‘Shell in the Middle East’ joins Ceri Powell, outgoing Vice President for Shell’s Exploration Business in the Middle East, Caspian and South Asia, on a field visit to a Syria Shell seismic survey camp in the country’s southern desert before she heads off to The Hague to take up her new role as Global Head of Strategy for the Royal Dutch Shell Group. Shell was recently awarded Blocks 13 and 15 on the South Syria Platform to explore for hydrocarbons in an area of some 14,000 square kilometres. Ceri visits the camp after the its first HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) audit has been carried out.

Offshore Teamwork

right on track...
...to back Qatar’s leading role in LNG

Qatar Petroleum and Shell are shareholders in Qatargas 4 and Qatar Petroleum, ConocoPhillips and Mitsui are shareholders in Qatargas 3, both of which are Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects currently under construction in Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, offshore Qatar, and in other locations around the world. To leverage the benefits and economies of scale by working together and to share technological know-how and expertise, the development of the two projects has been brought together under the management of a single Joint Asset Development Team (JADT).

Leading The World In Oil & Gas Technology...

...and transferring that technological know-how throughout the region

Shell is the world’s leading developer of technology for the oil and gas industry and has been transferring technology and knowledge to its partners and stakeholders around the world for many years.

Why GTL?

The public at large has been hearing more and more about the Gas to Liquids (GTL) process, which takes natural gas and turns it into a range of high quality liquid products. But what are those products and what are they used for? ‘Shell in the Middle East’ visits the offices of the Pearl GTL project in Doha, in Qatar, to learn about these unique products, including the properties and applications they will offer consumers in markets around the world...

Rock Stars of the Region

Stevin Rock and Rak Rock are the leading quarry operators in the Gulf region and are based in the Emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah. Between them they produce more than 56 million tonnes of saleable aggregates and rock per year...

Shell Aims To Be A Good Neighour

...and believes that it has a social responsibility towards the community in which it operates,” says Nerine Elwy, Communications Manager and Head of Shell Egypt’s Social Investment Programme. To achieve this, Shell Egypt has conducted, and continues to roll out, a range of social initiatives for the benefit of the people of Egypt. “Shell in the Middle East’ goes to Cairo to talk to Nerine about Shell Egypt’s commitment to local communities and to meet some of the beneficiaries of the company’s social projects. We also talk to Augustine Igbuku, Shell Egypt’s HSE Manager, who focuses on the importance of Shell’s operational safety programmes in the company...