Kuwait Society of Engineers (KSE) Chairperson Eng Faisal Al-Atal has discussed various ways to strengthen coordination between KSE, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and its subsidiaries with Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KPC Eng Hashem Hashem, Al-Anba daily reported.
KSE Treasurer Eng Ali Al-Failakawi and CEO of Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Eng Walid Al-Badr were also present at the meeting.
Al-Atal confirmed that they tackled the problems of Kuwaiti engineers in the private oil sector who were terminated by KPC’s contractors and its subsidiaries during the pandemic. He said Hashem assured him that discussions with the Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water, Dr Muhammad Al-Faris are underway in a bid to support Kuwaiti engineers, especially those who were terminated.
He added they also talked about the development of a mechanism for accrediting non-Kuwaiti engineers under oil sector contracts, stressing the KSE is keen on continuously developing this mechanism to increase the capacity to receive and complete the transactions of engineers who requested the oil sector to adopt their engineering qualifications in the interest of the public and to meet the oil sector’s need for global engineering expertise.
Other topics tackled in the meeting include the ways to expand the oil sector’s participation in scientific training programs conducted by the Training Center of KSE as part of its commitment to open the way for colleagues in the oil sector to benefit from the programs, workshops, conferences and engineering events organized by the society in coordination with a number of international and Arab entities.