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RECSO Appoints New

Chairman & Vice Chairman

Technology & Development

Upcoming Events

RECSO Board and

Technical Members

Environment Photos and

Posters

RECSO Appoints New Chairman and Vice Chairman

Oil Spill Incidents

Mr. Talib Al-Alawi

8-9 February 2017 stated that “I am deeply honoured and

delighted to be elected as the Vice Chairman of RECSO which

I believe is one of the oldest environmental cooperatives in the

World established in 1972 with its members from all the major

oil companies in the Gulf. I am also thankful to Bapco

management for their continued support and entrusting me with

the responsibility to represent Bapco on the RECSO Board since

practices under a management system with the aim to ensure having continual

improvement. While focusing on enhancing the preparedness capabilities as well as

putting the needed control measures to prevent oil spill incidents, I look forward

towards having a clean and healthy Arabian Gulf”.

Talib is holding a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Sciences & Petroleum Geology, as

well as a Diploma in Leadership. He has joined Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)

since 2008 as an environmental engineer, and has gradually ascended on his career

ladder to be the Oil Spill Department Manager in ADNOC. In addition, Mr. Talib has joined

RECSO as a board member since February 2013, and as of February 2017, he has been

appointed as RECSO Chairman.

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International / Regional

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Mr. Ijaz Ashraf

I jaz Ashraf who has been recently appointed as the Vice

Chairman of RECSO at the board meeting held in Dubai on

2014. I am now looking forward to working with the new Chairman Talib Obaid Al-Alawi

from ADNOC and all the other Board and members to help achieve and sustain our

common vision of a Clean Gulf”.

Ijaz is currently working as the Advisor Environmental Affairs at the Bahrain Petroleum

Company (BAPCO). He has over 21 years’ experience within the EHS field working within

the nuclear, petrochemical and oil & gas sectors. He joined Bapco in 2004 and has

previously worked in the UK. He is a graduate Chemical Engineer with B. Eng (Hons) from

the University of Bradford, and MSc (Eng) in Process Safety and Loss Prevention from the

University of Sheffield, and also holds MSc (Distinction) in Integrated Environmental from

the University of Bath, UK. He also holds NEBOSH General Certificate in Occupational

Health and Safety and NEBOSH specialist diploma in Environmental Management from

UK. He is a member of IChemE, IOSH and IEMA.

RECSO Contacts

RECSO Board Meeting

PDO Exercise

alib Al-Alawi has been selected as the new Chairman of

RECSO’s Board of Directors during Board meeting on 8-9 February 2017 held in Dubai, U.A.E. With respect to his new

title in RECSO, Mr. Talib expressed that “It brings me great

honor to have been nominated as RECSO Chairman; having an

academic & career background in the environment protection

discipline as well as working directly in the oil spill field and being

the oil spill department manager in ADNOC, I would like to

transfer all the experience that I have to provide the best

KUWAIT DECLARES STATE OF

EMERGENCY OVER OIL LEAK

LARGE OIL SPILL AT IRAN / UAE MARITIME

BOUNDARY NEAR SIRRI-E OIL FIELD

F oil leak in one of its southwestern oil fields.

Monday's statement by the Kuwait Oil Co. did

not identify the onshore oil field affected by the

leak, which began Sunday. The state-run Kuwait

News Agency said the leak hit the Al Maqwa

field.

he incident of Sirri-E was discovered by ROPME

Satellite Receiving Stations on the 12th of March T IR Iran National Focal Point and Oil Spill Response

Officers. It appears that the Sirri-E abandoned oil field

started leaking on the 11th of March and the rate

increased on the 12th of March 2017. IR Iran activated

their offshore Contingency Plan.

Oil Spill Incidents

ebruary 20 - Kuwait's national oil company

has declared a state of emergency over an

Eastern Saudbeaches were not affected by the

leak, according to an official statement.

OPEC member Kuwait is a major oil producer.

The US Energy Information Administration says

Kuwait produces some 2.7 million barrels of

crude oil a day and holds the world's sixth-

largest oil reserves. In August, Kuwait

announced a spill at its Ahmadi field. A February

fire struck another oil well after a spill.

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(IP) Week conference in London. The session was moderated by Manus

OPEC Secretary General speaks at IP Week conference in London

International / Regional News

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PEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, last 21

February 2017 delivered a keynote address at the International Petroleum

Cranny, Markets Editor/Anchor, Bloomberg TV, who followed the Secretary General’s speech with a number

of questions, including some from the audience.

The Secretary General initially highlighted how much has changed in the industry since the last time he

spoke in London at the Oil & Money conference back in October 2016. He highlighted the landmark and

historic decisions reached by OPEC and non-OPEC at the end of last year, stressing that “collaborative and

timely intervention was taken to address the prevailing market realities.”

The company said

there's no sign of

a toxic gas leak. It

offered no details

about how many

barrels of oil had

been spilled.

The Iranian offshore oil company brought the situation

under control on the 16th of March early morning and all

the combating team cleaned up the area by means of

dispersants.

MEMAC were in continuous communication with the site

in Iran as well as with UAE in following up the matter.

MEMAC announced emergency on the 15th March for

24hrs only in order to support the operation and avoid

any consequences of the spill. The weather during the

operation was rough sea with overcast and dust which

makes the operation difficult as well as it was difficult for

the satellite observation.

MEMAC is in communication with IR Iran for further

investigation and a full report will be issued as soon as

the investigation is over.

Technology and Development

Bapco formally launched the ‘Waste Segregation and Recycling Programme’ on Thursday 23rd February

2017 in the presence of Bapco Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive Refining & Marketing and other

members of the Executive Management Team. The launching ceremony included welcome remarks by

Ahmed Khalil, Manager HSE, followed by a presentation on the Waste Segregation and Recycling

Programme from the Environmental Management Section. Bapco’s Chief Executive, Dr. Peter Bartlett, and

the Chairman of Bapco’s Environment, Health and Safety Committee (EHSC) & DCE Refining and Marketing,

Mr. Ebrahim Talib, also highlighted the importance of this programme and the role of all employees towards

the success of it. The ceremony ended with distributing appreciation shields to the recycling services

provider, Nidukki Trading Company, in addition to Bapco’s general cleaning contractors, ACME and AREENA

Contractor Group for their efforts and support towards the implementation of the Recycling Programme. The

ceremony was also attended by a number of Bapco Managers, building owners, HSE Department

representatives and Bapco cleaning and recycling services contractors.

Benefits of Recycling

Recycling has many environmental benefits in addition to economic advantages. The majority of general

waste from our day-to-day activities ends up buried forever in landfill, taking up space and money, with no

potential for the wasted item to be re-used. Recycling is a process that converts waste into re-usable

materials, which does not only lead to the conservation of our resources, saves costs and sustains our

environment for future generations, but also results in the reduction of pollution and prevention of greenhouse

gases entering our earth’s atmosphere; clearly a win-win situation.

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Launching of Bapco’s Waste Segregation and Recycling

Programme

A s per Bapco’s EHS Policy and its commitment towards the protection of the environment, the

Environmental Management Section in the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Department in

Benefits of Recycling

Recycling has many environmental

benefits in addition to economic

advantages. The majority of general

waste from our day-to-day activities

ends up buried forever in landfill,

taking up space and money, with no

potential for the wasted item to be re-

used. Recycling is a process that

converts waste into re-usable

materials, which does not only lead

to the conservation of our resources, saves costs and sustains our environment for future generations, but

also results in the reduction of pollution and prevention of greenhouse gases entering our earth’s atmosphere;

clearly a win-win situation.

RECSO Board Meeting in Dubai

he 4th RECSO Technical Committee

Meeting was held on January 11,

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Highlights

RECSO Technical Committee Meeting in Kuwait

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2017 at Radisson Blu Hotel (Albidaa Al

Taoun Salwa) Kuwait. The attendees

were Mr. Khaled Almenhali (ADNOC), Mr.

Abdulla Al-Ansari (BAPCO), Mr. Ibrahim

Al Hilal (Saudi Aramco), Mr. Abdullatif Al-

Shammari (KGOC/AGOC), Capt. Naif Al

Dhafeeri (SAC), and Capt. Awadi Saeed

(MEMAC). The two important topics that

had been discussed were: a) Two Major

Oil Spill Drill (Offshore); b) Roles and

Responsibilities of the Sub Committee

and Discussion of the Technical Issue.

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were Mr. Talib Al-Alawi & Khaled Al Menhali (ADNOC), Mr. Ijaz Ashraf (BAPCO), Mr. Ibrahim Al-Hilal & Mr.

Abdulaziz Al-Najjar (Saudi Aramco), Mr. Hamed Al-Haddabi (PDO), Mr. Abdul Kareem Al-Thuwainy

(KGOC/AGOC), Mr. Waleed Al-Shael (SAC), Mr. Naser Al-Najdi (KOC), and Mr. Nagi Saleh Al-Yami (QP).

The main concern topic was the selection and appointment of new RECSO Chairman.

The Board had appointed Mr. Talib Al-Alawi (ADNOC) as new RECSO Chairman, and Mr. Ijaz Ashraf

(BAPCO) as Vice Chairman.

Mr. Talib Al-Alawi, in behalf of RECSO Board of Directors, gave a token of appreciation to Dr. Hasan A.

Anbar for his important and valuable contribution and dedication to RECSO.

he 2-day Special Board of Directors Meeting was held on February 08-09 2017 at RECSO Dubai

(Office #304, Citi Tower1, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, U.A.E). The Board of Directors Participants

Upcoming Events

RECSO Member PDO Oil Spill Exercises

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anuary 31st RECSO ECC received one notification for Drill

Exercises (Tier 3 Oil Spill near Al-Fahal Port - Oman) - NAWRAS

EXERCISE – EXERCISE - EXERCISE

RECSO received a notification from Capt. Hilal Dughaishi

about an Oil Spill in PDO Oman as per the below details:

Date : 31 January 2017

Time of Spill Start : 06:45 Hours.

Location : Near Al-Fahal Port - Oman.

Oil Spill Type : Crude Oil (100 Tons)

Cause : Unknown

Close : 16:04 Hours.

2017 from one of the members (Petroleum Development Oman

PDO) and all members participated in the DRILL EXERCISE.

GCC Environmental and Sustainable Development Forum 2017

T he GCC Environmental and Sustainable Development Forum, GEF, was originally launched in 2010.

Since the first edition, GEF has grown in popularity and prestige over the years to assert its position as Saudi Arabia’s flagship environmental event. GEF will be returning in 2017, taking place between 5 - 6

April 2017 at Jeddah Hilton, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and now under the initiative of the General

Authority of Meteorology & Environmental Protection.

GEF 2017 is the perfect

place and time for local and

international companies to

capitalize on the lucrative

environment landscape.

The 6th edition of GEF will be

held under the patronage of

the Custodian of the Two

Holy Mosques, King Salman

bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

GEF will provide a unique

opportunity to meet, greet and

learn from international

suppliers of environmental

solutions from around the world.

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The Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference

(ADIPEC) 13- 16 November 2017

T he Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition

and Conference (ADIPEC) is one of the world’s

most influential events for the oil and gas industry.

As a premium exhibition platform ADIPEC enables

professionals from around the world to do business

and grow. Each year, ADIPEC provides one of the

the most important channels to do business and exchange information, attracting Energy Ministers, global

CEO’s and leading decision makers across the 4 days of business discussions and knowledge exchange.

WHY EXHIBIT AT ADIPEC?

Spanning over 135,000 sqm of exhibition space the event hosts more than 2,034 exhibiting companies from 135 countries around the world

Situated at a cross roads of east meets west, ADIPEC is the largest oil and gas exhibition and conference in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the MENA region attracting 95,000+ trade professionals across the world.

ADIPEC helps you engage with decision makers with real buying power, enabling billions of dollars of business to be conducted during the 4 days of the show

ADIPEC allows more and more National Oil Companies to outsource technologies from around the world. Book a stand to connect with ADNOC, BAPCO, BPCL, CPTDC, Dolphin Energy, GAIL, Gazprom, HPCL, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, JOGMEC, KNOC, Kuwait Oil Company, OGDCL,Oil India Ltd, ONGC India, Petronas, Pertamina, Qatar Petroleum, Saudi Aramco, Sharjah National Oil Company (SNOC).

10th International Chemical and Oil Pollution Conference and Exhibition

(ICOPCE)

T he 10th International Chemical

and Oil Pollution Conference and

Exhibition (ICOPCE)

Exhibition (ICOPCE) on 25 – 28 April,

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

Organised by the Maritime and Port

Authority of Singapore (MPA), the

biennial International Chemical and

Oil Pollution Conference and

Exhibition (ICOPCE) returns for its

10th edition as Asia’s leading thought-leadership platform focusing on the preparedness and response

strategies for oil and chemical spills. Whilst there is significant improvement in industry track records and a

decline in marine pollution incidents, ensuring that preparedness levels are adequate and deployable remain

highly critical. How can we certify that investment in safety does not bend to commercial pressures?

In light of these emerging challenges, ICOPCE 2017 will address new trends, advancement in technologies

and response vessels, collaboration initiatives with stakeholders and also takes a fresh look at innovations in

HSE management.

Abdulatif A. Al-Shammari Technical Committee Member Oil Spill Response Crisis - Alternate

Khaled Almenhali Technical Committee Member Oil Spill Response Crisis - Chairman

Capt. Naif Al Dhafeeri Technical Committee Member Tanker and offshore – Alternate

Omar Awad Omar Al-Wasem RECSO Board Member

Abdul Kareem Ali Al-Thuwainy RECSO Board Member

Nagi Saleh Al-Yami RECSO Board Member

Ijaz Ashraf RECSO Vice Chairman

Hamed Al Haddabi RECSO Board Member

Mohd Abdulrahman Mulla Technical Committee Member Research & Development - Alternate

Hilal Hamed Al Dughaishi Technical Committee Member Health Safety Environment Alternate

Talib Al-Alawi RECSO Chairman

Sami Al Sawagh RECSO Board Member

Capt. Ahmad Al-Awadhi Technical Committee Member Tanker and offshore - Chairman

Abdulla Al-Ansari Technical Committee Member Health Safety Environment Chairman

Ibrahim A. Al-Hilal RECSO Board Member

RECSO Board and Technical Members

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RECSO Publishing Directors

RECSO Chairman : Talib Al-Alawi

Chief Editor : Engr. Ibrahim Al Hilal

RECSO Contact Details

P.O. Box: 58142,

Office No: 304, Citi Tower 1, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai,

United Arab Emirates

www.recso.org info@recso1972.com +971 4 3314443 +971 4 3311933

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Designer : Fathima Amal Haris

Writers & Editors : Ijaz Ashraf, Abdulla Al Ansari and Hilal Hamed Al Dughaishi

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