Weichold and Isaacson signing the MoU
International energy company ConocoPhillips has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to sponsor Texas A&M University at Qatar’s annual Safety Symposium for five years.
Erec Isaacson, president of ConocoPhillips Qatar, Dr Mark Weichold, dean and CEO of Texas A&M at Qatar and senior representatives from both entities attended the signing ceremony at the Texas A&M Engineering Building in the Education City.
Isaacson commented on the signing, saying “This memorandum covers a five-year collaboration initiative between Texas A&M at Qatar and ConocoPhillips for the funding and organisation of an annual Safety Symposium in Doha. Good safety practices have played a central role in Qatar’s rise to a leading position in the world energy sector, and both ConocoPhillips and Texas A&M at Qatar would like to support the State’s efforts towards making safety an industrial and labour priority.”
He added that “We believe that enhancing Qatar’s safety record in the oil & gas, and petrochemical industries will further enhance its leadership in these fields worldwide. Organisation of this annual Safety Symposium will combine the academic with the practical, bringing together pertinent entities from Qatar and the world, and will undoubtedly be a powerful tool for highlighting Qatar’s industrial safety record.”
Following the ceremony, Weichold said: “Texas A&M at Qatar is proud to partner with ConocoPhillips Qatar in hosting this annual Safety Symposium and grateful to the company for its generous support of the endeavor. Partnerships such as this are instrumental in furthering the State of Qatar’s development goals and enabling both academia and industry to play a vital role in this development. Through the Safety Symposium, we bring together safety experts from academia and industry, creating more synergy between the two and enhancing Qatar’s knowledge and reputation in the safety field.”
The Symposium offers participants a venue to exchange safety success stories, incident case studies, best practices, new safety legislation and research advances on process safety.



 

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