8 TaplinersAttend LMAConferences

IlarH'\ Cash resIgned from theTapltnl' Board of DIrectors at ItsOct. 6 meetll1J( 111 al- BustanIlotel, Bell \Iln, Lebanon.

\Ir. Cash, who IS E"lcutl\l'\'Ice President of Texaco Inc.,has been a Tapline director sll1ce1957, .lI1d h.ls made weat con­tributIOns to the successful dIrec­tion of the Tapline lnterprisethrouJ(hout tbe years.

Cectl Olmstead, also of Texaco,was elected to fill the vacancycreatld by :\lr. Cash's reSIgnation.

\lembers of tbe Tapltne Boardare \lr. Olmstead and L. \\'.Folmar of Te"aco, C. J. Ilediundand G. T. PIercy of Esso, G. L.Parkhurst and \Y. J. ;\lcQuinn ofSocal, II.]. Schmidt and H. C.:\loses of \lobtl, and \\'. R.Chandler, H. P. 'ocke and \Y, E,Locher of Tapline management.;\lessrs. Folmar, lledlund,:\lcQuinn and SchmIdt werenamed to the Tapline Board last\Iay.

\\'ith no major appropnatlonsunder conSIderation, the Oct. 6Board meetmg wa devoted tonormal budJ(et apprm'als and are\lew of openmons. Follo\\lnJ(the meeting, those attendmg tbeTapline Board meeting who arealso directors of . ramco, includ­1I1J( Taplinl' President \\'. R.Chandler, departed for Dbahranto attend Aramco managementmeetings and the Aramco Boardof Directors meeting held thereon Oct. 10.

);ovember 196

total of eight Tapliners fromBeirut and Badanah attended the"l\lanagement by Objectives"training conferences organIzed bythe Lebanese ;\1anagement Asso­ciation at the Bristol Hotel 111

Beirut on Oct. 2 and 7.(Colltllllled 011 page 8)

CASH RESIGNSAS DIRECTOROF TAPLINE

today works out tu a slagg-cnng

138,000 tons each.

While it is true that the MiddleEast crisis and tbe closure of theSuez Canal last year acceleratedthe demand for the new gianttankers, the underlying moti\'atlonwas and remains SImple and soundeconomics. Savinf(s stem bothfrom capItal outlay per deadweIghtton and from operating e"pensesper barrel of otl transported.

The economic attraction of thegiant tanker has been quantified.If the cost of moving a ton of oilin a 20,000 tonner on a representa­tive voyage is 100 (index number),tbe cost will decrease as the sizeof the transporting ships incr"a esas follows: with a 25,000-ton shipthe index goes down to 90; 50,000tons, 55; 75,000 tons, 40; 100,000tons, 35; 125,000 tons, 30; 150,000tons, 2 ; and 175,000 tons, 24.

tanker loaded at Sidon. TheSUNSET loaded 110,842 barrelson Dec. 2, 1950. In fact, theK U:'\CALA:-JD took ahoardabout 77,000 barrels more thanthe total amount of crude lifted

by all four of the tankers tadedfrom idon Terminal rinc:Tapline's first operational ay.

This contrast is typical of thechanges in the tanker industryduring the past 18 years.

Although there was only onetanker over 40,000 OWT inservice in 1953, there arc scoresof superclass tankers of 100,000OWT and over in operation today.

Further evidence of the trulysharp sw ing to mammoth tank­ers: 120 of the 322 ships now onorder are over 200,000 tons eachand 31 others are between 150,000and 200,000 tons. The averagetonnage of the vessels being built

KUNGALAND Llns UNPRECEDENTED RECORDCARGO OF 790,170 BARRELS FROM SIDON

PBBIBCOP

Hellry LOllis, presidellt of the Leballese .\Iallagelllellt ..Issociatioll, e.\plaills the COllcept of ".\IallaI(Clllellt byObjectives" or "Goal Oril'1lted SlIpelTisioll" to participants ill the traillill/! colljerl'1lre (It the Bristol lfotel III

Beirut.

The 1\1 T KUNGALAi':Dloaded on Sept. 21 the largest a­mount of crude oil e\'er lifted fromSidon Terminal by a single tanker.

The 108,500 deadweight tonnertook aboard 790,170 barrels ofcrude oil in 12 hours and 18minutes or at an average loadingrate of 64,242 barrels per hour.

The pre\ious record cargo of7+5,977 barrels had been lifted bythe S.T.S. GOL.-\R NOR a yearearlier, on Sept. 19, 1967.

Built in 1967, the KUNGA­LAND is owned by Angf. A BTi ding, Gothenburg, and Aiesthe Swedish Aag.

The record cargo from SidonTerminal was destined to Zee­brugge, Belgium.

The KC:'\GALA. '0 cargo wasmore than se\'en times the cargoof the S S SU. 'SET, the first

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"Tapline was crcated to pro\·idean cC'on()1111C scrnce for thetransportation of petroleum. JI'

has existed, and can Justify itscontinued operation, only bycontll1uing to prm'lde a moreeconomic means of moving crudeoJ! from Saudi Arabia to theEastern l\lediterrancan than canbe provided by tankers, withwhich it is in direct competitIOn ...Taplme has met this competiti\'echallenge throu/(h the dnelop­ment and application of modernpipchne technology, and throughthe constant search for moreeffiCient and less costly ways ofdoin/( It Job ...

"The search for Improvementin the way \\e do our work andthe Vigilance \\lth whIch weprotect thc Interests of the om­pany arc not the property of a fewselcct people they belong to allof us. Each of us has the opport­unity to make his ow n contribu­tion to the comblnetl cffort in his0\\ n way And thc process IS notmerely one of dramatic Impro\'c­mcnts or "ddltlons of modernfacilities; It IS also a process\\ hereby hundreds of II1di\ldualdaily Ideas, deCISIons and a ts, ate\'ery Tapline 10 ation, combinean organized and efTectlve whole,an efficient anti competitiveenterpri~c... ··

Th,s is what President W. R.Chandler said in part In hismessage to employecs 111 October1966, when Tapline handled itsecontl bJ!lionth barrel.

Three Tapline employees basedat Rafha ha\'e just made theircontnbutlons to thiS unwaveringscarch for Improvement and bet­terment, They arc:

1. Reda bdul-Samad, Sup-ernsll1g Techlllcian, Dlcsel GasTurbll1e, who has modified thelube 0,1 system on the Deutzdiesel engll1e at the lJnattendedCathodIC Protection station nearRafha. The modificatIOn has re­sulted 111 reduced maintenancecost due to more effective lubn­cation, particularly in winter.

2. aied Ahmad, ,enior ShiftForeman, who has used a fire hoseto install a temporary bypass toprevent engine shutdown duringrepair of water leaks in theburied water-cooling lines runningfrom the pumphou e engines tothe fin-fan coolers.

3. 1ushref Hamad, Station1\1echanic, who has devised a

(('011till lied 011 page 8)

EFFICIENCYCHALLENGEMET AT RAFHA

Reda .4bdlll-Samad, SlIpert'isillg Techlliciall, Diesel Gas Tllrbille, 1corking 011 the modifiratiol1 of the Dellt:::diesel engille IIIbe oil system at the UCP statioll oear Rafha. (Photo by .Yasr).

Stati01l J1echallic Jll1shref Hamad displays his lIeft· 1cay of illstal/ing the pre-assembled componmts of the twbo­charger 011 the pllmphollu mgi1le. (Photo by Nasr).

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Sellior Shift Foremall Saied .'-IllIlIad poses lIear the temporary bypass he has improt'ised to prnem mgille shllt­d01C11 dllrillg repair of leaks ill the buried 1cater-coolillg liue.' /'Il/1l1illg from the pllmphollse m~l/Ie, to the fill-fallcoolers. (Photo by rasr).

BadallahAhmad Noukhani of MedicalSharira Salameh of Operations

and Repairs, StationRafha

Ayish Hamed Ayish of MedicalTurm!

A. A. Twayan of Medical

SERVICE STARSAdrianus De Raad of C. E. & I.,

Beirut, was the only Tapliner tochalk up IS years of continuouscompany service in October.

Four other employees earnedtwo-star emblems during thesame month for completing 10years of company sen'lce. Theyare;

are the bridge and outside is theocean. Few of them want to get\vet. o

,

Lifting limits

Ever wonder how much is toomuch for you to lift? Experts saythat if you're a woman youshould make it a rule never to lifta weight greater than 25 pounds-regardless. If you're a man,limit yourself to lifting half yourweight-less if you're overweight.

Car shock

Ever slid across a car seat to

alight and then received a shockfrom touching the metal doorhandle? This is a common com­plaint of motorists everywhere.The cause, as you probably know,is static electricity and, althoughthe shock is not severe, it can bequite uncomfortable.

I Iere is a solution from a driver111 ew Zealand: "Hold on to theinside door handle as you slideacross the seat, thereby discharg­ing the static electricity as fast asit is generated. As soon as youclear the seat, you can let go of thedoor handle and close the doorwithout a shock."

:\llss Phyllis Edward Ilayer,S.R.N., O.:'\.c. and S.C.M.,joined Tapline's ranks Oct. 2 asChief :'\urse, Badanah Hospital.

Of Kent, England, Miss Hayerobtained her Registered Nursecertificate in December 1950 fol­I,}\\ ing studies at the MillerGeneral Hospital in Greenwich.She obtained her diplomas inorthopaedics and midwifery in1954 and 1965, rcspectively, afterattending courses at the Royall';ational Orthopaedic Hospitalin Stanmore and the AyrshireCentral Ilospital in Scotland.

Miss I layer was stationed at theMiller General Hospital in Green­\\ ich from 19+7 to 1952, when shejoined the Royal NationalOrthopaedic Hospital in Stan­1l10re.

In 1959, she joined the Ortho­paedic Ilospital in Kano, Nigeriaas :'\ursing Supervisor, returninghome in 1964 to train as midwife.During the past two years, shewas sel'\'ing as "'ard Sister at theSt. George's Ilospital in Beirut.

:\liss I layer is keen on sports,listing tennis, squash, swimmingand cycling as favorite pastimes.

(Editor's Note: The followingsafety briefs are reprinted fromvarinus issues of Family Safety).

GENERAL SAFETY BRIEFS

CHIEF NURSE JOINS TAPLINE

If you smell gas

The primary danger is notasphyxiation, but explosion. Na­tural or manufactured gas es­caping from appliances such asheaters or kitchen stO\'es canaccumulate in dangerous con­centration in confined spaces. ARame, static electricity or evenoperation of an electric switch ordoorbell can set off an explosion.

If you smell gas, don't light amatch or use a light witch. Turnoff the gas supply at the mainvalve near the meter. This valve,located in a basement, garage orsupply room should be identifiedand marked.

Open doors and windows.Call the local gas company for

emergency investigation.

Keeping dry

A school crossing guard inChicago, Mrs. Mary Lou Murphy,has figured out a game to helpmanage the children as they crossthe street... I tell the littlest onesthat the painted lines in the street

diA'erent hospitals in London­Guy's Ilospital (for cardio­vascular and neuro-radiography),the Royal National OrthopaedicHospital (for orthopaedic radio­graphy), the Middlesex Hospital(for myelography and mammo­graphy) and the Central Middle­sex I lospital (for renal and gastro­intestinal studies).

Before he returned to Badanah,john also attended the 22ndAnnual Conference of the BritishSociety of Radiographers andsuccessfully passed the Radio­

graphers' Board examination tohecomt' a State Registered Radio­grapher.

john's affiliatIOn \\ ith Taplinedates back to December 2, 1962,\\ hen he joined the company ranksat Badanah Ilospital as an X-RayTechnician. A year later, heattended a 1'\\ o-month trainingcourse 111 special radiographicprocedures at the X-Ray Depart­ment of the American UniversityIlospital in Beirut.

lie was promoted to the posi­tion of Senior X-Ray Technicianon Ne\\ Year's Day, 1965.

A popular figure at the station,John chaired the EntertainmentCommittee of the Badanah Swim­ming Pool A sociation for acontinuous period of five years.lie has also been an active memberof Badanah's Rocky Acres GolfGroup.

F. C. Najia

Mike Nahhal

Editor

Reporters:

Badanah

Beirut N. Hanna

Ammon John Franjieh

New York R. M. Weeks

Qaisumah M. Nassir

Qaryatain O. Yassin

Rafha M. A. Kublan

Sidon Kamal Abu-Zeid

Turaif Mrs. J. H. Rosquist

Badanah's Senior X-Ray Tech­nician john Abu-Khalil recei\'edword early in October that he hassuccessfully passed the qualifyingexam in General Radiography,thus becoming a Qualified X-RayTechnician and a 1ember of theBritish Society of Radiographers.

John had returned here fromLondon in mid-August on com­pletion of a IO-week trainingcourse in General Radiography.The course featured lectures andpractical trall1l11g 111 X-Rayphysics, teaching methods, radia­tion protection and X-Ray De­partment administration at four

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Badallah's • mior X-Ral' Techlliciall Johll rlbu-Khalil1dlO has leeellt"·become a member of the British SOCIety of Radio~raphPrs. (Photo by .Vasr).

The alletioll ill filII s'1'ay.Gweral ,·il"/t· of the fleet of 99 lI,ed wmpall.l' "ehir/e, Pllt liP to allctioll at 1'111'1/1/ Oil Oct. 10.

"'"Last-millllte illspectioll alld collsllitatioll before the allctioll.

Bidders surrol/ndillg the official alle/ioneer.

ERATIONS

"Ie including sedans, power wagonsfltal of 33 loose engines were put up'uraif on Oct. 10.had been made a"ailable for inspec­Idier.sumah, Rafha and Badanah Rockedtion with scores of townspeople.

such a crowd-getter that all carsday.,fficial auctioneer Sabbah Muraihin

of Customs Representative Saleh'lce of W. P. Moore, Superintendent. NasI', Supen'isor-Materials and]awdeh of Beirut Accounting.a lens of Photographer K. asressfu I auction.

September }'ear 1968

1. Sidon Receipts ~76.7 ~69.7

2. DeliveriesOfftakers-Ships ~21.S ~35.7

IPC Exchange 13.3 11.9

Medreco 16.4 16.5

Jordan 8.3 8.3

Total Deli"enes 459.5 472.~

A Reet of 99 used company'and station wagons, as well asto auction for the first time at

The used vehicles and englllltion by the public about a \\ ('

A number of Tapliners fromto Turaif to participate in the

The unprecedented auctionand engines were sold out in '

The auction was conducted Ial-Sharari under the super\'iSiAbdallah Bedaiwi and in the pnof Mechanical Services, lauAdministration, and Michel AI

The Pipeline Periscope Cat.

recorded these views of the st.

Turail AUdio , a Crowd-Getter

Latest forecast for October hftlOgs, including 1edreco is ~68,()00

barrels per day.Five newall-time operations r('cords were set in September:1. On Sept. 17, the Rafh~-lJadanah section pumped 520,000

barrels, highest throughput for anyone section of the pipeline withan uprated auxiliary pumping unit on stream.

2. The MIT KUNGALA D lifted Sept. 21 an all-time record

cargo of 790 170 net barrels.3. The f~stest loading rate in one hour (72,273 barrels) and the

highest average loading rate per ship (67,655 barrels per hour) were

set on Sept. 23.4. The size of ships loaded during September reached the un-

precedented average of 362,317 barrels.

COl1dlleting the first allctioll alollg the 'Line at 1'1/10// Oil Oct. 10 are, from left, .1lallrice ,\'asr, 11'. P . .1100re(with eyeglasses), .11ichel Abll-JOf1'deh, official allctiolleer Sabbah .11l1l'Oihill al-Sharari <holdillf;l 10lldspealler)alld Cllstoms represelltati"e Saleh Abdallah Redain·i.

ProspeetifJe eustolller takes a close look of a poz1'er ,mgOlI's ellgille before participatillg in the al/etiol1.

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Participants 111 the beauty con­test for i\liss Lebanon visited• idon Terminal 111 late Sep­tember. The beauties, who wereaccompanied by a group ofTourism officials, arrived in Tap­line's harbor aboard the yacht"MO NA" which is ow ned byM. Tiriaki of • idon.

C. 11. I lardwick, Supervisor­Pipeline RepairS, Turaif, spentseveral days here in October co­ordinating modification work ontwo 24-inch gate vah'es whichwere being prepared for the Birth3-4 crossover.

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by Executi,'e "icc President \\'.E. Locher. Others visiting theterminal recently were :\Ir. and:\Irs. Ralph Locher (he thebrother of Executi, e VIce Presi­dent \\'. E. Locher), Ir. and i\lrs.Ilani Imam of Jiddah, and anumber of oAiclals from ;\1 btlOil Co., SOCAL and Esso-Japan.

G. T. O. i\lartin, CoordinatorPlant Protection-Turaif, organ­ized an orientation and familiariz­ation meeting to a group of SidonTerminal watchmen at the ter­minal's Administration buildingin late September.

The :\lanagement Safety andFire Protecti n Committee heldits third quarterly meeting herein late eptember and conducteda safety inspection tour of terminalinstallations. '1'11<' conferees 111­

cluded J. J. Kl'1berer, Dr. A.Ghanma, F. :'\. Khabbaz, R. II.Da\'is, R. C. Ilill, Capt. A. A.Brickhouse, Capt. A. D. Ode­gaarden, F. :\1. :'\aJm and F. :\1.:\Iaasry.

Back from ,'acatlon are ShIftForeman II. Saba who spent a fewdays in E~ypt 'ISltll1g wIlh re1<,­li"es, General Opemtor S. Zah.lrwho dro\'(' to Europe b) car, andi\looring :\Iaster Capt. :\1. K.Xeshelm.

\\'elcome aboard to Capt. EneBorgen of :\'orway who Joined ourranks as mooring master on Oct. 4.

Pipeline Repairman Elias I\lou­hanna has resumed his speCIalassignment with the Road Im­provement Program at Badanahfollow ing a one-week stay at SidonTerminal.

CommunIcations Te hnlcian B.Ilanna returned to the terminalOct. 12 on completion of a reltefassignment at Badanah.

The monthly golf medal forOctober was won Oct. 6 by :\1 rs.B. lIopen '\Ith a net 6i for 1,holes. There were I() contestants.Competition for the Byron BrownCup "as completed on the samedate '\Ith Karl Ivar Tronstad (sonof Capt. Tronstad) scoring a net126 for 36 holes.

nams. l\1rs. Putnam's mother,:\Irs. A. Albert, accompanied herdaughter on an extended "isit tothe station.

Celebrating the return of theChristmans and Putnams fromholiday with dinners and lunche­ons were :\Ir. and :\Irs. C. II.lIardwick and :\Ir. and :\Irs. J.i\ lakkinje.

:\1any happy retu rns werewished during the month toDonna Quiggle, Pierre Soulban,Louis and Mirion Robertson,Jennifer DeNise and Gracy

oulban.Mr. and Mrs. \V. P. 100re

hosted a dinner party in honor ofG. H. Canoles and i\lanager ofOperations J. J. Kelberer duringtheir stopo"er in Turaif on theirway back to l3eirut from abusiness visit to the fLine.

Off from Turaif to join theAmerican Community School inBeirut for the 196 -1969 scholastICyear are i\lirion and EverettRobertson, Deborah Olsen,Richard and Debra :\Ioore, GeneChristman, and Lynn and PetraPutnam.

II. J. Soley has IcCl Tunllf tojoin i\lrs. Solev and ehlldren 111

the nited States on annuallea'·e.

i\lrs. "Iaurice i':asr returnedhere Oct. 12 afta accompanyingdaughters i\luna. Rita and Randato Beirut for schooling.

i\1r. and Irs. George Famhhosted a successful dinner partyfor their friends in late September.

Dr. and Mrs. S. Soulban gavea luncheon to welcome the D. i\1.De]\;ises on their ITtlIrn fromvacation with daughters Kathrineand Jennifer.

:\1r. and i\Irs. K. E. Parr werethe dinner guests recently of :\ Ir.and Mrs. T. \\·rhoeven.

The G. T. O. :\Iarllns arcvacationing in England.

Our best wishes go to J. J.Kruger and i\liss I\lary Katltanwho ha"e left the field perma­nently with plans to satl on theship of matnmony. The departingcouple were entertained at farewellfunctions hosted by the . Soul­bans, G. Farahs, i\1. :'\asrs andJ. :\1akkinjes.

S. Bertin of Aramco-Dhahranovernighted at Turaif on his "ayto Beirut on holiday. The II. \\'.Sutherlands gave a dinner in hishonor.

R. P. Cocke, \'ice President,Secretary and Treasurer-i':ewYork Office, visited the terminalon Oct. 10. He was accompanied

Sidon

Turaif

of Aramco, who are on a businessVIsit to Tapline connected withthe project. Construction of thethree schools is scheduled to beginin :'\ovember and to end by nextAugust.

Shawki Freiha, . enior En~i­

neer, Mechanical, left Beirut Oct.26 for Saudi Arabia to witness theuprating of the Wariyah gasturbine.

Reproduction Technician AdelAbou Said left for Turaif Oct. 19on a one-month business assign­ment.

Mechanical Engineer F. Con­stantine returned Oct. 23 from afour-day business trip to Turaif.

S. Baddour, I\Iechanical Engi­neer, returned here Oct. 30 froma four-day trip to the' Line, wherehe reviewed the installation ofBrown fintube heat exchangers at'waigilah and Jalamid, the re­

placement of evaporati"e con­densers with water cooled ACcondensers at Raf"a, and thereplacement of radiators with heatexchangers on the Caterpillarengines at Badanah.

S. I,urban, Senior ElectricalEngineer, spent a few days inQaryatain on husiness In earlyOctober.

Visiting the Beirut Office re­cently was J. 0'1 lagan, Tapline'sformer Manager of IndustrialRelations.

Good luck to lIussein lokdad,Operator-Communications Mes­sage Center, who left the companypermanently in Octoher.

A total of 15 students have sofar been enlisted at the SeniorStaff School in Turaif. Classesstarted Sept. 29 with the follow­ing attendants:

Brenda Hardw ick and GracySoulban, first grade; Robin Ver­hoe,'en, second grade; JenniferDenise, Johnny Koenreich, Ber­nard Makkinje and DonnaQuiggle, third grade; ElizabethHardwick and Kathrine De~ise,

fourth grade; Kathy Koenreich,Judy Moore and Anthony Mak­kinje, fifth grade; and JuneChristman, Deborah Hardwickand Dawn Quiggle, sixth grade.

Celebrating their wedding an­niversary in October were Mr.and Mrs. A. M. Christman whohave just returned from vacationwith daughter June. Mr. Christ­man assumed the new position ofl\Iechanical Maintenance Inspec­tor at Turaif on Oct. 1.

Also back in Turaif from state­side vacation are the R. H. Put-

Beirut

RafhaA patio umeshwe tl dinner was

held here by the 1\1. \'an Oostensin honor of a visitin~ medicalgroup from Badanah Ilospitalwhich included Dr. Amer Rayes,Dr. Phillip Sunna'a and I\Iisses A.Soghomonian, \'. Gueyikian and;\;ajat Kaedbey. Dr. A. Barsamian,Jimmy Oversteeg and Mike Jehaand George Ziady of Beirutassisted 1\1 rs. Van Oosten withthe dinner preparations and cook­ing. All members of the Rafhacommunity and Frank Quiggle ofTuraif attended the function.

OR' to Beirut on annual vacationare the Reda Abdul-Samads. OurSupen'ision Technician, DieselGas Turbine, IS expected toreturn to Rafha on Ou. 23.

During the absence of J. J.Kelberer on busin(;ss assignmentin :'\ew York from Oct. 14 toapproximately Dec. 16, D. i\1.Falconer will assume the dutiesand signature authority of I\lan­ager of Operations.

R. If. Davis, lanager-Em-ployee Relations (Lebanon andSyria), will be absent on vacationfrom Oct. 2 through Nov. 13.During his absence, matters nor­mally referred to him should bereferred to R. M. Ilemy, VicePresident-Relations.

Medical Director J. D. Thad­deus returned here Oct. 23 froman 18-day business trip to the'Line.

Victor I,hattar, AdministrativeSupen'isor-i\ledical, was in Ba­danah Oct. 19-23 checking on thecentral medical stores.

:'\. Sheikh, Senior Project En/(i­neer, returned here Oct. from athree-day business trip to Badanahwhere he met with representati,'esof Bray and Backenstoss, theengineering consultants to theSaudi Arab Government, todiscuss operations of electricpower companies along the 'Line.

M. Melhem, Senior Engineer­Liaison, spent four days in Turaifin early October in preparationfor the construction of Amirategirls schools at each of Turaif,Badanah and Rafha. While there,Mr. Melhem met with the con­tractors and explained the scopeof work and the drawings pertain­ing to the project. The meetingwas attended by L. T. Weathers,Manager of the Arab IndustrialDepartment, and L. Madsen,Coordinator of Contracts, both

joined them on Oct. 16.R. W. Bowe relieved Muham­

mad 'Abd ai-Rahman as LocalCompany Representative, Bada­nah, during the latter's absenceon business assignment in Beirutfrom Oct. 5 to the 12th.

to a brunch of "Kenafee" recently.The famous Arabic sweet delicacyis now available at a newly-openedsweets shop In 'Ar'ar. Mrs.Khoury and children, Ramzi,George and Sami, left for Beiruta few days later. Dr. Khoury

Ditl/ler guests of the lvI. Van Oostells at Rafha. lIfrs. Vall OOStCII is seen in foregroulld. Others, fr01ll left, areGeorge Ziady, Miss A. Soghomonian, Dr. Amer Rayes, lvlike leha, lIfr. Van Oosten, l. Oversteeg, Miss V.Gueyikian, Dr. A. Barsamian, Miss Najat Kaedbey, Dr. Ph. SlInna'a, Walid GIII/rabi and H. Hoeksema.(Photo courtesy of l. H. Arnold).

Miss Najat Kaedbey has alsoleft the field permanently to jointhe Beirut College for Women,where she intends to obtain adegree in Social Work.

Supervising Physician and Mrs.M. Khoury invited their friends

etU faces among Badanah's nursing staff inelude, from left, iHisses S. Odabeshian, Leila Deeba, V. Gueyikian,A. Soghomallian and V. Tashjian. (Photo by Nasr).

Our hats arc tipped for sevennewcomers to the station. JoiningBadanah's nursin~ staff in lateSeptember and early October wereMisses Phillis Hayer, who hasassumed the duties and responsi­bilities of Chief urse, . Oda-,beshian, V. Tashjian, Leila Deeba,A. So~homonian and V. Gueyi­kian. The seventh newhire isToufic Dagher, who has beenenrolled as tation Electrical 1n­strument 1\Ian.

Dr. 1\1. Khoury, \Valid Ghu­rabi, l\like ~ahhal and I\lisses B.Bogho ian, Ruth Rizk and A.Arpajian spent the Oct. 2-3 week­end in Turaif. Earlier in ep­tember, another medical groupcomprising Dr. Arner Rayes, Dr.Ph. Sunna'a and Misses A.

oghomonian, V. Gueyikian and" ajat Kaedbey, spent a weekendin Rafha.

The welcoming mat is out forTurbine Diesel Mechanic IssaFahad and Station MechanicJaber Khulaif, who returned hereOct. 1 on completion of theirrelief assignments in Rafha andTuraif, respectively; Administra­tive Aide Ahmad hami, who wason a training assignment withAramco; and Dr. Zafer Kayyali,who was on holiday in Lebanonand Jordan. Dr. Kayyali is pre­sently in Qaisumah relieving itsvacationing General PracticePhysician, Dr. 1\1. A. );aqa.

tation Electrical In trumentIan aleh Youssef relieved A.

Verhoeven during the latter'sabsence on vacation.

Off on tateside vacation is ourStation Superintendent HowardT. Jensen.

Dr. Omar el- -imr hosted afarewell party on Oct. 1 in honorof Dr. Hanna Zakkaria. Dr.Zakkaria is a resident staff memberof the American niversity Hos­pital in Beirut. He was here on aone-month assignment.

Another AUH resident in Ba­danah on temporary assignmentis Dr. Karam Karam.

Good luck to E. D. Gillespie,J. D. Swack and S. A. True, ofthe Bechtel personnel assigned toTapline, who have left the fieldpermanently. A farewell dinnerdance was given in their honor by]. V. Torres and adim Daher.

Badanah

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EFFICIENCY CHALLENGE MET AT RAFHA

8 Tapliners End One-Month RIC Course at Turaif(Ll·\e! 2) c1a>ses at Turaif on Ocl.26. ThIS subject unit is scbeduledto l'''tend through ='0\'. 20.

"kram Afify and Ilassan !\[u­riby are acting as tLHchers.

\\'hcreas formlrly classe m asubject wcre held onc hour dailyfor nine months and cach stationheld classes, employee studentsare no\\' transferring for onenlonth £It a linle to 'I'uraif to

attend one specific subject unit foreight hours claily for four wecks.

An enlarged c1aSSr00I11 and nl'\\li\ing quarH rs rooms art' IllC1de

available for use at the station.

='atlonal Safety Council "I n­dustrial Safety Training InstituteCertificate" for satisfactorily com­pleting the homc study course,Supervising for Safety.

!\[ushref IIamad's continuousscr\lcc date IS Junc 27. 1953.Another oldtirner at Rafha, hescn'l'd in the capacity of dieselmcchanic for about five yearsbefore bemg named to thc posi­tion of station nlcchanic.

..'.I"nad S.lIed and \\'ater \\'ell~JechanlesAbdul-Rahman Rashidand Saleh ~luhammad of Rafb.

The (ight employees blganclasses at Turaif l'nder the re­organized RIC system on Sept. 21.They ha\'c now returned to theirrespectivc \\ ork locations.

The first group to attend classesat Turaif under the new systemincluded senn employees fromBadanah. RafLa and Qaisumah.They compktcd the Level 6English course on Sept. II.

A third group of ekwn students\\ as expected to begin English

COlltilllled I' ()/II pa~e J)

Scranton, Pennsylvania.aied Ahmad's career with

Tapline started on Sept. J3, 1952,when he JOll1ed the company atRafha as an assistant operator.Ever since that date, he has beenassigned to Rafha's pumphouscwhere he \\ orked hIS way up tobccomc thc fourth senior shiftforeman 111 Saudi Arabia 111

February 1966. Ill' was the firstTaplincr to recel\'c the U.S.

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l REMINDER

~ The ~ledical Department reminds all travellers to Saudi

,~ Arabia that they must carry a valid inoculation certificate

for cholera and smallpose on their trips.I

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Eight Salld, Arab Taplim rsfrom Qalsumah, Rafha and Turaifcompkted Oct. 16 a one-monthEnglisb course (Level I) at Turaifunder the newly reorganizedsystem of attendancc and studyin Tapline's Related InstructionClasses.

Tbey are Combination WelderAbdallah Munief of Turaif, Hos­pital Orderly Abdul-Karim Ab­dallah and Cook-Baker OmarAwadh of Qaisumah, and ShiftOperator Abdallah Saad, TurbineDiesel !\Iechanic Abdallah Ah­mad, Cate Control Patrolman

The seamd ffrollp oj SOlidi Arab Tapliller.< to complete a IJI/e-mollth Ellglish COline al TUllIIf IIl1dn the reorgall­i:::ed'.I"IPm of allPlldollce ami stlldy illdllded. from left. frollt nnt': .. Ibdallah .\/tl/li. f.. lbdlll-I-:ll//111 .-!bdallah..-!bdallah Saad alld Abdallah Ahmad; amlllllll< 1lI't'· .Ihmad SOI.d. 01110' ./Hadh. . '!-dlll-Nalllllall I?asilldami Sall'h .\llIhammad. (Photo by .\'asr).

bracket to hold pre-assembledcomponents (on the Roor) of theturbo-charger prior to lifting andfitting on a pumphouse enginein order to sa\'e engine downtime.

Mr. Abdul-Samad bas been inTapline's employ sincc Jan. 16,1950, when he joined the com­pany at Qaisumah as assistantchief powerhouse operator. Ill'subsequently served as controland utility room operator, assist­ant shift foreman, shift foreman,and lead diesel gas turbine techni­cian before being promoted to hispresent position as supervisingtechnician-diesel 'gas turbine on:'\ov. I, 1961. Ill' holds a diplomain Diesel Engines from the Inter­national Correspondence Schools,

LMA

Effective Oct. I, O. E. Ritterwas appointed General Foreman,Operations and !\laintenancc­Qaisumah Station. I\lr. Ritter isreporting to the Station Sup r­intendent and is responsible forthe following functions: Pump­house operation and nlaintenancc;APC operation and maintenance;pipeline maintenance'; and allstation maintenance lI1c1uding C.E. & I. and the ~ lotor Transportsections.

The Station Office, Sen'ices,Storehouse and Plant Protectiongroups, continue to report to theStation uperintendent.

Qaisumah

Qaryatain

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They are Local Company Rep­resentative Muhammad Abdul­Rahman of Badanah and SeniorProject Engineer ;>.Iazih e1-Sheikh,Voucher Section upervisorMichel Abou-]awdeh, Senior En­gineer Electrical InstrumentationSami Kurban, hief DispatcherMichel Makdissi, Coordinator­Compensation Joe aba, SeniorEngineer Technical en'icesGeorge :'\. Ziady and PublicationsEditor Fawaz :'\ajia of Beirut.

LMA President Henry Louisled the two one-day training con­ferences on I\Ianagement by Ob­jectives or Goal Oriented Super­vision. Each of the two trainingconferences started at 9 a.m. andended at 5 p.m. with breaks forcoffee and lunch.

The concept of Managementby Objectives revolves around theactual goal, target, assignment orobjective a manager or supervisoris expected to accomplish on hisjob. Its intent is to insure thatresults are achieved according toplan and to improve job per­formance, employee developmentas well as manpower utilization.Its process involves delegation(i.e. the assignment and clarifica­tion of a job to a subordinate),timely coaching contacts andperiodic progress and forwardplanning interviews.

Back in Qaryatain from annualleave are J I. Kreilem, SeniorTechnician-C. E. & I., General

lechanic A. ="ukho and C. E.& I. Technician K. Billi.

Signing Qaryatain's visitors re­gister recently were J. J. Kelberer,R. E. Marsh, R. JI. Putnam, I I.W. Sutherland, R. C. J 1111 andSami Kurban.