QP hosting meeting of GCC oil firms’ production, maintenance team in Doha

Qatar Petroleum (QP) is hosting the 35th Meeting of the GCC National Oil Companies Production & Maintenance Team in Doha. The three-day event at the InterContinental Doha Hotel will conclude tomorrow. It is attended by senior representatives from the Gulf’s national oil companies, namely: QP, Saudi Aramco, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), and Petroleum Development Oman (PDO). QP’s director (Operations) Said Mubarak al-Mohannadi delivered the keynote speech at the meeting. The GCC Production and Maintenance Committee was established in 1997 to meet twice a year to discuss and benchmark various best practices in production and maintenance. The theme of this meeting is “Equipment Obsolescence Management.” During the meeting, speakers will be presenting various systems and practices to address obsolescence issues and reduce obsolescence in the equipment life cycle.