Attiyah honoured at ‘farewell ceremony’

HE the Minister for Energy and Industry, Dr Mohamed Saleh al-Sada, giving a memento to HE the Deputy Premier and Chairman of Emiri Diwan, Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah at a ‘farewell ceremony’ given to the latter by al-Sada at the Cultural Village last night. Al-Sada recalled al-Attiyah’s great contributions to Qatar, which helped the country become the world’s largest producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas and a global giant in petrochemicals and fertilisers besides oil. He said the core values of transparency, honesty, hard work and commitment, on which al-Attiyah built Qatar’s energy industry, would be maintained.
Al-Attiyah, on his part, thanked HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani for putting confidence in him.
"Whatever I have achieved over the years was because of the leadership and advise provided by HH the Emir. I spent most of my life in the energy sector, which is dear to me. I will continue to take interest in all activities in the sector,” al-Attiyah said. He also thanked al-Sada and other colleagues in QP, subsidiaries and affiliates for their support. "Together we made it happen and our achievements in a short time were because of team work,” al-Attiyah said.
Prominent Qataris, many top executives from the oil and gas companies, and senior officials attended the function. PICTURE: Sami Thalathini