been in operation for over 24 years, looks newer than when we received it from the project company in 1985.

Message fromTheGeneral Manager


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The International Fertttilizer Association (IFA) extended its profound thanks and appreciation to the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain in the person of the Prime Minttister His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Alt Khalifa for hosting the first Global Safety Conference organized by the Internatttional Fertilizer Associatttion under the patronage of the Gulf Petrochemittcal Industries Company.

Lord Jordan and IFA Members thanked H.H. the Prime Minister for the warm welcome and hosttpitality extended to the guests during his meeting with them on the sidelines of the conference and Conttgratulated the Goverment of Bahrain on its wise leadership.

The Safety Conferttence was inaugurated by HE Dr. Abdul Husain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs and

Chairman of the National Oil and Gas Authority and was attended by 1300 settnior officials from leading industrialized Nations, in addition to 321 particittpants from 72 Countries. IFA allocated 40 free seats for students and academttics of the University of Bahrain to attend the Conttference. Mr. Abdulrahamn Jawahery, GPIC General Manager, presided over the company’s delegation to the conference. He also chaired the IFA Technical Committee.

A significant number of Gulf Fertilizer companies took part in the conferttence due to the major imttportance of this vital sectttor in providing the world with fertilizers used in the production of agricultural crops.

Participants in the Conttference included leading international companies from all over the world with a wide experience in

Thanks the Government of Bahrain

the manufacture of fertilttizers and their byproducts. The conference discussed issues concerning safety, occupational health, enttvironment and industrial security. The Paristbased International Fertilizer Asttsociation represents more than 525 fertilizer productting organizations from 85 countries led by the major industrial nations. These organizations produce more than 170 million tons of fertilizers annually for use in agriculture that provide food for more than one third of the world’s population.

IFA aims to bring tottgether its members to meet and discuss the varittous affairs of the Fertilttizer Industry as well as the variables that may cast a shadow over the balance of supply and demand, in order to bring about a unittfied vision of an integrated service of this vital industttry.


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GPIC Holds Board Meeting

The Board of Directt

tors of the company held

its 146th ordinary meeting

at the Bahrain Ritz Carlton

Hotel, under the chairmantt

ship of H.E. Shaikh Isa bin

Ali Al Khalifa, advisor to

HH the Prime Minister for

Industry and Oil Affairs

and GPIC Chairman.

In a statement following

the board meeting, Shaikh

Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa said

that he was honoured to

convey the greetings of

H.H. the Prime Minister to

the distinguished Board of

Directors for their tireless

efforts to promote such an

industrial symbol, which is

a living example of a suctt

cessful GCC jointventure

organization.

His Highness

attributed the

c o m p a n y ’ s

o u t s t a n d tt

ing achievett

ments to the

well trained

and qualified

workforce and to their entt

vironmental awareness.

The GPIC Chairman untt

derlined the government’s

support for the company’s

future expansion plans.


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The meeting then distt

cussed the topics on its

agenda and expressed sattt

isfaction with the compatt

ny’s good financial situatt

tion during the first half

of the year, as well as its

efficient production and

export operations.

His Excellency pointed

out that the meeting agreed

to form an Audit Committt

tee chaired by Dr. Ahmed

Ali AltSharyan, Secretary

General of the National Oil

and Gas Authority, reprett

senting Bahrain, Mr. Mott

hamed bin Ali AltYamani,

Legal Adviser at the Saudi

Basic Industries Corporatt

tion (SABIC), representtt

ing Saudi Arabia, and Mr.

Saad Mohammed AltAjmi

Deputy Managing Directt

tor for Administration and

Finance at the Kuwait Pett

troleum Industries Comtt

pany (PIC), representing

the State of Kuwait.

H.E Shaikh Isa contt

cluded his statement by

praising the contributions

and efforts of the executt

tive management and all

employees whose united

efforts, team spirit and

motivation of common

loyalty had led to a major

impact on the company’s

performance. His Exceltt

lency highlighted the

company’s great achievett

ments, beginning with

production, profitability,

safety and health and endtt

ing with an exemplary rett

cord in the preservation of

the environment.


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GPIC receives congratulations on the inauguration of

Shaikha Sabeeka Aromatic Garden

The Company rett

ceived congratulations

on the occasion of the

inauguration of the Shaitt

kha Sabeeka Aromatic

Garden. Wife of HM the

king and chairwoman of

the Supreme Council for

Women (SCW), HH Shaitt

kha Sabeeka bint Ibrahim

Al Khalifa, recently patt

tronized the opening of the

Garden at the Company

complex.

On this occasion, the

General Manager Mr.

Abdulrahman Jawahery

expressed his thanks and

gratitude to Her Hightt

ness Shaikha Sabeeka Al

Khalifa, for her visit to the

company’s complex and

the opening of the Arott

matic Garden, which is

considered to be one of the

company’s major environtt

mental projects.

“Historic occasions,

such as the visit of Her

Highness, are dear to our

hearts and are a strong

impetus for us to continue

our ongoing efforts to prett

serve the environment on

the road to sustainable dett

velopment” he added.

Mr. Abdulrahman

Jawahery praised the visit

of HH Shaikha Sabeeka

which reflects the high

interest given by our wise

leadership to the industry

and environment sectors.

“The visit of Her Hightt

ness left a positive imprestt

sion in the hearts of all the

employees, particularly

women, who as always

received her full support

and encouragement to

maintain their status in sott

ciety through hard work

and self confidence. Mr.

Jawahery extended his

thanks and appreciation

to H.E Shaikh Isa bin

Ali Al Khalifa, Advisor

to HH the Prime Ministt

ter for Oil and Industrial

Affairs and GPIC Board

Chairman and Board

Members for their suptt

port of the company’s

environmental programs

which have become

points of attraction for

guests and visitors from

all over the world. “Such

environmental attractt

tions reflect the harmony

between industry and the

environment” he added.

He also thanked H.E

Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali

Mirza, Minister of Oil,

Gas Affairs and Chairman

of the National Oil and

Gas Authority for his suptt

port and backing of all the

activities of the company.

The unique Aromatic Gartt

den has been designed to

contain various types of

plants and aromatic herbs

native to Bahrain. The gartt


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den is layed out to enhance

the enjoyment of visitors

as well as scientists and is

punctuated with about sevtt

enty species of aromatic

plants and decorated with

brightly coloured flowers.

The plants themselves rett

flect the cultural heritage

of a country like Bahrain.

The Garden is surroundtt

ed by palm trees which

frame the garden with an

aesthetic backdrop. This

large garden space aims to

reflect elements of the surtt

rounding environment to

create a modern, relaxing

space, employees and visitt

tors. It is a garden full of

ideas whilst allowing the

plants to develtt

op naturally.

HH Shaitt

kha Sabeeka

bint Ibrahim

Al Khalifa extt

pressed her adtt

miration for the

Garden, lauding

the GPIC’s care

for industry and

e n v i r o n m e n t

and its keentt

ness to spread

greenery in the

kingdom.


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H.E Dr. Abdul Hustt

sain bin Ali Mirza, Minister

of Oil and Gas Affairs and

Chairman of the National

Oil and Gas Authority rett

ceived Mr. Heinz Huyer,

President of the Brazilian

company Intertrade Group

on the occasion of his visit

to the Kingdom hosted by

GPIC.

A number of chairmen

from the country’s oil and

gas companies attended

the meeting as well as the

GPIC General Manager,

Mr. Abdulrahman Jawatt

hery.

The Bahraini Minister

praised the continuous and

steady efforts exerted by

Mr. Huyer in the field of

agriculture and in the fertt

tilizer industry, stressing

in this regard the local and

global support provided by

the Kingdom to the sector.

He pledged an increasing

cooperation between the

two sides in this regard.

On his part Mr. Huyer,

the prominent guest of

GPIC, thanked the reprett

sentatives of the country’s

oil and gas affairs and

GPIC for the warm weltt

come. He suggested furtt

ther cooperation between

Brazil and the Kingdom of

Bahrain in the economic

field in general and the

trade of fertilizers and agtt

ricultural products in partt

ticular, in order to enhance

the existing fruitful cooptt

eration.

Mr. Huyer thanked

GPIC for their invitation

which granted him the optt

portunity to become actt

quainted with the compatt

ny’s successful operations

and management policy,

as well as the significant

history of the Kingdom of

Bahrain. He also praised

the role of GPIC in the

marketing of the great

name of the Kingdom of

Bahrain through its global

presence in this hittech

industry, as well as reprett

senting the country at the

H.E. Minister of Oil and Gas AffairsReceives Mr. Heinz Huyer,President Intertrade Group, Brazil during his visits to GPIC


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various global gatherings.

The GPIC General

Manager, Mr. Jawahery

expressed his happiness

over the visit of Mr. Huytt

er saying that it is a great

honour that will help to

promote joint cooperatt

tion between the Kingtt

dom of Bahrain and other

countries in the economic

sphere worldwide. He

stressed the significant imtt

portance of hosting such

senior visitors from the

field of industry, agricultt

ture and fertilizers.

It is noteworthy that

Mr. Huyer is the founder

and owner of the Intertrade

Group in Brazil, which

is one of the largest comtt

panies specialising in the

importation of fertilizer to

Brazil where the company

owns large farms of basic

agricultural crops such as

corn and sugar cane and

other major food yields.

Mr. Huyer also has

commercial and economic

relations with other countt

tries including many Arab

states, particularly Tunisia,

where he was awarded the

Shield of the Republic of

Tunisia for his outstandtt

ing service during the reptt

resentation of his country

as a consul to the Republic

of Tunisia for a period of

thirtytfive years.

During his 3tday visit,

Mr. Heinz held a meeting

with the GPIC executive

management and toured

the company’s plants and

various environmental and

charity projects, as well as

the comprehensive traintt

ing facilities.


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Bahraini Ambassador to the Republic of India visits the GPIC Complex

H.E. Mr. Mohamed

Ghassan Shaikho The

Bahraini Ambassador

to the Republic of India

paid a visit to the compatt

ny where he was greeted

upon arrival by Mr. Abdultt

rahman Jawahery, General

Manager, members of the

executive management

team and senior officials.

Mr. Jawahery weltt

comed the Bahraini Amtt

bassador and conveyed

to him the greetings of

H.E. Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al

Khalifa, Advisor to HH

the Prime Minister for Intt

dustry and Oil Affairs and

the company Chairman.

Mr. Jawahery extt

pressed his deep thanks

and appreciation to H.E

Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed

bin Mohammed Al Khaltt

ifa, Minister of Foreign

Affairs, who gave every

assistance to ensure the

smooth import process of

the equipment required

for the Carbon Dioxide

Recovery project from the

Republic of India.

“Such efforts contribtt

uted to the arrival of the

equipment on time” the

General Manager added.

He also praised the role

of H.E the Ambassador

who personally followed

up this task and worked to

overcome all the difficultt

ties that emerged during

the importation process.

Mr. Jawahery also comtt

mended the Ambassador’s

effort to promote bilateral

relations between Bahrain

and India in various fields,

according to the directives

of our wise leadership.

During the meeting,

the General Manager

briefed the Ambassador

on the company’s operatt

tions and achievements at

various levels, as well as

the company’s export of

Methanol and Urea to the

global markets. The Amtt

bassador then listened to

a review on the company

policy and action plans,

which have enabled the

company to achieve many

awards and accomplishtt

ments in addition to the


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global reputation it enjoys

in the world markets. The

Ambassador also heard a

detailed explanation on the

company’s programmes in

the areas of safety, prott

duction, marketing and the

preservation of the envitt

ronment. The Ambassador

then enjoyed a tour of the

company plants and envitt

ronmental projects before

planting a tree.

At the end of the day’s

events Ambassador Shaitt

kho expressed his enjoytt

ment of his visit, which

constituted a good optt

portunity to look closely

at the production and extt

port operations as well as

the company’s significant

achievements in various

fields. GPIC, he said, is

a living example of the

Gulf’s successful cooperatt

tion in the petrochemical

industry field.

He affirmed that the

Bahrain Embassy in India

will continue to provide

its services and all the

necessary means to the

country’s companies and

establishments in order to

overcome any difficulties

and to help them fulfill

their role in supporting the

national economy.


GPIC is the first compatt

ny in the Middle East to

launch a Carbon Dioxide

Recovery project, with

a capacity of 450 metric

tons per day. The project

aims to reduce gas emistt

sions, which contribute to

global warming.

is a Prime example of the Gulf’s

successful cooperation in the petrochemical indddustry field.

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for the Second Successive YearGPIC won the Intt

ternational Safety Award

from the British Safety

Council for the second

successive year.

The award was received

by the General Manager


hery in a celebration that

took place recently at a

meeting held in London,

and was presented by Ms.

Nina Rijssen, Chairman of

the British Safety Countt

cil’s Board of Trustees, in

the presence of Mr. Yasser

Abdulrahim, GPIC Safety

and Security Manager.

Mr. Jawahery said that

such recognition obtained

by GPIC constitutes global

recognition and appreciatt

tion of GPIC’s efforts.

“It is not a coincidence”

he added “but is the result

of the management policy

adopted by the company

in the areas of occupationtt

al health and safety”. The

event enjoyed hightlevel

participation by major

companies that competed

with the Gulf Petrochemitt

cal Industries Company to

obtain this worldwide rectt

ognition .

The receipt of this

award reflects the compatt

ny’s commitment to the

development of its staff

and technical crew and

the promotion of a safety

culture in the society as a

whole. Mr. Jawahery also

considered that this global

award was a tribute to the

Kingdom of Bahrain as

well as other countries in

the region. It is also a rectt

ognition of the role played

by HE Shaikh Isa bin Ali

Al Khalifa, Advisor to



and Chairman of GPIC,

GPIC wins

TheInternationl Safety Award

from the British Safety Council


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as well as members of

the Board of Directors for

their outstanding efforts

that enabled the company

to develop a comprehentt

sive management system

aimed at continuous imtt

provement and higher levtt

els of efficiency, profitabiltt

ity and productivity while

reducing expenditure in

order to make the compatt

ny a model of excellence

in all its activities.

Mr. Jawahery praised

the efforts exerted by the

company employees and

managers who continue

to work very hard with

dedication and devotion in

order to preserve the outtt

standing reputation of the

company and the Bahraini

workers.

It should be noted that

the British Safety Countt

cil, founded in 1957, is

one of the World's leading

institutions in the areas of

occupational safety and

health. The Council aims

to acquaint the community

with developments as well

as the latest techniques and

methods to improve health

and safety and to preserve

the environment in order

to protect the community

and raise the level of prott

ductivity, through investtt

ment in the areas of health

and safety.

This award reflects the company’s commitment to the development of its staff and technical crew and the promotion of the safety culture in the society as a whole


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As part of its support and assistance to Bahraini society, GPIC provides all possible support for inJAz to promote its activities. Headed by HH Shaikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa, inJAz enables Bahraini youth to exchange experiences with both private and public sectors with the aim of achieving leading jobs in the future. In his speech during the closing ceremony of the inJAz Second Annual Student Contest, held at the GPIC Club on 28 April, GPIC General Manager, Mr. Abdulrahman Jawahery praised the significant role played by inJAz.

He stated that this nontprofit establishment inttspires young people and

encourages them to keep abreast of development in order to gain all the necesttsary skills needed for the labour market. It also fottcuses on educating them for future careers and opttportunities available in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

In his speech at the end of the contest, sponsored by Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, GPIC and Milad Marketing & Promotions, the General Manager voiced his apprettciation to those who work for inJAz and particularly to HH Shaikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa, Executttive Director, for their sinttcere and tireless efforts to assist and support Bahraini youth at this crucial stage of their lives, helping them to take the right decisions

In line with Bahrain’s Economic Vision

�0�0 GPIC supports

inJAz programmes Jawahery pays tribute

to the role played by HH Shaikha Hessa

in assisting the younger generation


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to determine their future.

He went on to say that partnership betttween the public and private sectors in the country’s development process boosts the level of communication with the younger generation, who are considered to be the pillar of the future workforce, noting the imttportance of promoting edttucation by linking it to the labour market.

In this regard, Mr. Jawahery praised the Minttistry of Education’s piottneering role in assuming responsibility and develttoping specific techniques and curriculums. He also spoke about the leading role played by GPIC in huttman development, a role that continues in line with the strategy of the Natttional Oil and Gas Authorttity, presided over by H.E. Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Oil and Gas Affairs.

Regarding GPIC’s cottoperation with inJAz, Mr. Jawahery expressed his pride at being one of their main sponsors. He praised the efforts of the volunteers who effectively contribute to the future of the people of this country. During the ceremony, Mr Jawahery presented a financial contttribution of US$ 40,000 to support the future prottgrammes of inJAz. The donation was in accortt

dance with the directives

of H.E. Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, Advisor to H.H. the Prime Minister for Industry and Oil Affairs and Chairman of GPIC.

It is noteworthy that this competition is the last stage of a programme set by inJAz in which the students establish their own company, select the Board of Directors, colttlect capital stock, finance and market a product or a service of their selection and finally go through the process of breaking up the company. This final stage also includes providing a comprehensive report concerning the company’s activities and pinpointing the lessons learned during

t h e i r m a n a g e ttm e n t of the various company departments.

Through this prottgramme, students repttresenting 8 secondary schools and the University of Bahrain will acquire a wide range of experience of the actual world of busittness. They will encounter several challenges faced by real companies and they

will have the chance to prestt

ent their products, serttvices and their company’s results to a number of business experts.

GPIC is keen to contttribute to such ambitious programmes, which aim at preparing the younger generation for leadership and promising jobs folttlowing their graduation from universities.


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Wih Compliments of

Environment Committee


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The International Fertt

tilizer Industry Associatt

tion (IFA) recently held its

77th Annual Conference

in the city of Shanghai,

People’s Republic of Chitt

na. Participants

in the conference

included leading

international comtt

panies from all over

the world with a wide

experience in the manutt

facture of fertilizers and

their byproducts.

Mr. Abdulrahamn

Jawahery, General Managtt

er, presided over the comtt

pany’s delegation to the

conference. He expressed

the company’s keenness

to attend such gatherings,

which provide good optt

portunities to meet and extt

change experiences

and

views. He went on to say

that the event had imtt

mense significance owing

to the contribution of this

vital sector in providing

the world with fertilizers

used in the production of

agricultural crops. At the

same time he stressed that

the presence of GPIC at

such events is not only to

participate but to promote

the excellent standards of

this hittech industry in our

Kingdom.

Mr. Jawahery, who

also chairs the IFA Technitt

cal Committee, informed

that Mr. Ajay Shriram,

from the Republic of India

had been elected as

the new

chairman for the next

term 2009t2012, succeedtt

ing Mr. Thorleif Enger of

the Norwegian company

Yara. The election of Mr.

Shriram came during a

board meeting conducted

on the sideline of the contt

ference. It is noteworthy

that Mr. Shriram served as

first vicetchairman of the

International Fertilizer Intt

dustry Association during

the previous term and is

considered to be one of the

most eminent personalities

in the fertilizer industry.

InternationalFertilizerIndustryAssociation Elect a New President


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The General Mantt

ager, Mr. Abdulrahman

Jawahery chaired the IFA

Technical Committee

Council Meeting, held rett

cently in Shanghai, China.

During the meeting Mr.

Jawahery provided a brief

report on the activities of

the committee, including

the IFA Safety Handbook,

designed by the committee

task force to promote extt

cellence in safety, health

and the environment durtt

ing production.

The handbook is a practt

tical guide to managing

safety at the production

site. Mr. Jawahery strongtt

ly encouraged all productt

tion personnel to review

this publication, adding

that the handbook would

be translated into other

languages in the coming

months in order to facilitt

tate its use on production

sites around the world.

Mr. Jawahery also hightt

lighted the IFA Green Leaf

Award, explaining that

the committee acknowltt

edges that it must not only

provide guidance docutt

ments such as the Safety

Handbook, but it must

also recognise excellence

The General Manager

presides over theIFA

Technical Committee

Council Meeting


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in SHE performance by

IFA members. With this in

mind, the IFA Green Leaf

Award was established to

recognise high achievett

ment in this area. He noted

that Yara International’s

Sluiskil facility in the

Netherlands was the first

recipient of this award.

This was announced durtt

ing the IFA Global Safety

Summit last March

and the

two Intt

dian runtt

n e r s t u p

were also

recognised

by the award

panel for their

achievements:

Tata Chemicals

Babrala unit and

Nagarjuna’s Kakinada fatt

cility.

In addition, the comtt

mittee has further soliditt

fied its commitment to

SHE excellence through

the development of a set

of new Principles, which

build upon the previous

set of 11 Safety Principles,

calling upon the delegates

to urge their companies to

adopt these Principles and

to benefit from these new

committee initiatives.

Mr. Jawahery stated

that technical training is

an important

b u i l d i n g

block for achieving contt

tinual improvement in prott

duction and that the comtt

mittee is looking forward

to a series of production

technology workshops to

be held this year.

With regard to climate

change, Mr. Jawahery stattt

ed that the IFA Technical

Committee representatives

are currently developing a

chapter on fertilizer prott

duction and greenhouse

gas emissions, which will

be integrated into the assott

ciation’s master document

on the role of

fertiliztt

ers in climate change.

The committee is also

overseeing the activities of

the working group on the

harmonisation of fertilizer

sampling and quality analtt

ysis methods.

Mr. Jawahery went on

to say that this group will

publish a series of “best

practice” recommendatt

tions in the coming months

in order to help promote

more convergence in the

analytical methodologies

currently in use around the

world. He added that the

committee has established

a global task force

in the process

of developtt

ing an initial

programme

s t ruc tu re ,

which will

be prett

s e n t e d

to the

Exectt

utive

Committt

tee next November.

Concluding, Mr. Jawatt

hery voiced his appreciatt

tion to the IFA Director

General, Mr. Luc Maene

and his entire team in the

Secretariat for their hard

work in supporting the

committee’s efforts.


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GPIC takes part in theShanghai

Conference

The Company partt

ticipated in the 77th Intertt

national Fertilizer Industry

Association (IFA) Annual

Conference held recently

in Shanghai, China.

The General Manager

Abdulrahman Jawahery,

who is also the Chairtt

man of the International

Fertilizer Association’s

(IFA) Technical Committt

tee, headed the GPIC deltt

egation at the Conference

which was also attended by

Ahmed Nuruddin, Plants

Operations Manager.

Mr Jawahery said that

the IFA conference providtt

ed an excellent platform

and communication chantt

nel for all its members and

others to meet and discuss

ways and means of prott

moting this vital strategic

industry. He said that this

year’s conference was bett

ing held at a time when the

global fertilizer industry

witnessed major challengtt

es both in terms of fertiliztt

er demand and prices. He

pointed out that the global

fertilizer industry, after

passing through a buoyant

phase during the first half

of 2008 was facing trett

mendous pressures movtt

ing into 2009 due to the

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crisis and unavailability of

credit in major markets.

He further added that

the global fertilizer industt

try produces 170 million

tonnes of fertilizer nutritt

ents annually, which are

used to sustain agriculturtt

al production around the

world. As the main drivers

of fertilizer growth

d e m a n d

have

n o t

changed

from prett

vious years

there is a

strong likelitt

hood that the

global consumptt

tion of fertilizers,

which had dropped in

2008, will potentially rett

cover in the second half of

2009.

Mr. Jawahery added

that Urea is now the most

preferred fertilizer used by

farmers around the world

due to its high nutrient contt

tent. Despite the current

depressed economic contt

ditions, the global demand

for Urea is still expected to

increase at a steady rate of

3.1% per annum over the

next 10 years.

The Arabian Gulf

share is

nearly 31%

of world Urea exports;

this has been made postt

sible due to the abundant

availability of natural gas

in the region at reasonable

price.

Today, the Arabian

Gulf region is at the forett

front of Urea production

and is regarded as the most

preferred supplier in the

world, both in

terms

of relitt

ability, production

and excellence in product

quality.

IFA is a premiere nont

profit organisation estabtt

lished in 1927 with more

than 525 members covertt

ing 85 countries around

the world. Its main aim is

to promote efficient and

responsible use of plant

nutrients, safety and entt

hance environmental pertt

formance.

The IFA Annual Contt

ference is regarded by

industry leaders as the

most significant event

on the global fertiltt

izer industry caltt

endar and this

year’s confertt

ence was attt

tended by

more than

1 , 5 0 0

d e l tt

egates reptt

resenting over 300

member companies from

more than 75 countries.

Concluding, Mr Jawatt

hery expressed optimism

that once the current finantt

cial turmoil settles down

and the credit situation

starts improving the martt

kets will normalise and the

demand for fertilizers will

pick up globally.


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The International Fertilizer Industry

Association issues a booklet

on the role of NitrogenThe International Fertt

tilizer Industry Association

(IFA) is an organisation

that includes leading intertt

national companies from

all over the world with

a wide experience in the

manufacture of fertilizers

and their byproducts,

as well as research

institutes intt

terested

in the

a g r i c u l tt

tural sector.

The assott

ciation seeks to

provide all available

measures to ensure sustt

tainable development in

the agriculture sector and

to help ensure global food

security. In this regard,


hery, elaborated on the

significant role played by

IFA in boosting the agritt

cultural sector. “Such a

role explains the vital and

strategic importance of agtt

riculture to many countries

in the world” he added.

He went on to say that

the IFA contributions are

not limited to holding

periodic meetings

and confertt

ences; it

a l so

i s s u e s

different

studies and

books totalling

more than 1650

publications. The

publications are focused

on several topics concerntt

ing the fertilizer industry

and its role in the developtt

ment of the agricultural

sector.

In this contt

nection, Mr.

J a w a h e r y

po in ted

out a

signifitt

cant book

issued by IFA.

The book demontt

strates the importance of

Nitrogen for soil and plants

as an essential element for

Chlorophyll needed for the

process of photosynthesis.

“Nitrogen is essential

for the building of Amino

Acids, used in the comtt

position of proteins in the

body of the plant. As is

well known, Urea is one of

the main and most importt

tant fertilizers which suptt

ply plants with nitrogen”

he added.

Mr. Jawahery

concluded by

pointing out

a n o t h e r

b o o k

i s tt

s u e d

r e c e n t l y

by IFA focustt

ing on the promotion

of sustainable developtt

ment through the attentt

tion given to agriculture.

The book emphasises the

necessity of an integrated

action plan to ensure more

green areas that will eventt

tually increase food corps.


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Gulf Petrochemicals andChemicals Association

hold a Workshop

Gulf Petrochemicals

and Chemicals Associatt

tion (GPCA) recently held

a workshop entitled ‘How

to Cope with Crises’ in

collaboration with the contt

sulting firm McKinsey.

Participants in this

workshop included the

GPCA Chairman and

members of the board as

well as executives of GCC

companies and members

of the association.

As a GPCA board

member, GPIC General

Manager, Mr. Abdulrahtt

man Jawahery particitt

pated in the workshop and

expressed his happiness at

participating and thanked

the organisers. He added

that the holding of this

workshop comes at a time

when the world is witnesstt

ing rapid changes that

have cast a shadow on the

chemical and petrochemitt

cal markets, in particular.

He stated that the presence

of such high level executt

tive figures is a firm inditt

cation of the attention and

care paid to matters relattt

ing to this strategic industt

try.

It also reflects the transtt

parency and professiontt

alism, which emphasises

the role of the Gulf region

countries in ensuring the

highest standards of qualtt

ity for their products and

the determination to move

forward towards the intt

dustry’s development and

prosperity.

McKinsey reviewed

conditions prevailing in

global markets and the imtt

plications and impact of

the financial crisis on the

chemical and petrochemitt

cal industry. The company

also discussed a number of

programmes, emphasising

the need for joint cooperatt

tion among the regional

companies in order to

achieve the desired goals.

It is worth mentioning

that GPIC is one of the

founders of the Gulf Pettt

rochemicals and Chemitt

cals Association, based

in Dubai, United Arab

Emirates. A number of

leading Gulf companies

enjoy GPCA membership

in addition to the service

companies supporting this

vital industry.

The estimated prott

duction of petrochemical

products in the Arabian

Gulf region is about 114

million tonnes per antt

num, which is equivalent

to about 2% of the energy

available in the world.


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GPIC participates in SABIC celebrations

ofHealth, Safety and Environment Day

In line with the comtt

pany’s policy to create

partnerships and maintain

mutually beneficial relatt

tionships through cooptt

eration with other major

companies, GPIC took

part in the celebrations of

the Health, Safety and Entt

vironment day, organised

by Saudi Basic Industries

Corporation (SABIC).

The event was recently

held in AltJubail Industrial

City. The celebration was

well attended and hontt

oured guests included Mr.

Abdulrahman Jawahery,

GPIC General Manager,

Yasser Abdulrahim, Safety,

Health and Environment

Manager, senior officials,

heads of affiliated compatt

nies, and a number of other

official bodies concerned

with health, safety and the

environment.

During the event,

which was held under the

auspices of His Excellentt

cy Mohamed AltMadhy,

SABIC Vice Chairman,

a number of companies

were honoured for being

able to meet the qualificatt

tion standards, as well as

achieving better levels of

performance in the area of

safety.

On this occasion GPIC

General Manager, Mr.

Jawahery expressed his

admiration for the perfortt

mance of SABIC and its

companies, which stems

from the belief in the importt

tance of safety, health and

environment. He praised

the company’s vision and

values of motivation, crett

ativity and achievement,

which qualified SABIC

to play a leading role in

the management of such

a global industry. He also

praised the role played by

Mr. Hamoud bin Abdullah

Al Tuwaijri, Chairman of

the Evaluation and Review

Committee for the SABIC

Award for Safety, Health

and Environment for his

relentless efforts in raising

the company’s safety pertt

formance and in organistt

ing the event.

During the ceremony,

Mr. Yasser Abdulrahim,

GPIC SHE Manager prett

sented a technical paper

entitled ‘The experience of

the Gulf Petrochemical Intt

dustry Company in the intt

tegration of administrative

frameworks for the presertt

vation of the environment,

health and safety.’


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SABIC Fertilizers Vice President attends Global Safety Conference

HE Mr. Fahad Saad Al Shoaibi, Saudi Basic Industries Fertilizers Vice president took part in the IFA Global Summit Conttference which was held in Bahrain during March. His Excellency praised the major role played by GPIC in cotoperation with the International Fertilizer Association in organiztting such major events and since this Conference entthances Bahrain’s status on the regional and internatttional levels.

HE also thanked Mr. Abdulrahman Jawahery, the General Manager for the kind invitation and warm welcome. He said he was pleased to parttticipate in the Conference and with the working pattpers presented to the Conttference concerning safety and health related topics of interest to the fertilizer producers and consumers and the progress achieved by this industry.

Mr. Al Shoaibi dettscribed GPIC as an excelttlent industrial organization and a successful symbol of joint Gulf cotoperation.

He also praised the contttinuous and steady efforts made by the Company’s management in the protectttion of the environment and concern with safety and health. He praised the Company’s experience in the environmental projects and its commitment to the highest international stanttdards in terms of safety, health and the environttment. He recommended the need to actively particttipate in such conferences.

Meanwhile, Mr. Abttdulrahman Jawahery exttpressed his thanks and appreciation to HE Mr. Fahad Saad Al Shoaibi

for his particittpation in this Conference and chairing one of its sessions and giving directives for ensuring the success of this event. He praised the support enttjoyed by GPIC from SABIC, which is one of the Company’s shareholders.

GPIC is jointttly owned by the Government of the Kingttdom of Bahrain representtted by the national Oil and Gas Holding Company,

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Tuwaijri reviews Safety issuesbefore the IFA Global Safety conference

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) participated in the First IFA Global Safety Conference held recently in Bahrain and orgattnized by the Internationttal Fertilizer Association (IFA).

On this o c c a s i o n , Homood AltT u w a i j r i , S A B I C ’ s Vice Presittdent of Audit and Legal Afttfairs adttdressed the conference in which he confirmed the strict guidelines SABIC has developed for Safety, Health, the Environment

and Quality, which are esttsential for good business practice especially in the fertilizer industry .

Mr. AltTuwaijri rettviewed the stages of growth experienced by the Saudi Basic Industries

Corporation until it bettcame one of the world’s leading manufacturers in a very complex and fasttmoving industry.

As a brand that has become a guarantee of quality, SABIC supplies chemicals and fertilizers to its customers around the world. The Saudi Corporatttion is also a leading steel producer in the Middle East.

In his speech, the Saudi official said that SABIC, since its founding, has

worked hard to develop high standards of safety and environmental protectttion in every aspect of the

plant activities.

He affirmed that the company performance is the best compared to the rest of the other global petttrochemicals companies. “In fact, the company has succeeded in surpassing its own records and that of its counterparts worldwide” he added.

Mr. AltTuwaijri went on to say that “Applying a worldtclass vocational, safety and environmentttal standard abreast with the latest statetoftthetart

scientific and technological advancement have enabled the Saudi Corttporation to complete a continuous 2 years (2007 and 2008) without any lost time due to injury”.

In this conttnection, the Saudi official pointed out that it is through the one team Spirit, pe r fo rmance

criteria, and management of safety that (SABIC) achieved such exemplary performance record.


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GPIC has recently installed an advanced prottcess control system in the Ammonia Plant aimed at increasing stability in the system’s performance and to codify control systems for optimum utilisation of raw materials, leading to increased productivity and efficiency.

The system is designed by Hontteywell, the leadtting international American compattny specialising in electronic control systems. It is worth noting that GPIC is the first company to install such a systttem in the region.

On the occattsion, Mr. Abdulrahman Jawahery said that the installation of such a systttem comes in line with the

company’s policy in dettveloping its operations and raising productivity to the highest levels. It also conttfirms the necessity of the optimal use of raw materittals and the preservation of such important resources. It is also consistent with the stated objectives of the National Oil and Gas

Authority which demands conservation of natural rettsources and energy rationtt

ing.

Emphasising that the new system will work on increasing efficiency and conserving energy, Mr Jawahery shed light on a number of major projttects implemented by the company in this regard. Among them is one major

project being the extractttion and recycling of Carttbon Dioxide gas emissions

and retusing them to raise the productivity of the company without the need for an increase in energy utilisation. This project continues in parallel with several other projects that are aimed at the rationalittsation of energy consumptttion, coupled with higher productivity.

The company held a small certtemony to announce the successful completion of the installation, which was attended by members of the Working Group of GPIC and the r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from Honeywell, in addition to the company’s executt

tive management members, department leaders and enttgineers.

GPIC Launches an Advanced Process Control System in the Ammonia Plant


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GPIC continues its Environmental Awareness Programme

In line with its polittcy to preserve and protttect the environment and to disseminate enttvironmental awareness among school students in the Kingdom of Bahttrain, the company initittated a number of eduttcational lectures in the field of the environment, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education.

In this regard, Mr. Jawahery extended his sincere thanks and apttpreciation to H.E. Dr. Majed bin Ali AltNuttaimi, Minister of Educatttion, for his continuous support to all company programmes pertaining to environment awarettness.

The programme this year included a total

of thirty government schools and four private schools, benefiting more than 2300 students from various academic levels. Lectures were presented during the months of March and April 2009.

This comes within various environmental programmes adopted by the company and aimed at developing and educating the younger generation to raise their awareness of the importttance of preserving the environment and reductting environmental polttlution.

The programme, which began in 2001 in cooperation and coordittnation with the Departttment of Student Activittties at the Ministry of Education, has contintt

ued successfully until the current year 2009. During the programme a number of the compattny’s trained engineers visit various schools and give lectures in both Arabic and English lanttguages.

The lectures concentttrate on key environttmental issues, such as global warming, ozone depletion and acid rain. Lectures also focus on

the role played by institttutions and individuals in preserving the envittronment and reducing the effects of environttmental pollution, as well as reducing the depletion of natural resources. So far, 220 lectures have been provided through this programme since its inception and approxittmately 16,500 students have benefited from them.


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In line with its policy to train and develop its staff, the company sent two employees on a trip to a number of Scandinavian countries.

The 2tweek trip was hosted by the Haldor Topttsoe Company of Denmark. Ms. Lulwa Almuaili, Training Supervisor and Mr. Hisham Riyadh, Planttning Engineer representtted GPIC during the trip.

The selection of both staff came following their outstanding perttformance at the GPIC Toastmasttters Club.

Such particittpation reflected the keenness of GPIC to encourttage their outstandtting Bahraini staff and grant them the optt

portunity to

boost t h e i r k n o w l ttedge and d i s c o v e r what the inttdustry has to ofttfer in other parts of the world. The

trip was undoubtedly a great motivation for them.

The journey included a visit to Haldor Topsoe headquarters in Denmark as well as visits to differttent sites of cultural interest in Norway and Sweden. The two employees were accompanied by Mr. Motthamed EltSayed, director of sales

and technica l

services from Halttdor Topsoe, Bahrain.

In a statement on the occasion, the GPIC Gentteral Manager Mr. Abdulttrahman Jawahery said that this wonderful initiative by Haldor Topsoe was aimed to enhance cooperttation with various industttrial companies, to build bridges and to exchange cultures. The historic rettlations between GPIC and Haldor Topsoe date back to 1985, the year

in which the Ammonia and Methanol plants

commenced productttion.

Haldor Topttsoe is a piott

neering Danttish comttpany in the

manufacture of chemical devices used in the petrochemical industry to raise the quality of the product and reduce waste.

GPIC Employees VisitScandinaviaHosted by Haldor Topsoe


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Mr. Hussain Jaffer,

a GPIC employee at the

company’s Medical Centt

tre has acquired a Master’s

Degree in Occutt

pational Health

from the Univertt

sity of Surrey in

Guildford, UK

after finishing all

the academic rett

quirements with

great success.

This qualifitt

cation enables

the holder to

carry out assessments and

comprehensive surveys

of the entire workplace

to identify any physical,

chemical or psychological

risks which could affect

the employees’ health or

life.

Once the risks are

identified, the medically

qualified member can dett

cide the appropriate steps

to eliminate or reduce the

hazard, according to local

and international regulatt

tions.

Employee of the Month

In the presence of Mr. Heinz Huyer, President of the Brazilian company Intertrade Group, Mr. Abdulrahman Jawahery,

GPIC General Manager, presented a merit certificate and award to Ms. Latifa Khalil of the Information Technology

& Knowledge Department who won the title Employee of the Month for March 2009.

L a t i f a joined the company in 2007 and a t t e n d e d s e v e r a l c o u r s e s

in the Kingdom and overseas, organised by the GPIC Training

Centre. She is currently a Trainee IT Support Officer in the Information Technology & Knowledge Department. During the period of her employment in the company she has proved her loyalty and diligence in carrying out her duties.

The purpose of this recognition is to encourage the company’s employees to develop and improve their performance.

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GPIC supports its employee,the motor racing star, Tariq Hadi

The General Managtt

er expressed his pride over

the victory of Tariq Hadi,

who won the fifth and fitt

nal round of the Qatar Intt

ternational Championship

for drag racing, which

was held in the Qatari

capital recently. This

was the third successive

victory for the GPIC staff

member. A number of

race and speed stars in the

Gulf States took part in the

race.

Mr. Jawahery said that

the company encourages

its employees to particitt

pate in various sports actt

tivities. He pointed out in

this connection the signifitt

cant importance of sport in

maintaining body fitness,

general health as well as

providing the

energy that entt

ables the person

to work under

pressure. On

his part, Tariq

Hadi expressed

his passion tott

wards motor

racing saying

that he started

practicing the

sport several

years ago.

“My work circumtt

stances did not prevent me

from practicing my favoutt

rite sport; on the contrary,

I have received every entt

couragement and support

from the company’s mantt

agement which enabled

me to develop my sporting

abilities” he added. Mr.

Hadi concluded by extt

pressing his sincere thanks

to H.H. Shaikh Abdullah

bin Hamad Al Khalifa, for

the assistance provided to

him personally and to the

team (Tiger Racing). Mr.

Hadi promised to bring

home more tournament

victories in the seasons to

come.

Race champion Tariq

Hadi won the third and

fourth rounds of the Qatar

International Championtt

ship for drag racing ahead

of strong competition

from the Saudi competitor,

Hisham Mullah. It should

be noted that the cost of

Mr. Hadi’s drag racing car

exceeded BD 35,000 and

was fully manufactured

in Bahrain in a process

that took 3 years of hard

work.


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Staff Graduates from Bahrain University Thank GPIC

Within the framett

work of its policy to train

Bahraini national staff to

assume future leading pott

sitions in the company,

the Gulf Petrochemical

Industries Company is

continuing its scholarship

programme providing emtt

ployees with the chance

to complete their univertt

sity studies in various spett

cialised fields, either in lott

cal or foreign universities.

In this context, a group

of staff members who

graduated from Bahrain

University extended their

thanks and appreciation

to the management of the

company for granting them

the opportunity to comtt

plete their university studtt

ies. This came during the

celebration of inJAz Bahtt

rain organisation hosted by

GPIC under the patronage

of HH Shaikha Hessa bint

Khalifa Al Khalifa. The

staff graduates expressed

their appreciation to the

company, which provided

them with the incentive

and confidence to work

with a better performance

to develop their potential.

On this occasion, GPIC

General Manager Mr. Abtt

dulrahman Jawahery said

that the attention GPIC

pays to the training of its

staff is to encourage contt

tinuous learning, affirmtt

ing that the Bahraini hutt

man resources are the real

wealth and the basis of all

the company’s achievett

ments.

It is through these

achievements the compatt

ny was able to make a real


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difference at local, regiontt

al and global levels. To

that end, the company has

always sought to support

all human elements while

maintaining the principle

of equal opportunities, he

added.

Mr. Jawahery also

pointed out that the comtt

pany has an ambitious

and extensive training

programme, covering all

technical and engineertt

ing functions in addition

to other programmes such

as report writing, effective

communication, work and

time management, quality

control concepts, commutt

nity service, environmentt

tal concern, Managing

meetings and emotional

intelligence.

He also expressed

great confidence in the

Bahraini staff members,

as the Kingdom of Bahtt

rain, thanks to its location,

has always been the focus

of important centres of

knowledge which has rett

sulted in the Bahraini cititt

zen being filled with pastt

sion for science, culture

and knowledge. This has

reflected positively on the

performance of individutt

als, institutions and comtt

panies, including GPIC.

He reviewed the suctt

cess achieved by the comtt

pany in winning the Shield

of Excellence in Training

and Qualification of Bahtt

rainis, as well as the First

Class Excellence Award in

training. This has enabled

the company to gain an

international reputation

to the advantage of Bahtt

rainis, the company, sharett

holders and the Kingdom

of Bahrain.

“The company played

a major role to achieve our

kingdom’s 2030 vision,

outlined by His Majesty

the King, based on sustt

tainable development and

the joining together of the

hands of men and women

side by side to build a

country of constitutional

organisations and sovertt

eignty of law”, the General

Manager went on to say.

On this occasion, HH

Shaikha Hessa bint Khaltt

ifa Al Khalifa, Executive

Director of inJAz Bahrain

organisation, highly aptt

preciated the initiative of

the company in granting

access to university edutt

cation for its staff, which

she personally observed

during the participation of

a group of employees in

the programmes of inJAz

Bahrain.


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The General Mantt

ager Mr. Abdulrahman

Jawahery paid a visit to

the Shaikh Mohamed bin

Khalifa Al Khalifa Cartt

diac Centre at the Bahrain

Defence Force Hospital

where he was received by

Dr. Resan Badran, Directt

tor of the Cardiac Centre.

During the meeting

Mr. Jawahery conveyed

the greetings of

H.E Shaikh Isa

bin Ali Al Khalifa, Advitt

sor to HH the Prime Mintt

ister for Industry and Oil

Affairs and GPIC Board

Chairman, noting the outtt

standing medical services

provided by such a profestt

sional Cardiac Centre for

the benefit of the people of

Bahrain.

On the occasion Mr.

Jawahery presented a fitt

nancial contribution from

the company to enhance

the Cardiac Centre servictt

es provided to patients and

to fulfill its noble mission.

Mr. Jawahery praised the

professional and distintt

guished medical services

provided by the centre

and the latest medical matt

chines that help serve the

patients more effectively

and also help Bahrain to

establish itself as a country

with hightquality medical

services.

Dr. Resan Badran, Ditt

rector of the Cardiac Centt

tre, expressed his utmost

appreciation and gratitude

to H.E Shaikh Isa bin Ali

Al Khalifa, Advisor to HH

the Prime Minister for Intt

dustry and Oil Affairs and

GPIC Board Chairman

for such a generous contt

tribution, pointing out the

company’s constant suptt

port to Bahraini society as

a whole. He wished that

other organizations would

follow the example of the

Gulf Petrochemical Industt

tries Company.

The meeting was attt

tended by a number of sett

nior officials from GPIC

and the Shaikh Mohamed

bin Khalifa Al Khalifa

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GPIC supports Al Rahma Youth CentreIn accordance with

the directives of H.E Shaitt

kh Isa bin Ali AL Khalifa,

Advisor to H.H. the Prime

Minister for Oil and Intt

dustrial Affairs and GPIC

Board Chairman, and as

part of the company’s poltt

icy of supporting the Bahtt

raini community through

donations and contributt

tions to local, charitable

and professional societies

in the kingdom, GPIC has

provided financial support

to Al Rahma Youth Centt

tre.

This came during a

meeting between H.E.

Mr. Rasheed Al Mearaj

the Bahrain Central Bank

Governor and the GPIC

General Manager Mr. Abtt

dulrahman Jawahery who

was accompanied by a

delegation of senior extt

ecutives.

Mr. Al Mearaj who is

also the chairman of Al

Rahma Youth Centre prott

vided a detailed review of

the Centre’s programmes

and activities as well as

its great humanitarian role

provided for children with

disabilities.

GPIC General Mantt

ager Mr. Abdulrahman

Jawahery praised the Centt

tre’s contribution to social

welfare which reflects its

commitment to the bettt

terment of the Kingdom.

“The aim of Al Rahma is

to teach and encourage the

students to become more

self reliant and to enjoy

more fulfilling lives” addtt

ed Mr. Jawahery.

He commended the

Centre’s programmes

which provide health, sott

cial, psychological, vocatt

tional and rehabilitative

care to mentally and phystt

ically challenged young

adults and children, as well

as the support provided for

their families.

It should be noted that

the nontprofit centre was

founded on March 22,

2003 for mentally and

physically challenged

young people. It currently

has 50 members between

the ages of 15 and 35 years

who avail themselves of a

full set of daytcare sertt

vices.


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Under the guidance

of H.E Shaikh Isa bin Ali

Al Khalifa, Advisor to



and GPIC Board Chairtt

man and in the framework

of the company’s annual

charity programme, the

General Manager, Mr. Abtt

dulrahman Jawahery actt

companied by a delegation

of senior executives, paid

a visit to the Bahrain Mott

bility International Centre

(BMI) where he presented

a financial contribution

in support of the centre’s

various activities.

Mr. Jawahery and the

accompanying delegatt

tion were greeted by Ms.

Muneera Bin Hindi, presitt

dent of BMI. During the

meeting which was also

attended by other officials

from BMI, Ms. Bin Hindi

provided a detailed explatt

nation of the centre’s prott

grammes and activities as

well as its great humanitartt

ian role in providing care

for children with disabilitt

ties. She also explained

the plans for expansion

expected to be implementtt

ed in the near future.

In this context, Mr.

Jawahery commended the

exceptional and distintt

guished contribution of the

BMI Centre to the Bahraini

society in general and their

paramount contribution to

the disabled children in

particular. “Through their

integration into society,

those children are able to

overcome their disability”

added Mr. Jawahery.

On her part, Ms.

Muneera Bin Hindi extt

pressed her great thanks

and appreciation to H.E

Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al

Khalifa and GPIC for their

generous and continued

contribution, pointing out

the company’s leading role

in supporting the country’s

charitable establishments.

Ms. Bin Hindi concluded

her speech by wishing the

company and its staff contt

tinued success.

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Methanol Team Wins The Soccer Cup

In an atmosphere

dominated by good hutt

mour and familiarity, the

Social Activities Committt

tee of GPIC arranged a

Football Tournament.

The tournament, which

took place at the GPIC

Club football pitch, intt

cluded 7 teams from the

different company departtt

ments.

As always, the Methatt

nol Team won the title

after beating the Managett

ment Team with a penalty

shoottout, while the Utilitt

ties Team came in

third after a draw with the

Urea team.

Mr. Yusuf Abdulla,

Deputy General Manager,

Mr. Yusuf Fakhroo, Hutt

man Resources Manager

and Mr. Zuhair Tawfiqi,

Public Relations Manager,

handed out the awards to

the winning teams.

The referees were also

honoured during the tourtt

nament, which was contt

cluded with a sideline rectt

reational programme for

the employees’ children.


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GPIC Organises a Campaign for Blood Donation

As part of its support

of official and civil institt

tutions and other bodies

within the Kingdom of

Bahrain, the company estt

tablished a campaign for

blood donation in collabott

ration with the Salmaniya

Medical Centre.

More than 58 staff

members donated blood

during the campaign,

which was held at the

company Medical Centre

last week. In this regard

the General Manager Mr.

Abdulrahman Jawahery

praised the services prott

vided by the company’s

Medical Centre, which has

created a comprehensive

health culture among the

company’s staff members,

in order that this may rett

flect positively on their

work performance and

the exercise of their daily

lives.

He went on to say that

blood donated by the GPIC

employees may well save

the lives of patients and

noted that this humanitartt

ian and sympathetic outtt

look among the GPIC staff

members reflects well on

the culture of the organisatt

tion to which they belong.


GPIC organises this hutt

manitarian campaign evtt

ery year in an attempt to

boost the spirit of cooperatt

tion and community parttt

nership with the whole of

society in Bahrain.


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On the occasion of the World Labour Day,

GPIC inaugurates the new Hall for Contract Workers

It is the firm belief of

GPIC that its employees,

across all divisions and

sites, constitute the real

wealth of the company.

As a natural extension

of this, GPIC’s policy is to

continue to support its emtt

ployees and provide them

with decent care and attentt

tion, as well as a healthy

and comfortable working

environment in order to

promote employee crett

ativity.

Coinciding with World

Labour Day and in line

with the above GPIC poltt

icy, GPIC’s General Mantt

ager, Mr. Abdulrahman

Jawahery and Mr. Syed

Salman Jaafar Almahfouz,

SecretarytGeneral of the

Federation of Bahrain Latt

bour Unions, inaugurated

the new hall for the contt

tractors working at GPIC.

The ceremony, which

took place at the comtt

pany’s complex, was attt

tended by Mr. Hamad Al

Thawadi, Chairman of


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the GPIC Labour Union,

members of the Union’s

Board of Directors, a numtt

ber of members of the Extt

ecutive Management team

and other senior officials.

Following the renovatt

tion, the hall now includes

a wide prayer room and a

large dining room, as well

as all the necessary meditt

cal supplies.

The air conditioned hall

will accommodate nearly

400 people. The General

Manager, Mr. Jawahery,

stated that the success of

any company is depentt

dent upon its staff, hence

it is necessary to provide

a healthy atmosphere for

the staff and to resolve

their problems in order to

increase staff productivity,

strengthen company loyaltt

ty and promote the desire

within employees to furtt

ther the company’s intertt

ests for the good of all.

Mr. Jawahery emphatt

sised that the company

seeks to provide the right

atmosphere of developtt

ment as well as real incentt

tives, in order to increase

the drive and encouragett

ment with which GPIC

inspires employees. He astt

sured the company’s deditt

cation to providing the

highest level of service to

staff members.

On his part, Mr. Mahtt

fouz said that such initiatt

tive by GPIC highlights

the continued efforts to

provide more benefits

and services to its staff, to

promote the development

and the upgrading of their

skills and to raise the level

of efficiency, creativity

and productivity of their

work performance.


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R e c o g n i s i n g World Labour Day, the Gulf Petrochemical Inttdustries Company obttserved the ‘Day of Honour’ in the presence of Mr. Salman Sayed Jaafar Almahfouz, Secretttary General of the Gentteral Federation of Bahttrain Trade Unions. The celebration honoured a number of distinguished employees and members of the company’s worktting committees for their outstanding performance during 2008.

In an opening speech, GPIC General Manager Mr. Abdulrahman Jawatthery conveyed the greetttings of H.E. Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, Advisor to His Highness the Prime Minister for Industry and Oil Affairs and Chairman of GPIC. He also thanked Mr. Almahfouz for his attt

tendance to celebrate this precious occasion with the company’s staff. He comttmended Mr. Almahtt

fouz’s relentless efforts and wise leadership in prottmoting

the principles of dialogue and social partnership.

Mr. Jawahery then praised the outstanding achievements of GPIC. “It is by God’s will and through this one team spirttit that GPIC has achieved a respected reputation inttternationally” he added. In his speech Mr. Jawahery reviewed the most honourtt

Coinciding with the Celebration of the World Labour Day GPIC Honours its Employee


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able and distinguished acttcomplishments achieved by the company’s work force. He thanked them and stressed that through such achievements GPIC was able to accomplish this exemplary record.

“It is through the settnior management and the engagement of every emttployee that GPIC was able to preserve its achievett

ments and ensure committtment to the highest levels of safety, production and export” said Mr. Jawatthery.

He noted the intensive and comprehensive traintting programmes provided to the employees, which help them to innovate and develop creative ideas in order to achieve further progress and development,

in spite of the diftt

ficulties and challenges imposed on the company by the global market for gas and petrochemicals.

Concluding, he said he would like to thank all the employees for their tireless efforts throughout their long service to the company.

Mr. Almahfouz adttdressed the ceremony and congratulated the emtt

ployees on the occasion of World Labour Day, praistting the guidance of His Majesty the King of Bahttrain and the formation of trade unions as well as celttebrating the Labour Day since 2004.

Noting the true partttnership values of GPIC, Mr. Almahfouz praised the company’s role in


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strengthening both the distinguished relationttship among the employees and the unique team spirit which both contributed to the company’s significant achievements, locally, rettgionally and globally.

He also thanked the company’s management for granting him the opttportunity to participate in this celebration, wishtting them success in their endeavours. At the end of the ceremony, Mr. Jawatt

hery, Mr. Almahfouz and Mr. Hamad Al Thawadi, Chairman of GPIC Lattbour Union presented certttificates and awards to the honoured employees.

A commemorative

gift was presented by Mr. Jawahery to Mr. Almahttfouz in appreciation for his dedicated efforts to serve the interests of labour and employees in the Kingdom of Bahrain.


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Documents

Khaleejiah Issue 69