J a p a n C o o p e ra t i o n C e n t e r, P e t r o l e u m

NEWS
No.

121

2015 June

Connected by technology, person-to-person■ JCCP Alumni Meeting in UAE■ Executive Visits to Asia —Visits to Malaysia, Vietnam and Bangladesh—■ The 33rd JCCP International Symposium■ Participation in the Kuwait International HSE Conference■ The 23rd Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium

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Table of Contents
JCCP Alumni Meeting in UAE.............................................................................................................................................. 3
Executive Visits to Asia —Visits to Malaysia, Vietnam and Bangladesh— ....................................................................... 6

TopicsThe 33rd JCCP International Symposium ........................................................................................................................... 9Participation in the Kuwait International HSE Conference ............................................................................................. 15
The 23rd Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium........................................................................................................ 17
Fiscal 2014 Regular Courses (November – February)....................................................................................................... 20

Personnel Exchange Programs
Regular Course on Current Situation and Future Perspectives of LNG Technology (TR-15-14)....................................... 22
Regular Course on Wide Scope of Downstream Safety Management (TR-17-14) ........................................................... 23
Regular Course on Turnaround and Inspection (IT-3-14) ................................................................................................. 25
CPJ on Advanced Instrumentation and Control Systems in the Oil Downstream for the ADNOC Group (CPJ-81) .......... 27
FY2014 JCCP Program Seminar ........................................................................................................................................ 29
Information Exchange Program for Young Employees of Oil Companies in an Oil-producing Country (Qatar) andOil-consuming Country (Japan) ................................................................................................................................... 31
JCCP Regular Courses Completed .................................................................................................................................... 35

Technical Cooperation
The 24th Saudi Arabia-Japan Joint Symposium ............................................................................................................... 39
The 16th Kuwait-Japan Joint Symposium ........................................................................................................................ 42
Wrap-up Ceremony for the Demonstration Project of PV System with TAKREER ........................................................... 45
Technical Conference with OAPEC Held in Bahrain.......................................................................................................... 47
Joint TRC Workshop Held in UAE ..................................................................................................................................... 48

Announcements
Please Help Us Update Our Roster / Please Send Us Message as Alumni /Registration Form for JCCP Course Graduates ........................................................................................................... 50
Update or Change of Address / Cancellation of Subscription .......................................................................................... 51
Personnel Changes ........................................................................................................................................................... 52
Editorial Postscript ........................................................................................................................................................... 53

JCCP Alumni Meeting in UAE
1. Holding the Alumni Meeting in the
Presence of METI Minister Yoichi
Miyazawa
On January 18, 2015, a JCCP Alumni Meeting washeld at the Intercontinental Hotel in Abu Dhabi. Held in
UAE for the second time since 2012, the meeting invitedthe broad participation of JCCP alumni in UAE, and wasattended by a total of 78 members, including 65 alumni
from UAE and 13 local Japanese personnel.
H.E. Mr. Yoichi Miyazawa, Minister of Economy,
Trade and Industry, lent his presence to the Japanese side,and H.E. Dr. Maitha Salem Al Shamsi, Minister of State,
and other important figures graced the event on the UAE
side. As part of the agenda, H.E. Mr. Abdulla Nasser
Al Suwaidi, Director General, Abu Dhabi National Oil
Company (ADNOC), and Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai, CEO of
JCCP, exchanged letters regarding the strengthening of
future cooperation between the two organizations.
(1) Speech by Minister Miyazawa as a guest ofhonor
In addition to METI Minister Yoichi Miyazawa,
representing the Japanese side were Mr. Takayuki
Ueda, Commissioner, Agency for Natural Resources
and Energy; Mr. Hideo Suzuki, Director-General, Trade
Policy Bureau, and relevant governmental personnel;

H.E. Mr. Yoichi Miyazawa, Minister of Economy, Trade andIndustry, giving a speech as a guest of honor

H.E. Mr. Yoshihiko Kamo, Ambassador of Japan toUAE, and other members of the Japanese Embassy;
and members from Japanese oil companies operating
in UAE.
In his speech, Minister Miyazawa spoke about JCCP’slong years of contribution since its establishment tohuman resource development and technical cooperationin the oil-refining sector in oil-producing countries. With
specific reference to UAE, he noted that a total of morethan 800 people from UAE have participated in training
in Japan, and that a large majority of them now assume
important positions in the UAE government and ADNOC
and are instrumental in shaping a strong relationship oftrust with Japan. In response to their efforts, Minister
Miyazawa announced that the Japanese government willcommence the JCCP-JOGMEC personnel exchange
program for ADNOC employees this fiscal year as anaddition to the conventional training activities of JCCP,
as specified in the Joint UAE-Japan Statement issued
in 2013 in a conference held between Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe and H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of UAE, and H.H.
General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. Minister Miyazawa also
expressed the Japanese government’s strong wish tostrengthen relations between the two countries.
(2) Speeches by H.E. Dr. Maitha Salem Al Shamsi,
Minister of State, and H.E. Mr. Abdulla Nasser
Al Suwaidi, Director General, ADNOCThe event was attended by many important UAE
figures, including H.E. Dr. Maitha Salem Al Shamsi,
Minister of State; H.E. Mr. Abdulla Nasser Al Suwaidi,
Director General, ADNOC; Mr. Ali Khalifa Al Shamsi,
Director, C.P.&C.; Mr. Mubarak S. Al Ketbi, Deputy
Director-M&R; Mr. Ismail M. Al Mulla, Offsite &Refinery Utilities Dept., Ruwais Refinery Division, Abu
Dhabi Oil Refining Company (TAKREER); and JCCP
alumni who are presently active in major departments
in UAE.
In her speech, Dr. Al Shamsi expressed herappreciation for JCCP’s contribution to human resource
development in UAE, saying that JCCP is an importantelement in human resource development in UAE, andthat she herself takes pride in JCCP as a friend who

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H.E. Dr. Maitha Salem Al Shamsi, Minister of State,giving a speech as a guest of honor

H.E. Mr. Abdulla Nasser Al Suwaidi, Director General, ADNOC,
giving a speech as a guest of honor

has worked with JCCP since 2001 when she was Vice
Chancellor of UAE University. Mr. Al Suwaidi also gave
words of appreciation for JCCP’s contribution to humanresource development and technical cooperation to date,and expressed his future expectations of maintaining
and strengthening the friendly relationship that the twoorganizations have fostered.

even more closely in implementing business activities
with the aim of further strengthening the friendly
relationship they have fostered through their long yearsof partnership.
Following the exchange of letters, Mr. Sultan
Mohamed Al Mulla, ADNOC (graduate of a marketingcourse), and Ms. Hyatt Al Shihri, Bunduq (graduateof a human affairs and CSR course), spoke briefly
about their JCCP experience and proposed a toast on
behalf of all JCCP alumni in attendance. The event also
featured an introduction of Japanese culture, namely ademonstration by a traditional Japanese candy craftsman
and mochi pounding, which has already become wellknown in UAE. These performances livened up thevenue and captured everyone’s curiosity and attention.
JCCP alumni who participated in the event reminisced
fondly about their experiences in Japan, as the circle of(3) Exchange of letters regarding the future
relationship of cooperation between ADNOC
and JCCP
Following the above-mentioned speeches by Minister
Miyazawa, Dr. Al Shamsi, and Mr. Al Suwaidi, Mr.
Al Suwaidi and Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai exchanged lettersregarding the strengthening of future cooperation
between the two organizations. Through this exchange,
the two leaders verified their mutual intent to cooperate

Exchange of letters between ADNOC and JCCP:(from the left) H.E. Mr. Abdulla Nasser Al Suwaidi, Director General, ADNOC;
H.E. Mr. Yoshihiko Kamo, Ambassador of Japan to UAE;
H.E. Mr. Yoichi Miyazawa, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry;
H.E. Dr. Maitha Salem Al Shamsi, Minister of State; andMr. Tsuyoshi Nakai, CEO of JCCP

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pleasant chatter expanded at each table.

2. Summary of the Meeting
The alumni meeting yielded two positive results.
One is Minister Miyazawa’s attendance. At JCCP’srequest, the minister kindly agreed to take time fromhis busy schedule to lend his presence to the alumni
meeting during his visit to UAE from January 16 toattend the Fifth Assembly of the International Renewable
Energy Agency (IRENA). His participation undoubtedly
promoted greater recognition of JCCP’s important rolein strengthening friendly relations between UAE andJapan as an effective means for securing a stable supplyof oil resources for Japan.
The other is the realization of the importance ofbuilding and maintaining human networks. With only
two weeks of preparation time until the meeting, the
JCCP side was foremost concerned about liaising with
the UAE side and verifying attendance. However, as
mentioned earlier, the meeting enjoyed a large turnout on
the UAE side, which included not only JCCP alumni, butalso a large number of important figures in the industry.
This is certainly testament to the contribution JCCP
has made to date. More specifically, it is the product ofsteady, daily efforts that have been made to maintaincontact through JCCP’s local office, and the strong
relationship of trust that has developed between JCCP
course lecturers and participants and remains strong
enough that alumni will respond to sudden calls evenmonths after returning to their country. This achievement

Members who gathered at the meeting

reaffirms the importance of strengthening, maintaining
and handing down the networking capacity of all
JCCP participants and alumni in oil and gas-producing
countries and each one of us JCCP personnel. It is by
doing so that we can build the foundation of a friendshipthat can withstand the test of time when it most matters.

*About the JCCP Alumni Meeting*
The JCCP Alumni Meeting is held to verify theeffects and evaluations of JCCP personnel exchange
activities and technical cooperation projects in oilproducing countries, obtain hints for an even more
effective implementation of future activities, andstrengthen personnel exchanges with Japan. It also
aims to promote deeper relations between counterpart
oil-producing countries and Japan by requesting theircontinued support and cooperation in JCCP activities
and building a network of cooperation in each country
for these JCCP activities. Furthermore, as many JCCP
alumni have become executive officers and managers
in state-run oil companies in their respective countries,
the alumni meeting is held with the hope that it will
ultimately contribute to the stable import of crude oil
supplies to Japan. The first meeting was held in UAE
in November 2012, and the second in Saudi Arabia in
March 2014. This was the third meeting held so far.
<by Tadashi Sugawara, Councilor>

Group of JCCP alumni

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Executive Visits to Asia
—Visits to Malaysia, Vietnam and Bangladesh—
Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai, CEO of JCCP, visited Asia on
two separate occasions following his visits to the Middle
East as reported in the previous issue of this newsletter.

1. Malaysia and Vietnam
Over a period of 12 days from November 9, 2014,
Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai visited Kuala Lumpur to make arequest of a JCCP international symposium speaker togive a presentation at the symposium and discuss thecontent of the presentation, then went on to Hanoi to pay
his respects to executive officers at Vietnam Oil & Gas
Group (Petrovietnam) and Vietnam National Petroleum
Group (Petrolimex) as the new CEO of JCCP, follow up
on JCCP programs implemented to date, and hold policy
dialogues on future activities.
(1) Meeting with Mr. Tan Sri Mohd Hassan
Marican, former CEO of Petronas
Mr. Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican was requested to
be one of the speakers at the 33rd JCCP International
Symposium held in January 2015. On November 10, Mr.
Nakai made a final request, and discussed the content of his
presentation. Mr. Nakai also took the opportunity to obtain
information on oil situations in Asia and the Middle East.
According to Mr. Marican, the oil situation in Asia
should be viewed in relation to the involvement ofdomestic politics and the status of national oil companies,
as the relationship between national oil companies andthe government is complex, with national oil companies
having a considerable budget and frequently at odds
with the government. Mr. Marican also shared stories
about reforms at Petronas when he was CEO. Most
notable was his view that human resource development
is an important sector above all else, and efforts must
be made to attract outstanding young people to theoil industry. Toward this end, Petronas established
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS and concentrated on
developing human resources with particular emphasis on
engineers. Case examples of personnel development in
the Western countries were thoroughly investigated, andan international board was organized to incorporate theviews of prominent people. Owing to such education, Mr.
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Mr. Tran Van Thinh, General Director, Petrolimex (center)

Marican says Malaysia is beginning to lead the Islamic
society as a hub of Islamic finance.
(2) Meeting with Mr. Tran Van Thinh,
General Director, Vietnam National Petroleum
Group (Petrolimex)
On November 11, Mr. Nakai visited the Petrolimex
Head Office and met with Mr. Tran Van Thinh, General
Director. Mr. Thinh noted that he participated in a JCCP
training program in 2008 when he was General Managerof the Technology Department, and said he has benefited
greatly from his JCCP experience. He learned about the
management practices of Japanese companies then, andhas since maintained his relationship with such Japanesecompanies as Idemitsu Kosan, JX, Tatsuno and Tamada
Industries. He expressed his hopes that JCCP willcontinue to offer useful training programs next fiscal
year. Mr. Thinh also explained that although Petrolimex
is a product sales company, it has an interest in domestic
refinery operations, and expressed his expectations forcooperation from Japanese companies in the refinery
construction project that is underway in Van Phong,where Petrolimex owns an oil terminal.
(3) Meeting with Dr. Le Manh Hung,
Vice President, Vietnam Oil & Gas Group(Petrovietnam)
Also on November 11, Mr. Nakai visited thePetrovietnam Head Office and met with Dr. Le Manh

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Dr. Le Manh Hung, Vice President, Petrovietnam

Hung, Vice President. Dr. Hung has participated in a
JCCP training program in the capacity of Director of
the Refining Technology Department at Petrovietnam,
and displayed a good understanding of JCCP activities,
including technical cooperation projects. At the beginningof the meeting, he summed up the relationship between
the two organizations by noting that Petrovietnam
has sent 1,500 employees to JCCP training programs
and JCCP has dispatched 200 Japanese experts toPetrovietnam over their 24-year history, and thatthe programs have provided knowledge not only oftechnologies but also of management practices that are
an integral part of Petrovietnam’s business today.
Mr. Hung also had future requests of JCCP,
mentioning in particular that Petrovietnam is interested
in learning about quality control and LP models that
conform to European standards. He also outlined needs
for training and technical cooperation for increasing
competitiveness, as well as training regarding the
integration of oil refining and petrochemistry.

2. Bangladesh(1) Meeting with Eng. Gazi Md. Ali Afzal,
Managing Director, ERL
On December 9, Mr. Nakai gave a general explanationof the FY2015 JCCP program at ERL. In response, Eng.
Gazi Md. Ali Afzal, Managing Director, indicated an
intention to send ERL personnel to participate in relevant
courses upon a careful internal examination of the course
contents and the needs of each department.
Eng. Ali Afzal explained that two projects arepresently being considered at ERL, one for single buoy
mooring (SBM) that would allow efficient offloadingof crude oil from a large tanker, and another for theconstruction of a group of crude oil storage tanks. ERL
is also considering the construction of a new refinery
facility (Unit-2) with twice the processing capacity as
the present one, in anticipation of a future increase inenergy demand.
While the two projects mentioned earlier are still at
the stage of examining financial arrangements, Eng. Ali
Afzal said he hopes they will be realized, as they areimportant projects that would contribute to ensuring astable supply of energy to Bangladesh.

Eng. Gazi Md. Ali Afzal, Managing Director, ERL(third from right)

Over 11 days from December 8, Mr. Nakai visited
Bangladesh, which JCCP newly included among its
beneficiary countries in fiscal 2012. There, Mr. Nakai
met with the top management of Bangladesh Petroleum
Corporation (BPC) to introduce JCCP activities andhold a policy dialogue. BPC is responsible for the oil
downstream sector in Bangladesh under the Ministryof Power, Energy & Mineral Resources (MPEMR), andgoverns a number of companies as an industrial entity,
including Eastern Refineries Limited (ERL). In addition
to BPC, Mr. Nakai also visited ERL on his recent visit
and inspected the company’s refinery.

(2) Meeting with Mr. Md. Eunusur Rahman,
Chairman, BPC
On December 10, Mr. Nakai visited BPC in Dhaka.
BPC was founded 45 years ago as a national oil company,
and broadly engages in the import and refining of
crude oil, distribution of oil products and manufactureand distribution of lube oil. It had been able to satisfy
domestic energy demand during its early years, but a
rapid surge in demand accompanying an increase inpopulation has caused supply to lag behind demand.
Thus, consideration is being given to augmenting its

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facilities within two to three years.
Mr. Nakai explained that JCCP offers a variety ofcourses as part of its personnel exchange activities, andprompted BPC to contact JCCP if it wishes to take partin them. In reply, Mr. Md. Eunusur Rahman, Chairman,
first thanked Mr. Nakai for the offer, and noted that
Bangladesh is still in the process of developing, although
it has maintained high economic growth over many
years. He said he understands Japan is highly competentin the downstream sector, but wishes to take advantageof the opportunity of its personnel exchange program,as the BPC Group is urgently seeking to develop large
numbers of refinery personnel.

Mr. Md. Eunusur Rahman, Chairman, BPC (second from right)<by Akio Yamanaka, Planning and Public Relations Group,
Administration Dept.;
Osamu Nonaka, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

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Topics

The 33rd JCCP International Symposium

The guest of honor, chairmen, and speakers of the symposium

The 33rd JCCP International Symposium was held
over the two days from January 21 to 22, 2014, under
the auspices of the Ministry of Economy, Trade andIndustry (METI). More than 400 people from METI,
oil-producing countries, foreign embassies in Japan,
governmental agencies, domestic companies andorganizations attended the event held at the Prince Park
Tower Tokyo.

1. Theme
The theme of this year ’s symposium was“Sustainability and International Cooperation in the
Petroleum Industry.” It was discussed in detail in two

sessions held on the second day, under the subthemes“Advances in HR Development” and “Challenges for
Advanced Technology.”
Given the dramatic changes in the global oil situation
brought about by the shale oil and gas revolution, thedrop in crude oil prices, and the increasing need toaddress environmental issues, national oil companies
that directly contribute to their respective country’s
growth face the challenges to strengthen human resource
development and introduce the latest technologies.
From the above perspective, the symposium was held
as a forum for exchanging information and views withleading authorities from oil-producing and consuming
countries, who continue to address the challenges of theoil industry in their respective capacities.

2. Overview

Mr. Keizo Morikawa, President of JCCP,
delivering a welcome address(1) First Day (January 21): Opening Ceremony
An opening ceremony was held at 2:00 p.m. on
January 21, featuring a welcome address by Mr. Keizo
Morikawa, President of JCCP, followed by a greetingfrom the guest of honor, Mr. Takayuki Sumita, DirectorGeneral of the National Resources and Fuel Department
at METI.
By way of discussing the objectives of the symposium,
Mr. Morikawa pointed out that the global oil supplydemand structure is entering a period of transition. Amid

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9Meeting held in UAE during his visit to the Middle
East, and the warm welcome he received from the JCCP
alumni in attendance, many of whom now hold important
positions in the national oil company in UAE. He notedthat as dialogue between oil producers and consumers
is becoming increasingly important, he holds strong
expectations for JCCP’s schemes of personnel exchangewith oil-producing countries.

Mr. Takayuki Sumita, Director-General,
National Resources and Fuel Department, METI,
giving a speech as the guest of honor

an increase in oil demand accompanying economic
growth in newly emerging countries, he said the surge
in shale oil production in North America has caused
crude oil prices to drop to levels seen five years ago,and environmental restrictions are governing a shift
toward gas and the dissemination of renewable energies.
However, no matter what the situation, Mr. Morikawa
emphasized the importance of securing a stable supplyof oil and, toward this end, stressed that it is essential
to introduce advanced human resource development
programs and technologies by promoting dialogue
between oil producers and consumers.
Mr. Sumita spoke next of the importance of building
a long-term, continuous relationship of trust between
oil-producing and consuming countries, particularly inthese times of increasing dependence on fossil fuels asa ramification of the Great East Japan Earthquake andnuclear accident, and the serious impact that has beenbrought to bear on the global economy through the
sharp fall in crude oil prices precipitated by the shale
revolution. Mr. Sumita also mentioned METI Minister
Yoichi Miyazawa’s participation in the JCCP Alumni

Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican,
former Petronas CEO,giving a presentation

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A panel discussion was held to promote active
discussion among leaders of various companies as a firstattempt of its kind, where special lectures and keynote
presentations had been featured in previous symposiums.
1) Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican, Chairman & CEO(former Petronas CEO), mh Marican Advisory Sdn.
Bhd., gave a presentation titled “Sustainability andInternational Cooperation in the Petroleum Industry.” Hebroadly discussed the global oil situation with reference
to the statuses of China and Saudi Arabia, the role of theUnited States, the situation in the ASEAN countries, etc.,
and stressed that the oil industry should make active
efforts to deepen mutual understanding and establish
new relationships of cooperation.
2) Mr. Khaled Al-Asousi, Deputy Chief Executive
Officer (Support Services), Kuwait National Petroleum
Company (KNPC), gave a presentation titled “K-LEAD.”
He stated that leaders at KNPC are expected to efficiently
manage petroleum, the sole energy resource in Kuwait,
and outlined the K-LEAD human resource and capacity
development program for such leaders at KNPC.
3) Mr. Michio Ikeda, Director, Executive Vice
President, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, gave apresentation titled “Challenges Facing the Japanese Oil
Industry—What We Have Done & What We Are Going

Mr. Khaled Al-Asousi, Deputy Chief
Executive Ofﬁcer, KNPC,
giving a presentation

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Mr. Michio Ikeda, Executive Vice
President, JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corporation, giving a presentation

to Do—.” He first discussed the present state of Japan’s
oil industry, and explained JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corporation’s four policies that reflect the current stateof the oil industry in Japan (shift to petrochemicals,
export of oil products, enhanced stability and efficiencyof refinery operations, and corporate integration).
4) Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Meer, Director of Planning and
Performance, Qatar International Petroleum Marketing
Company (Tasweeq), gave a presentation titled“Tasweeq—Continuing to Deliver Energy Reliably to
Japan.” He said Tasweeq will continue to be a reliablesupplier to Japan, and discussed the oil industry in Qatar,
Qatar’s relationship with Japan, the global oil and gas
markets today, and the role of Tasweeq.
5) Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FACTS Global
Energy (FGE), gave a presentation titled “Sustainability
vs. Volatility: The New Paradigm in the Petroleum
Industry.” He discussed the trend in crude oil prices
and the global demand-supply situation, and said it isimportant to realize that fluctuations in crude oil prices
are a structural issue.
Based on the five presentations, a Q&A session
was held between the panelists and the floor, and an
active discussion took place regarding the outlook of
the crude oil market amid the sharp drop in crude oil
prices, international cooperation in the oil industry, etc.
(3) Reception
A reception was held after the leaders’ panel, and
Mr. Atsushi Taketani, Director, Petroleum Refining
and Reserve Division, National Resources and Fuel
Department, METI, gave a welcome speech, followed
by Mr. Marican, former CEO of Petronas, who gave aspeech representing the oil-producing countries, and Mr.
Michio Ikeda, Executive Vice President, JX Nippon Oil

Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Meer, Director ofPlanning and Performance, Tasweeq,
answering a question& Energy Corporation, who gave a speech on behalf of
the Japanese side and led a toast.
(4) Second Day (January 22): Discussion Sessions
Two discussion sessions were held on the second
day: Session 1 in the morning (chaired by Mr. Masayuki
Kobayashi, Executive Officer, Distribution & Operation,
International Oil Products, Crude Oil & Marine Oil
Business Center, Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.), andSession 2 in the afternoon (chaired by Mr. Ryosuke
Shimizu, Director, Senior Vice President, Technology& Engineering Division, Chiyoda Corporation).
In Session 1, themed “Advances in HR Development,”
four speakers discussed human resource development
initiatives and visions in their company/organization.
Mr. Tetsuo Arii, Master Lecturer, Training Department,
JCCP, gave a presentation titled “Transition of Human
Resource Development of Oil Producing Countries
and Innovation of JCCP Program”; Dr. Le Phuoc Hao,
Rector, PetroVietnam University, gave a presentation
titled “Challenges and Solutions to the Education andDevelopment of Highly Qualified Human Resources
for the Oil and Gas Industry in Vietnam”; Dr. Francisco
Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ramirez, Manager, Marketing
College, Pemex University, gave a presentation titled“Universidad Pemex: A Successful Strategy for Human
Resources Development”; and Mr. Akira Wakamoto,General Manager, Manufacturing Division, Showa Shell
Sekiyu K.K., gave a presentation titled “Development ofCompetitive Human Resources of Showa Shell.”Chairman Kobayashi then summarized thepresentations as having shown an extremely clear
picture of each company/organization’s strategies forachieving specific targets in relation to the session
theme of “advancement.” He said the companies/
organization represented by the speakers are adopting

Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FGE,
answering a question

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Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai, CEO of JCCP,
serving as moderator of the Leaders’Panel

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The leaders’ panel engaging in active discussion

new technologies that reflect rapid changes in thebusiness environment and are also addressing humanresource development needs at the same time inconsideration of the social environment of their country.
In response to these efforts, Mr. Kobayashi expressed hishope that Japanese companies and the government willcontinue to deepen mutual exchanges to play a leadingrole in promoting human resource development in eachcountry.
Mr. Aidarova Dina Tukibayevna, Leading Specialist,
Human Resources and Labor Remuneration Department,
KazMunayGas, was scheduled to make a presentation,
but had to cancel his attendance due to unavoidable
circumstances.
In Session 2, themed “Challenges for Advanced
Technology,” four speakers discussed their company/
organization’s initiatives and visions regarding
advanced technology. Dr. Hilai Abdullah Al Hinai, GM
of Corporate Support Services, Oman Oil Refineries
and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic), gave apresentation titled “Challenges Facing Orpic Growth”;
Mr. Kiatchai Maitriwong, Acting Senior Petroleum
Refining Executive, Refinery Business, The Bangchak
Petroleum Public Company Limited, gave a presentation
titled “Bangchak Way for Sustainability”; Dr. Mikael

Berthod, Centre Manager, Takreer Research Centre, gavea presentation titled “Bottom of the Barrel Upgrading
Strategy in Takreer”; and Mr. Shigetaka Fujii, Technical
Specialist, Refinery, Petrochemical & New Energy
Process Engineering Unit, Chiyoda Corporation, gavea presentation titled “Innovations in Petroleum Refining
Industry and Role of Japanese Refining Technology.”
Chairman Shimizu summarized the presentations of
Session 2, saying that they showed how environmental
conservation is a priority issue in refinery operations,from the planning of refinery facilities to quality
improvement and operational enhancement, andreaffirmed the awareness that efforts to promote
environmental conservation are a part of CSR activities
that are extremely important to the oil refining industry’s
existence as a member of the local community. As
those who engage in the oil refining business, hesaid the speakers all displayed the awareness thattechnical challenges are indispensable, and that refinery
management is responsible for addressing such technicalchallenges. Mr. Shimizu also noted that JCCP activities
are widely accepted as being extremely important tostrengthening relations between oil-producing countries
and Japan, and recognition of JCCP is particularlyhigh in oil-producing countries. Under this situation,

Session 1: Q&A session with the ﬂoor

Session 2: Q&A session with the ﬂoor

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he expressed his expectations that occasions provided
by JCCP will be actively used as forums for technicalexchanges between oil-producing countries and Japan.
Mr. Hilal Ali Ismaeel, Inspector General, Inspector
General Office – Ministry of Oil, and Mr. Rachmad
Hardadi, Director, PT. Pertamina (Persero), who werescheduled to take part in the discussion session, wereunable to attend due to unavoidable circumstances.

3. Closing Statement
Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai, CEO of JCCP, delivereda closing statement to the following effect before
bringing the symposium to a close: “The two days ofthe symposium were a fruitful couple of days filledwith useful information, but most important to JCCP
is what everyone has gained from it. Yesterday, thesymposium opened at a highly interesting timing, and thepossibility of such cooperation in the downstream sector

was evident throughout the various discussions. This
morning, human resource development was the focus
of discussion, and various views and information were
exchanged in relation to the need to increase national
workers. This afternoon, discussions revolved around the
topic of technical projects. In both sessions, we obtained
hints regarding the future course of JCCP activities.”
He continued, “Yesterday, speakers mutually
exchanged views instead of simply giving speeches.
Such changes will continue to be explored to further
develop this symposium into an even more active forum
for exchanges, and thus ask for your continued support
and cooperation.”
The symposium program is provided on the following
pages, and the presentation materials of each speaker
have been posted on the JCCP website (http://www.jccp.
or.jp) for your reference.
<by Koichi Io, Administration Dept. & Training Dept.>

The 33rd JCCP International Symposium Program“Sustainability and International Cooperation in the Petroleum Industry”
Date & Time
Jan. 21 (Wed)14:00 – 17:30

Proceedings
Opening ceremony
Opening address: Mr. Keizo Morikawa, President, JCCP
Guest-of-honor speech: Mr. Takayuki Sumita, Director-General, Natural Resources and Fuel
Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI
Leaders’ panel (in order of presentation)[Moderator] Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai, CEO, JCCP

18:00 – 20:00■

Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican, Chairman & CEO (former Petronas CEO), mh Marican
Advisory Sdn. Bhd.
“Sustainability and International Cooperation in the Petroleum Industry”■

Mr. Khaled Al-Asousi, Deputy Chief Executive Ofﬁcer (Support Services), Kuwait National
Petroleum Company (KNPC)“K-LEAD”■

Mr. Michio Ikeda, Director, Executive Vice President, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation“Challenges Facing the Japanese Oil Industry —What We Have Done & What We Are
Going to Do—”■Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Meer, Director of Planning and Performance, Qatar International
Petroleum Marketing Company Ltd. (Tasweeq)“Tasweeq — Continuing to Deliver Energy Reliably to Japan”■

Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FACTS Global Energy (FGE)“Sustainability vs. Volatility: The New Paradigm in the Petroleum Industry”

Reception

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Date & Time
Jan. 22 (Thu)
9:30 – 12:00

Proceedings
Session 1 “Advances in HR Development”[Chairperson] Mr. Masayuki Kobayashi, Executive Ofﬁcer, Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.
(in order of presentation)■ Mr. Tetsuo Arii, Manager, JCCP
“Transition of Human Resource Development of Oil-producing Countries and Innovationof JCCP Program”

13:30 – 16:00■

Dr. Le Phuoc Hao, Rector, PetroVietnam University“Challenges and Solutions to the Education and Development of Highly Qualiﬁed Human
Resources for the Oil and Gas Industry in Vietnam”■

Dr. Francisco Juan Carlos Rodriguez Ramirez, Manager, Pemex University“Universidad Pemex: A Successful Strategy for Human Resources Development”■

Mr. Akira Wakamoto, General Manager, Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.
“Development of Competitive Human Resources of Showa Shell”

Session 2 “Challenges for Advanced Technology”[Chairperson] Mr. Ryosuke Shimizu, Director, Senior Vice President, Chiyoda Corporation(in order of presentation)■ Dr. Hilal Abdullah Al Hinai, GM Corporate Support Services, Oman Oil Reﬁneries andPetroleum Industries Company (Orpic)“Challenges Facing Orpic Growth”

16:00 – 16:05

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Mr. Kiatchai Maitriwong, Acting Senior Petroleum Reﬁning Executive, Reﬁnery Business,
The Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited“Bangchak Way for Sustainability”■

Dr. Mikael Berthod, Centre Manager, Takreer Research Centre“Bottom of the Barrel Upgrading Strategy in Takreer”■

Mr. Shigetaka Fujii, Technical Specialist, Chiyoda Corporation“Innovations in Petroleum Reﬁning Industry and Role of Japanese Reﬁning Technology”

Closing address: Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai, CEO, JCCP

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Topics

Participation in the
Kuwait International HSE Conference
1. About the KIHSE Conference
Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai, CEO of JCCP, and five othermembers from JCCP participated in the Kuwait
International Health, Safety and Environment Conference(hereinafter referred to as the KIHSE Conference), whichconvened in Kuwait on February 16 and 17, 2015.
The KIHSE Conference was inaugurated thisyear under the main leadership of Kuwait Petroleum
Corporation (KPC), with the objective of providing aforum for HSE experts from around the world to share
the knowledge and expertise of their country towardbuilding HSE strategies and ensuring their continued
success in the oil and gas sectors in the Gulf countries
and throughout the world.
The conference commenced with an opening
presentation by Dr. Ali Saleh Al-Omair, Minister of OilKuwait, under whose patronage the conference was held.

Opening presentation

On both days, a plenary presentation session washeld in the large auditorium in the morning, and three
tracks on environment, health and safety were held in
the afternoon, featuring presentations and Q&A sessions
in each track.
Representing JCCP, Mr. Nakai gave a presentation
at the beginning of the first day’s plenary session, and
Mr. Tetsuo Arii, Counselor, gave a presentation in the
Session 2 environment track held in the afternoon of thefirst day, and spoke about the contributions Japan and
JCCP activities have made in the HSE field.

Presentation by Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai, CEO of JCCP

2. HSE Activities and JCCP’s Contribution
In his presentation, Mr. Nakai introduced the
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describing how safety management in Japan ischaracterized by rigid legal safety criteria as well asJapanese-style work processes, and discussed how
these processes are supported by teamwork and humanresource development. With regard to teamwork, he
explained that giving responsibility and authority toeach individual placed in charge of an operation forms
the foundation for the development of a distinctly
Japanese safety culture. With regard to human resource
development, he explained the importance of continuing
daily activities, and noted that the Japanese culture that
forms the foundation of this concept could already beobserved in the 14th century collection of essays entitledEssays in Idleness.
Essays in Idleness: “Famous Tree Climber”
There was a man who was known as an expert tree
climber. Whenever he ordered his apprentice to do somework high up in a tree, he would remain silent when theapprentice came upon a dangerous spot, but would call to
him to be careful to climb down without hurting himself,
only when the apprentice had climbed down to aroundthe height of the eaves of a house. The reason for this, theexpert explained, is because at dizzying heights wheretree branches are thin and dangerous, nothing needs tobe said, as the climber himself will pay careful attention;

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accidents occur precisely when the climber reaches
heights that are not so dangerous and lets his guard down.
Mr. Nakai used this story to explain the dangers ofdropping one’s guard and the necessity of issuing aprecaution, and introduced how safety culture is firmly
established through such awareness raising practices
as “finger pointing and calling,” danger prediction
activities and identification of potential dangers, which
are routinely implemented at worksites in Japan.
Mr. Nakai also spoke about environmental
countermeasures, describing Japan’s history of achieving
sustainable growth during the country’s high-growth
period, not only by strengthening regulations and capital
investment, but also by implementing anti-pollution
measures and energy conservation policies, and thesubsequent changes in the focus of energy policies
and environmental countermeasures. He additionallydiscussed initiatives for wastewater purification incoastal waters and waste reduction.
Mr. Nakai explained that JCCP wishes to contributeto development in each region and country by sharing theformidable knowledge that Japan has accumulated. To
this end, he said JCCP has continued to receive foreign
participants to training programs in Japan and to send
Japanese experts abroad since its establishment in 1981,
so that as of fiscal 2013, 796 participants from aroundthe world (including 399 from the Middle East) havebenefited from JCCP training in Japan, and 80 Japaneseexperts have provided their expertise in oil-producing
countries (including 34 to the Middle East).

Presentation by Mr. Tetsuo Arii, Councilor, JCCP

for a low-carbon society, and explained the importancefor the oil industry in both oil-producing and oilconsuming countries to pursue technical development
in consideration of the fact that oil resources essentiallyserve two purposes—as an energy medium and as a raw
ingredient for new materials. He also noted that the oilmarket will see a diversification of energy conversion
and concentration of carbon gas processing in the future,and introduced Japan’s R&D and commercialization
initiatives toward this trend.
Lastly, Mr. Arii reaffirmed JCCP’s commitment tosupport mutual cooperation between oil-producing andconsuming countries for effective energy utilization, andto implement activities that provide technical support
to Japanese companies’ cooperation with oil-producing
countries.

4. HSE Initiatives in Each Country
The presentations given by speakers from different
countries all shared the awareness that HSE is a universal
responsibility that forms the foundation of their company,
and that the commitment of the top management

Presentation by Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai, CEO of JCCP

3. Issues and JCCP’s Initiatives in theEnvironmental Sector
Mr. Arii introduced the initiatives of Japan’s oil
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and the creation of a safety culture through humanresource development are indispensable to fulfillingthat responsibility. In addition to Kuwait, the speakers
included important figures from Qatar, Abu Dhabi,
Bahrain and Oman, but their presentations indicated that
HSE is a priority issue common to all countries.

The KIHSE Conference showcased various views
and knowledge through 50-some speakers, including
government ministers, corporate CEOs and otherimportant figures, and was closed with a promise to
be convened continuously next fiscal year and beyond.
<by Kunio Kawashima, Training Dept.>

TopicsThe 23rd Joint GCC-Japan
Environment Symposium
The Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium isheld to promote deeper understanding of environmental
improvement and conservation in the oil downstream
sector by bringing together environmental experts
from the GCC countries and Japan, and providing aforum for them to strengthen mutual understanding,exchange information and share innovative technologies
and their application. Previous symposiums have been
held under such themes as “water,” “greening,” “soil,”“environment,” and “environmental issues in refineries.”
Tokyo hosted the first symposium in 1992, and the
GCC countries have taken turns in hosting subsequent
symposiums. The recent 23rd symposium was hosted
by Kuwait for the fifth time, following previous
symposiums held in 1996, 1998, 2003 and 2009. With
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) as
co-organizer, the latest symposium was held over athree-day period from December 15 to 17, 2014, under

Presentation of a commemorative gift(from Mr. Naji Al-Mutairi, Director General, KISR,
to Mr. Eiji Hiraoka, Special Counselor, JCCP)

Guest of honor, keynote speakers, speakers andstaff of the symposium

the theme of “Water Resources Development andEnvironment Protection in GCC Countries.”
On December 14, one day in advance of the openingof the symposium, the Japanese delegation, led by Dr.
Takao Kashiwagi, Professor Emeritus of Tokyo Instituteof Technology, and including the Japanese speakers, Mr.
Eiji Hiraoka, JCCP Special Counselor, and other JCCP
members paid a courtesy call on Dr. Naji Al-Mutairi,
Director General, KISR, to thank him for his support for
the implementation of the symposium. Dr. Kashiwagi
and Dr. Al-Mutairi engaged in a fruitful discussion, with
Dr. Kashiwagi explaining the Japanese government’s
energy policy and Dr. Al-Mutairi discussing sustainable
renewable energies centered on photovoltaic generationin response.
The symposium featured five sessions, attended by
204 participants from the GCC countries and Japan.
An opening ceremony was held on December 15,
featuring welcome speeches by Dr. Al-Mutairi on

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the Kuwaiti side, and H.E. Mr. Toshihiro Tsujihara,
Ambassador of Japan to Kuwait, and Mr. Hiraoka on
the Japanese side.
Keynote speeches followed the opening ceremony.
Mr. Muhammad Al-Rashed, Executive Director, Water
Research Center, KISR, gave a speech on “Water
Security and Desalination in the GCC Countries”; Dr.
Kashiwagi gave a speech on “Strategic Energy Plan ofJapan, Focus on Energy System Reform of Japan and
Building Smart Community”; and Mr. Salem Al-Hajraf,
Executive Director, Environment & Life Sciences
Research Center, KISR, gave a speech on “Energy
Security and Supply Diversification for the State of
Kuwait.”In his speech, Dr. Kashiwagi explained that thenecessity of regulatory reforms, including the promotionof renewable energies and the liberalization of energy,
and the realization of smart communities contributelargely to environmental conservation not only from an
economic perspective, but also with regard to enhancing
people’s convenience and improving the lifestyles of
local residents. They are thus new trends that would
contribute not only to developed nations, but also to

newly emerging economies, as well as the entire world.
Presentation sessions followed the keynote speeches.
In Session 1 on” Utilization of Alternative Energy,”
Mr. Hisato Aoyama, Professional Engineer Manager,
Technology Development Center, Process Technology
Division, JGC Corporation, represented the Japaneseside and gave a presentation on “Water Recycle System
Utilizing Residual Fuel and Waste Water in the Oil
Industry.”
Session 2 was themed on “Ground Water Development
and Protection Strategy.”
Session 3 on “Environmental Challenges” was heldon the following day, and Mr. Toru Nishiyama, Senior
Manager, Sales Strategic Planning Dept., Dowa EcoSystem Japan Co., Ltd., gave a presentation on “Waste
Management Services for Oil and Gas Industry” on theJapanese side.
In Session 4 on “Technologies for Desalinationand Wastewater Treatment,” Mr. Mitsuyoshi Hirai,
Managing Director, Water Reuse Promotion Center,
represented the Japanese side and gave a presentation on“Technology of Reverse Osmosis Desalination.”
In Session 5 on “Environmental Practices in Refineries
and Oil Fields,” Mr. Takanori Kawanishi, AssistantManager, Central Technical Research Laboratory, JX
Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, gave a presentation
on “Preventing Corrosion of Seawater Heat Exchangers
Made with Copper Alloys” on the Japanese side.
A total of 16 general presentations were given,
including those from the five GCC countries (Kuwait,
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Oman).
On the third day, Dr. Khaled Hadi, Division Director
Operations Division, KISR, took the participants fromJapan and the GCC countries on a tour of Kadhmah
Water Production Plant, a pilot plant operated by KISR
in the Doha district in northern Kuwait. The facility

Venue of the presentation sessions

Audience at a presentation session

Keynote presentation by Dr. Takao Kashiwagi,
leader of the Japanese delegation

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has the capacity to manufacture 300 ml PET bottles byblow moulding, and to fill and package 6,000 bottles ofmineral water per day. Today, the mineral water produced
is sold within KISR facilities on a test basis, but there
are plans to increase production capacity and market themineral water from 2015.
In Japan, the act of thoughtlessly using something as
though it were inexhaustible is expressed by the phrase,yumizuno gotoku (literally, “going through something
like hot and cold water”). Underlying this expression
was the common awareness that Japan had an abundanceof water resources that could be used lavishly. Needlessto say, in Japan today, the awareness of energy andresource conservation has spread widely, as can beseen in consumers’ selection of “water-conserving”
home appliances, and everyone fully understands theimportance of water resources.
The GCC countries have a long history of using oasis
water and well water wisely to begin with, and eventoday value water, evidenced by utilizing the waste heatfrom power plants and taking the trouble to produce
water from seawater by using membrane separation
technology.
Given this background, the audience had manyquestions regarding the presentations in each session,and took part in active discussions with the speakers.
This came as an indication of their strong awareness andinterest in the importance of water and water resources,
as well as their growing concerns about environmental
impacts such as of the associated water issue andeffluents from refineries and plants.
The symposium reaffirmed the significant role ofsuch symposiums, seminars and other international
forums for information exchange in deepening mutual
understanding and strengthening friendship between
Japan and oil and gas-producing countries, andultimately in securing a stable supply of energy for Japan.
<by Yoshiyuki Hattori, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

Kuwait Tower, which is also actually a 4,500 m3 water tower

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Topics

Fiscal 2014 Regular Courses(November – February)
Introducing selected courses with photos of scenes from previous offerings(Part 2)

[Jan. 19] IT-3 “Turnaround and Inspection” (Jan. 13 – 23)
Onsite training at Idemitsu Kosan’s Chiba Reﬁnery[Nov. 19] TR-14 “Human Resource Management (HRM)”(Nov. 4 – 21)
Group discussion at JCCP

[Nov. 13] TR-15 “Current Situation and Future Perspectives of
LNG Technology” (Nov. 4 – 21)
Group photo at Kobe Steel, Ltd.

[Dec. 4] TR-17 “Wide Scope of Downstream Safety
Management” (Nov. 25 – Dec. 12)
On a Shinkansen bound for Hiroshima[Dec. 3] TR-19 “Utilization of Information and Control
Systems in the Oil Downstream (Nov. 15 – Dec. 12)
In the JCCP simulation room

[Feb. 21] TR-21 “Quality Management of Reﬁnery Products”(Feb. 10 – 27)
History and culture excursion to Kinkakuji Temple

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[Jan. 26] TR-20 “Petroleum Distribution” (Jan. 13 – 30)
At JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation’s Kiire Terminal[Feb. 18] TR-22 “Advanced Process Control on DCS”
(Feb. 10 – 27)
Training on the JCCP No. 5 simulator[Feb. 27] TR-23 “Human Resource Development (HRD)”(Feb. 17 – March 6)
Traveling by Shinkansen[Jan. 29] CPJ-82 “Environmental Management and Advanced
Technologies” (Jan. 27 – Feb. 5)
Enjoying the snowy landscape in Echigo-yuzawa[Feb. 9] CPJ-83 “Reﬁnery Maintenance Management for
Productivity Improvement” (Feb. 9 – 20)
CPJ-84 “Marketing and Trading” (Feb. 9 – 13)
Joint opening ceremony for customized programs for the
ADNOC Group[Dec. 14] TCJ-1 “JCCP Program Seminar” (Dec. 11 – 17)
Posing with an apprentice geisha during a history and culture
excursion to Kyoto

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Personnel
Exchange

Regular Course on Current Situation
and Future Perspectives of LNG Technology(TR-15-14)
1. Background and Objective

comprehensive knowledge of various related fields.

This course was widely geared toward engineers who
engage in work related to the LNG area, and provided
comprehensive knowledge of the basic technologies forrefining, liquefying, transporting, storing and utilizing
natural gas. It covered such topics as the global LNG
demand-supply trend, the exploration, development,
production and economics of natural gas, futuretechnologies that use natural gas in consideration ofrecent trends, as well as a general overview of natural gas
liquefaction plants, LNG tankers, LNG storage facilities,
pipeline technologies, consumption-side facilities andtheir major equipment, with hopes that such knowledge
might offer the course participants hints to resolving theirrespective problems and issues.
In fiscal 2014, the course was implemented from
November 4 to 21, 2014, with the participation of 10participants from seven countries.

(2) Site visits
Visits were made to the following plants of various
companies that excel in their respective field, to allow theparticipants to actually observe, experience and verify theknowledge that was introduced in the lectures at JCCP.

2. Course Content

2) Visits were made to the facilities of equipment
manufacturers, such as Kobe Steel, Ltd.’s Takasago
Works, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.’s
Takasago Works, and IHI Corp.’s Yokohama Works,
to acquire knowledge of LNG vaporizers, heatexchangers, gas turbines, pressure vessels, etc. fromtheir manufacture to maintenance. The participants
expressed an interest in such basic equipment from

(1) Training at JCCP
Before embarking on visits to various plants andfacilities for onsite training, a program centered mainlyon lectures was provided at JCCP Headquarters to allow
the participants to sort and acquire basic knowledge
in preparation for the latter part of the course. First, alecture on “global LNG demand-supply trends” (by Japan
Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC))
discussed the current status of the world’s natural gas
and LNG. Then, a case example of a development
project was discussed in reference to the exploration,
development and production of natural gas (JX Nippon
Oil & Energy Corporation), and technical aspects werecovered in lectures on an overview of natural gas refining
and liquefaction technologies (JGC Corporation),
pipeline technologies (JFE Engineering Corporation),
LNG tank technologies (Chiyoda Corporation), andfuture technologies that utilize natural gas (ToyoEngineering Corporation), with the objective of providing

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1) At Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.’s Himeji LNG Terminal, whichboasts world-class flat-bottomed vertical cylindrical
LNG tanks and LNG gasification facilities for
supplying city gas, the participants gained a specificimage of consumption-side facilities after receiving
LNG. They also gained knowledge of the properties
and handling precautions of cryogenic fluid. This
experience at Himeji LNG Terminal seemed to makea particularly strong impression on participants fromcountries in Southeast Asia that already own or haveplans to construct an LNG receiving terminal.

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their respective standpoints, as an important field toboth natural gas producers and consumers.
3) Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.’s
Chiba Works provided a specific picture of the LNG
ship designing and shipbuilding technologies. Ina rare opportunity to visit a shipbuilding site, theparticipants learned how steel plates are shaped
into separate units, and how those small units areultimately assembled into a complete ship.

3. Observations
This course honed in on the natural gas field, which isgarnering strong interest in recent years, and was attended
by engineers who engage in work related to LNG andnatural gas areas. As they each applied themselves to theprogram with strong problem awareness, it is hoped thatthey have acquired hints and ideas for addressing theirown respective problems and issues.
The participants’ feedback will be taken into
consideration along with both internal and externalsituations, so that changes can be made to the course
content as appropriate to provide an even better programin the future.
JCCP extends its deepest gratitude to everyone
concerned for their support and cooperation in bringing
the course to a successful conclusion.
<by Toshinobu Ishikawa, Training Dept.>

Personnel
Exchange

Regular Course on Wide Scopeof Downstream Safety Management(TR-17-14)
1. Background and Objectives
From November 25 to December 12, 2014, a
regular course on “Wide Scope of Downstream Safety
Management” was implemented with the participationof a group of 12 selected engineers in charge of HSEfrom 10 countries. By providing knowledge of safety
management technologies that form the foundation of
all companies from various angles, the course aimed todevelop engineers, and ultimately potential executives,with good knowledge of a broad range of technologies
related to safety. Particular focus was placed on designinga course that covers the latest design techniques for plantsafety; risk assessment and management technologies;
systems, organizations and framework for safety
management and disaster prevention and management;
safety education in Japan; laws and regulations related tosafety; and maintenance and management technologies.

2. Training at JCCP
First, a lecture was given to provide an understandingof the actual state of Japan’s oil industry with reference
to its history and background, the energy situation, theshares of crude oil import and product consumption,
global status, trends toward deregulation and issues
facing the industry, and new, non-oil businesses.
Next, lectures on “Safety-related laws and regulationsin Japan” and “Prevention of behavior-based disasters
and safety education” focused on laws, regulations andadministration related to safety and disaster prevention in
Japan. They specifically provided knowledge of security
and industrial safety administration and various corporate
activities that have supported Japan’s economic growth,
as well as their history and background.
With respect to plant design, lectures on “Plant
safety design and risk management” and “Plant facility
inspection and safety” discussed the principles andmethods of plant safety design, and a lecture titled“Environmental management” examined the backgroundto the Exxon Valdez crude oil spill accident that occurredin 1989 and whose ramifications are still being felt today.
On the last day of lectures, a lecture on “Safety
management overview” discussed elements that are

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At Idemitsu Kosan’s Tokuyama Complex(large-volume foam ﬁre extinguisher)necessary for safe refinery operations in Japan as asummary of all previous lectures, with reference to theirrelevance to the composition of the entire course.

3. Site Visits
A representative refinery and office of a major
Japanese oil company were visited during the course
for onsite training.
1) Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Tokuyama Complex:
Exchanges were held regarding the office’s safety
management organization and self-defensive
framework for disaster prevention, in addition to
TPM and various safety activities, specific caseexamples of safety facilities such as the largevolume foam fire extinguishing facilities, and safety
education.
2) JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Negishi
Refinery: The refinery’s safety management
organization and framework and safety-oriented
activities were examined in reference to its initiatives
for promoting harmony and social contribution
in the local community and activities related toenvironmental conservation and safety management.
3) Other sites
Yokogawa Electric Corporation: The company’s
latest DCS control system, new technologies for

At JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation’s Negishi Reﬁnery

reliability improvement and redundancy, safetysystemization technologies, etc. were discussed.
Swing Corporation, Fujisawa Office: The company’s
wastewater treatment technologies and systemfacilities were introduced.
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Risk Management Inc.:
A broad range of technologies and information onrisk assessment and management in refineries were
provided from the standpoint of an insurance company.

4. Observations
As this regular course was themed on safety
management, a focus of increasing interest and needsin oil-producing countries in recent years, the course
received as many as 34 applications from 18 countries.
From among them, 12 participants were ultimately
selected. They expressed strong enthusiasm in acquiring
new knowledge from the course, and as a whole, theyalso displayed a high level of understanding beyond
JCCP’s expectations. To continue to respond to needs
for safety in oil-producing countries, JCCP will makechanges as necessary and strive to offer an even better
program in the future.
Lastly, we extend our deepest appreciation to
everyone who generously gave us their support andcooperation in bringing the course to a successful
conclusion.
<Kazuhiro Wakamatsu, Training Dept.>

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Exchange

Regular Course on Turnaroundand Inspection (IT-3-14)
This course was designed intended for mechanicalengineers with at least five years’ experience inplant turnaround or maintenance in a refinery. It was
implemented from January 13 to 23, 2015, with theparticipation of 10 participants from eight countries.

Japanese refineries in recent years, and equipment
diagnosis for aged deterioration of devices are fully
applied to the actual maintenance of a refinery that was
built some 50 years ago.

3. Site Visits
1. Course Overview
The course covered the stages of turnaround in
a refinery, including its planning, implementation,
evaluation and review. It placed particular focus onrisk and reliability-based inspection and maintenanceplanning at the planning stage, on work process
management at the implementation stage, and on
optimization based on risk management methods at theevaluation and review stages. Furthermore, it aimed toprovide general knowledge for improving maintenancemanagement by focusing on reliability improvementof facilities and equipment improvement through thelatest maintenance technologies, as well as preventive
and predictive maintenance.

2. Training at JCCP
A lecture on “Outline of petroleum industry inJapan” described Japan’s topographical features,
demographic statistics, trends in demand for oil products,
development of the oil industry, the share of petroleum
in primary energies in Japan and transitional changes
in that share, and refineries owned by oil distributors
and other distributors in Japan and the present size ofsuch distributors. It also provided knowledge of Japan’s
policies for energy security, including the status of crude
oil stockpiling.
Next, a lecture on “Maintenance management andfacility management technologies in the refinery”
introduced actual examples of turnaround maintenancein relation to the organization of refineries, laws andregulations, and maintenance activities. It placed
particular focus on introducing how methods for
optimization of equipment management throughrisk-based inspection (RBI) and reliability-centered
maintenance (RCM), which have been introduced to(1) Non-destructive Inspection Co., Ltd.
The participants received a lecture on the latest
inspection technologies and acquired hands-on
inspection experience. The lecture covered technologies
for the inspection of static equipment, tanks and pipes
in a refinery, accompanied by a demonstration of four
different inspection methods.
(2) Kobe Steel, Ltd., Takasago Equipment Plant
A lecture was given on the structure, performanceand maintenance of the various types of compressors(reciprocating, screw, centrifugal) manufactured by
Kobe Steel. A tour of the refinery site was also offered,and attracted the participants’ strong interest withan inspection of compressors being manufactured or
overhauled.
 ,GHPLWVX.RVDQ&R/WG&KLED5HÀQHU\A lecture covered the refinery’s organization andframework for maintenance, inspection and operations,inspection technologies, arrangements with repair
contractors, objectives of regular maintenance and repair,and maintenance planning and schedules.
In the tour of the refinery, a seasoned operator in the
instrument panel room explained the various items forturnaround and inspection in operations departments,
such as the management of documents, the environment,
work processes, safety and the worksite, with reference
to actual inspection documents.
(4) Sankyu Inc., Maintenance Center
This lecture focused on the development of humanresources related to maintenance, the implementation of
turnaround maintenance in refineries, and the differencesin plant maintenance between Japan and foreigncountries. Also introduced were methods and systems

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that strengthen employee motivation, such as long-term
human resource development programs and positions
and titles that are given according to skills levels.
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A lecture introduced the latest maintenancetechnologies and maintenance management withparticular focus on information that is both necessary
and useful to the participants, such as RCM (reliabilitycentered management), RBI (risk-based inspection),
the A-MIS (advanced maintenance inspection support
system) inspection management system, plan extension
programs, metal spraying, and turnaround.
A demonstration of the A-MIS system captured
the participants’ interest by showing how inspection
histories and the status of each part are displayed on
device and pipe diagrams, and moreover how it allows
inspection values to be input directly to the systemthrough communication with inspection equipment.

4. Observations
Personnel who engage in maintenance in a refineryare generally extremely busy, so the short schedule of thisInspection demonstration at Non-destructive
Inspection Co., Ltd.

course was appreciated by the participants. The course
also provided a good variety of visits, namely to an
inspection company, equipment manufacturer, refinery,
maintenance company and engineering company, whichappears to be worth continuing in the future.
It is hoped that the course, as a whole, provided
information that will benefit the maintenance andinspection of aging refineries and oil facilities in oilproducing countries in the future.
<by Takaya Suzuki, Training Dept.>

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Personnel
Exchange

CPJ on Advanced Instrumentation
and Control Systems in the Oil Downstream
for the ADNOC Group (CPJ-81)
1. Urgent International Cooperation andAssistance Program for the UAE ADNOC
Group
This customized program-Japan (CPJ) is based on anagreement between the UAE and Japanese government in2013 to receive 250 ADNOC personnel to JCCP over the
next five years. With a target of receiving 50 personnel
each year, JCCP plans to implement the five mosthighly requested courses during this year, the first yearof the agreement, upon consultation with ADNOC. The
courses are: CPJ-81-14 on “Advanced instrumentationand control systems in the oil downstream”; CPJ-8214 on “Environmental management and advanced
technologies”; CPJ-83-14 on “Refinery maintenancemanagement for productivity increase”; CPJ-84-14 on“Petroleum marketing and trading (February)”; and CPJ85-14 on “Petroleum marketing and trading (March).”The first year’s target of receiving 50 participants is
expected to be reached with these five courses.
Details of the course content and the results ofimplementation of CPJ-81 “Advanced instrumentationand control systems in the oil downstream” are provided
below.

(2) Program Planning
Although the course was a short-term course
specifically themed on instrumentation equipment
and maintenance, it incorporated practical trainingthat utilizes relevant equipment as much as possible
to maximize the uniqueness of JCCP training. The
program thus featured themes that were relevant to
the participants’ interests, such as themes that relate
to their specialties and themes centered on the latest
technologies in the instrumentation field. Additionally,
it included popular hands-on training that is offered inregular courses.
1) Themes related to participants’ specialtiesi) Overview and practical training in vibration sensors(onsite training at Shinkawa Sensor Technology
Co.’s Hiroshima Factory)ii) Overview of information systems (external
lecturer: Osaka Systems Planning, Inc.)(1) Background and Objectives

2) Themes centered on the latest technologies in the
LQVWUXPHQWDWLRQÀHOGi) Practical engineering training on the latest DCS
and wireless instrumentation system (onsite
training at Yokogawa Electric Corporation’s Head
Office)ii) Overview of instrumentation devices, including
online analyzers (onsite training at Yokogawa
Electric Corporation’s Komine Factory)

As part of the FY2014 Urgent International
Cooperation and Assistance Program, JCCP agreed
to provide training that focuses on the advanced
instrumentation and control systems for the ADNOCGroup. The participants were mainly engineers
who specialize in instrumentation equipment andmaintenance, so training at JCCP and site visits were
designed to cover topics in those fields, and a nine-day
course was implemented from January 13 to 23, 2015.

3) Popular hands-on training offered in regularcoursesi) Basics and application of control valves and theirmaintenance (onsite training at Azbil Corporation’s
Shonan Factory)ii) Process control theories and practice (PID tuning)(JCCP CAI classroom)iii) Process control practice (water tank model) (JCCP
No. 5 simulator)

2. CPJ-81-14 “Advanced instrumentationand control systems in the oil
downstream”

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Training at Azbil Corporation

Group photo at Yokogawa Electric Corporationcompany’s products and took the group on a tour of thefactory while providing expert technical explanations,and garnered high evaluations from the participants.

(3) Summary
1) Training at JCCPi) Practical training in PID control and tuning andprocess control (water tank model)
Basic training was provided on instrumentation
theories through PID control and tuning practiceusing a dynamic simulator in JCCP’s CAI
classroom and process control practice using a
DCS simulator (water tank model). Although mostof the participants were instrumentation engineers,
the basic training received high marks from all.
ii) Latest information and control systems
An overview was given of information and control
systems that are used in refineries and gas plantsfrom both the Japanese and global perspective,
and was well received by the participants, who
noted that gaining an understanding of companywide systems was highly beneficial.
2) Site visitsi) Shinkawa Sensor Technology, Inc., Hiroshima
Factory
The Hiroshima Factory has the capacity to provide
training in the measurement principles of vibrationlevel instruments, sensor maintenance methods,
diagnosis evaluation methods, etc. It was thus chosen
as a destination for onsite training in considerationof the majority of instrumentation engineers among
the participants. The lecturer (an Indian-Canadian
employee) who attended to the group introduced the

28 s 0ERSONNEL %XCHANGE 0ROGRAMS sii) Azbil Corporation, Shonan Factory
Following an overview of the company andfactory, an introduction was given of the Valstaff
maintenance support system for control valvesproduced by the company.
In the afternoon, the participants toured the control
valve assembly processes, and engaged in hands-on
training in the disassembly and assembly of a control
valve. Mr. Omoda, the instructor of the practicaltraining, captured the praise of the participants withhis witty conversation and instruction style using
whole-body language.
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Komine Factory
At the Head Office, an introduction of the global
company was followed by practical engineering
training in wireless instrumentation systems,
providing new knowledge that was well-received
by the participants.
As a factory specializing in the production ofprogress gas chromatography (GC) among its various
instrumentation devices, Komine Factory captured
the participants’ attention with its batch production
system.
iv) Other
For this course, running water and basins forwashing hands and feet were provided on theveranda at Shinkawa Sensor Technology, so that

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Running water (hot water) and basins for washing feet andhands that were prepared by Shinkawa Sensor Technology for
Muslim participants so they could practice their prayer ritual

Muslim participants could practice their ritual
prayer. Additionally, during a lunch at Hiroshima
International Plaza, the participants happened toencounter primary school children who were also
visiting the facility, and enjoyed the opportunity tointeract with them by letting the children wear theirethic Arab costume.
(4) Observations
As part of the Urgent International Cooperation andAssistance Program, JCCP provided training that focuseson the latest instrumentation and control systems for theInteraction with Japanese children at
Hiroshima International PlazaADNOC Group. With only a short preparation period
from the time the implementation of the course was
decided until its actual implementation, there were somedifficulties in selecting participants and destinations forsite visits that accord with the course theme. However,the sites that were requested to provide onsite training
did their utmost within the short period of preparation
they had, and contributed greatly to providing highlymeaningful training.
The participants of the course, for their part,
responded positively and earnestly to their JCCP andJapanese experience, and left a strongly favorable
impression on all the companies they visited.
<by Takaaki Yuasa and Eiji Iwamatsu, Training Dept.>

Personnel
Exchange

FY2014 JCCP Program Seminar
The fiscal 2014 JCCP Program Seminar (TCJ) was
held over the seven days from December 11 to 17, 2014.
Organized once every year, the TCJ invites managers of
JCCP counterpart departments in national oil companies
in oil-producing countries to Japan to take part in a digest
version of a regular course to deepen their understandingof the types of training their participants receive andwhat participants do while they are in Japan. Thereafter,
specific discussions are held about the content of future
training programs.
As a characteristic of this fiscal year’s TCJ,
JCCP aimed to provide specific information about

the structure of customized programs and technicalcooperation projects. Thus, the scope of participation
was narrowed down to a selected number of countries,
JCCP counterparts were invited to attend in pairs withengineers instead of alone, and business meetings werearranged with JCCP member companies.
Invited to participate in the TCJ this fiscal year
were PT. PERTAMINA and PERTAMINA University
from Indonesia, which have undergone a major
reorganization and changes in personnel, and Oman
Refineries and Petroleum Industries Co. (Orpic), which
requested cooperation for enhancing its internal training

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system. From these organizations, JCCP obtained theparticipation of important figures with decision-making
power to send participants to JCCP programs.
The seminar was organized as follows.
(1) Japanese society and people (Prof. Kando
Eriguchi, Tamagawa University)(2) Japan’s oil industry (Mr. Shinji Marumo, JCCP
lecturer)(3) Detailed explanation of FY2014 and FY2015
JCCP course programs (JCCP Operations Dept.)(4) Visit to Shimadzu Corporation, Head Office andSanjo Works(5) Visit to Fuji Oil Company, Ltd., Sodegaura
Refinery(6) Bilateral meeting with each organization(7) Business meeting with each organization andmember company(8) Presentations by participants
The meetings enabled JCCP to gain an understandingof issues facing each organization and its requests of JCCP,
which would prove valuable for implementing future
customized programs and technical cooperation projects.
They also served to provide accurate information about
their changes in personnel accompanying reorganization.
Particularly with respect to PERTAMINA University,
JCCP learned that it is a corporate university establishedby the PERTAMINA human affairs department, and thatit governs all training programs at PERTAMINA. All inall, the interviews provided an opportunity to discussspecific training and cooperation schemes and issues
that need to be addressed toward the next fiscal year’s
programs.
The visits to various relevant sites in Japan werehighly favored among the participants. At the Head
Office of Shimadzu Corporation, the participants gained
knowledge of how human resource development andmanagement are based on the management principlesof the founder, and studied its uniquely Japanese humanresource management system. As the participants were
HRD managers or management-level officers withseveral dozen subordinates, the content of the lectureappeared to directly relate to their duties. Furthermore,as they had visited the Shimadzu Foundation Memorial
Hall during their history and culture excursion in Kyoto
the previous day, the in-depth preliminary knowledge
they gained of the founder’s spirit facilitated theirunderstanding of the lecture given at the Head Office.
Fuji Oil Company, Ltd., Sodegaura Refinery provided
an overview of the refinery and a detailed explanation ofa thermal cracker, with particular details of the EUREKA
vacuum residue thermal cracker that exists nowhere elsein the world. The participants seemed surprised to learn
that despite its operational difficulty, the first-ever unit
is still steadily operating after more than 30 years since
its construction.
The seven-day program provided an understandingof how people who are sent to receive JCCP training
in Japan spend their days and what kinds of training
they receive, and served to build a relationship of trust
between the sending and receiving sides by deepening
mutual understanding. JCCP hopes the counterparts will
hereafter support JCCP activities in various situations
as a sympathizer and partner to JCCP. For JCCP’s part,
evaluations and requests regarding training will bereflected in future activities, to provide training programsand technical cooperation projects that even more closely
match needs in oil-producing countries.
<by Masumi Kitahara, Operations Dept.>

Touring Shimadzu Corporation’s Science Plaza

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Information Exchange Programfor Young Employees of Oil Companies
in an Oil-producing Country (Qatar)and Oil-consuming Country (Japan)
1. Overview and Background
In May 2013, JCCP invited Mr. Abdulla AlAbdulmalek, Executive Director-Administration, andDr. Majid Ibrahim, Head of Learning & Development,from Qatar International Petroleum Marketing Company
Ltd. (Tasweeq) to Japan to strengthen relations with
Qatar. During their visit, they brought up for discussion
the possibility of an information exchange program foryoung employees, and the two sides agreed to consider
its implementation.
Thereafter, in November 2013, JCCP and Tasweeq
agreed to further promote the cooperative relationshipbetween the two organizations, and signed a memorandumof understanding to that effect. The MOU also included
mention of implementing the information exchange
program, and prescribed the commencement of
preparations to send young personnel from Qatar(Tasweeq) to Japan over the period from December 2
to 12, 2014, and to send young personnel from Japan to
Qatar over the period from January 25 to 29, 2015.

2. Results
2.1 Program for young personnel from Qatar(Tasweeq)
A total of seven employees from Tasweeq wereinvited to Japan. They included six young employees
in charge of the export and marketing of crude oil andcondensates to Japan (3 men, 3 women), with a director
from the Administration Department as supervisor andleader of the group. The program, implemented from
December 2 to 12, 2014, was designed to trace the “oilroad” from the import and stockpiling of crude oil toconsumers, and to provide knowledge of the oil supply
chain and the present oil situation in Japan.
At JCCP Headquarters, lectures were given on“Overview of Japan’s oil industry” and “Japanese-style
management seen in Japan’s oil industry,” and a group

Group discussion

discussion session on “Workplace issues and solutions,and personal action plans” was held together with theyoung Japanese personnel who were scheduled to travel
to Qatar in January.
The program also included visits to a number of sites.
At the Head Office of JGC Corporation, the participants
gained knowledge of the company’s project initiatives in
Qatar, and its risk management framework that leads toproper operations and maintenance. At JX Nippon Oil &Energy Staging Terminal Corporation (Kiire Terminal),
they witnessed the unloading, loading and stockpiling of
crude oil, and learned that the terminal not only stores

Tank maintenance site (Kiire Terminal)

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and delivers crude oil, but also plays a role in securing
a national stockpile of crude oil.
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.’s Yokkaichi Refinery provided
a detailed overview of processes from the receiving of
crude oil to the production of products, and explained
the shipping schedule and system for oil products inreference to specific case examples.
Toa Oil Co., Ltd.’s Keihin Refinery introduced thecrude oil refining consignment contract that makes fulluse of the heavy-oil treatment technology that is therefinery’s strength, explaining that it is aiming to makea shift from a gasoline-oriented refinery to one that
supplies chemical feedstock.
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.’s Chiba Refinery gave an
overview of a combined refining and petrochemical
project, and explained that it is a project being pursued
by a consortium of companies toward the effective
utilization of fractions produced in the oil-refining
process as petrochemical feedstock. It also provided
a deep understanding of the relationship between
petrochemical products and their feedstock by having theparticipants actually touch the products in an exhibition
room.

Oil and gas production areas in Qatar

2.2 Program for young personnel from oilcompanies in Japan
A group of nine members (including one woman)composed of two each from JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corporation, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Cosmo Oil
Co., Ltd., and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., and one JCCP
personnel traveled to Qatar from January 25 to 29,
2015. The program was organized by Tasweeq, with theobjective of providing an understanding of the supply
chain to young Japanese personnel by introducing theoil and gas industries in Qatar and taking them on a tourof relevant facilities. It also provided exposure to Qatariculture and history.
On the first day, an orientation was held at Tasweeq’s
Head Office. Following an opening address by Mr.
Abudulla Al-Abdulmalek, Executive Director –Administration Directorate, Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Meer,
Planning and Performance Director, gave an overview
of the company and its role and relationship with Japan.
JCCP then introduced the diverse initiatives of Japaneseoil companies to continue their business in order tosecure a stable, ongoing supply of energy amidst thecurrent oil supply and demand situation in Japan andcurrent decline in demand.
The subsequent days were spent visiting various
oil facilities. First, the participants visited the Dukhan
district, where crude oil and gas are produced under theadministration of Qatar Petroleum (QP), and received
a profile of the city in an operation center that oversees

Mr. Saad A. Al-Kuwari, CEO, Tasweeq (third from right)

In front of the Christmas tree at the ﬁrst well

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the vast 80 × 8 km oil field. The participants then toured
the crude oil gas-liquid separating facility at Jaleha
Station and inspected the gas condensate recycling andrefining unit, which is the centerpiece of the degassing
station. The tour provided an awareness that QP works
to generate earnings not only from crude oil, but also
from gas and condensate in its reservoir.
On the third day, the participants toured the QPGroup’s production gas treatment facilities in the Ras
Laffan district. Due to the rigid security, the participants
toured the vast site from inside a bus, but they were able
to observe the facilities of Pearl GTL Plant, Ras Gas, andQatar Gas, compare the size of the seawater intake port
and pipes with those in Japan, and inspect the wastewater
treatment facility, ancillary power plant, and other such
facilities. Throughout the entire 30-km tour of the site, anofficer from QP’s Communication and Public Relations
Department provided a commentary on the history of thesite, details of each unit, and other relevant information.
The group then toured the natural gas shipping port.
By chance, a number of LNG ships were berthed in theport, and the participants had the opportunity to observe
the loading of LNG.
On the fourth day, the participants toured theMesaieed district, which is home to QP’s NGL unit, arefinery, steel company, petrochemical company, and an
industrial complex of a lube oil company. An inspectionof the refinery’s plants was not scheduled for the tour,
which specifically focused on the shipping terminal
and its facilities, but a QP operations manager of theshipping terminal provided detailed explanations of
the port facilities and also took the time to answer theparticipants’ questions in detail.
On the last day, a debriefing session was held at theTasweeq Head Office with the management of Tasweeq

At the QP Headquarters in Mesaieed

Presentation scene (Ms. Kuga, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.)and young personnel from Tasweeq who had attended
the first part of the program in Japan in December. Views
were exchanged on the tasks and responsibilities of theyoung Japanese personnel, what they had acquired fromtheir visit to Qatar, their impressions, and how they hope
to apply what they have learned to future activities. The
young Japanese members gave positive feedback, statingthat the useful and valuable experience they gained fromthe program, as well as the glimpse of Qatari culture theyacquired, will definitely benefit them in fulfilling theiractivities in the future. In summary, Mr. Al-Abdulmalekcommended the success of the program and expressed
his expectations of implementing it continuously next
fiscal year and beyond.

3. Observations
This information exchange program for young
personnel was planned and implemented for the firsttime with Qatar, thanks to the MOU exchanged between
Tasweeq and JCCP.
The program for training in Japan aimed to give
participants a first-hand understanding of the processfrom Japan’s import of crude oil to the delivery of oil
products to consumers, and of Japanese oil companies’
efforts to deliver stable, safe and affordable petroleumbased energy to the Japanese people in their own
characteristic ways. Thus, it was a full-agenda programthat may have provided barely enough time for theparticipants to digest all the information presented, butmany of them commented that they think the course
has fully achieved its goals, and expressed a strong
intention to apply the experience gained from the course
to improving business activities in Qatar and at Tasweeq.
Furthermore, the majority of the participants submitted arequest to the Tasweeq management to offer the course
again next fiscal year so that more young employees at

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Tasweeq could benefit from the same experience. They
also submitted a request to include additional content
related to electric power companies (as principal usersof natural gas), petrochemical companies (adding value
to petroleum), oil product depots (physical distribution)and gas.
In the program for dispatching young Japanesepersonnel to Qatar, Tasweeq made preliminaryarrangements with QP to facilitate the smooth
implementation of the program. The participants fromJapan displayed a positive attitude to engage in the

program and absorb as much knowledge as possible fromit, and also commented that the program was beneficial
and will be fully applied to their future activities. They
also requested the inclusion of additional content related
to refining process and engineering for the next program.
Incidentally, news of the program in Qatar was
introduced in a local newspaper.
JCCP and Tasweeq agreed to consider implementing
the program again in fiscal 2015. The requests of theparticipants will be taken into consideration so that an evenmore enhanced program can be offered next fiscal year.
<by Fumihiro Tone, Training Dept.>

Newspaper clippings:
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JCCP Regular Courses Completed

IT-1-14
Content:

Latest Technologies for Power Plant Turbines and Boiler Systems
February 24 – March 6, 2015
Petroleum Industry in Japan;
General Trend of Primary Energy for Power
Generation;
Various Technologies for Gas Turbines;
Practical Technologies for Rotary Machinery;
Reliability Enhancement and MaintenanceManagement for Rotary Machinery;
Maintenance Technology and Reliability
Management for Plant Pumps;
Operational Practices and Maintenance of Governors;
Instrumentation for High-efficiency Power
Generation;
Water Management for Turbine and Boiler System

Lecturer: Shinji Marumo COUNTRIES   PARTICIPANTS

Site visits:

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Co., Ltd.
(Yokohama Works); Shinkawa Sensor Technology, Inc. (Hiroshima Factory); Torishima Pump
Manufacturing Company (Takatsuki Works); Woods Corp.(Head Office and Works);
Kobe Steel, Ltd.(Nadahama Power Plant)

Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

IT-2-14

Finance & Accounting Management
September 16 – September 26, 2014

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Crude Oil Terminal;
Reﬁnery Shipping System of Petroleum Products;
Distribution of Petroleum Products;
Reﬁnery Site Observation;Workshop for Business Skill Development:
Corporate Negotiation, Financial Accounting,
Procurement, Risk Management for Marketing andTrading, Oil Derivatives, Decision Making Process of
Crude Oil Buyers

Site visits:

Taiyo Oil Company, Limited (Shikoku Refinery);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Staging Terminal Corp.

Countries:

Bahrain, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Thailand, UAE, Vietnam, Yemen

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Lecturer: Masayuki Jimbo COUNTRIES   PARTICIPANTS

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IT-3-14

Turnaround and Inspection
January 13 – January 23, 2015

Lecturer: Takaya Suzuki

Content:

Outline of Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Maintenance Activities in Japanese Reﬁneries;
Inspection Technologies & Its Demonstration;
Manufacture and Maintenance Technologies ofScrew, Centrifugal, Reciprocating Compressors;
Maintenance and Repair Technologies for Reﬁning
Equipment; Risk & Reliability Management andTurnaround Maintenance; Inspection Management
System; Maintenance Planning & Scheduling in
the Reﬁnery; Plant Maintenance & Technologies asContractor and Human Resource Development ofContractor

Site visits: COUNTRIES   PARTICIPANTS
Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd.
(Headquarters); Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Takasago
Equipment Plant); Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Chiba Refinery); Sankyu Inc. (Maintenance Center);JGC Corporation (Yokohama Headquarters)

Countries:

Iraq, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen

TR-14-14

Human Resource Management
November 4 – November 21, 2014

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan; Japanese-style Human
Resource Management & Development;
HRM of Engineering Company; HRM of Japanese
Oil Company; HRD & TPM at Reﬁnery; Small Group
Activity at Reﬁnery; Rational Thought and Team
Consensus Building; National Petroleum Stockpiling
System; Renewable Energy

Site visits:

JGC Corporation (Yokohama Headquarters);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Negishi
Refinery); Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Aichi Refinery);Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Sakai Refinery); Shirashima
Stockpiling Base; Kitakyushu Eco Town Center

Countries:

TR-15-14

 COUNTRIES   PARTICIPANTS

Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Current Situation and Future Perspectives of LNG Technology
November 4 – November 21, 2014

Content:

Global LNG Market; Outline of Natural Gas
Processing and Liquefaction Plant;
Exploration and Production of Natural Gas;
Steel Pipe Line Technology; Future Technology
for Utilizing Natural Gas; LNG Vaporizer andCompressor Technology; Gas-Turbine Technology;
LNG Storage Tank Technology;
LNG Ship Technology; LNG Terminal Operation

Site visits:

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd. (Himeji LNG Terminal);
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Takasago Works); Mitsubishi
Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (Takasago Works);
IHI Corporation (Yokohama Works);
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Chiba Works)

Countries:

Lecturer: Taro Shoji

Lecturer: Toshinobu Ishikawa

 COUNTRIES   PARTICIPANTS

Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

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TR-16-14
Content:

Material Problems and Their Countermeasures
November 4 – November 21, 2014
Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Maintenance Management in Japanese Reﬁnery;
Material of Pressure Vessels; Estimation of
Remaining Life of Static Equipment;
Maintenance Activity in Japanese Reﬁnery;
Trouble Experiences and Countermeasures;
Fundamentals of Welding; Metallurgy of Welding;Latest Welding Technologies; Evaluating andControlling Technology of Welding Quality;
Maintenance and Repair Technologies of Reﬁning
Equipment; Tank Corrosion and Countermeasures;
Welding Metallurgy; Welding Processes;
Mechanism and Countermeasures Related toCorrosion & Deterioration Problems of Materials in
Reﬁnery; Securing of Safety and Reliability of Aging
Plant

Lecturer: Masami Funayama

 COUNTRIES   PARTICIPANTS

Site visits:

The Japan Steel Works Ltd. (Muroran Plant); Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Hokkaido Refinery);
Taseto Co., Ltd. (Fujisawa); IHI Corporation (Production Engineering Center);
Shinko Plantech Co., Ltd. (Head Office); Chiyoda Corporation (Head Office)Countries:

Iraq, Kuwait, Myanmar, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

TR-17-14

Wide Scope of Downstream Safety Management
November 25 – December 12, 2014

Content:

Safety Regulations and Disaster Prevention;
Safety Consideration for Plant Design and Risk
Management; Safety Management for Plant
Maintenance; Safety Management for the Reﬁnery;
Waste Water Treatment;
Case Study and Discussion

Site visits:

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Risk Management
Inc. (Shinjuku Head Office); Yokogawa Electric
Corporation (Mitaka Headquarters);
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Tokuyama Complex);
Swing Corporation (Fujisawa Research Center);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Negishi
Refinery)Countries:

Lecturer: Kazuhiro Wakamatsu COUNTRIES   PARTICIPANTS

Ecuador, Iraq, Kuwait, Myanmar, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, UAE, Vietnam

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TR-18-14

Inspection and Reliability Evaluation
November 25 – December 12, 2014

Lecturer: Takaya Suzuki

Content:

Maintenance Management in Japanese Refinery;
Maintenance Management of Static Equipment;
Trouble Experiences and Countermeasures;
Material Characteristics of Pressure Vessels andQuality Control; Material Characteristics of Pipes& Tubes and Quality Control; Advanced Non
Destructive Inspection Technologies; Inspection
Training; Reliability Activities in the Refinery;
Trouble Experiences and Countermeasures; COUNTRIES   PARTICIPANTS
Maintenance and Repair Technologies of Refining
Equipment; Maintenance and Repair Technologies
of Refining Equipment; Water Management and Corrosion and Fouling Control for Petroleum
Refining Plants; Safety and Reliability of Aged Plants; Group Discussion

Cooperation:

Taiyo Oil Co., Ltd. (Shikoku Operations); Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Takasago Equipment Plant);
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (Steel Tube Works);
Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd. (Head Office); Toa Oil Co., Ltd. (Keihin Refinery);
Shinko Plantech Co., Ltd. (Head Office)Countries:

Ecuador, Indonesia, Kuwait, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

TR-19-14

Utilization of Information and Control Systems in the Oil Downstream
November 25 – December 12, 2014
Lecturer: Eiji IwamatsuContent:

System Configuration in Refinery; Latest
Information System; PID Tuning Methods;
Distributed Control System (DCS); Hands-on Trainingof Process Control; Alarm Analysis; Operation
Support System; Advanced Process Control;
Process Optimization; Modernization ofInstrumentation; Safety Instrumented System;
Fieldbus; Wireless System

Cooperation:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Mitaka
Headquarters);
Azbil Corporation (Shonan Factory);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Marifu
Refinery); Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Chiba Refinery);Emerson Japan, Ltd. (Chiba Solution Center)

Countries:

TR-20-14

 COUNTRIES   PARTICIPANTS

Ecuador, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam

Petroleum Distribution
January 13 – January 30, 2015

Lecturer: Masayuki Jimbo

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan; Management by
Rational Thinking Process; Jet Fuel Facilities &Refueling to Airplane at Airport; Petrol Dispensing
Pump Manufacturing; Transportation of Oil
Products; Shipping System & Maintenance at
Refinery; Production & Maintenance of Pipelines;
Stockpiling, Loading & Unloading at Oil Terminal;
Distribution System at the Head Office of Oil
Company; World Energy Situation & Challenges

Cooperation:

San-ai Oil Company (Haneda Branch Office); COUNTRIES   PARTICIPANTS
Tatsuno Corporation (Yokohama Plant);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Negishi
Refinery); JFE Steel Company (West Works); JX Nippon Oil & Energy Staging Terminal
Corporation (Kiire Base); Cosmo Oil Company (Head Office)Countries:

Brazil, Cambodia, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam

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The 24th Saudi Arabia-Japan
Joint Symposium
The Saudi Arabia-Japan Joint Symposium on oil
refining and petrochemical catalyst technologies washeld on December 1 and 2, 2014 at King Fahd Universityof Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). The symposium
has been held annually at the university, hosted jointly
by KFUPM and Japan Petroleum Institute (JPI). This
year marked the 24th holding of the symposium.
The two-day symposium began with an opening
ceremony, followed by 18 presentations in six sessions
on topics such as hydroprocessing, gasoline/diesel
upgrade, high-performance catalysts, CO2 separation andutilization, novel catalysts, and catalyst design. Three ofthe six members of the JPI delegation presented the resultsof their nanotechnology research, which they specificallypursued with their sights set on this particular symposium.
As many as 132 visitors and participants registeredin advance, including 69 members from KFUPM, 36
from Saudi Aramco, two from King Abdulaziz City
for Science and Technology (KACST), two from Saudi
Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), and 23 from thepetrochemical company Al-Razi, Ibn Sina, University ofDammam, King Saud University and other respectable
institutions. Added to this were seven members from JPI,
four members from JCCP, KFUPM officers (Rector andVice Rectors) and members of the KFUPM secretariat,
making the total turnout around 150 people.
On December 1, the symposium began with an
opening ceremony. Dr. Khaled Al-Sultan, Rector, gave
an opening address, in which he mentioned that KFUPM
ranks 20th among the world’s universities for the numberof U.S. patents acquired in 2013. He concluded that theachievement is the result of unrelenting research since
the university’s founding in 1955, and expressed hishopes to pursue even more advanced research in the
future and expand globally together with JPI.
In response to Dr. Al-Sultan’s speech, Mr. Eiji Hiraoka,
Special Counselor, JCCP, noted that JCCP is presently
undertaking five joint projects in Saudi Arabia in addition
to providing assistance to Saudi Arabian Oil Company(Saudi Aramco) through human resource development,
long-term dispatch of Japanese researchers and symposia.
He closed his address by saying that KFUPM and JCCP’s
partnership in implementing this joint symposium overmany years has contributed to promoting technicalexchanges between the two countries.
Lastly, Dr. Mikio Miyake, the head of the JPI delegation(professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science andTechnology), spoke about the meeting that took place
between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and H.R.H Salmanbin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, then-Crown Prince (assumed thethrone in January 2015), during the Crown Prince’s visit toJapan in February 2014, in which the two leaders agreed
to strengthen exchanges between the two countries in the
future. Dr. Miyake said he believes the successful result of
the joint symposia that have been implemented by KFUPM,
JPI and JCCP over many years has contributed to thematerialization of this agreement for promoting personal
and academic exchanges between the two countries.
The presentation sessions featured a total of 18
presentations with themes on the latest oil-refining
and petrochemical production technologies related
to catalysts. On the Japanese side, JPI gave six

Audience at the opening ceremony

Dr. Khaled Al-Sultan, Rector, giving an opening address

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JPI delegation touring the KFUPM Research Institutelaboratory

presentations, and on the Saudi Arabia side, KFUPM
gave six presentations and Saudi Aramco, three.
Presentations were also given by two representatives
from Spain (Prof. Avelino Corma and Prof. Luis Oro)
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The presentations by KFUPM included reports by

Dr. M. Mozahar Hussain, who engaged in researchat Hokkaido University in FY2010 under the JCCP
Researcher Invitation Program; Dr. Oki Muraza and
Dr. Nabil Al-Yassir, who also engaged in research at
Hokkaido University under the same program as Dr.
Hussain in FY2011/FY2012 (Dr. Oki Muraza) andFY2011 (Dr. Nabil Al-Yassir), respectively. The lastpresenter, Dr. B. Rabindran Jermy, is a researcher
presently receiving guidance from Dr. Sachio Asaoka,
a Japanese professor participating in JCCP’s Long-term
Researcher Dispatch Program.
News of the symposium appeared in three local
Arabic newspapers (Al-Yaum, Al-Mnatiq and Al-Riyadh)
and the English-language Saudi Gazette.
The symposium closed with a strong sense ofawareness that, through its presentations and discussion,
it provides a forum for researchers in Saudi Arabia
and Japan to exchange and share effective information
and will eventually play a large role in strengthening
technical cooperation between the two countries.
<by Sadao Wada, Counselor, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

Day One: Monday, December 1, 2014
<Chairperson: Dr. Sulaiman Al-Khattaf>

Opening Remarks Session
8:15
8:30

Registration & Coffee BreakOpening Remarkss H.E. Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, Rector of KFUPM
s Mr. Eiji Hiraoka, Special Counselor, JCCPs Prof. Mikio Miyake, Head of Japanese Delegation, JPI

Session 1: Hydroprocessing<Chairperson: Dr. Mohammed Ba-Shammakh>

9:00

1.

Hydrocracking Catalyst Development and Commercialization
Dr. Omer R. Koseoglu, Saudi Aramco R&D Center, Dr. Kenji Nita, JGC Catalysts & Chemicals, Japan

9:30

2.

New Approach to Active Sites Analysis as a Speciﬁc Illustration of HDS and HDN
Prof. Masatoshi Nagai, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Japan

10:00

Coffee BreakSession 2: Gasoline/Diesel Upgrade<Chairperson: Dr. Masatoshi Nagai>

10:30

3.

SuperButolTM Technology to Produce Superior Gasoline Blending Oxygenate from Low
Value C4 Reﬁnery/Petrochemical Streams
Mr. Kareemuddin Shaik, Saudi Aramco R&D Center

11:00

4.

Synthesis Strategies in the Design of Superior Hierarchical USY Zeolites for Upgrading
Polynuclear Aromatics
Dr. Nabil Al-Yassir, KFUPM-CRP

11:30

5.

Experimental Study of Gas-Phase Pyrolysis Reaction of Benzene to Investigate the Early
Stage of Coke Formation
Dr. Akihiro Kousoku, Mitsubishi Chemical, Japan

12:00

Prayer & Lunch Break

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Session 3: High-performance Catalysts<Chairperson: Dr. Omer Koseoglu>

13:00

6.

Plasmonic Nanocatalysts for Efﬁcient H2 Production from Ammonia Borane under Visible
Light Irradiation
Prof. Hiromi Yamashita, Osaka University, Japan

13:30

7.

Recent Development of Catalyst for Heavy Oil Upgrading
Dr. Oki Muraza, KFUPM-CENT/CHE

14:00

8.

New Strategy for High Performance Catalysts, Novel Effects of Organic Surface
Modiﬁcation Agents on Pt Nanoparticle as Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cell
Prof. Mikio Miyake, JAIST, Japan

14:30

Day One Ends

Each presentation includes a 5-minute Q&A

Day Two: Tuesday, December 2, 2014
<Chairperson: Dr. Jiŉi ÿejka>

Session 4: CO2 Utilization
7:45
8:00

Registration & Coffee Break
9.

High-selectivity Y2O3 Doped–SiO2 Nanocomposite Catalytic Membranes for Gas Separationin Steam at High Temperature
Dr. Md. Hasan Zahir, CoRE Renewable Energy, KFUPM

8:30

10.

In-situ Gasiﬁcation and Combustion of Biomass in a CLC Process
Dr. M. Mozahar Hussain, KFUPM-Chemical Engineering

9:00

11.

Direct Reaction of CO2 with C-H Bond Activation of Methane to Produce Chemicals
Dr. Emad Shaﬁe, Saudi Aramco R&D Center, Dhahran

9:30

12.

CO2 Utilization
Dr. Mohammed Ba-Shammakh, KFUPM-Chemical Engineering

10:00

Coffee BreakSession 5: Novel Zeolites<Chairperson: Dr. Hiromi Yamashita>

10:30

13.

Novel Zeolites with Continuously Tuneable Porosity
Dr. Jiŉi ÿejka, J. Heyrovský Institute Physical Chemistry, Czech Republic

11:00

14.

$EVELOPMENT OF :3-  #ATALYST WITH THE ,OCATION OF !L !TOMS IN THE 0ORES #ONTROLLED AND
ITS #ATALYTIC 0ROPERTIES
Dr. Toshiyuki Yokoi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

11:30

15.

Catalytic H/D Exchange in Oleﬁns Mediated by Rhodium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes
Prof. Luis Oro, Zaragoza University, Spain

12:00

Prayer & Lunch BreakSession 6: Catalyst Design<Chairperson: Toshiyuki Yokoi>

13:00

16.

New Challenges in FCC for Processing Heavy Crudes
Prof. Avelino Corma, ITQ-CSIC-Polytechnical University of Valencia, Spain

13:30

17.

Advanced Catalyst Design Concept with Nanotechnology
Dr. Takaki Mizuno, JGC Catalysts & Chemicals, Japan

14:00

18.

Bi-Ni-O/a-alumina Catalyst for n-Butane Oxidative Dehydrogenation to Butadiene
Dr. B. Rabindran Jermy, KFUPM/CRP

14:30

Closing Remarks, Symposium Ends

Each presentation includes a 5-minute Q&A

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The 16th Kuwait-Japan Joint Symposium
The 16th Kuwait-Japan Joint Symposium was heldon January 13 and 14, 2015 at Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Kuwait, jointly hosted by Kuwait Institute for Scientific
Research (KISR), Kuwait National Petroleum Company(KNPC) and Japan Petroleum Institute (JPI), together
with JCCP. The symposium has been held annually in
Kuwait, initially with only KISR as partner, but KNPC
joined as a participant from the 5th symposium and asa co-organizer from the 11th symposium. Owing tothese developments, the symposium has become an
unparalleled forum that covers a broad scope of issues,
from catalyst research to refinery operations.
The Japanese side captured the interest of the
Kuwaiti side with presentations of technical papers andpractical knowledge such as the troubleshooting of actual
corrosion cases in processing facilities in the refineryand procedures for operational optimization.
On the first day of the symposium, Mr. Faisal
Al-Qattan from Mina Abdullah Refinery, KNPC, Dr.
Meena Marafi, Executive Director of KISR, and Mr.
Shigeru Yamamoto, First Secretary at the Japanese
Embassy in Kuwait, gave opening addresses as theguests of honor, followed by words of greetings from Mr.
Masaya Tsukidate, General Manager of the TechnicalCooperation Department at JCCP, and Dr. Wataru Ueda,
Chairman of JPI.
The symposium featured 18 presentations—two
keynote speeches and 16 presentations—in five sessions.
Total attendance, including the speakers, reached 120
people.
The names of the Japanese speakers and theirpresentation themes are shown below (in random order).
(1) Dr. Wataru Ueda, Department of Material & Life
Chemistry, Kanagawa University
Presentation title: “Catalytic selective oxidation andits mechanism over high dimensionally structured
Mo3VOx”(2) Prof. Atsushi Muramatsu, Institute of Multidisciplinary
Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
Presentation title: “MFI Zeolites Synthesis withDifferent Acidic Properties for DTO Reaction”(3) Dr. Shinichi Takasaki, Venture Academia
Presentation title: “Evaluations of Neutralizing

Dr. Meena Maraﬁ, Executive Director of KISR, andDr. Wataru Ueda, Chairman of Japan Petroleum InstituteAmines for Corrosion Control in the Overhead of
Crude Distillation Units”(4) Mr. Taku Maeda, Central Technical ResearchLaboratory, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
Presentation title: “Development of catalyst system
for aromatics production from fuel oil”
(5) Mr. Eiki Nagashima, Engineering Technology
Division, Engineering Unit, Toyo Engineering
Corporation
Presentation title: “Trend of Corrosion Under
Insulation (CUI) Assessment and Application to a
Commercial Plant”(6) Mr. Eiji Kawai, Refinery, Petrochemical & New
Energy Process Engineering Unit, Chiyoda
Corporation
Presentation title: “SPH (Slurry Phase Hydrocracking)Process as a cutting-edge upgrader — for upcoming
diesel demand in not-too-distant future”
News of the symposium was distributed worldwide in
English and Arabic via Kuwait News Agency (KUNA),
and was also featured in seven local Arabic newspapers(Al-Anba, Al-Shahid, Al-Wasat, An-Nahar, Ar-Ray, AsSabah and As-Siyasah).
The symposium underlined the awareness of Kuwait’s
strong interest and expectations for Japan’s technologies,
and of the role of JCCP activities in cooperative ties
established with Kuwait through the concerted efforts
of various Japanese institutions.
<by Sadao Wada, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

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Day 1 Tuesday 13/1/2015
9:00 – 9:45

Opening Addresses
Mr. Faisal Al-Qattan. Mina Ahmadi Reﬁnery, Kuwait National Petroleum Company
Mr. Shigeru Yamamoto, Commercial Attaché, The Japan Embassy in Kuwait
Dr. Wataru Ueda, President, Japan Petroleum Institute
Mr. Masaya Tsukidate, General Manager, Technical Cooperation Department, JCCP
Dr. Meena Maraﬁ, Executive Director, Kuwait Institute for Scientiﬁc Research

9:45 – 10:30

Keynote Presentation 1: “Corrosion and Equipment Failures in Reﬁnery Units – General
Prospective,” Dr. Abdul Hameed Al-Hashem, KISR

10:30 – 10:45

Coffee BreakSession 1: Failure Investigation<Chairperson: Dr. Hassan Al-Rabiah, KISR>

10:45 – 11:10

Presentation 1: Corrosion Challenge in ARD Fractionator Overhead System, Laxma Reddy
Kethireddy, KNPC, MAA

11:10 – 11:35

Presentation 2: “External Corrosion of Tubes in Hydrocracker First Stage Reactor Efﬂuent / H2S
Stripper Feed Breech-Lock Heat Exchanger,” Mansour Al-Ghanem, KNPC, MAB

11:35 – 12:00

Presentation 3: “Failure of Vessel Trim Line Due to Under Deposit Corrosion in Atmospheric
Residue Desulfurization Unit,” Nishant Kumbhare, KNPC, MAB

12:00 – 12:25

Presentation 4: “Assessment of Methanator Vessel In Hydrogen Manufacturing Unit After
Temperature Excursion,” Bader Al-Harbi, KNPC, MSH

12:25 – 1:15

Prayer & Lunch BreakSession 2: Corrosion Management & Control<Chairperson: Dr Hanaa Al-Mazeedi, KISR>

1:15 – 1:40

Presentation 5: “Evaluations of Neutralizing Amines for Corrosion Control in the Overhead of
Crude Distillation Units,” Dr. Shinichi Takasaki, Venture Academia

1:40 – 2:05

Presentation 6: “Trend of Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) Assessment and Application to a
Commercial Plant,” Eiki Nagashima, Toyo Engineering Corporation

2:05 – 2:30

Presentation 7: “Challenges in Corrosion Management in Ageing Petroleum Reﬁneries,”
Naser Al-Sebaii, KNPC, MSH

2:30 – 2:55

Presentation 8: “A Novel Rig for Investigating the Susceptibility of Metals/Alloys to Stress
Corrosion Cracking in Flowing Fluid,” Dr. Rihan Omar Rihan, KISR

KISR, JPI and the symposium secretariat

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Day 2 Wednesday 14/1/2015
Session 3: Green Initiatives in Reﬁning Industry <Chairperson: Prof. Atsushi Muramatsu, Tohoku University>
9:00 – 9:25

Presentation 9: “Investigations on Parameters Controlling the Production of Diesel Fuel,”
Dr. Abdulazim Maraﬁ, KISR

9:25 – 9:50

Presentation 10: “SPH (Slurry Phase Hydrocracking) Process as a cutting-edge upgrader — forupcoming diesel demand in not-too-distant future,” Eiji Kawai, Chiyoda Corporation

9:50 – 10:15

Presentation 11: “Crossﬂow Microﬁltration of Synthetic Oily Efﬂuent using Multi Channel Ceramic
Membrane,” Dr. Yousef Alanezi, PAAET, Kuwait

10:15 – 10:30

Coffee BreakSession 4: Advancements in Catalyst Development<Chairperson: Mr. Faisal Al-Qattan, KNPC>

10:30 – 11:15

Keynote Presentation 2: ”MFI Zeolites Synthesis with Different Acidic Properties for DTO
Reaction,” Prof. Atsushi Muramatsu, Tohoku University

11:15 – 11:40

Presentation 12: “Role of Catalyst Preparation and Support Composition on
Hydrodesulfurisation,” Dr. Mohan Rana, KISR

11:40 – 12:05

Presentation 13: “Development of catalyst system for aromatics production from fuel oil,”
Taku Maeda, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation

12:05 – 1:15

Prayer & Lunch BreakSession 5: Oxidative Reﬁning Processes<Chairperson: Dr. Mohan Rana, KISR>

1:15 – 1:40

Presentation 14: “Catalytic selective oxidation and its mechanism over high dimensionallystructured Mo3VOx,” Prof. Wataru Ueda, Kanagawa University

1:40 – 2:05

Presentation 15: “CO and CH4 oxidation of unsupported and supported CuCeO2,” Dr. Ali
Bumajdad, Kuwait University

2:05 – 2:30

Presentation 16: “Current Research Progress in Oxidative Desulfurization of Oil Fuels Using
Peroxides,” Dr. Muhieddine A. Safa, KISR

2:30

Closing Remarks

JPI delegation in front of Kuwait Towers

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Wrap-up Ceremony
for the Demonstration Project of
PV System with TAKREEROn January 11, 2015, JCCP held a wrap-up ceremonyat Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company (TAKREER)
in UAE to confirm the results of the joint project on
Demonstration of PV System that was completed thisfiscal year (FY2014).
The ceremony was attended by a total of 25 members.
On the TAKREER side, they included Mr. Jasem Ali
Al Sayegh, CEO, and 10 others. On the Japanese side,
they included H.E. Mr. Kenji Hirata, Minister and
Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan in UAE;
Mr. Masaya Tsukidate, General Manager, TechnicalCooperation Dept., JCCP; Mr. Makoto Abe, Executive
Officer, Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.; and 15 others. The
success of the project was verified through speeches
and presentations of results by the members, followedby congratulations all around.
Mr. Al Sayegh also expressed his appreciation forthe project’s success, as well as for all TAKREER-JCCP
joint projects that have been implemented to date, suchas those for TAKREER Research Centre (TRC), FlareGas and Water Supply.

1. Project Overview
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company-related facilities in UAE
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2. Results and Future Development of the
Project(1) FY2011 results
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photovoltaic power generation system to TAKREER’srefinery facilities.
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treatment facility located near the Ruwais Refinery, andwas commissioned at the end of December 2011.

Speech by Mr. Jasem Ali Al Sayegh, CEO (center)
H.E. Mr. Kenji Hirata, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission,
Japanese Embassy in UAE (left), andMr. Masaya Tsukidate, General Manager,
Technical Cooperation Dept., JCCP (right)(2) FY2012 results
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Annual power generation: 63,902 kWh (60% morethan Japan)
Annual insolation: 2,179 kWh/m2
Average temperature: 27.8°C
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trend in April and reached 45% seven months later.
Regular cleaning is thus essential.
(As a result of reporting the results of the BeAAT
demonstration test to TAKREER and proposing the
installation of a small PV facility in the refinery, a
41 kW system was agreed to be installed on the roofof the new electric room at TAKREER.)
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explosion-proof criteria in an explosion test.
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(previous year: 63,902 kWh)This is 65% more than the average annual generationin Japan.
Annual insolation: 2,088 kWh/m2 (previous year:
2,179 kWh/m2)
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86.8%, and surpassed the 80% average DC-PR value
in Japan.

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 $N:39V\VWHPZDVSODQQHGWREHLQVWDOOHGRQ
the roof of the new electric roof at TAKREER, andwas completed in February 2014.
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problems as an integral part of the refinery’s facility
power supply system.
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as a countermeasure for the decline in power generation
due to dust, which is a major issue in the Middle East.
- Automated cleaning (introduction of an automaticcleaning robot to verify its effect in comparison
with manual cleaning): Work time is expected tobe reduced by around 40%.
- Anti-fouling paint (comparison of dust effect on
painted and unpainted arrays before and after
applying the paint, to verify and reduce theamount of dust accumulation): The arrays werepainted at BeAAT in June, and the effects of antifouling paint are being examined.
[Summary of Results]
1. It was found that Showa Shell Sekiyu (Solar
Frontier)’s CIS thin-film solar cell delivers highpower generation performance and operates smoothly
even in the hot and humid environment of Abu Dhabi.
2. An annual average power generation amount roughly
1.7 times greater than that in Japan was recorded asa difference in solar radiation time.
3. However, as the decline in power generation caused

Presentation of a commemorative gift
Mr. Jasem Ali Al Sayegh, CEO (right); Mr. Makoto Abe,
Executive Ofﬁcer, Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (left)by dust poses an issue unique to the Middle East,
follow-ups need to be made of the effects of thecleaning robot and anti-fouling paint that have been
introduced as countermeasures to the issue.
[Future Development of the Project (plans)]
1. Follow-up of the countermeasures to the decline inpower generation amount caused by dust
The anti-fouling paint, in particular, needs to be
re-examined to mitigate dust effect and to improvethe disadvantages of applying the paint (as the filmis opaque, power output drops A introduction of atransparent film).
2. More data will be collected and analyzed hereafter, toestablish a method for the evaluation of installationsites that ensure optimum power generation under
hot temperatures and a dust environment.
<by Hironao Naganuma, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

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Technical Conference with OAPEC
Held in Bahrain
JCCP co-hosted a technical conference titled“Options for Energy Conservation in the Oil Refining
Industries” from February 3 to 5, 2015 at Sheraton
Bahrain Hotel, with the cooperation of the Organizationof Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) andNational Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA). H.E. Dr. Abdul
Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy, and H.E. Mr.
Kiyoshi Asako, Ambassador of Japan to Bahrain, graced
the event, which was attended by some 110 guests.
In addition to the two above-mentioned guests ofhonor, H.E. Mr. Abbas A. Naqi, Secretary General of
OAPEC, and Mr. Eiji Hiraoka, Special Counselor, JCCP,
also gave speeches at the opening ceremony. Fromtheir respective standpoint, they each noted the timely
significance and importance of the conference’s themeof energy conservation during today’s fall in global
oil prices, and thanked the countries and organizations
concerned for their efforts and cooperation in organizing
the event.
Mr. Hiraoka focused mainly on introducing JCCP
activities and JCCP’s relationship with OAPEC, notingthat this is the third time for OAPEC and JCCP to holda joint conference.

1. Background and Objectives of
Cooperation Projects with OAPEC
JCCP’s relationship with OAPEC dates back to May

2009, when the OAPEC Secretariat approached JCCP
regarding the possibility of mutual cooperation. Aftera series of discussions, the two organizations agreed toenter into a cooperative relationship and signed a Letterof Intent (LOI) to that effect in 2010 in Tunisia, in thepresence of Mr. Akihiro Ohata, Minister of Economy,
Trade and Industry, and H.E. Mr. Amre Moussa,
Secretary General, the League of Arab States. Basedon this agreement, JCCP is actively strengthening its
cooperative ties with the multinational institution, as wellas its friendly relations with OAPEC member countries
through technical and personal exchanges based onJapan’s accumulation of knowledge and experience inthe oil downstream sector.
(OAPEC member countries (10): Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Libya,
UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Algeria, Iraq, Syria, Egypt)

2. Technical Sessions
The technical sessions that took place on February
3rd and 4th featured 19 presentations, including five
Japanese speakers, divided into four tracks. An active
Q&A followed each presentation, with the audiencedisplaying strong interest in the topics presented.
The names and titles of presentations by the Japanese
speakers (commissioned speakers) are as follows (inrandom order; honorifics omitted).

Opening ceremony
H.E. Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy (second from right);
H.E. Mr. Kiyoshi Asako, Ambassador of Japan to Bahrain (third from right);
H.E. Mr. Abbas A. Naqi, Secretary General of OAPEC (far right);
Mr. Eiji Hiraoka, Special Counselor, JCCP (far left)

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1) Dr. Kazuo Matsuda (Chiyoda Corporation; session
chairman)“Energy saving by Pinch technology – From single
site to multiple sites”
2) Mr. Hiroyuki Yagita (Mitsubishi Hitachi Power
Systems Engineering Co., Ltd. (MHPS); session
chairman)“Energy Efficiency for Petroleum Industries by
MHPS Technologies”
3) Mr. Takeshi Honda (JGC Corporation)“Energy Saving by Process Optimization”
4) Mr. Masaaki Kuwahara (Cosmo Research Institute)“Operational Improvement of Diesel HydroDesulfurization (DHDS) Unit”
5) Mr. Kazuhisa Osawa (Toa Oil Co., Ltd.)“Refinery energy management and energy saving bysteam compressor”

Japanese speakers (from the left): Mr. Honda, Mr. Kuwahara,
Dr. Matsuda, Mr. Yagita, Mr. Osawa

3. OtherOn the final day, the conference members toureda refinery facility operated by the Bahrain Petroleum
Company (BAPCO).
Conference venue<by Hironao Naganuma, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

Technical
Cooperation

Joint TRC Workshop Held in UAE
The Fifth Annual Joint TRC-JCCP/Idemitsu
Workshop was held at TAKREER Research Centre(TRC) in Abu Dhabi, UAE on February 11 and 12, 2015.
The research center functions as the R&D departmentof Abu Dhabi Refining Company (TAKREER), a
refining subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company(ADNOC).

1. Background and Overview of the
Project
Seeking to develop capabilities of resolving technicalissues related to oil refining, as well as to accumulatetechnical expertise and to develop engineers in UAE,
TAKREER embarked on a project to establish a research
center, and implemented Phase I of the project over thefour years from FY2006 to FY2009 and Phase II over the

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following three years, with the participation of Idemitsu
Kosan Co., Ltd.
The TAKREER Research Centre (TRC) building wascompleted at the end of April 2009, and was subsequently
outfitted with a pilot plant and other research facilities.
The framework of the center has been augmented by
employing new engineers, and the center’s researchfacilities have come to be utilized effectively. Further
on this foundation, TAKREER and JCCP have agreed tolaunch a new stage of the project this fiscal year as the“Joint Project for Advancement of TAKREER ResearchCentre, Phase III.”
Phase III will support the advancement of TRC
by placing emphasis on the following five areas:1) establishment and further acquisition of catalyst
evaluation technology; 2) promotion of efficient
operations through technical assistance to TAKREER’s

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refineries; 3) establishment of a cooperative frameworkwith research institutions inside and outside of UAE; 4)
development of UAE engineers with a focus on TRC
staff; and 5) international-level TRC publicity activities
through academic presentations and other such forums.

2. The Fifth Workshop
On the first day, the workshop opened with a grandceremony attended by Mr. Jasem Ali Al-Sayegh, CEO,and 20 other executives from TAKREER; Mr. Sultan
Al Mehairi, Director, Marketing & Refining, and othersfrom ADNOC; H.E. Mr. Yoshihiko Kamo, Ambassadorof Japan to the UAE; and Mr. Itaru Matsuhiro, Executive
Officer, and others from Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. Itfeatured speeches by representatives of each organizationand the guests of honor, an exchange of commemorative
gifts, and a keynote presentation.
In his speech as a guest of honor, Mr. Al-Sayegh first
thanked JCCP and Idemitsu Kosan for their cooperationin the TRC project over the past several years. He
then spoke about TRC’s contribution to improving theefficiency of TAKREER’s refining business, whichis strategically important and is on a path toward
expansion, and the importance of collaboration amongindustries, as symbolized by the workshop.
Ambassador Kamo said the TRC project’s long yearsof achievement and the awareness that it represents a bestpractice in the cooperative relationship between UAE

and Japan has led to the strengthening of the friendly
relationship between the two countries, and expressed
his expectations of seeing further development of the
project in the future.
Mr. Hiraoka introduced JCCP activities that havebeen implemented to date, and promised JCCP’scontinued support for the TRC project, which is also
important in the fact that it gives concrete shape to thefundamental value of developing friendship throughtechnical exchanges.
The keynote speech that followed also introduced acase in which cooperation across the borders of industry,
academia and government is the driving force behind theintroduction of the latest technologies and the promotionof innovation.
The workshop thereafter segued into 33 sessions onseven themes, with a total attendance of roughly 200
people over the two-day event.

3. Summary
In its fifth year, the workshop saw not only afurther increase in turnout over the previous year, butalso a regional expansion of participating countries,
and provided a strong awareness of the widespreadpromotion of collaboration based on the cooperative
relationship between TRC, JCCP and Idemitsu Kosan.
JCCP hopes that Japan’s relationship with UAE willfurther develop through technical cooperation programs.
<by Nobuyuki Nakajima, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

Group photo

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A large portion of this issue is devoted to the many major events that took place between December and January,
including the 23rd GCC-Japan Environment Symposium held in Kuwait, the 3rd JCCP Alumni Meeting held in
Abu Dhabi, UAE, and the 33rd JCCP International Symposium held in Tokyo at the Prince Park Tower Tokyo. We
have also published articles that enthusiastically introduce JCCP activities to the outside world, such as the visits
made by Mr. Tsuyoshi Nakai, CEO, to national oil companies in Asia to hold dialogues with the leaders of thosecompanies and his presentation at the HSE Seminar in Kuwait.
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