HE al-Sada inaugurates the new ConocoPhillips Qatar office in the presence of Sykes, Smith and Fox.

By Santhosh V Perumal
Business Reporter

ConocoPhillips Qatar, which will soon celebrate its 10th anniversary, yesterday opened its new sprawling office in The Gate Mall, which will serve as its regional hub.
The office was inaugurated by HE the Energy Minister, Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada, in the presence of US ambassador Dana Shell Smith, ConocoPhillips Qatar president Gary Sykes, vice-president (exploration and production) Matt Fox and other dignitaries.
The new office is yet another step towards building a legacy based on strong partnerships with Qatar Petroleum, Qatargas and several other key stakeholders representing a multitude of government, industry and community partners, a spokesman of the global petroleum major said.
“The innovative and world-class design of our offices is all part of our desire to create an environment that is very safe and conducive to productivity, and is something we at ConocoPhillips are extremely proud of,” Sykes said.
The significance of the new ConocoPhillips office in Qatar lies in the importance of the relationships the company has created in country and illustrates the company’s vision to be the exploration and production partner of choice by sharing world class technologies and expertise and pioneering a new standard of excellence to contribute towards the Qatar National Vision 2030 in relation to human, social, economic, and environmental development.
“I’m pleased to see the move to our new office in Qatar occurred safely and without incident and indeed early next year our office will celebrate 10 years of an incident- and injury-free workplace environment here in Doha,” according to Fox.
In 2003, ConocoPhillips started its collaboration with Qatar Petroleum through the development of Qatargas 3, a large-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, with a capacity of 7.8mn tonnes per annum.
ConocoPhillips holds a 30% interest in this integrated project comprising approximately 1.4 gross BCFD (billion cubic feet per day) of natural gas production over the 25 year life span of the project, as well as an initial average volume of approximately 70 gross MBPD of liquefied petroleum gas and condensate combined from Qatar’s North field.
To capture cost savings, Qatargas 3 executed the development of the onshore and offshore assets as a single integrated project with Qatargas 4. This included the joint development of offshore facilities situated in a common offshore block in the North field.
In Qatar, ConocoPhillips operates Global Water Sustainability Center, its designated centre of excellence for all water-related research and development. The centre is located in the heart of the Qatar Science and Technology Park and performs a vital role in corporate social responsibility through its programme of school visits designed to raise water conservation awareness among students.
Following the ribbon-cutting ceremony, there was a tour of the ConocoPhillips Qatar office as well as a visit to its signature corporate social responsibility campaign Kulluna “Healthy Heart” booth, which will be at The Gate Mall until November 22, 2015.
The ‘Kulluna for a Healthy Heart’ campaign focuses on several ways in which the risk of heart disease can be prevented and highlights lifestyle behaviours such as smoking, obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes as being key risk factors.
The visitors to the booth have the opportunity to sign up for a free biometric checkup provided by HMC medical professionals that include details such as weight, height, body mass index, heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels.