More than 70 staff representing the various directorates and departments of Qatar Petroleum (QP) recently attended the “Oracle Day for QP” seminar, which featured latest product innovations with engineered hardware and software and their use in the oil and gas industry.
Participants at the ‘Oracle Day for QP’ seminar
The seminar, which was hosted by Oracle Corporation at the Marriott, had a total of six sessions focusing on oil and gas, engineering and geographic information systems (GIS), enterprise performance management, next-generation oracle technology and engineered systems, shutdown and financial planning, and advantages to SAP using next generation Oracle solutions.
Among the topics discussed during the seminar were the case studies, architecture and solutions for intelligent oilfields, enterprise performance management using Oracle solutions and analytics, as well as engineering and operations project management including planning and scheduling.
The speakers, who were made up of senior Oracle officials, also presented the business processes related to shutdown planning, the case studies for improvements in SAP and GIS, and the latest technology developments in hardware, disaster recovery and cloud-based solutions.
“The ‘Oracle Day for QP’ was an opportunity for us to keep up to date with the newest technologies and systems from Oracle, in addition to other major technology market players. These would undoubtedly play a major role in meeting our ever-growing ICT requirements and in further increasing the efficiency of QP’s operations,” said Fayez M. al-Boainin, acting manager (Information and Communication Technology) and manager (ICT Infrastructure) at QP.
The event, which was held on June 21, started with a welcome speech and introduction by Fadi Abdulkhalek, Oracle Corporation vice-president (Technology).
Ghassan Mayassi Oracle’s Oil and Gas Industry leader and process director delivered a keynote address.
The seminar was attended by staff from various QP directorates and departments, including Oil & Gas Ventures, Operations, Refining, Technical, Strategic Planning & Policy, Corporate HSE, Administration, Ras Laffan and Mesaieed Industrial Cities, and ICT.