zadco
An internal magazine issued by Zakum Development Company for its employees
Issue No. 44 March - April 2010
ADNOC’s Senior Management
Visits Zirku Island
ZADCO Board and JMC Meeting
New Era in ZADCO’s Operations
Early stages of building UZ Central Complex in 1977
General Manager, General Management Team members and all Employees of
Editorial
Contents
T
oday ZADCO is embracing a new,
important stage in which it will underpin its
situation in the oil and gas industry
especially with regards to creativity and
innovation in well operations development.
In 2006, ZADCO declared full field development
and its plans to increase production to 750,000
barrels of crude oil per day by 2015. Such
commitment represented a challenge which
stimulated several scientific and professional
workshops to envisage a vision of how to achieve
this objective in a way that meets all HSE
standards.
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aDNOc Senior Management Visits Zirku island
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Board and JMc Meeting
The establishment of artificial islands was the
most effective solution as it makes it possible for
drilling operations to reach depths that could
never be reached through wellheads and the
traditional offshore rigs. Moreover, it enhances
the health and safety conditions for workers on
sites, this also facilitates recycling waste in a
better manner and saves large quantities of fuel
and emissions through the process of
transportation, drilling, and operations in addition
to meeting the sustainability conditions which
have been integrated into the artificial island’s
design to ensure the best safe production
conditions which will save money and efforts in
the long run.
ZaDcO New Organization
innovation towards well integrity excellence
UZ 750 project launched
iT News
innovative contracting approach
icDl center Opened at Zirku island
New recruits
corporate Social responsibility activities
Hse Focus:
- contractors GM’s Meeting
- physical Fitness campaign
This major commitment which has been made
through a state of the art project and first of its
kind in the region requires all workers to maintain
a high sense of competence and dedication to
achieve this objective which resembles a
milestone in ZADCO’s history in particular and
the oil industry in the UAE and the region in
general.
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Sketch 3D image of an artificial Island at Upper Zakum
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ADNOC’s Senior Management
Visits Zirku Island
On 12th of May 2010, H.E. Abdulla N. Al-Suwaidi
Deputy CEO - E & P Director, Mr. Mohammad B.
Al-Qubaisi Deputy E & P Director and Mr. Ali
Khalifa Al-Shamsi Offshore Division Manager,
visited Zirku Island accompanied by ZADCO
General Management Team.
The visit came as an implementation of ADNOC’s
continuous care for standing at all the developments
of its group of companies and as a resemblance of
what Zirku Island means as the business hub of
ZADCO and the environmental heaven for a number
of distinguished living creatures.
The visitors started the visit with a briefing about the
progress of the Island conducted by Site Manager Mr.
Jamal Al Amari, then Zirku VIP guests made a tour
around the island where they visited Zirku plant and
they expressed their admiration for the unique
operations of ZADCO with full commitment to HSE.
In the same context the ADNOC’s
Senior Management visited Zirku
greening
projects
and
the
Renovated Ruler’s Villa which lies
on
the
Hill
facing
the
Accommodation Area in Zirku
Island. Then a meeting with the
UAE Nationals took place where
they expressed their thanks and
gratitude for ADNOC’s support
and presented their requests and
suggestions
to
ADNOC’s
Management.
H.E. ADNOC’s Deputy CEO took
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ZADCO
into consideration all the suggestions and requests as
he promised to exert his efforts to put them into action
and urged the young generation to insist on having
the best training and education while they have the
opportunity.
NEWS
their business unit continuously which allows ZADCO
to maintain its position and distinguished role within
ADNOC Group .
Finally, the visitors left the island to Abu Dhabi after
they conveyed their appreciation to Zirku
Management and employees for their nice reception
and their dedication to enhance the performance of
ADNOC’s Senior Management met
with the UAE Nationals Employees
at Zirku.
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BOARD & JMC Congratulate ZADCO on Setting
Multiple Drilling Records for Abu Dhabi and
Approve ZADCO’s Organization Restructuring
ZADCO's Board of Directors and the Joint Management Committees held their Spring meetings on
Sunday the 23rd of May 2010 in ZADCO Board Room, under the chairmanship of the Deputy CEO of
ADNOC and the E&P Director, Mr. Abdulla Nasser Al Suwaidi.
B
esides the Chairman, ADNOC was represented by
the Deputy E&P Director Mr. Mohamed B. Al
Qubaisi, the Offshore Division Manager Mr. Ali
Khalifa Al Shamsi and the Reservoir Engineering
Division Manager Mr. Qasem Al Kayoumi.
ExxonMobil was represented by its Vice President
Middle East, Mr. Mark J. Nolan and President
ExxonMobil-Abu Dhabi, Mr. Morten Mauritzen while
General Manager Abu Dhabi Unit 2 Mr. Kuzuyoshi
Arisaka and the Chief Technical Representative Mr.
Masayuki Furuya represented JODCO.
ZADCO was represented by its General Manager
Mr.Saif Al Suwaidi, DGM-UZ
Mr. Ali Hassan Ali
Marzouqi, AGM-ZR Mr. Badr Al Mansoori, AGM-TO Mr.
Helal Al Mansouri, AGM-AS Mr. Jumaa Al Mehairi and
AGM-CS Mr. Khalifa Al Darmaki. Finance Manager Mr.
Nasser Al Nasseri and Corporate Planning Manager Mr.
Mark Taylor also attended the meeting.
ZADCO’s General Manager made a presentation on
ZADCO’s activities highlighting its performance, the
achievements made and the planned way forward in
various areas of its operation.
The Shareholders commended ZADCO’s performance
and congratulated ZADCO on winning the “Gold” Award
in Oil & Gas Sector of the prestigious Sheikh Khalifa
Excellence Awards (SKEA) for 2009. The Shareholders
also commended ZADCO’s safety and environmental
performance achievements.
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Expressing their satisfaction with the progress made in
the UZ750K Development Project, the Shareholders
stressed the need for effective cost management for this
multi-billion dollar project.
The Shareholders commended ZADCO’s achievements
in successfully drilling the MRC pilot wells using latest
technology and congratulated ZADCO for setting new
drilling records for Abu Dhabi.
The
Shareholders
appreciated
ZADCO’s
accomplishments at Satah in maintaining production and
the timely completion of 3D Seismic data acquisition.
Shareholders also
requested ZADCO to look at
accelerating Umm Al Dalkh field development.
Besides endorsing the recommendations of the various
Committees, the Shareholders approved the 2009
ZADCO Accounts.
The Shareholders also approved the organization
restructuring proposed by ZADCO whereby the UZ and
ZR Business Units are to be merged into two new Units
– “UZ/ZR Operations” and “Development”, besides some
minor adjustments in other Units.
ZADCO General Manager thanked the Shareholders for
their continuous support and assured them that all efforts
will be directed towards enhancing performance in all
sectors in ZADCO.
It was tentatively agreed to hold the next Board and JMC
meetings on Zirku Island on Sunday, 12th December
2010.
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ZADCO
NEWS
Organisation Restructuring in ZADCO
A
s approved at the Board of Directors and JMC
Meetings ZADCO organization has been restructured
with effect from 4th July 2010.
The main features of the new structure are:
4 The Job Titles for GMT have been revised in line with
ADNOC’s directives.
4 A Development Unit has been established for the
development of Upper Zakum Field and Drilling.
4 UZ and ZR operations and support have been merged
under a UZ/ZR Operations Unit.
4 The Commercial Department has been realigned under
the Technical Support Unit.
4 The Facilities Integrity Department has been realigned
under the UZ/ZR Operations Unit.
New Management appointments within the revised
organization are as follows:
UZ Development Unit
4 Mr. Ali Hassan Al-Marzooqi, Senior Vice President
Development
4 Mr. Raymond Mitro,Vice President Field Development,
4 Mr. Egil Eide, Vice President Drilling
4 Mr. Robert Talbot, Vice President UZ750 Project
UZ/ZR Operations Unit
4 Mr. Badr O. Al-Mansoori, Senior Vice President UZ/ZR
Operations.
4 Mr. Ihab O. Tarmoom, Vice President Operations Support
4 Mr. Yaslam Al-Ameri, Manager Maintenance Support
4 Mr. Mohamed Fiaz Abdulwaheed, Manager Engineering
Support
4 Mr. Salem Al-Omrani, Manager Operations Planning &
Coordination
Satah/Umm Al Dalkh Unit
4 Mr. Masayuki Furuya, Senior Vice President Satah /
Umm Al Dalkh
Technical Support Unit
4 Mr. Helal A. Al-Mansouri, Senior Vice President
Technical Support
Administration Support Unit
4 Mr. Jumaa O. Al-Mehairi, Senior Vice President
Administration Support
Corporate Support Unit
4 Mr. Khalifa R. Al-Darmaki, Senior Vice President
Corporate Support.
The remaining Management appointments and titles are as
per the current organization.
ZADCO Technical
Committee Endorses
Strategic Direction
for 2011-2015
Business Plan
The 64th
meeting of ZADCO Technical
Committee was held on 28th & 29th April 2010
under the chairmanship of Mr. Jeff Simmons of
ExxonMobil.
T
he ADNOC team was led by the E&P Offshore
Division Manager, Mr. Ali Khalifa Al Shamsi while C.
Sasaki led the JODCO team. ZADCO was
represented by Messrs Ali Hassan Al Marzouqi DGM(UZ),
Badr Al Mansoori AGM(ZR), Helal Al Mansouri AGM(T&O),
Khalifa Al Darmaki AGM(CS), Ray J. Mitro ADGM(UZFD),
Ihab Tarmoum ADGM(UZOS) and Egil
Eide
ADGM(UZWO) besides the concerned EMTs and Team
Leaders.
Welcoming the Shareholders' representatives, Mr. Ali
Hassan Al Marzouqi DGM-UZ, hoped for a beneficial
meeting to come up with unified conclusions and
recommendations for endorsement/approval of the Board
and JMC.
The Shareholders appreciated ZADCO's efforts in
organizing various technical workshops and SubCommittee meetings which proved to be very beneficial in
understanding the major issues, and the Technical
Committee endorsed the outcomes of most of these
workshops/meetings.
ZADCO's ADGM(UZFD), ADGM(UZWO), HSE / CP / SUFD
managers and BRM T/L made presentations on their
respective agenda items.
The Shareholders commended ZADCO for the good HSE
performance and encouraged ZADCO to continue efforts for
further enhancement.
The Shareholders endorsed the Strategic Direction
including the concepts and assumptions proposed by
ZADCO for developing the 2011-15 Business Plan.
The Shareholders appreciated the excellent work done by
ZADCO in developing integrated surface / sub-surface
plans for achieving the target production rates utilizing
artificial islands as centralized drilling and production
centres (DPC). They congratulated ZADCO for the success
achieved in drilling of pilot MRC wells.
The Shareholders recognized the outstanding performance
delivered by ZADCO. They also appreciated the high
standard of ZADCO's presentations, clear informative
handouts and for effectively documenting and updating the
actions arising from the meetings..
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ZADCO Sponsoring “Innovation Towards
Well Integrity Excellence” Workshop,
the 5th Workshop Part of ADNOC Knowledge Sharing and
Application of Best Practices Initiative
ZADCO sponsored the 5th ADNOC Knowledge Sharing and Application of Best Practices Workshop
which was conducted on 2nd March 2010 at the Hilton Hotel - Abu Dhabi. The workshop which was
conducted under the theme “Innovation Towards Well Integrity Excellence” is a part of the Best
Practices initiative that was started in year 2007 among ADNOC and SPC (Supreme Petroleum Council)
group of companies. The workshop had for the first time international delegates from Maersk Oil – Qatar
who presented their experience in evaluating risks for wells with well integrity problems. The workshop
was chaired by Mr. Ali Al Shamsi ADNOC E&P Offshore Division Manager along with the Mr. Bakheet Al
Katheeri ADNOC E&P Offshore Production and Facilities Engineering Manager and Chairman of Best
Practices Committee and Mr. Egil Edie the ZADCO Assistant Deputy General Manager for Well
Operations.
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ADCO sponsored the 5th ADNOC Knowledge Sharing
and Application of Best Practices Workshop which
was conducted on 2nd March 2010 at the Hilton Hotel
- Abu Dhabi. The workshop which was conducted under the
theme “Innovation Towards Well Integrity Excellence” is a
part of the Best Practices initiative that was started in year
2007 among ADNOC and SPC (Supreme Petroleum
Council) group of companies. The workshop had for the first
time international delegates from Maersk Oil – Qatar who
presented their experience in evaluating risks for wells with
well integrity problems. The workshop was chaired by Mr.
Ali Al Shamsi ADNOC E&P Offshore Division Manager
along with the Mr. Bakheet Al Katheeri ADNOC E&P
Offshore Production and Facilities Engineering Manager
and Chairman of Best Practices Committee and Mr. Egil
Edie the ZADCO Assistant Deputy General Manager for
Well Operations.
The workshop was attended by more than 120 delegates
from ZADCO, ADCO, ADMA-OPCO, Maersk Oil (Qatar),
ADOC (Japan), TOTAL ABK, BUNDUQ, in addition to the
major service providers namely Baker Hughes, Halliburton,
Schlumberger, and Weatherford. The workshop also had
high level of representation from senior management of the
participating companies and remarkable participation from
service providers who presented their latest innovative
solutions for well integrity problems. The workshop program
started with a safety moment presented by Mr. Yousef Al
Katheri from ZADCO followed by an opening speech given
by Mr. Ali Al Shamsi who welcomed all participants from the
group of companies and the international delegates from
Qatar to the workshop and urged all to have the maximum
benefit from such workshops and the knowledge transfer
within their organization by which a culture of sharing best
practices would grow and flourish. Next in the program Mr.
Bakheet Al Katheeri gave a brief presentation explaining the
surrounding conditions that urged ADNOC and the group of
companies to start promote sharing of best practices also
Mr. Al Katheeri gave a brief update on ADNOC Knowledge
Sharing website (www.adnoc-km.com) and urged all
participants to start utilizing the website as a platform for
sharing best practices, Mr. Al Katheeri later indicated that
there is a 10 points scoring system for sharing and applying
best practices across the group of companies.
Following in the workshop program there was nine
presentations started with a presentation by Mr. Mahmoud
Hassan from ZADCO on the Application of Improved
QA/QC Procedure for Running New Completions. Following
ZADCO presentation another 8 participating companies
presented different topics to share their best practices in
well integrity excellence. The eight presentations in the
workshops after the first ZADCO presentation, are:
Sustaining Annuals Pressure (Consequences and
Mitigations) second presentation by ZADCO, Evaluating the
Risk for Wells with Well Integrity Problems by Maersk Oil,
Well Integrity Updates by TOTAL ABK, Pressure
Management Practices by ADMA-OPCO, Diagnostic
Survey for Casing Leak by “Well Leak Detector” by
BUNDUQ, ADOC Well Completion Design and Operation
Practice in High Sour Oil Wells by ADOC (Japan), Well
Integrity Management Systems by ADCO and finally
Updates on Financial Crises by ADNOC. Approaching the
end of the program Senior Management representatives
from different ADNOC and SPC group of companies award
the participant speakers with gifts and certificates as an
appreciation for their efforts in supporting this event. At the
end of the workshop program Mr. Bakheet Al Katheeri thank
all participants for their positive participation and the
workshop organizing team from ZADCO for their effort to
make this event a success, Mr. Al Katheeri as well
encouraged everybody to promote and apply best practices
which will make this initiative a role model among ADNOC
& SPC group of companies toward efficient synergy
between the participating companies. Mr. Al Katheeri
informed the participant that the next workshop will be
sponsored by GASCO and planned to be by Q4 2010.
The Innovation Towards Well Integrity Excellence workshop
concluded many lessons learned and best practices that
surely will have some applications across the participating
companies moreover it enhanced networking among
professionals
and
academics
from
different
fields/companies and will result in additional benefits
beyond the basic objectives.
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Project Launched to Elevate Sustainable
Production to 750 BOPD
Upper Zakum Redevelopment Project Leads to
Sustainable 750 MBOPD Production
Artificial islands to house drilling and production centers, enabling
advanced drilling technology and employing the highest HSE standards
ZADCO, on behalf of its shareholders, has a strategic target to increase the production rate
from Upper Zakum from 550 thousand to 750 thousand barrels of oil per day by 2015,
sustainable for 25 years.
Initially the development plan to achieve these targets was based on an additional 25
Wellhead Platform Towers, together with hundreds of kilometers of new flow lines. Major
facilities upgrades on existing satellites and the central processing platform were also
planned. Inherent in these development plans was the need to more than double the jack-up
drilling rig fleet in order to achieve the necessary production build-up rate.
The flexibility to manage long term reservoir performance, well integrity issues, corrosion and
aging of existing structures and subsea flow lines has led ZADCO to seek out a better and
more economical future development concept.
ZADCO embarked on an assessment of possible alternative concepts and the findings
provided a compelling case for change from the conventional development plan to one that
consolidates drilling centers and processing facilities on artificial islands, and utilizing new
technologies in Extended Reach Drilling (ERD) and Maximum Reservoir Contact (MRC) to
effectively develop the entire field.
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PROJECTS
ZADCO’s plans to
increase production
to 750,000 by 2015:
ZADCO’s mandate to achieve
sustainable production of 750
MSTBD based on full field
development, including areas
of lower reservoir quality, is a
challenging task.
Different
options
were
evaluated,
including
continuing with the current
Wellhead Platform Tower
approach.
This involved
adding many new wellhead
towers,
hundreds
of
kilometers of flow lines,
hundreds of new wells,
significant
well
workover
requirements, and investing in
substantial
gas
injection
expansion and gas capturing facilities. ZADCO's evaluation
determined this to be a high cost, low development flexibility
approach that had significant logistical and operating issues
associated with it.
The artificial islands concept:
In collaboration with ZADCO shareholder ExxonMobil, the
concept of artificial island based drilling and production
centers was evaluated and found to be an attractive forward
development plan. To support this concept, ZADCO’s own
drilling division was established and high-technology
extended-reach drilling (ERD) was employed. ExxonMobil
has extensive experience with this technology, for example
at the Sakhalin field in Russia. Additionally, the use of
Maximum Reservoir Contact (MRC) technology, offers the
opportunity to reduce the required number of new wells and
unlock tighter areas in the reservoir. Although these
technologies have been applied in other parts of the world,
they are new to the region and the projected scale of
application is unprecedented.
Historically, ZADCO has drilled wells of approximately
10,000 feet. However, with this new technology, it is
planning to reach 30,000 to 35,000 feet. To date, ZADCO
has completed drilling a pair of MRC wells, each almost
20,000 feet total drilled length – both wells setting several
drilling records for ZADCO. The data from these pilots will
help to design future drilling and completion designs. Many
of the wells on the islands will be complex and expensive
wells but their contribution will be much higher than historic
UZ wells. This will improve production performance,
optimize the well count, and minimize capital investments.
ExxonMobil is a key enabler for the application of this
drilling technology and they will be supported by NDC and
industry leading directional drilling and completion service
providers to ensure success in the execution stage. These
drilling technology advances will be supported through the
new ZADCO drilling organization as well as utilizing the
Technology Center, established and operated by
ExxonMobil, and co-located within the ZADCO HQ, to
provide full access for ZADCO staff to ExxonMobil’s
proprietary technologies, tools and best practices.
Advantages of using artificial islands
Artificial islands provide a more flexible and robust
development base for the redevelopment of the UZ field.
This will significantly reduce life-cycle development costs
and enable long term maximum recovery levels to be
achieved. The ‘green fields’ development on islands
accelerates oil development rate, is safer and more capital
efficient. Gas lift application on the islands will be much
easier than from WHPT and will help improve long term
reservoir recovery. The current development plan has the
potential to extend the production plateau for up to more
than 15 years and significantly delay the need for full field
EOR / WAG application and investment.
Leading the way
The redevelopment of the UZ field will present many
technological and operating ‘firsts’ for ZADCO which will
provide
opportunities
for
additional
development
applications in the Gulf. The centralized drilling and
production centers coupled with ERD and MRC
technologies open opportunities in offshore shallow waters.
Across the ADNOC group, ZADCO is the pioneer, being the
first to intensively apply such complex drilling completions in
terms of extended reach drilling (ERD) and with higher
reservoir contact (MRC).
Looking Ahead
ZADCO expects first oil production from the artificial islands
to begin in late 2013 and then to achieve the production
mandate of 750 MBOPD by the end of 2015. This
production plateau will be maintained for 25 years with an
initial application of water injection and selective gas lift,
followed by enhanced recovery application. The gradual
phase-out of existing wells and wellhead towers will be
possible as more wells are drilled from the islands and
maintenance of existing facilities becomes increasingly
costly. In the long term, the artificial island concept can
provide the opportunity to migrate all production and well
operations from the current platforms to the islands and
provide for the efficient long term depletion of the excellent
Upper Zakum asset. Existing wells will be eventually safely
abandoned and existing structure can then be
decommissioned / disinvested.
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IT News
Prepared by: Mohamed Al Zaabi
ITCS Team Leader
Many projects have been executed within ZADCO lately by IT department, Here are some updates..
Office Communicator:
annoying, especially when you are at
the midst of sending an important email. No more frustration, as IT has
taken the initiative to increase the
mailbox size 5-10 times. But
remember that even few GBs of
mailbox size will eventually get full.
Office Communicator is
the corporate equivalent to
MS Messenger. It allows
you to communicate easily
in a number of ways. You can send
instant messages, check whether
your colleagues are busy/available,
share large files (100 MB,) share
desktops, and also have live video
meetings. Work is in progress to
integrate Office Communicator with
the telephone system so that you can
manage your phone calls.
Instant Messaging using Office
Communicator is ideal for everyday
business conversation.
Messages
sent in this way are not stored and
when you exit they are deleted, so
they don’t take up valuable space in
your email account.
Although Office Communicator offers
a
more
relaxed
method
of
communication, please remember
that by using this service you agree to
be bound by the company regulations
and policies for Use of Computing and
Email.
Push Mail:
IT department introduced
Push Mail service to all
ZADCO email users.
Interested users should
subscribe (on their own
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expenses ) for push mail service on
their 3G/push mail compatible mobile
phones (BlackBerry sets are not
supported) from Etisalat or du.
Push Mail is used to describe e-mail
systems that provide an "always-on"
real-time capability, in which new email is instantly and actively
transferred (pushed,) by the mail
server, through to the client as it
arrives, rather than requiring the client
to poll and collect or pull mail
manually. With a push email
smartphone, for example, the client’s
mailbox is constantly updated with
arriving
email
without
user
intervention. Smartphones announce
new mail arrival with an alert. Push
email can be especially crucial to
many professionals for whom time is
of the essence. Other features that
the user will notice is the automatic
update in his calendar and the
availability of the global address book.
Increasing Mailbox size:
Most of you are familiar with the
following Mailbox Cleanup Messages
which frequently pop-up to alert you
whenever you exceed the size limit
(100 MB) of your mailbox. This will call
for Auto-Archiving or moving items to
the Personal Folders on your
computers which are inaccessible
while away from your own PC. It is
Thus fore, users still need to prioritize
and organize business e-mail and
archive as required.
•
Organize your mailbox with
subfolders & still access while you are
away from your PC
•
Create PST files or use
Auto-Archive
To check your mailbox size:
1.
right click on mailbox folder
2.
Click on Properties
3.
In General tap click on
Folder Size
4.
In Local Data you will see the
total size including sup folders.
ServiceDesk Plus
(The new Help Desk system)
ServiceDesk Plus is a web-based
helpdesk software that helps us
manage all our communications from
a single point. It offers an integrated
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INSIDE
management,
Asset
Request
management, Self-Service Portal, and
Knowledge Base.
ServiceDesk
Plus
help
desk
management gives us everything to
manage our help desk requests
effectively. It includes Self-Service
Portal, Knowledge Base, auto routing
of requests, notifications, email
integration,
Active
Directory
integration, custom request form, user
survey.
ZADCO
TIL Compliant
ServiceDesk Plus ITIL
compliant helps to
streamline
our
IT
service with the ITIL
(Information
technology
Infrastructure Library)
best practices easily.
The workflow designed
out of the box helps us
implement without any
expert consultations. It
• Self-service portal to enable login
for users to submit their trouble
tickets
•
Web-based
knowledge-base
system for users and technicians to
search and add the troubleshooting
docs
• NMS Integration to integrate with
Network Monitoring Software for
tracking events and network failures
• Email Integration to handle all the
help desk emails sent by the users
• Notification alerts via email or sms,
to inform users or technicians for
request handling
• Request scheduling to manage
and
track
the
preventive
maintenance tasks
• Active Directory integration to
enable user authentication with
single sign-on functionality
• Request survey to know the
technician competent level and user
satisfaction
level
on
request
resolutions
includes
Incident
Management,
Problem
Management,
Change
Management, Release Management
and
Configuration
Management
Database (CMDB).
•
Incident
Management
Restore normal services as soon as
possible
with
workarounds
or
solutions to make sure that it does not
affect business
•
Problem Management - Find
the root cause of incidents and reduce
the impact on business. Problem
Management is a proactive approach
that prevents recurrence of incidents
•
Change
Management
Implement a comprehensive change
management system that allows you
to handle pre-approved changes and
changes with complete approval cycle
•
Configuration Management
Database(CMDB) -CMDB is a
centralized repository that holds all
the information about all the assets.
CMDB also manages the relationship
between the Configuration Items (CIs)
ADNOC Group Telecom Coordination Meeting
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ADCO hosted lately ADNOC Group Telecom
Coordination Meeting No. 4. Telecom representatives
from ADNOC and its group companies, several
international petroleum companies operating in Abu Dhabi
and Etisalat attended the meeting. The session started by
a welcoming speech by the acting IT Manager Mr. Saeed Al
Dhaheri, followed by a presentation on the current and
future ZADCO telecom infrastructure performed by the
Telecom and Networking Teams. Another presentation was
offered by Etisalat promoting for the new Managed IP
Telephony services.
During the meeting the attendees discussed their current
issues and concerns and shared their future plans and
projects with all companies.
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ZADCO operates Upper Zakum and Umm Al-Dalkh offshore fields located in the Arabian Gulf. The entire
production of these fields and ZWSC GGII condensate is transported from Zakum Central Complex (CC)
to Zirku Island through a 60 km, 42-inch Main Oil Line (MOL) for processing, storage and export. This
strategic pipeline has been in service since 1982. Based on several intelligent pigging operations to
determine the condition of the MOL, it has been established that corrosion has taken place with
significant metal loss and consequent reduction in MOL wall thickness. Accordingly, installation of a
new MOL was agreed.
42” New Main Oil Line
An Innovative Contracting Approach
By P.K. Gupta- Contracts & Procurement Engineer, Commercial Dept
Contracting Strategy
Upon completion of Conceptual Design and FEED by J.
P. Kenny, various contracting strategies were
deliberated and it was concluded that an Engineering,
Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract is in the
best interest of ZADCO. The scope of EPC Contract
basically includes a new 42-inch sub-sea pipeline from
Zakum CC to Zirku Island with other related facilities.
First Time Contract
After initial setting up of Zakum & Zirku Facilities about
30 years ago by ADNOC, a single contract of this
magnitude for creating new facilities, which runs into
hundreds of millions of Dollars, was undertaken for the
first time in the history of ZADCO. Therefore, contractual
and commercial precedence for contracting such a major
work was not available in ZADCO.
Following Management mandate for ‘Out of Box
Thinking’, significant issues, which could ultimately
impact prices, were analyzed and even the established
norms/practices were challenged to get best value for
money for the Shareholders.
Innovative Approach- Significant contractual &
commercial Provisions
With above background, numerous contractual &
commercial innovations were introduced for the first
time in ZADCO for the EPC Contract. Significant
innovative provisions are described below:
1. Pricing Mechanism
Whilst majority of the EPC Scope was firm & fixed, there
were certain elements of works for which either ZADCO
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wanted to maintain certain options or their execution
would depend upon outcome of studies/ actual
situations at site.
Therefore, in order to minimize pricing for the
uncertainties, the EPC Bidders were asked to provide
prices under (a) Lump Sum Price for the firm Scope (b)
Optional Prices
for the Optional Items and (c)
Reimbursable Rates/Prices for those items which could
not be established during bidding.
This pricing mechanism considered more equitable to
both parities as EPC Bidders not required to price for the
indefinable scope/quantities in their bids.
2. Rely Upon Data
Consistent with the EPC industry norms, the concept of
Rely Upon Date was introduced for those ZADCO
provided documents which cannot be verified by EPC
Bidders during bidding e.g., Basis of Design, Site Survey
Reports, Characteristics of ZADCO equipment, etc. This
enabled EPC Bidders to quote realistic prices without
unnecessary contingency for the unidentifiable risks.
3. Bidding Currency (ies)
Currency fluctuation risk was a major concern for the
international EPC Bidders due to current volatile FOREX
market. Therefore, EPC Bidders were allowed to quote in
multi-currencies with the provision that for price
comparison purposes, all currencies will be converted
into US Dollars using exchange rates prevailing on the
date of Priced Bid submission.
Concurrently, to limit ZADCO exposure, it was stipulated
that the Contract will be prepared in US Dollar only using
exchange rates prevailing on the 7th calendar day from
the Letter of Award (LOA) date.
This mechanism provides minimum currency fluctuation
risk for the EPC Bidders during bidding and hedging
possibility upon award which resulted in lower price for
ZADCO.
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ACHIEVEMENT
4. Weather down time
Considering lengthy contract duration (i.e.,30 months),
mechanism was provided to encourage EPC Bidders to
lay offshore pipeline during the best weather window.
The EPC Bidders were asked to includes weather down
time of 25 days for the main Pipelay Spread within the
Lump Sum Price with the provision that any saving to or
increase from 25 days will be shared equally between
ZADCO and EPC Bidder based on the quoted Day
Rate.
This provision would encourage EPC Contractor to work
in the best weather window e.g., just 4 days reduction of
weather down time by rescheduling pipe laying will yield
a saving of over One Million Dollars which will be shared
equally between ZADCO and the EPC Contractor.
5. Sub-Contractors & Vendors
Being a first major project, formal process for SubContractors / Vendors as well as adequate in-house
data, were not available in ZADCO. Therefore, besides
providing available Sub-Contractors/Vendors lists, the
EPC Bidders were also asked to propose project SubContractors /Vendors under Codes A1, B1 & B2 as
below:
•
Code A1-Proposed Sub-Contractors/Vendors
pre-qualified by ZADCO/ ADMA i.e., in SBLs .
•
Code B1-Proposed Sub-Contractors/Vendors
pre-qualified and previously used by EPC Bidder.
•
Code B2-Proposed Sub-Contractors/Vendors
pre-qualified by EPC Bidder but not used previously.
The EPC Bidders proposed Sub-Contractors/Vendors
were reviewed with the involvement of various internal
stakeholders
such
as
MP/NMOL/EPE
/LI/CMD/CME/PMC Thereafter, for material, an unified
list of Codes A1 & B1 Vendors compiled to keep all EPC
bidders were on equal footing. For the Services, SubContractors proposed by individual EPC Bidders under
Code A1 & B1 were used.
In this manner, EPC Bidders expertise was used to
create project Vendors/Sub-Contractors lists which
would provides data for future projects to CMD.
Conclusion
It is considered that these significant innovative
provisions contributed to a great extent EPC Bidders
compliance to ZADCO requirements and submission of
unqualified Priced Bids with reasonable & transparent
prices.
This could be possible with the support of JVPs/
Management, guidance of CM & MP Managements and
close coordination & team work of all involved parties
such as NMOL, CME, EPE, LI, UZ & ZR BUs, LG, FI,
HSE, PMC, etc
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ZADCO and ICDL extend their 3-year partnership with
accrediting a remote offshore ICDL centre in ZIRKU Island
Under the auspices of his Excellency Mr. Saif Al
Suwaidi, Mr. Bader Al Mansoori, ZR AGM, inaugurated
ZIRKU ICDL Testing & Training Center on 17th March
2010. This ceremony was attended by Messrs. Jamal Al
Amari ZR Site Manger, Mustafa Sayar MD manager, Ali
Al Mehrezi MDTE Team Leader, Okasha M. Okasha
ZADCO ICDL Coordinator and ZR Team Leaders. In his
speech, Mr. Bader emphasized the importance of
having an ICDL Center in ZIRKU. Then, Mr William Curry
ZR Training Center, gave a brief overview of the Center.
On this occasion, Mr. Jamal Al Amari was registered as
the first ICDL student and given a user name and a
password. The occasion marked the extension of ICDL
provision in ZADCO to the offshore community. It is
expected that many offshore-based personnel will take
advantage of this new opportunity.
Office Administration Etiquette Workshop in Zirku
Having completed 14 successful sessions of Office
Administration Etiquette Workshop in ZADCO main
office, MDTE decided to share this success with ZIRKU
site based office administrators. Two sessions were
conducted in Zirku. The first was on 5th April and the
second was on 25th April 2010 which was opened by Mr
Faisal AL Haram, Zirku Site Manager. Mr Faisal gave
words of support and encouragement to the participants.
The workshop aims and objectives are to:
· Enhance communication skills and work relationships.
· Build the skills of such a professional workforce in order
to project the image of the company in the wider
business community.
· Nurture the various roles and activities of our targeted
candidates including their business understanding,
etiquette, and professionalism as well as their language
skills and style.
So far, the participants appreciated the value of the
workshop presented to them and expressed that they
would appreciate more frequent trainings and updates.
The staff were encouraged to open up and share ideas
with the instructor for future training plan. The workshop
was delivered by MDTE/ELTU Team Mrs. Hekmat Bani
Hashem and Mr. Okasha M. Okasha.
Training & Testing:
•
Learners can work at their own pace and there
is no time limit as to when all the modules should be
completed. The modules can be done and tested in any
order.
•
Learners will do the course independently. They
will be given access to an on-line training course that is
available in the ZIRKU ICDL Testing & Training Center
which has 5 PCs specifically equipped for this purpose.
In addition, learners are provided with course material for
the seven modules. Furthermore, learners will have
access to online “ICDL Primer Tests” in reparation for the
official tests.
•
Finally, learners will be tested on-line after they
are confident that they have mastered any of the seven
modules. Assistance with this will be given by the Zirku
based MDTE-ELTU instructors who are both Certified
ICDL Training Professionals.
What is the ICDL?
The ICDL certificate is an internationally accepted
certificate of accreditation that confirms that the
certificate holder has knowledge of the basic concepts of
Information Technology (IT) and can use a PC and some
common computer applications at a basic level of
competency.
The certificate acknowledges that the holder has
successfully completed and passed tests on seven
modules which evaluate his knowledge of and his
competence in using a computer. The first module is
theoretical and tests a candidate’s knowledge of
Registration:
Are you interested in becoming a certified computer
driver?
Just visit the ZADCO ICDL Testing & Training Center
which is located in the ZIRKU Training Center. You only
need to provide the instructors with your photograph and
a copy of your passport. You will then be provided with
your course user name and password.
Learners, who require any further clarification, are
requested to contact Messrs Patrick Kirwan and William
Curry, ZIRKU English Instructors, on ext. 55922 or
Okasha M., Sr. English Instructor, on ext 52729.
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Information Technology. The remaining six modules test
a candidate’s competency in using a PC and some
common and useful computer applications. A candidate
must pass all these seven modules in order to be
awarded the certificate.
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INSIDE
ZADCO
Office Administration Etiquette
Workshop in Zirku
H
aving
completed
14
successful sessions of Office
Administration
Etiquette
Workshop in ZADCO main office,
MDTE decided to share this
success with ZIRKU site based
office administrators. Two sessions
The workshop aims and objectives
are to:
· Enhance communication skills
and work relationships.
· Build the skills of such a
professional workforce in order to
project the image of the company in
the wider business community.
· Nurture the various roles and
activities of our targeted candidates
including
their
business
understanding,
etiquette,
and
professionalism as well as their
language skills and style.
So far, the participants appreciated
the value of the workshop
presented to them and expressed
that they would appreciate more
frequent trainings and updates. The
staff were encouraged to open up
and share ideas with the instructor
for future training plan. The
workshop
was
delivered
by
MDTE/ELTU Team Mrs. Hekmat
Bani Hashem and Mr. Okasha M.
Okasha.
were conducted in Zirku. The first
was on 5th April and the second
was on 25th April 2010 which was
opened by Mr Faisal AL Haram,
Zirku Site Manager. Mr Faisal gave
words
of
support
and
encouragement to the participants.
new group of employees join zadco
A group of new employees joined recently ZADCO, out of them many UAE Nationals were absorbed to work in different sites and
experience the planned training in connection with their jobs. This practice reflects the continuous success of the Emiratisation
policy adopted by ZADCO.
Yousef Bin Took
Fahed Salem
Omar Al Khanji
Mohamed Bani Hashem Ahmed Mohamed Saeed
Abdulla Al Hammadi
Ahmed Al Tenaiji
Ali Al Hosani
Abdullah Al Shehhi
Saif Al Ali
Erhama Al Shamsi
Work Location
Abdulrahman Abdouli
Sami Al Darmaki
Jamal Al Mehairbi
Naser Al Sayabi
Name
Work Location
Name
Work Location
Name
Sami Al Darmaki
UZFDR-PE
Saif Al Ali
ZEMS
Yousef Bin Took
LGL / Zirku Island
Naser Al Seyabi
ITTN-ZR / Zirku
Abdulrahman Abdouli
UZHSE
Fahed Salem
ZRGMWW
Ahmed Al Tenaiji
SASM / Satah
Jamal Al Mehairbi
ZRPRD
Mohamed Bani Hashem UZCM
Abdullah Al Shehhi ITSS-IS
Omar Al Khanji
UZCP
Ahmed Al Hefaity
UZCM
Erhama Al Shamsi UZWO-DCEC
Abdulla Al Hammadi
CPDP
Ali Al Hosani
UZCP
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Corporate Social Responsibility
Public Relations Department organized a number of social activities and hosted some activities reflecting the
company’s commitment to corporate social responsibility concept and the national companies’ role in supporting
educational, social and sports life in the UAE.
ZADCO organises Education
Fair for Abu Dhabi Highschool
students
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility
Zakum Development Company (ZADCO)
organized an Education Fair included
promotion booths for different Educational
institutions from the UAE.
The Fair was inaugurated on March 17th,
2010 at Sheikh Khalifa Energy Complex –
Abu Dhabi in the presence of ZADCO GM Mr.
Saif N. Al Suwaidi, ADCO GM Mr. Abdul
Munim S. Al Kindy, GASCO CEO Mr.
Mohamed Sahoo Al Suwaidi , a number of ADNOC
Group Managers, VIP’s from the Education sector,
ZADCO GMT Members and a number of Employees and
guests, who toured around the fair and had a brief about
the opportunities given from the Educations institutions
to the UAE students.
The Opening Ceremony included a film titled “ZADCO…
work and Life” which shows how the off shore employees
of ZADCO are distributing their time between work,
training, sports and entertainment. Then an address was
presented by Mr. Ahmed Faraj Al Ardi Manpower
Development Standards and Performance Team Leader
included a briefing about ZADCO’s efforts in the
continuous improvement of its Manpower Development
schemes.
Mr. Saif N. Al Suwaidi opening the Fair with Mr. Abdul Munim
S. Al Kindy and Mr. Mohamed Sahoo Al Suwaidi
The participating Educational Bodies are:
Ministry of Higher Education and Science research, UAE
University, Zayed University, The Petroleum Institute,
ADNOC Technical Institute, Higher Colleges of
Technology, Masdar Institute of Science and
Technology, ADNATCO and NGSCO Program,
ExxonMobil Program, Emirates Institute for Banking and
Financial Studies, Ajman University, Al Hosn University,
SORBONNE Abou Dhabi, American University of
Sharjah and AMIDEAST.
The Education Fair received guests for 8 days from 1727 march 2010 where its scheduled to receive 300
Students per day from Abu Dhabi Educational Zone
Schools, in addition to ADNOC Group employees.
Part of the Fair
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SOCIAL
CSR coordination meeting
ZADCO Public relations Deparment hosted the first CSR
coordination meeting for ADNOC Group companies in
the presence of representatives from ADMO-OPCO,
ADGAS, GASCO, NDC and Firtil.
The Meeting was started with an overall presentation
about CSR concept in general conducted by Mr.
Alejandro Velasco from ZADCO BPOD department.
Followed by a presentation from Mr. Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
from ADMA-OPCO who shared ADMA’s experience in
CSR with the audience.
Wrapping up the activity, Mrs mariam Al Kaabi from
ZADCO PR presented the steps needed to move toward
CSR and opened the floor for discussions and
questions.
In the end, all participants thanked ZADCO for this
initiative and urged to continue this effort in order to
develop a unified CSR concept within ADNOC Group of
companies.
CSR Meeting in session
Russian Egyptian Circus Trip
ZSRC held on Saturday, 17th April.2010 a trip for
employees and their families to the Russian-Egyptian
Circus, on khalifa Entertainment Park, this circus
included a number of exciting and unique shows such as
plying with lions, dancing ,Tightrope walking ,acrobat,
fire eater, climbing and reviews on air.
The Trip began at 2 pm next to ZADCO main Building
and launched on the garden,
the show began at 3:00 pm.
After the end of the show the group assembled for lunch,
then every one enjoyed events held inside the park (
Bazaar, electronic games for children, etc ...)
Everyone enjoyed a happy and funny time as the trip
ended at 8:00 pm.
Aerobics for Women
ZSRC organized for health and fitness of their women
employees Aerobics Classes in Al- Husn Club on
Monday and Wednesday afternoon, registration opened
for one week so classes started on 10th May and will
continue for 2 months.
We hope that women will enjoy classes and wish them a
lasting health and fitness.
Mr. Alejandro Velasco breifing about the CSR concept
from February to May 2010 in Al- Husn Club. ZADCO
Social Committee organized an honoring ceremony for
Koran’s students and teachers on Saturday morning,
8TH May.2010 on ZADCO Theater.
Mr. Hussien Khoury head of ZADCO entertainment and
sports committee opened the ceremony followed by a
welcome speech from Ms. Mariam Al Kaabi, Director Of
The Social Committee.
The ceremony began with a Koran verses recitation
made by s Pre-eminent students, followed by a song
made by girls pupils of the sessions after that Mr.
Hussein Khoury distributed certificates and prizes for
excelled students and the holders of good and very good
degrees.
Recognition for The Holy Quraan
lessons participants
In recognition of our beloved children for their efforts to
participate in the sessions of Koran Conservation held
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Contractors’ GM Meeting
The Sixth annual ZADCO Contractors Communication Meeting was held on 21st April, 2010 at Le Royal
Meridian - Abu Dhabi under the theme “Sustainable Growth, ZADCO and Contractors”. The attendees
included members of ZADCO’s General Management and Extended Management Team, Team Leaders,
as well as General Managers and senior members from the company’s main contractors. The event
theme was selected by ZADCO management with the objective of brining more focus on the issue of
sustainable development. Sustainability is based on three pillars: Environment, Society and Economy.
In light of the major developments that
ZADCO is undertaking in the coming years,
it is essential that all three aspects are
factored in the manner with which operations
are conducted and business needs are
Mr. Abdul Hakim Al Muflehi
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planned.
Mr. Badr Al Mazroei with the ZADCO HSE department
introduced the meeting objectives and the contributions
by the presenters that will shed more light on the concept
of sustainability.
In his opening speech, Mr. Hilal Al Mansouri, AGM-TO
and General Management representative, welcomed the
contractors to the meeting and emphasized the
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Mr. Ihab Tarmoum addressing the meeting
importance of the partnership between both ZADCO and
its contractors. Mr. Hilal also stressed that all operations
and activities have to be carried out in compliance with
ADNOC codes of practice and HSE management
system.
Mr. Abdul Hakeem Al Muflehi, HSE Manager, highlighted
the excellent HSE performance during 2009 and thanked
the contractors for their contribution and role in meeting
targets. Mr. Abdul Hakeem also pointed out the excellent
efforts made by contractors towards taking the lead in
enhanced HSE performance and stated that this is an
essential shift in attitude towards HSE which will result in
a continued outstanding HSE performance.
Ms. Samar Al Hameedi with ZADCO’s HSE department,
presented a brief overview on the concept of sustainable
development with focus on the benefits of incorporating
sustainability thinking at a corporate level. Ms. Samar
also highlighted ZADCO’s achievements to date
including the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence award that
indicate ZADCO’s success in addressing the various
elements of sustainability. The presentation ended with a
reminder for all attendees to build on such collaborative
meetings to achieve a knowledge sharing forum and
further enhance ZADCO and contractor relationships.
Schlumberger participated in the event by sharing their
experience in establishing corporate systems that have
supported the organization in achieving their
Deputy General Manager presenting the contractors awards
Mr. Hilal Al Mansouri
Ms. Samar Al Hameedi
sustainability goals as well ongoing initiatives to develop
tools that will help the company and its employees
manage business needs in a sustainable manner.
The final presentation of the day was given by Mr. Ihab
Tarmoom,
ADGM-UZOS,
on
ZADCO’s
main
development project, UZ-750. Mr. Ihab provided the
attendees with a brief overview on the project concept as
well as insight into the technical aspects of the project
that will help ZADCO effectively achieve sustainable
production for the coming years. The presentation also
included the steps taken to date to ensure that
environmental, economic and social aspects of the
project were given due consideration. Mr. Ihab also
touched upon potential opportunities for contractors to
contribute in meeting project requirements.
The meeting was concluded with ZADCO management
presenting the ‘HSE Best Performance Award’ to
contractors who have demonstrated improved HSE
performance in 2009.
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Physical Fitness Campaign
Z
ADCO
HSE
Department,
General Support Department Medical, in coordination with
Public
Relations
Department
organized during April 2010 a two day
Physical
Fitness
Awareness
Campaign at Sheikh Khalifa Energy
Complex included a number of
activities started with a lecture about
physical fitness and cardiovascular
health titled “Work with Heart” by Dr.
Sherif Zoheir Bakir, Consultant
Cardiology and Section Head of
Cardiac Non Invasive Lab at Sheikh
Khalifa Medical Center.
Following that Dr. Karl LaRowe and
Dr. Emel Sheikho from American
Center for Psychiatry and Neurology
presented a lecture about physical
fitness as a tool for stress
management and another about
smoking and physical fitness.
In between the lectures a fitness team
from Life Line presented number of
warm up exercises and routines in
participation with the audience.
ZADCO hosted during the Campaign
an exhibition for a number of physical
fitness providers and healthy life style
companies in addition to free on-thespot check ups for blood pressure,
sugar, LDL cholesterol and others for
all the campaign participants provided
by Khalifa medical Center volunteers
staff which included 25 nurses and
doctors.
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HSE
FOCUS
The Marawah Marine
Biosphere reserve
Prepared by: Salman Mohamed Salman
Petrographer - SUFD / ZADCO
Marawah marine area is situated
west of Abu Dhabi Island. It is
surrounded by Abu Al Abyad
Island from the east, Seir Bani
Yas Island from the west, a
highly coastal line from the
south, and Jarnain Island from
the north. There are several
islands in the area including
Marawah, and Bu Tinah.
The overall area of the Marawah
MPA is 4255 km2. It includes all
the islands as well as the
shallow area.
B
u Tinah island/ shoal attracted the interest of many
Geoscientists since 1970. Furthermore ZADCO/
SUFD in 2008 used this island as an analogue to
characterize UMM Al Dalkh field reservoir in the sub
surface due its unique shape (arcuate/ crescent) that
resulted from the interaction of sediments, wind and
waves. Further its resemblance Mishrif
reservoir.
Two papers I published using this island
one in 2009 in the SPE and in 2010 in
SPWLA conference.
inactive and probably predates the formation of the
“bull’s horn” barrier and lateral sand tail complexes.
Bu tuniah Shaol exemplifies an advanced stage of
sedimentary development on the shallower highs, Its
barrier system is virtually complete and has resulted in
the development of lagoonal environment on the crest of
Brief description of the Island
The bathymetry of Bu Tinah Shoals
relatively wide (15-20km) high is swept by
wind driven waves along its reef- fringe,
NNW periphery ( Purser 1973). Bioclastic
sand transported down-wind has created an
arcuate “bull’s horn” barrier which is locally
emergent and stabilized both by submarine
and beach rocks lithification. This barrier
encloses a shallow, muddy lagoon.
This shoal barrier separate coarser
Coral/algal sands on its windward side from
pelletoidal sands on its lee. The later grade
into carbonate muds which occupy minor
depressions on the crest of the high. The
environment leeward’s of the barrier bar
complex may be termed “ lagoon”; they occupy the
greater part of this flat-topped high.
The Bu Tinah barrier bar complex extend downwind as a
pair of sediment tails. Each tail is a complex of bars
whose long axes are oriented subparallel to the axes of
the tail ( parallel to the dominant NW wind). Together
with the barrier system, they enclose the crestal lagoon
on three sides (fig-2). A poorly developed sand tail
extends southwards from the high, but is seemingly
the high. Carbonate muds thus extend across the
topographic culmination and form tidal flats only 2-3 KM
leeward of the reef complex.
The wide high of Bu Tinah shoals offers sufficient
protection from the “Shamal” wind to permit widespread
deposition of muddy sediments in the downwind for
distance of up 15 km. Thus, the leeward carbonate sand
tails that characterize many small highs less than 5 km in
diameter
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HEALTH
STrOKE
Prepared by: Dr. Khaled Kayed
Medical Team Leader / ZADCO
Stroke refers to acute neurologic impairment that follows interruption in blood supply to a specific area of the
brain.
There are 2 major type of strokes. 85% of all strokes is usually caused by an occlusion of an artery to a region
of the brain and 15% of all strokes occurs when a blood vessel in the brain suddenly ruptures into the surrounding
tissue.
E
ach year in the United
States
about
700,000
people suffer a new or
WARNING
SIGNS
AND SYMPTOMS:
repeated stroke. About 1 in 15
deaths in the United States is
•
Sudden
weakness
or
due to stroke.
numbness of the face, arm, or
let, especially on one side of the
Early
recognition
of
acute
body
ischemic stroke is important
• Sudden confusion
because treatment must be
•
provided within 3 hours of onset
understanding
of
• Sudden trouble seeing on one
symptoms.
Most
strokes
Trouble
speaking
or
occur at home, and stroke
or both eyes
patients often deny or try to
• Sudden trouble walking
rationalize
• Dizziness or loss of balance or
their
symptoms.
Even high-risk patients, such as
coordination
those with atrial fibrillation or
• Sudden severe headache with
hypertension, fail to recognize
no known cause
the signs of stroke. This delays
STROKE
ASSESSMENT
TOOLS:
treatment, resulting in increased
mobidity and mortality.
Community
and
professional
education is essential, and it has
been successful in increasing
the proportion of eligible stroke
victims treated.
minimize
brain
injury
and
maximize the patient’s recovery.
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• Facial droop (have the patient
smile or try to show teeth)
• Arm weakness (have the
patient close eyes and hold both
The goal of stroke care is to
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Facial
Droop
arms out)
• Abnormal speech (have the
One side
motor
weakness
(Right Arm)
patient say, “You can’t teach an
old dog new tricks”)
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