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Special Issue

Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum

Report of Activities Related to

Saudi Arabia

Table of Contents
Special Message - H.H. Dr. Turki Saud Mohammed Al-Saud ................................................................................................. 4
Messages from JCCP Graduates - H.E. Eng. Zeyad H. Al Zahrani ....................................................................................... 5

1. Personnel Exchange
CPJ Seminar on “Japan’s Oil Industry” Held for Saudi Aramco .............................................................................................. 6
CPO Seminar on “Human Resource Development” Held at Saudi Aramco ................................................................. 8
CPO Seminar on “Safety Management” Held at Saudi Aramco’s Jeddah Refinery ............................................... 11
CPO Seminar on TPM Held Jointly with Saudi Aramco ......................................................................................................... 13
CPO Seminar on Practical Field Training in TPM Activities Held for Saudi Aramco .............................................. 17
CPO Seminar on TPM Held at Saudi Aramco’s Jeddah Refinery ...................................................................................... 21
CPO Seminar on Practical TPM Activities for Field Operators Held at Saudi Aramco ......................................... 24
Regular Course on Essential Petroleum Technologies in the Future ............................................................................ 28
Regular Course on Safety Management for Refineries.......................................................................................................... 32
Regular Course on Petroleum Marketing ...................................................................................................................................... 35
Regular Course on Inspection and Reliability Evaluation .................................................................................................... 38
Regular Course on Finance and Accounting Management [New Course] .............................................................. 41
JCCP Regular Courses Completed in November 2010 – January 2011 ...................................................................... 44
JCCP Regular Courses Completed in February 2011 .............................................................................................................. 46
JCCP Regular Courses Completed in September – October 2011 ................................................................................ 47
JCCP Regular Courses Completed in November 2011 – February 2012 .................................................................... 49
JCCP Regular Courses Completed in February – June 2012 .............................................................................................. 53
JCCP Regular Courses Completed in June – October 2012 ............................................................................................... 56
JCCP Regular Courses Completed in October 2012 – March 2013 ............................................................................... 59
JCCP Regular Courses Completed in February – June 2013 .............................................................................................. 62
JCCP Regular Courses Completed in May – October 2013 ................................................................................................ 66
Participants’ Voices Human Resource Management ............................................................................................................ 69
Graduates’ Voices Mr. Mutlaq A. Al-Subaey ............................................................................................................................... 70
Graduates’ Voices Mr. Abdullah M. Niaz ....................................................................................................................................... 71
Report on the Training Cooperation Program —Saudi Aramco— in February 2011 ...................................... 72
Report on the Training Cooperation Program —Saudi Arabia and Qatar— in November 2011 .............. 76
Report on the Training Cooperation Program —Saudi Arabia— in November 2012...................................... 81
Report on the Training Cooperation Program —Saudi Arabia— in September 2013..................................... 84
FY2012 JCCP Program Seminar ........................................................................................................................................................... 89

2. Technical Cooperation
Completion of Phase I of the Technical Cooperation Project on Enhancement of FCC Catalyst
Evaluation in Saudi Arabia ....................................................................................................................................................................... 91

Signing Ceremony with KFUPM for the Project on “Development of High Olefin Yield
FCC Catalyst” .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 93
KACST-JCCP 1st Joint International Workshop Held at KACST in Riyadh ................................................................... 96
Project on Mild Hydro-cracking of LCO & Evaluation of Gas Oil HDS Catalysts in Saudi Arabia .................. 98
Study on Hydrogen Pilot Unit Demonstration (HyPUD) for Integration to H2 Stationin Saudi Arabia ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 100
Study on the Application of Ground Deformation Monitoring Technologies towards
Preserving the Natural Resources Infrastructure’s Potential in Saudi Arabia ........................................................ 102
Feasibility Study for Hydrogen Production (Organic Chemical Hydride Method) and Storage,
Transportation, Utilization in Saudi Arabia ................................................................................................................................. 104
Project Finding Program for Development of a Refinery Maintenance System in Saudi Arabia ............. 106
FY2010 Long-term Researcher Dispatch Program ................................................................................................................ 108
FY2011 Long-term Researcher Dispatch Program ................................................................................................................ 110
FY2012 Long-term Researcher Dispatch Program ................................................................................................................ 112
FY2011 Researcher Invitation Program ........................................................................................................................................ 115
FY2012 Researcher Invitation Program ........................................................................................................................................ 116
FY2013 Researcher Invitation Program ........................................................................................................................................ 118
The 20th Saudi Arabia-Japan Joint Symposium ..................................................................................................................... 121
The 21st Saudi Arabia-Japan Joint Symposium ...................................................................................................................... 123
The 22nd Saudi Arabia-Japan Joint Symposium .................................................................................................................. 125

3. International Cooperation
The 29th JCCP International Symposium (Preliminary Report) .................................................................................... 128
The 29th JCCP International Symposium ................................................................................................................................... 130
The 30th JCCP International Symposium ................................................................................................................................... 135
The 31st JCCP International Symposium .................................................................................................................................... 142
The 19th Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium ......................................................................................................... 149
The 20th Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium ......................................................................................................... 153
The 21st Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium (Preliminary Report) ........................................................... 158
The 21st Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium (Follow-up Report) ............................................................. 159
Saudi Aramco Vice President and Aramco Overseas Company President Visit JCCP ...................................... 164
JCCP Receives a Visit by Mr. Fuad Al Zayer from the IEF .................................................................................................... 165
Executive Meetings

Visits to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Thailand ......................................................................... 166

Executive Meetings in Saudi Arabia and Oman...................................................................................................................... 169
Interviews with JCCP Graduates....................................................................................................................................................... 172
Participation in Middle East Petrotech 2012 in Bahrain ..................................................................................................... 180
Assigned to Saudi Arabia for the Second Time ....................................................................................................................... 183

Special Message
H.H. Dr. Turki Saud Mohammed Al-SaudVice President for Research Institutes
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
H.H. Dr. Turki was born to the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He
has served as Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the National Scienceand Technology Plan and other important posts, and plays a central role inthe development of science and technology in Saudi Arabia. Possessing a deep
understanding of Japan, Dr. Turki has also supported JCCP activities in Saudi
Arabia over many years. On occasion of JCCP’s 30th anniversary, His Highness
has graciously complied with our request to receive a commemorative message
from him, as presented below.

I am honored to be invited to write a message on the 30th anniversary of Japan Cooperation Center,
Petroleum (JCCP). In June of 2008 I had the privilege to visit Japan and the JCCP headquarters on theinvitation of the JCCP. During my stay in Japan, the JCCP arranged for me a visit to the Petroleum
Refining Research & Technology Center at Japan Energy Corporation; the Earth Remote Sensing Data
Analysis Center (ERSDAC); Toyota Motor Corporation; and the national Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology (AIST). I was delighted by the fruitful discussions that I had and impressed bytechnology that I saw.
During my visit we also discussed the cooperation between KACST and JCCP, resulting in a project,
started in 2006, to utilize the Interferometry Synthetic Radar (InSAR) to map surface deformation in Saudi
Arabia. I am glad to say that the Saudi researchers got some training on InSAR data analysis in Tokyo. By
the end of 2008 the InSAR project was completed and we started another endeavor to map three dimensional
deformation below the earth surface utilizing Accurately Controlled, Routinely Operated, Signal System(ACROSS). Its aim was to complement the first project and to develop a complete system for monitoring
surface and subsurface deformation. In 2012 KACST and JCCP jointly organized an international workshop
and invited local, regional and international speakers to jointly present their scientific achievements on
surface and subsurface monitoring. Participant were invited to visit the ACROSS field site and they wereamazed by the achievements.
Looking back I believe that the cooperation between KACST and JCCP has been very fruitful andwill have an impact on future surface and subsurface monitoring technologies. I also believe the results
will serve Japan and Saudi Arabia and strengthen our cooperation ties.

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Messages from JCCP Graduates
JCCP graduates have offered warm messages of congratulations on occasion of our 30th anniversary, as
introduced below.

H.E. Eng. Zeyad H. Al Zahrani
Undersecretary, Saudi Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral
Resources
Participant of a regular course on Marketing Management offered in 1988

A JCCP delegation visited my office in the Saudi Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources on November
15, 2011. They had sought me out on the occasion of JCCP’s 30th anniversary upon learning that I work at theministry, and brought with them the application form that I submitted prior to participating in the Marketing
Management course (TR-7-88) in July 1988. When I saw the photo attached to the form, memories of that period
23 years ago came flooding back.
The delegation’s visit was a pleasant surprise, not to mention being given the honor of writing a brief message
for JCCP News. It is my pleasure to celebrate JCCP’s 30th anniversary with this message.
The Marketing Management course was an extremely memorable experience. It made me want to study once
more at JCCP, and prompted me to participate in another course on environmental management. Participation in
the two courses increased my knowledge of both the technical and management aspects of the oil industry. The
lectures and guidance provided by the Japanese experts were especially helpful to enriching my knowledge, andthereafter proved extremely beneficial to my career at the ministry.
I can still vividly recollect my experience in participating in a JCCP program. The Japanese people were allfriendly, courteous and well educated, and Tokyo was a remarkable city, although I was surprised at how expensive
everything was. I also appreciated the opportunity to visit the old capital of Kyoto and learn about Japan’s long
history of development.
Looking back, I realize the Japan that I saw back during that time has played a major role in shaping the future
vision of Saudi Arabia, and also believe it helped Saudi Arabia strengthen fraternal relationships with other countries
in the Middle East. On a personal level, I see now that the JCCP course was designed so that participants could
gain mutual understanding of each other’s customs and cultures and broaden their perspectives.
The recent reunion with JCCP members on the occasion of JCCP’s 30th anniversary has once again stimulated
my interest in visiting JCCP and exchanging views on requests for new programs toward formulating future plans
in my country. I look forward to JCCP’s continued cooperation in the development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Mr. Al Zahrani passed away last December 18 while in London to attend a conference on behalf of the Ministerof Petroleum and Mineral Resources, a mere two weeks after sending us the above message. We extend our deepest
condolences and pray that he rests in peace.

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Personnel
Exchange

CPJ Seminar on “Japan’s Oil Industry”
Held for Saudi Aramco
1. Background
In January 2009, JCCP received a request for a
training program in Japan from the Tokyo Office ofAramco Overseas Company B.V. (AOC), a subsidiarythat provides services and materials to Saudi Aramco.
After a series of discussions, AOC Tokyo and JCCP
agreed on the implementation of a program that would
allow participants to comprehensively study Japan’s oil
industry from the perspective of materials procurement,
as well as learn about the commercial practices ofJapanese companies, their system of procuring materials,
and their business operation methods and principles. Thisagreement was formally endorsed by Saudi Aramco and
JCCP in December 2010, and came to be implemented
as a Customized Program-Japan (CPJ) in February 2011.

2. Program Overview
As decided in preliminary discussions, the CPJ was
held from February 22 to March 1, 2011, with two days
given to lectures at JCCP Headquarters ((1) The oil
industry and oil marketing and physical distribution
in Japan; and (2) General overview of Kaizen and the
Toyota Way) and three days to practical offsite training((1) Toyota Motor Corporation, Motomachi Plant; (2)JFE Steel Corporation, West Japan Works; and (3) Showa
Shell Sekiyu K.K., Head Office).
The program was attended by a total of ten
supervisor-class participants—nine from the Materials
Procurement Department in the Head Office and one
from AOC Shanghai. Their average age was 36.

(2) General overview of Kaizen and the Toyota Way
This lecture was organized to provide preliminary
knowledge before visiting a Toyota plant in the latter partof the program. The first half of the lecture discussed
the concept of Kaizen and its introduction to industrial
processes. The second half focused on Toyota Motors’
Kaizen-oriented management system as a representative
style of Japanese management.
Offsite training(1) Toyota Motor Corporation, Motomachi Plant
Toyota Motor offers guided tours of its entire
automobile production line at the Motomachi Plant,
where visitors can see how automotive parts are welded
and assembled using robots. Moreover, the tours areprovided not only in Japanese but also in English. With
the plant located some distance from the nearest city of
Nagoya, we realized that the tour would take an entire
day, but we nevertheless included it in the program,because we believed a tour of the state-of-the-art plant
would be worth the time, and also because we had strong
approval from AOC Tokyo.
After the plant tour, the participants stepped inside
the Toyota Kaikan Museum, where they feasted theireyes and shot pictures of the latest hybrid cars, fuel-cellvehicles, and cutaway models.
(2) JFE Steel Corporation, West Japan WorksJFE Steel provided high-level lectures on pipe
structures and manufacturing and the installation andmaintenance management of pipelines. As procurement

3. Program Content
Training at JCCP
(1) The oil industry and oil marketing and physicaldistribution in Japan
This lecture emphasized the importance of stable oil
supplies to Japan, and discussed the flow of oil in Japanin terms of oil marketing and physical distribution, inlight of the recent decline in demand for oil in Japan’s
oil industry.

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experts, the participants asked many technical questions
about pipelines.
After the lectures, the participants toured thecompany’s world-class steel plant and specifically therolling mill and pipe manufacturing facility that were in
operation. They focused strong attention on the tour, as
it had direct relevance to their procurement activities,
and expressed amazement at the sheer impact and scaleof the plant. Coincidentally, the participants spotteda large stack of pipes earmarked for export to Saudi
Aramco and, with great delight, took group pictures infront of the pipes.
The lectures by pipeline experts at JFE Steel and thespecial tour of the plant seemed to be highly appreciatedby all participants.
(3) Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Head Ofﬁce
First, members of the Sales Planning Department
in Showa Shell Sekiyu’s head office gave a corporate
overview of the foreign-affiliated oil company and themarketing environment in Japan as a whole. Then, theRetail Sales Department gave a lecture on gasoline
sales policies and service station operations, which isthe core business of the company, and the Distribution
Department gave a lecture on the company’s physicaldistribution system and the rationalization of physicaldistribution.
The content of the lectures and English teachingmaterials provided deep knowledge befitting the worldrenowned Shell Group of companies.

4. Summary
Initially, we failed to have a clear grasp of AOC
Tokyo’s needs, and mistakenly thought it would fully
suffice to design a typical one-week program in Japanthat covers such topics as Japanese culture and history
and Japanese-style business practices, intended for

employees of AOC. However, when we signed theconfirmation document with AOC on December 1, 2010
and received a nomination list, we saw that participants
were carefully selected from among Saudi Aramco’s
Procurement Department, and understood that we were
expected to provide specialized training related to
procurement. The participants indicated a broad range
of interests, and expressed a particular desire to learn
about the excellent supply chain in Japan. Taking this
into consideration, we included a lecture on Kaizen andthe Toyota Way on the premise of taking a plant tour at
Toyota Motor, to respond to the participants’ wishes asmuch as possible.
For practical offsite training, we asked JFE
Engineering Corporation to give a technical lecture
on pipelines, and to change the scope of the plant tour
from a general tour to one that focuses on the rollingmill and pipe manufacturing facility. We furthermore
asked Showa Shell Sekiyu to not only give a general
presentation of its operations, but to also discuss the
supply chain of oil within the overall flow of oil, with afocus on the marketing and physical distribution aspects.
In the evaluation forms filled in at the end of the
program, the participants gave straightforward opinions
about the good and bad points of the program befitting
their occupation as specialists in Saudi Aramco’s
Procurement Department, and indicated their desire
for specialized, in-depth training instead of general
overviews. Taking into consideration the many opinions
and suggestions for future training programs we received
from the participants, we realize that, when we again
have the opportunity to implement a CPJ for Saudi
Aramco’s Head Office Procurement Department, we
will be expected to design an advanced program withina short timeframe centered on the supply chain in Japan.
The participants were a group of outstanding
employees with all-around skills. Moreover, we were
impressed by the way they looked after each other andspontaneously acted as a team under the strong leadershipof the group leader. They also exhibited impeccablemanners while thoroughly enjoying their time together
in the program, sharing ideas and exchanging views.
The program being the first attempt of its kind, wefaced some uncertainties prior to its implementation, butwere able to successfully complete the program thanks
to the generous cooperation of all relevant companies
and by being blessed with wonderful participants.

Lecture at Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Head Ofﬁce

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Personnel
Exchange

CPO Seminar on “Human Resource
Development” Held at Saudi Aramco
A Customized Program-Overseas(CPO) on “Human Resource Development”
was held from October 9 to 13, 2010, at the
Yanbu Refinery in Saudi Arabia.

1. Background
This seminar was realized in response
to a request from a participant of a regularcourse on “Training Management” (TRParticipants of the seminar after the closing ceremony
17-10) implemented in December 2009.
The participant, a manager in charge oftraining in the Yanbu NGL Fractionation Department at focused on “creating a Kaizen mind” as a perspective
Saudi Aramco, made the request after returning to Saudi of training-related programs. The third and fourth days
Arabia and obtaining the approval of his company. JCCP featured a seminar on training theories by Professor
obliged, and this became the first seminar on human Tanaka, and the last day was devoted to an introductionof the personnel system employed by JGC Corporation
resources to be held in Saudi Arabia.
and its corporate training activities. Finally, the seminar
2. Lecturers
ended with a closing ceremony.
Mr. Hiromasa Tanaka (Professor, Meisei University)
Mr. Hideki Otsuka (Human Affairs Dept., JGC Corp.)
Mr. Akio Hoshino (Training Dept., JCCP)

3. Seminar Overview
The seminar was held over a five-day period.
Following an opening seminar, a lecture on “Japanesestyle HRM and Corporate Training” was held on thisday and half of the next, and provided an overview of
HRM and HRD issues. The latter half of the second day
was spent on a lecture titled “Kaizen General,” which

Opening speech by the director of the Yanbu NGL
Fractionation Department

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4. Details of the Seminar[Day 1 and ﬁrst half of Day 2]“Japanese-style HRM and Corporate Training”
The seminar began with an opening speech by Mr.
Mohammad N. Al-Naghash, Director of the Yanbu NGL
Fractionation Department.
Then, a lecture was given for a day and a half on
Japanese-style HRM and corporate training, divided
into the following four parts.
(Part 1) History of Japan and the Japanese mentality(Part 2) Japanese-style organizational teamwork
and the substance of Japan’s high economic
growth(Part 3) Characteristics of Japan’s human resources
and the reality of corporate training(Part 4) Recent changes in Japanese society andcompanies and future corporate training
issuesThroughout the lecture, there were many questions
and comments from the participants, which at times
developed into active discussions among them and set
the tone for a highly successful program.

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[Latter half of Day 2]“Kaizen General”
The goal of this lecture is to provide knowledge ofthe Kaizen concept and the unique Kaizen mind of theJapanese people. It explained the process of introducing
Kaizen activities, the “5S” method of achieving Kaizen,
and “The Toyota Way” as an example of the result of
accumulating Kaizen efforts, to examine what is needed
to establish a “Kaizen mind” in the workplace. Most of
the participants seemed new to the principles presented
and listened to the lecture with strong interest, in theircapacities as refinery trainers and managers.
One of the participants noted that the Kaizen concept
is similar to the “Six Sigma” strategy he learned about
in a previous training program and asked to be allowed
to introduce it, so the lecture was suspended for several
minutes while the participant introduced the strategy tothe other participants.
[Days 3 and 4]“Training Program Planning and General Training
Theories”
This lecture is a regular program of the JCCP course
on Training Management, which is given by Professor
Hiromasa Tanaka of Meisei University over two days.
It introduces the comprehensive knowledge needed to
implement education and training, including survey
methods for training needs, training program designing,and evaluation of training results. Owing in part toProfessor Tanaka’s proficiency in English, the lecture
was a very well-received and high-level program that
captured the participants’ strong interest.
[Day 5]“Personnel Management System and Training
System in an Engineering Company”
The lecture began with an overview of the personnel
system at JGC Corporation with a focus on thecompany’s current salary and evaluation systems, andalso covered employees’ career path structure in theengineering company. After the first four days of lectureson an overview of HRD and training theories, this was
the only lecture that introduced the reality of corporate
training in specific terms.
After all of the programs were completed, theseminar closed with a closing speech by Mr. Husain
M. Asiri, Operations Division Superintendent, Yanbu
NGL Fractionation Department, and the presentation ofcompletion certificates by A. Hoshino.

5. Summary(1) The group of participants comprised 24 highlevel employees above superintendent level and below
manager level in charge of training. They came to Yanbu
to attend the seminar from Saudi Aramco’s head office
and its refineries and terminals located throughout Saudi
Arabia. From the beginning to the end of the seminar,
they displayed earnest attitudes and frequently asked
questions, raised new issues, and sought the lecturers’
opinions. As mentioned earlier, their questions andcomments at times stimulated active discussions among
themselves.
(2) We assumed that the Middle East countries, andparticularly Saudi Arabia, are much more “Americanized”
than Japan. Therefore, we thought that an (Americanstyle) “performance-based work environment” hadalready taken root in Saudi Arabia, compared to Japan,
because it was only about ten years ago that Japanesecompanies began reviewing their seniority system,
which had been an important factor in Japan’s rapid
economic growth. In this respect, we were worried
whether information concerning present personnel
systems in Japan would provide helpful knowledge to
Saudi Arabia.
There was no need to worry, however, as theparticipants gave full and concentrated attention to
the lectures on Japanese-style HRM and HRD, which
seemed to capture their interest as new concepts. In
addition to raising many questions and expressing theirviews, they also engaged in active discussions among
themselves. Moreover, practically all participants took
an active part in the seminar—whereas in most cases
only a certain handful of participants engage in this typeof active behavior—and demonstrated the high levelof Saudi Aramco’s employees and their outstanding
English skills.

Discussions during a lecture presentation

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6. Small Seminar at Yanbu Industrial
College
The team of Japanese lecturers gave a special small
seminar at Yanbu Industrial College, a regional college
located in Yanbu City, on the night of the fourth day ofthe seminar. The faculty and students of the college, as
well as HR managers from local companies, were invited
to attend. It was held in response to a separate requestfrom Saudi Aramco based on the wishes of the university
aiming to achieve globalization.
Held in a large auditorium at the university, the seminardrew an audience of more than 100 faculty members,
students, and other interested parties. After A. Hoshino
and Prof. Tanaka gave short presentations, a surprisingnumber of people took part in the subsequent Q&A
session. The two major questions were the following.
(1) How do Japanese companies retain outstanding
personnel?
(2) What are the differences between an
individualism-oriented organization and a
teamwork-oriented organization?
There were more questions than could be answeredin the allotted time of the seminar, and because ofthis, many participants came up to the podium to ask
questions after the close of the seminar. They mainly
asked the following (replies omitted).
(1) What is the best way to create teamwork?

Students asking many questions after the seminar(2) How is Japan able to treasure its traditional
culture while at the same time developing
modern scientific technologies?
(3) What is important to continuing Kaizen?
The lecturers were impressed with the participants’pure drive and enthusiasm that was clearly evident intheir eyes and behavior, qualities we are seeing less ofin Japan today. With a large population of such young
people, Saudi Arabia is certain to develop into an evengreater power.

7. Observations
Yanbu, the city we visited for the seminar, is situatedon the western coast of Saudi Arabia, north of Mecca
and Jeddah, facing the Red Sea. It is a regional city
comprising a large industrial zone, which has developed
from its origin as Saudi Aramco’s shipping terminal, andquiet towns. This was the Japanese lecturers’ first visit
to Saudi Arabia, and it exposed us to a world of Islamthat is unlike that of other Middle East countries.
After the seminar, we visited JGC Gulf International,
a local subsidiary of JGC Corporation located on theeastern cost of the country in Al-Khobar, to hold an
exchange of information. The sight of the large city thatdiffered from Yanbu opened our eyes to another aspectof Saudi Arabia.

Prof. Hiromasa Tanaka, Meisei University

Mr. Hideki Otsuka, JGC Corporation

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Exchange

CPO Seminar on“Safety Management” Held at
Saudi Aramco’s Jeddah Refinery
1. Background and Overview of the
Seminar
As Saudi Arabia is one of the most important crude
oil suppliers to Japan, JCCP regularly surveys thetraining needs of oil-producing countries in the Middle
East. In 2008, we received a request from Saudi Aramco
for a Customized Program-Overseas (CPO) on safety
management in the refinery, and implemented the seminaron two separate occasions. The first seminar was heldat the Ras Tanura Refinery in December 2008, and thesecond was held at the Yanbu Refinery in February 2010.
Following the first two seminars, Saudi Aramco’s
Jeddah Refinery offered to host the third convening of
the seminar, and thus it was held in a seminar room at
the refinery’s training center over a period of four days,
from February 27 to March 2, 2011. The members of
the Japanese team dispatched to implement the seminarin Saudi Arabia included Mr. Hideto Hamada from JGC
Corporation, Mr. Susumu Adachi from NKSJ Risk
Management, Inc., and JCCP lecturers Yoshiaki Ueno
and Fumihiro Tone.
The participants were a group of employees
carefully nominated and selected by their superiors inorganizations relevant to the refinery. Therefore, they
seemed to attend the seminar with a conscious awarenessthat they were each a representative of their respective
workplace. The large majority of 21 participants werefrom different departments in the Jeddah Refinery,
but there were also two participants from the Riyadh
Refinery and three from the NGL Department.

2. Seminar Content
On the first day, following self-introductions by theparticipants and an introductory DVD presentation of
JCCP, Y. Ueno lectured on “Theories and Practices in
Safety Management in the Refinery,” with discussions on
the occupational health and safety management systemstandard (OHSAS 18001), the reformation of safety
culture, and safety awareness-building. By showing avideo of danger prediction activities and finger-pointing

Participants of the seminarconfirmation activities, particular emphasis was placedon introducing safety activities and systems and smallgroup activities that have been established through theyears in Japanese companies and society. After the firstday of the seminar, the four lecturers toured the refinerysite in preparation for the next day’s lectures.
On the second day, F. Tone gave a lecture on “Safety
Management Activities in Japanese Refineries,” coveringsuch topics as specific case examples of accidents in
the refinery, safety management systems, and TPM
activities, which captured the participants’ interest andwere well received. Following this lecture, Mr. Hamada
from JGC Corporation gave a lecture titled “Safety
Design Technology and Risk Management in Plants.”
He introduced technical issues in equipment design
and risk assessment in detail from the perspective of anengineering company, and also discussed methods andconcepts that are considered effective in the operational
management of existing plants. The overall structure of
the lecture was as follows, with items 4 and 5 coveredin the morning of the third day of the seminar throughactual examples and practical training.
(1) HSE risk management(2) HSE risk assessment(3) Plant safety design from the HSE perspective(4) Introduction of safety risk assessment systems(HAZOP, LOPA, OHR)
(5) HAZOP & LOPA study methods and training
From the latter half of the third day to the first half ofthe fourth day, Mr. Adachi from NKSJ Risk Management
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Lecture by Yoshiaki Ueno,
JCCP Lecturer

Lecture by Mr. Susumu
Adachi (NKSJ Risk
Management)

assessment in refineries from the perspective of anonlife insurance company. His lecture specificallyfocused on: the reality of risk management in Japan;
accident trends and risk analysis in Japanese refineries
and petrochemical plants; critical elements of risk
evaluation in oil refineries and petrochemical plants; risk
evaluation methods; the perspective of an underwriter;and rate calculation methods. Many participants showed
particularly strong interest in learning about risk
evaluation methods.
After the lecture, the lecturers and participants
reviewed the program and lectures and engaged inquestions and answers. The lecture on the 5S activities
and other small-group activities for building a safety
culture, in particular, seemed to create a strong
impression on most of the participants, and promoted
an understanding of the significance of these activities.
In the closing ceremony, JCCP thanked everyone
for their role in the successful implementation of
the seminar, expressed their future expectations, andencouraged each participant to take a step forward inbuilding a culture of safety.

3. Evaluation and Impressions of the
SeminarPractically all participants said the seminar wasmeaningful, and that the knowledge they acquired will
benefit their current jobs. Given this response, we believethat the seminar precisely matched the participants’ levelof understanding. In response to a question about theirimpressions of Japanese-style small-group activities,
such as the 5S activities, KYK (danger prediction)
activities, near-miss prevention activities, and fingerpointing confirmation activities, and their effectivenessin creating a safety culture, many participants agreed thatthe 5S, finger-pointing, and KYK activities are effective

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Lecture by Mr. Hideto Hamada (JGC Corporation)practices. We take this to mean that the necessity ofsmall-group activities is gaining greater recognition anddissemination in the oil industry.
Saudi Aramco enjoys a relatively strong positionin terms of human resources, organizational power,
and technological capability, and has been stringent in
its requests and demands of JCCP. We implemented
CPO seminars on safety management in the refinery
twice in the past, and received high praise for our
implementation of the first seminar at the Ras Tanura
Refinery in December 2008. We agreed to maintain thesame content for seminars in other refineries as requestedby the Saudi Aramco side, and thus came to implement
this third seminar.
One of the major themes of this seminar was tointroduce the activities and methods that have been
adopted by Japanese companies to establish a safety
culture and a safe working environment. The othermajor theme was to provide detailed knowledge of risk
management systems from the perspective of process
safety design. Under these themes, most of the participants
said they acquired an extremely broad range of knowledge
even within a short four days. Therefore, we believe thisseminar was just as successful as the previous ones had
been.
<by Fumihiro Tone, Training Dept.><by Fumihiro Tone, Training Dept.>

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Exchange

CPO Seminar on Total Productive
Maintenance Management (TPM)
Held Jointly with Saudi Aramco

Participants of the seminar

1. Purpose and BackgroundA seminar on maintenance management basedon TPM activities was implemented for engineersof Saudi Aramco, in response to a request from thecompany’s Maintenance Council, which is responsible
for all company-wide maintenance technologies, and
the Professional Engineering Development Division(PEDD), the division in charge of training anddeveloping professional engineers. It is worth notingthat this seminar was the first to be formally registeredunder Saudi Aramco’s company-wide engineer training
program.
The very beginnings of the seminar go back to
September 2010, when Mr. Sami A. Iskandrani, Assistantto the Vice President, Refining and NGL Fractionation,
introduced JCCP to PEDD during JCCP’s survey on the
renewal of training courses. PEDD reviewed the lecturematerials from four seminars that JCCP implemented in
the past for Saudi Aramco personnel in the downstream
sector since fiscal 2008 and, in a meeting held in May

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2011 with the attendance of Mr. Nezar Al-Shammasi,
Director, Maintenance Council, announced that it wished
to register and implement the course on TPM-based
maintenance management as part of PEDD’s training
program.
The five-day seminar took place from September 10
to 14, 2011, in a PEDD lecture room on the second floorof the east wing of the Al-Midra Tower Building. FourJapanese lecturers were sent to Saudi Aramco to conduct
the seminar, including JCCP lecturers Kenji Saito andFumihiro Tone, and Messrs. Yoshisumi Tamao and Akio
Ishida from Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
The participants comprised 22 members from Saudi
Aramco’s maintenance sectors, ranging in experiencefrom 3 to 30 years and a wide hierarchy of posts.

2. Content of the Seminar
In the opening session on the first day, Mr. Nezar AlShammasi, Director, and Dr. Dahamman M. Al-Anaji,
Head (A) of PEDD, gave an opening address and spoke
briefly about how the seminar came to be held with
JCCP and what the objectives are. Mr. Al-Shammasi
particularly explained that the Maintenance Council
took an interest in JCCP’s TPM-based maintenancemanagement course because PEDD’s training program
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13encouraged all participants to learn not only about
specialized maintenance technologies, but also aboutprinciples and methods behind maintenance activities.
The first lecture was given by Saito on maintenancemanagement in the refinery and maintenance optimization
by risk management. It was intended to promote
understanding that the seriousness of risks varies greatly
according to national affairs and corporate philosophies,
so that the same phenomenon might be regarded as aserious accident or a minor incident to different parties.
The lecture also aimed to teach participants about theimportance of accepting and understanding the best
possible solution for an organization by creating adecision-making matrix to find the optimum alternativefrom among many possibilities.
In the first half of the lecture, on maintenancemanagement in the refinery, Saito used photos anddiagrams to illustrate a comparison of differences in
the refinery maintenance management framework,
maintenance management software used, and worksafety management between Japanese refineries andrefineries in Middle East oil-producing countries.
In the second half, on maintenance optimization byrisk management, he focused on the corrosion of
distillation columns and countermeasures against it.
Participants were taught to predict risks by classifying
corrosion-related malfunctions into three groups andunderstanding the probability and extent of damage ofmalfunctions in each group, and to select an optimum
measure (maintenance method) based on a comparisonof multiple countermeasures.
On the second day, Tone gave a lecture on safety
management in the refinery and an overview of TPM
activities. Using actual data, photos, videos, and analysis
results, he described a number of major accidents thathave occurred in oil complexes in Japan, including a
corrosion fracture accident involving dead-end pipes, apressure vessel explosion accident caused by improper
renovation and poor change management, a plant
explosion and fire accident caused by human error, anda tank destruction and fire accident caused by longperiod ground motion. These are examples of cases
resulting from poor design, poor change management,
inadequate information and manuals, and natural
disasters, to illustrate the fact that most fundamental
causes are attributable to human error and improper
management systems, and explained that maintenancemanagement improvement activities and TPM came to
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about the management system in Japanese oil refining
companies and the important role of managers inboosting motivations in the workplace, Tone laid thegroundwork for the third and fourth days’ lecturesby providing an overview of the TPM concept thathas been refined and upgraded by Japanese refineries
and introducing several representative small-group
activities, including the tool-box meeting (TBM), danger
prediction activity, point and call, and the 5Ss. Tone also
took charge of the group discussion held on the fourthday, in the form of a workshop where participants weretold to diagram their problems in an easy-to-understandmanner. By having the participants give each other aclear presentation of an issue they currently face, he
effectively promoted mutual understanding among theparticipants from diverse departments.
On the third day, Messrs. Tamao and Ishida from
Idemitsu Kosan gave a lecture entitled “Case Examplesof TPM and Improvement Activities for Refinery
Management,” and introduced TPM activities that are
implemented in Idemitsu’s refineries. Mr. Tamao firstgave a general outline of TPM activities, its framework,and key points for establishing TPM activities as partof regular maintenance activities. He also discussed
voluntary maintenance activities, and performed an
exercise on identifying defects using photos of pumps,
to make the point that “cleanup equals inspection” ininitial cleanup, which is the first step in maintenance.
In the exercise, about 70% of the participants were able
to identify no more than five defects. The objective of
the exercise was not only to identify the major defects
but to make closer observations and discover as many
defects as possible, however sufficient results were notobtained. Noting that young engineers at Idemitsu areable to find more than 100 defects in a single unit ofequipment, Mr. Tamao emphasized that finding as many
specific defects as possible leads to larger numbers ofimprovements. The exercise was a simple but effective
way to instill an understanding of the significance ofinitial cleanup.
Mr. Ishida lectured about maintenance management
systems and maintenance plans from the standpoint ofa facility maintenance engineer. He gave examples oftypical equipment maintenance and specifically explained
where the focus of maintenance should lie, with the goalof deepening participants’ understanding. The issues that
Mr. Ishida covered regarding maintenance management
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Mr. Akio Ishida (Idemitsu Kosan)

to introduce improvement examples of maintenancemanagement and quality assurance. However, Mr.
Ishida added his own ideas to the request, and narrowed
his focus to onsite activities that are implemented
in conjunction with the operations departments. By
doing so, he effectively captured the attention of themaintenance engineers and promoted understandingof the importance of working in cooperation with theoperations departments, as well as an understanding of
the development of activities down the line.
On the fourth day, the participants were divided into
three groups of six to seven members each to discuss
the gap (problem) between their “to be” ideal images of
the workplace and the “as is” reality, and solutions forbridging the gap. Each group was composed of engineersof various levels and positions, and was asked to selecta group leader and presenter from among themselves.
Firstly, all members enumerated issues they currently
faced and shared a common understanding of the gap
between “to be” and “as is.” Next, they sorted the priorityof these issues as a group and selected an issue that waseither relevant to all members or was judged to have thehighest priority. Then, they examined the causes of theissue according to the 5-Why, 4M analysis, and fishbone
analysis methods, and sought through discussion to
identify the principal cause. The themes selected by thegroups were “the handover of technical knowledge andexperience,” “extending the MTBF (mean time between
failures) of pumps,” and “the difference between planned
and actual maintenance man-hours.” In contrast to theprevious sessions, this group discussion exercise drewout the participants’ professional side as maintenanceengineers, as they discussed and probed their theme
in highly technical terms and dissected the cause of
the issue. Unfortunately, while the discussions did notyield an action plan for solving their respective issue,
they were meaningful in that young and experienced
engineers alike expressed and asserted their views on
an equal footing.
On the last day, Dr. Al-Anaji of PEDD gave a closing
address. He revealed that a participant had come tohim during the seminar to point out what he thought
were some problems with the seminar, but stressed thatthe seminar was not intended to be strictly a technicalacquisition seminar in the first place, but a management
seminar centered on the Japanese concept of TPM to gaina proper understanding of “owner’s mind.” Dr. Al-Anaji
also stated that the seminar will be held again next year
and onward, and expressed his appreciation for JCCP’s
cooperation. Before closing the seminar, Tone presented
a completion certificate to each participant.

3. Observations
As impressions and opinions of the seminar, half theparticipants said the content was beneficial and would
help them in their jobs. Others gave a poor rating, sayingthat they had expected strictly technical content but the

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seminar did not meet their expectations. This disparity
may have occurred because the participants were fromdiverse job levels, and their evaluations may havediffered according to their level. Nevertheless, sinceengineers in higher positions seemed to understand thesignificance of TPM and emotional matters relating
to an employee’s mindset, it can be said that theseminar successfully conveyed the necessity of TPM
at least to the experienced engineers. In fact, one of theexperienced participants reproved the young engineers
who claimed TPM is unnecessary, by saying that when
he was young the young engineers did all the equipment
cleaning, painting and maintenance by themselves, but
because there is now a clearly defined job description
for operations, cleanup and other activities, there is adefinite lack of mutual interest in each other’s duties.
It is also worth noting that while Japanese refineries

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and instead have their engineers conduct and manage
maintenance activities with the help of subcontractors,
Saudi Aramco undertakes all maintenance activities inhouse. For this reason, the development of maintenancetechnicians and the transfer of technologies from veteran
to young engineers is an extremely important issue to
Saudi Aramco.
Taking into consideration the views and suggestions
given by the participants, it is clear that measures need tobe taken to improve the seminar, perhaps by narrowing
down the target of the seminar to only participants ofcertain job levels, or by dividing the seminar into two
sessions and offering a general overview and basicsof TPM in the first half and holding a workshop on
actual application case examples in the second half. We
will explore these measures and others to improve theseminar for future implementation.
<by Fumihiro Tone, Training Dept.>

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Exchange

CPO Seminar on
Practical Field Training in TPM Activities
Held for Saudi Aramco

Participants of the seminar

1. Objective and Background
Saudi Aramco and JCCP have jointly held customized
programs on total productive management (TPM) at
Ras Tanura Refinery, Riyadh Refinery, Yanbu NGL
Fractionation Department and Southern Area Oil
Operations (Abqaiq), since fiscal 2008. However,all previous seminars were centered on classroom
lectures, and were unable to adequately communicate
the essential purpose and meaning of TPM. To remedy
this inadequacy, Mr. Abdulsalam A. Ashi, MaintenanceSuperintendent, Yanbu Refinery, requested a programthat focuses on the “visualization” of TPM activities
and provides actual practice. After repeated discussions,
Saudi Aramco and JCCP agreed to implement a seminaron visualization activities as a practical course on TPM
activities.
The seminar ran for 10 days, from January 10 to 18,
2012, at the training center at Saudi Aramco’s Yanbu
Refinery and the site of a catalytic reformer (continuous
catalyst regeneration reformers: CCR). The four-member
group of Japanese lecturers consisted of JCCP lecturers
Kenji Saito and Fumihiro Tone and Messrs. Yoshisumi
Tamao and Toshiyuki Kasami from Idemitsu Kosan
Co., Ltd.
Participants selected to attend the seminar were agroup of 21 elite members. They included five members
from the operations department and two supervisors andsix post-supervisors from the maintenance department
at Saudi Aramco’s Yanbu Refinery. These people
were selected as having the potential to become corefacilitators of future TPM activities. Other members
included two members from Jeddah Refinery, one
supervisor and one post-supervisor from Juaymah NGL
Fractionation Department, and two supervisors andone post-supervisor from Yanbu NGL Fractionation
Department.

2. Content
On the first day, Mr. Fahad S. Al-Dhukair, Training
Unit Supervisor, Yanbu Refinery, gave an opening
speech, followed by JCCP lecturer Tone, who also
gave an opening greeting, in which he recounted how
the seminar came to be implemented after almost two
years of discussion with Mr. Ashi, and articulated theobjectives of the seminar.
Following the opening speeches, JCCP lecturer Saito
gave a presentation on the optimization of maintenancethrough maintenance management and risk managementin the refinery. He aimed to promote understanding thatthe size of a risk varies according to national affairs,
corporate philosophies, and other such circumstances,and that the same accident may therefore be assessed asa serious or minor accident depending on who is doing
the assessing. He also stressed the importance of creating

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Lecture by Mr. Yoshisumi Tamao (Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.)

Lecture by Mr. Toshiyuki Kasami (Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.)a Decision-making Matrix as a means for selecting an
optimum countermeasure from among many, and of
accepting and understanding that best solution as anorganization.
In the first part of his presentation on maintenancemanagement in the refinery, Saito discussed thedifferences in the maintenance management organization,
software used for maintenance management, and worksafety management between Japanese refineries andrefineries in Middle East oil-producing countries,
using photos and diagrams. Then, in the second part on
optimization of maintenance through risk management,
he focused on corrosion in the distillation column andits countermeasures, and instructed how to predict risks
from the odds of a malfunction and the extent of damage
in the case that a malfunction does occur, and how to
select the most suitable maintenance method based on acomparative examination of multiple countermeasures.
Next, JCCP lecturer Tone lectured on safety
management and TPM activities in the refinery. He
discussed the background to the introduction of TPM by
explaining that improvement activities for maintenancemanagement have become popular as a solution tobreaking away from the existing situation where thecauses of most major accidents that occur in Japan’s
oil complexes are attributed to flaws in design, change
management, and information and manuals or natural
disasters, which in most cases are fundamentally rooted
in personal errors or flawed management systems.
Furthermore, after expounding on management practices
in companies related to oil refining in Japan and on theimportant role of managers in raising motivation in theworkplace, Tone gave an overview of the improvement
and advancement of TPM activities in Japaneserefineries and introduced some representative smallgroup activities, such as the Tool Box Meeting (TBM),

danger prediction activities, near-miss incidents and the
5S activities, with particular emphasis on the 5Ss as animportant part of visualization efforts.
On the second day, Messrs. Tamao and Kasami from
Idemitsu Kosan lectured on TPM activities that are
implemented in Idemitsu’s refineries. First, Mr. Tamaogave a general overview of TPM activities, explained
its framework, and enumerated the key points toward
establishment of TPM activities in the workplace fromthe perspective of his experience as a member of a TPM
promotion committee in Idemitsu Kosan. Mr. Kasami
then talked about autonomous maintenance activities,
and drove home the point that initial cleaning, whichis the first step in TPM, equals inspection, by carryingout an exercise in identifying malfunctions using photosof pumps. The participants introduced many more caseexamples of malfunctions than in any previous training
course. He also analyzed case examples of visualization
activities in the workplace and their effects in an easyto-understand manner using before-and-after photos.
The third and subsequent days were spent on fieldtraining in “visualization” using devices inside a plantsite, to provide practical exercise in TPM. Prior tocommencing the field exercise, Mr. Ashi clarified themeaning and purpose of this visualization training andexpressed his expectations of each participant.
The participants were divided into two groups,
Groups A and B, respectively assigned to pumps andcompressors, and engaged in field training over threedays. They spent the first day identifying problems
related to their assigned component and deriving
improvement methods through discussions of theirnormal, optimal state. After Tone and Mr. Tamao
re-explained the purpose and specific methods forachieving visualization, the participants of both groups
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Yanbu Reﬁnery

component. Both groups came up with more than 30
types of problems. They then returned to the classroom
to classify and prioritize the problems, identify areasfor visualization, discuss methods of visualization andcreate a rough plan.
The second day of practical training was spent on
reviewing tasks to be performed on that day, followed
by instructions from Mr. Kasami on how to use the tools
needed for visualization (method of cutting display
tapes, etc.) using a pressure gauge as an example. In theactual workplace, the participants first engaged in initialcleaning as a preliminary step to visualization activities.
While the lecturers initially expected the participants
to clean only parts relevant to visualization, everyone
immersed themselves in the task, making active efforts
to remove grease spots and other persistent buildup of
deposits using solvents and steam. Normally, a dedicatedsubcontractor undertakes cleaning and painting tasks, but
for this training, the participants themselves took active
charge of these tasks. This positive attitude was seen asa manifestation of the inherently conscious awareness ofeach participant, and came as a surprise to the lecturers
who have personally experienced the same behavior in
TPM activities in their own workplaces.
On the third day, after a confirmation of the areasthat were cleaned on the previous day, the participants

Initial cleaning

engaged in additional cleaning of areas that needed morecleaning and undertook thorough repair and painting
work. When they discovered a flaw in the component,
they even went out of their way to replace the component
and restore its normal functions. Lastly, they took steps
for visualization of said components.
On the fourth day, each group reviewed the activities
they performed on the previous days and discussed theirdiscoveries and future action policy and program. They
also prepared materials for their presentations to be given
in a debriefing session on the last day.
The closing session on the last day of the seminar wasattended by Mr. Salahaddin H. Dardeer, Yanbu Refinery
Manager, as well as Mr. Ashi and other executives of
the Yanbu Refinery.
In the session, each group reported on their activities,
the results they achieved, and future plans they havecompiled. In response, Mr. Dardeer reminded everyone
that visualization activities are performed not to beautify
facilities, but to enhance facility reliability, and that thecontinuance of the results is what is most important.
Toward this end, he said he and the management teamwould spare no support. Furthermore, Mr. Dardeer notedthat Saudi Aramco’s safety management system (SMS)
has entered the next stage, where reliability enhancement
is the goal, and that the recent visualization activities
are the starting point of that stage. The successful
implementation of the seminar was also apparent in theReport of activity results

Mr. Salahaddin H. Dardeer, Yanbu Reﬁnery Manager(second from left)

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19participants’ awareness of the importance of teamwork
and continued activities and their wish to disseminate
visualization activities across the board. JCCP lecturer
Tone shared his impression that all participants, who
attended the seminar from many different workplaces,
made positive efforts to mutually understand theirdifferences and bring out their respective strengths. He
also said the participants are “seeds” of future TPM
activities, and that he hoped they would hold regularreviews and spread the activities in their workplaces. He
then closed the seminar after presenting a completion
certificate to each participant.
This seminar was intended for employees who wereselected for their potential to become core facilitators of
future TPM activities, but after this seminar, Mr. Ashi
said he also wishes to implement a training program for
operators, maintenance technicians and other workinglevel employees. JCCP therefore proposed to organize aseminar staffed not only by Japanese specialists selectedby JCCP, but also by a few selected participants fromthe recent seminar. Mr. Ashi agreed to this proposal,
and will soon be discussing the dates and content of theseminar with JCCP.

3. Observations
In the initial meeting with the lecturers of theseminar, there was a general assumption that Saudi
Aramco supervisors would not lend their hand to initialcleaning, although it is a mandatory part of TPM, so it
was agreed that they would only clean the parts necessary
for visualization. On the contrary, however, everyone
took initiative in cleaning and washing all equipment
to the surprise and delight of the lecturers. Even in thepainting work after cleaning, once they took brush in

Before pump improvement

After pump improvement

Before improvement of thecompressor area

After improvement of thecompressor area

hand, they happily applied themselves to the task in theplace of the contractor.
On the whole, the JCCP side received many
comments from the participants that the training
activities were extremely helpful. They seemed to realizethat visualization is an effective way to call attention
to operational precautions, clarify the main parts ofeach piece of equipment, reduce operational errors,
and enhance facility reliability, and also an effective
way to instill an ownership mentality in operations andmaintenance department workers. Participants from
Yanbu NGL, in particular, said that by understanding
the concept and experiencing visualization activities
through this seminar, they were able to see the benefits ofthese activities over the voluntary maintenance activities
they currently implement at Saudi Aramco, and seemed
excited to introduce TPM activities to their workplaces.
This positive attitude is perhaps an indication that they
have developed an ownership mind over their machines
and plants through this seminar, and is something thatprobably would not have been achieved in previous
seminars that mostly featured classroom lectures. The
fact that the participants pointed out more problems than
was initially expected by the lecturers on the first dayof the field exercise in identifying malfunctions also
highlighted their high awareness and positive attitude.
The seminar provided the first steps in TPM
activities, but the continuation of activities will
determine whether this seminar was successful or not.
Just as is true in Japan, TPM activities will not take root
unless they are promoted by a strong leader. Fortunately,
Mr. Ashi exercises extremely strong leadership, and has
already been designated to lead TPM activities in Saudi
Aramco, so JCCP looks forward to regular reports ofachievements in the future.
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CPO Seminar on TPM Held at
Saudi Aramco’s Jeddah Refinery
1. Purpose and BackgroundA series of TPM seminars have been jointly
implemented with Saudi Aramco, beginning with thefirst seminar held at the Ras Tanura Refinery in 2008.
The recent seminar was the sixth in the series, andwas implemented in response to a request from Saudi
Aramco’s Jeddah Refinery. The request stemmed fromthe Jeddah Refinery’s awareness that TPM training isessential to improving field operations and to smoothly
disseminating the “my machine, my unit” mentalitythat the refinery is independently promoting amongits employees. Initially, practical on-site training in
TPM activities was considered as requested by Jeddah
Refinery, but a basic course was ultimately decided to be
implemented, taking into consideration the turnaroundmaintenance that was forthcoming in April 2013.
The seminar was held over a period of five days,
from November 3 to 7, 2012, at the training center in the
Jeddah Refinery, and was implemented by four lecturers,
including Mr. Kiyoshi Sakaino from JGC Corporation,
Mr. Fujio Takeishi and Mr. Motonari Yasutake from
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., and Fumihiro Tone from JCCP.
The participants were a group of 20 members,
comprised of 18 members from the Jeddah Refineryand two from the Ras Tanura Refinery. In terms ofdepartment, seven were from the maintenance division(including three regular inspection officers), five fromthe electrical instrumentation division, four from theoperations division, and four from the engineering
division (including three reliability officers).

2. Content
The seminar opened with words of greeting from
Mr. Abdullah A. Al-Deraibi, Manager, Jeddah Refinery
Dept., and Mr. Rayyan S. Tayeb, Supervisor (A), Training
Unit. They also spoke about how the seminar came tobe held jointly with JCCP and what the objectives
are, and Mr. Al-Deraibil, in particular, reflected on his
experience in participating in a JCCP regular course in
1989 and stressed how that experience has proven highly
beneficial to his job.

Fumihiro Tone also gave an opening address onbehalf of JCCP and explained the seminar program.
Following Tone, Mr. Sakaino from JGC Corporationlectured on maintenance management in the refinery(daily maintenance and periodic maintenance, facility
reliability improvement). In the first half of the lecture
on daily maintenance and periodic maintenance, Mr.
Sakaino succinctly discussed the technologies that areneeded for periodic maintenance, with particular focus
on items that are required for effective improvementof facility reliability. In the latter half, Mr. Sakaino
provided an overview of the risk management concept
and explained the theory and application of RCM(reliability-centered maintenance) to facility reliability
improvement. Toward the end of the session, theparticipants were divided into groups to discuss andstudy a case example of a BP Texas accident and its
causes. Their serious approach to the discussion andpertinent comments to each other’s presentations
demonstrated their high level of knowledge.
On the second day, Tone gave a lecture on maintenancemanagement and safety management based on TPM
activities in the refinery in reference to serious
accidents that have occurred in oil complexes in Japan,
including an accident caused by a facility design flaw,
an accident caused by the lack of change management,
an accident caused by the deterioration of safety
culture and violation of regulations, and an accident
originating from a natural disaster. Tone explained thatthe accidents were fundamentally the result of a humanerror or a poor management system, and discussed how
TPM activities came to be introduced as a means for
improving maintenance management and breaking awayfrom the risks of such accidents. He then introduced an
overview of the TPM concept and representative smallgroup activities, including the tool-box meeting (TBM),
hazard prediction activity, learning from near-misses,
and the 5S policy, and discussed management practices
in oil refining companies in Japan while emphasizing
the manager’s important role in boosting motivation in
the workplace.
Additionally, a workshop was held in which theparticipants were required to explain a problem they

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currently face in a manner that all other participants
could easily understand by drawing a diagram of theirproblem. This exercise was effective in facilitating
mutual understanding among participants from different
departments.
On the third day, Messrs. Takeishi and Yasutake from
Idemitsu Kosan Co, Ltd. introduced and discussed TPM
activities implemented in Idemitsu’s refineries. Mr.
Takeishi first gave a general outline of TPM activities,
frameworks, and key points for establishing TPM
activities in the refinery. Mr. Yasutake then discussed
voluntary maintenance activities with reference to caseexamples of activities at each stage of maintenance.
To impress upon the participants that the first step ofmaintenance is initial cleanup, in which “cleanup equals
inspection,” an exercise was held in identifying defects
in photos of pumps before maintenance. Close to 70% of
the participants were able to identify only five defects at
the most. However, as the objective of the exercise was
not only to identify the major defects, but to make close
observations and discover as many defects as possible,
the result was not necessarily satisfactory. Mr. Yasutake

noted that new employees at Idemitsu usually identify
more than 100 defects, and explained that finding as
many specific defects as possible leads to larger numbersof improvements.
Mr. Takeishi then lectured about maintenancemanagement systems and maintenance plans fromthe standpoint of a facility maintenance engineer, anddeepened participants’ understanding by explaining
the focus of maintenance through examples of themaintenance of representative refinery equipment.
A group discussion was held on the fourth day. To
achieve a good balance in regard to the participants’experience level, positions and age, they were divided
into four groups of five members each, and were asked
to select a group leader and presenter from among theirmembers. Each group made a presentation on the themeof “What our section should be like, problems and theircountermeasures.”First, group members wrote problems they face on
separate post-its, categorized them according to genre,
and selected an issue of high priority. They then analyzed
the cause of the selected issue based on the 5-why, 4M
and fishbone analysis methods, and discussed the issue up
to the preparation of an action plan for solving the issue.
The themes selected by the groups were “contractor
safety,” “knowledge transfer from experienced employee
to younger employee,” “lack of stability,” and “highemployee attrition.”
Each of the themes clearly highlighted current issues
and posed extremely difficult problems. However,the participants seriously discussed how they could
overcome their respective management problem
instead of surrendering to the passive thinking that
there is nothing they could do, and exhibited strong
determination to take action.

Lecture by Mr. Motonari Yasutake, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

Group discussion

Mr. Abdullah A. Al-Deraibi, Manager, Jeddah Reﬁnery Dept.,
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The final fifth day consisted of a course review andclosing session. All participants were of the opinion
that the seminar will benefit their future activities. They
also expressed their expectations of a practical courseand further support for the future implementation of
TPM activities at the Jeddah Refinery. After receiving
words of appreciation from Mr. Tayeb, Tone said inclosing that the seminar was extremely fruitful, and that“kaizen has already begun in the workplace.” By way of
encouragement, he said each and every participant is aseed of a future fruit, which will grow to be two to threetimes the size it is today, so they should look forward totheir future growth. The seminar was then brought to aclose with the presentation of a completion certificate.

3. Observations
The implementation of the seminar was consideredfrom the perspective of contributing to the smoothpromotion of the “my machine, my unit” campaign that
the Jeddah Refinery is independently promoting amongits employees.
Post-seminar evaluations revealed that all participants
thought the seminar provided useful and beneficial
knowledge. Their positions, specialties and ages varied
broadly, but they were one in their wish to overcome
their current situation by their own actions. That many ofthem expressed a desire for further support in introducing
TPM activities to their workplaces also left a strong
impression.
As the response to the seminar was strongly positive,
JCCP may consider its continued implementation in the
future. It can be said that this possibility has underlined
the importance of ongoing communication and followup initiatives.
<by Fumihiro Tone, Training Dept.>

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CPO Seminaron Practical TPM Activities
for Field Operators Held at Saudi Aramco

Seminar participants and lecturers

A Customized Program-Overseas (CPO) on TPM
activities for visualization of field operations washeld at Saudi Aramco, intended for machine operatorsand maintenance staff. It took place at the Yanbu
Refinery’s Training Center and at the site of a diesel
fuel hydrodesulfurization unit in Process Area 3, over a
period of 5 days, from March 2 to 6, 2013.

1. Objective and Background
Saudi Aramco and JCCP have implemented a seriesof joint seminars on TPM activities since fiscal 2008.
Held at the Ras Tanura Refinery, Riyadh Refinery, Yanbu
NGL, Jeddah Refinery, and Southern Area Oil Operations(Abqaiq), these seminars comprised classroom lectures
only, and fell short of providing deep understanding of
TPM activities, which are mainly field-oriented. Given
this situation, the recent seminar on TPM activities forvisualization of field operations was designed to mainly
provide practical hands-on training to field managers,
and was held on the refinery floor, at the strong requestof Yanbu Refinery, which is currently considering the
introduction of TPM activities.
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Basim A. Zarie, Superintendent, Planning & Training
Division. It also aimed to encourage voluntary activities
by field operators and maintenance staff who undertake
operations and maintenance activities in the refinery.

2. Seminar Content
Lectures were given in the mornings on the first twodays, and hands-on field training was provided in theafternoons to facilitate understanding of issues presented
in the lectures.

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Lecturers included Fumihiro Tone from JCCP andthree members from Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.: Messrs.
Yoshisumi Tamao, Masanori Wada, and Masaaki Desaki.
The group of participants consisted of a total of 22
elite members selected from Saudi Aramco’s various
refineries and departments. From the Yanbu Refinery,
they included one engineer and three techniciansfrom the maintenance department and 11 operatorsfrom the operations department. They also included
one supervisor and one operator from the Ras Tanura
Refinery, one maintenance planning officer from the
Riyadh Refinery, one supervisor from Juaymah NGL,
one maintenance engineer from Yanbu NGL, and two
instructors from the Yanbu Training Center.
On the first day, the seminar began with an opening
speech by Mr. Osama A. Hassan, Supervisor, Planning &Accountability, followed by a detailed explanation of thesignificance and objectives of the seminar by Mr. Zarie.
Mr. Zarie attended a regular course on maintenancein fiscal 2008, and is also well-versed in Japanesestyle management practices, so his support for the
implementation of this seminar was deeply appreciated.
Mr. Tone defined and provided an overall descriptionof TPM in his lecture entitled “Overview of TPM andmaintenance management and safety management
based on TPM activities in the refinery.” In reference
to a case example of a serious accident that occurredin an oil complex in Japan, he explained that TPM
activities came to be introduced as a means for improving
maintenance management following the accident. He
also explained that the success and failure of TPM
activities are predicated on the awareness of the leader,and emphasized the importance of management practices
in oil-related companies in Japan and the role of the
manager in boosting motivation in the workplace. Tone

then introduced representative small-group activities thatform the core of TPM activities, including the tool-box
meeting (TBM), hazard prediction activity, learning fromnear-misses, and the 5S policy, explaining that this policy
is particularly important to achieving visualization.
In the afternoon, the participants engaged in
Workshop Part 1 on extracting and examining problems
in visualization in an actual workplace. Divided into
two groups for pumps and compressors, they assessed
the present state of defects and grime and searched forproblems using a checklist.
On the second day, Messrs. Tamao, Wada and Desaki
from Idemitsu Kosan introduced case examples of TPM
activities implemented in Idemitsu’s refineries. Mr.
Tamao first gave a general outline of TPM activities,
frameworks, and key points for establishing TPM
activities in the refinery. Mr. Desaki then conducted an
exercise in identifying defects using photos of pumps
riddled with defects, to make the point that the spirit ofinitial cleanup—“cleanup equals inspection”—is the firststep in voluntary maintenance activities, which form

Mr. Masanori Wada giving a lecture

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an important pillar of TPM activities. Lastly, Mr. Wada
showed a video of serious accidents that have occurred at
Idemitsu Kosan in the past, to provide an understandingof the importance of visualization, and Mr. Tamao
explained the effects of visualization in an easy-tounderstand manner through photos of workplaces before
and after the implementation of visualization activities.
In the afternoon, the participants engaged in
Workshop Part 2 on extracting and examining problems
in visualization in an actual workplace, and took to
the task of identifying areas for cleanup from among
the problems and concerns they had extracted on theprevious day. For the compressor, they limited the rangeof their task, as it was too large to complete within thetime available.

On the third day, the problems that were extracted
were classified into those related to maintenance andthose related to visualization, and after narrowing themdown to 10 or so visualization problems due to limited
time, the participants discussed their levels of priority,
cleanup method, overall plan, and members to be incharge of each task. In temperatures reaching to 35°C,
they applied themselves to the cleanup with vigor,
actively cleaning oil stains with a solvent and eliminating
dust with an air blower or water hose. Some areas wereready for painting by the same afternoon.
On the fourth day, Mr. Desaki first explained about
the necessary tools for achieving visualization ofgauges and how to use them, and had the participants
engage in hands-on practice in cleaning the gauges.

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The participants then moved to the site of theirworkshop for post-cleaning verification, and performed
additional cleaning and painting of needed areas. Certain
considerations were given so that paint colors andremedies to some of the equipment defects conformed
to Saudi Aramco’s regulations. Among the problems
extracted were malfunctions of the vibration indicatorand pressure gauge in regard to the compressors, andmalfunctions of the pressure gauge in regard to pumps,
but because these problems require the judgment andinstruction of a supervisor from a dedicated department
and also require time to address, they were decided tobe left until they could be addressed in future activities.
Lastly, visualization measures were applied to selected
equipment, to visualize the proper range of gauges andmotor rotation direction, for example. After completionof training in the workplace, both groups looked backon their tasks and summarized matters that came to theirattention during the activity and future action plans.
On the fifth and last day of the seminar, theparticipants compiled presentation materials in
preparation for giving a report on the results of theiractivities to the refinery management. They formed
the structure of their presentation in consultation witheach other, and made the necessary corrections to thematerials by having a speaker rehearse the presentation.
Such team efforts could also be said to be a meaningful
result of this seminar.
The closing ceremony was held with the attendanceof Mr. Mustafa M. Almahdi, Yanbu Refinery Manager,
Mr. Zarie, and Mr. Mohammed S. Aidarous, Supervisor,
Training Unit. Mr. Almahdi said the seminar presented
knowledge and skills that would prove highly useful in
upgrading refinery maintenance, and should be put tofull use hereafter. He also articulated his plan to request
JCCP’s cooperation in implementing similar seminars in
the future. Tone expressed his appreciation to the Saudi
Aramco management on behalf of JCCP, and brought
the seminar to a close after presenting the participants
with a completion certificate.

instructions from their supervisors, there was a slight
concern about whether they would be comfortablewith taking voluntary action. The concern, however,
was dispelled once the seminar began. The participants
seemed to enjoy and gain a sense of satisfaction in
engaging in practical, hands-on training in an actual
workplace as in the previous seminar, indicating thatsuch training would also be effective if incorporated inother seminars in the future. In particular, the participants
seemed well aware of the objective of cultivating the“my machine,” “my plant” ownership mindset that isa keyword in TPM activities, and thus seemed to takethe hands-on training with a sense of purpose. Field
activities are necessary for achieving specific results
such as changes in awareness and improving equipment
reliability, and the establishment of systems and schemesthat managers can initiate are particularly important.
The Yanbu Refinery is presently composed of threeareas, two of which have been used for onsite training
in this seminar. The participants applied themselves
to two days of initial cleanup activities, and achieved
the intended results of visualization. At the end of theseminar following their presentations, most of theparticipants declared their intention to apply the practiceto their respective workplaces, and raised expectations
for future achievement of visualization.
In a meeting held after the seminar, the Training Unit
sought the continued implementation of the seminar next
year. Thus the content, period of implementation, andother particulars of the seminar will be discussed in detailhereafter, with a view to offering an even more practicalseminar that includes onsite training and that could be
attended by all members concerned, from manager-level
employees to field operators and maintenance staff.
<by Fumihiro Tone, Training Dept.>

3. Observations
Last year (FY2011), a seminar on workplacevisualization activities was held for supervisors and postsupervisors, with the main aim of developing leaders ofvisualization activities.
This year, the seminar was held for operators andmaintenance staff. Because they normally work under

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Regular Course on Essential Petroleum
Technologies in the Future
A regular course on Essential Petroleum Technologies
in the Future was held from May 8 to 25, 2012.

1. Background and Intention
As part of JCCP’s effort to refine the content ofregular courses as a whole, lecturers of the Training
Department have been exploring and discussing newthemes for regular courses that have never been offered
before. This particular course was based on the existing
Essential Petroleum Technology course, but was refinedby incorporating several years of participant feedback,as well as the results of an analysis of technical fields
of interest among participants of courses provided by
the Process Group. The renewal aimed to introduce thestatus of Japan’s initiatives related to three key topics thatare expected to become increasingly significant in the
future—heavy oil treatment, biofuels and hydrogen—and to present a technical direction toward which theglobal oil industry ought to proceed as one in the future.
To clarify this perspective, the word “future” was added
to the previous title, and the content was reviewed
as appropriate to the new title, “Essential Petroleum
Technologies in the Future.”
Several new topics were added to the course,
including hydrogen energy, fuel cell vehicles, bioethanol, and heavy oil treatment (Eureka Process®).
New approaches were also introduced to practicaltraining, and included a tour of the Advanced Technology
and Research Institute of the Japan Petroleum Energy
Center in Toke, Chiba Prefecture and various hydrogenstation facilities and test-driving of fuel cell cars.

3. Training at JCCP
(1) Japan’s Oil Industry
This lecture introduced the characteristics of Japan’s
oil industry and provided an understanding of the market
potential of Japan as an export destination of oil. The
concept of maintaining competitiveness in line withmarket principles seemed new to the participants fromoil-producing countries, where most oil companies arerun by the government. They also showed strong interestin the high quality of oil products in Japan and in theJapanese oil industry’s efficient response to the shrinking
heavy oil fraction market.
(2) World’s Energy Situation and the Present
Status of New Energies(Lecturer: Mr. Mitsuyuki Maeda)
This lecture served an important function indeveloping a shared perspective among the participants
as the starting point of the course. Participants from
Saudi Arabia strengthened their awareness of theircountry being a leading oil producer, and deepened
their concern foremost about the future energy supply
situation.
(3) Reﬁnery Proﬁtability Improvement Simulation<Practical training using JCCP’s training
simulator>
The previous course provided simulator training on
the startup of an FCC unit, but this was not necessarily
completely relevant to all participants in terms of their

2. Participants
The 15 participants of the course consisted of six
participants from the Middle East (five from Saudi
Arabia and one from Kuwait), two from Africa (oneeach from Libya and Nigeria), and seven from Asia (twofrom Indonesia and one each from Myanmar, Pakistan,Thailand and Vietnam).
Simulator training on the optimization of reﬁnery equipment
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positions and posts. Therefore, changes were made toprovide a simulation of how profitability is improved
through the process of gradually adding a heavy oil
cracker to a grassroots refinery.
This simulator training session was highly wellreceived by the participants, who proposed numerous
other case examples for simulation besides those thatwere prepared in advance by the lecturer.
(4) Transportation of Hydrogen as an Organic
Compound(Lecturer: Dr. Yoshimi Okada,Chiyoda Corporation)
The means for transporting hydrogen will become amajor issue in building a hydrogen energy society in the
future. This lecture therefore provided an understandingof the advantages of handling hydrogen in liquid form
and the benefits of hydrogen as a new, exportable energy
source to take the place of crude oil.
(5) Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuel(Lecturer: Dr. Masayuki Sagisaka,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Scienceand Technology)
The introduction of biofuel is predicated on the
carbon neutrality concept. However, the process ofcommercializing biofuel actually requires the use of asignificant amount of energy, such as for the cultivation,
harvesting and processing of raw materials (irrigationwater, fertilizer), as well as for the delivery of the final
product. Thus, this lecture emphasized that an optimal
utilization of bioresources can only be achieved bygaining proper understanding of this disadvantage in
addition to their advantages as an alternative to fossil
fuels and as a means for strengthening energy security. It
also discussed bioresources in relation to other important
issues, such as the acquisition of agricultural land andcompetition with food production, and provided an
important awareness that biofuel is not necessarily
without disadvantages.
(6) Bioethanol Production from Wood Materials(Lecturer: Dr. Daisuke Taneda, JGC Corporation)
Bio-reﬁnery Concept(Lecturer: Mr. Makoto Ikeou, JGC Corporation)
Bioethanol is produced by a fermentation method
using mainly corn or sugar cane. With this type offirst-generation bioethanol, increasing fuel productionmeans decreasing food supply, which food resource-

poor countries such as Japan cannot afford to do. Basedon this awareness, studies are being conducted on the
production of second-generation bioethanol from algae,
grain straws and woody materials. Among these materials,
this lecture focused on the production of bioethanol fromwoody materials, as well as examined the production offuel oil (isobutanol) and chemical products according toa chemical synthetic procedure using biomass as starting
material.
(7) Building Hydrogen Infrastructures(Lecturer: Mr. Kazuhiro Kikuchi, Japan Petroleum
Energy Center)
This lecture discussed scenarios for the constructionof hydrogen infrastructures toward the dissemination offuel cell vehicles, regulations on the handling and safetyof hydrogen, and the supply of high-purity hydrogen forfuel cell vehicles.
(8) Development Trend and Future Outlook of Fuel
Cell Vehicles(Lecturer: Mr. Katsuhiko Hirose, Toyota Motor
Corporation)
Mr. Hirose, who works at the forefront of technicaldevelopment at Toyota Motor Corporation, gave a highly
impressive presentation on the development trend andfuture outlook of fuel cell vehicles in Japan based on
the participants’ onsite experience in test-riding in a fuelcell vehicle at Kyushu University and in a fuel cell bus
at Meitetsu Bus Co., Ltd. As the leading expert in thedevelopment of hybrid vehicles at Toyota Motor, Mr.
Hirose also emphasized that the fuel cell vehicle could
not have been realized without the development of thehybrid technology, and impressed upon the participants
the importance of technical development.
(9) Presentations by the participants
To engage the participants in interactive discussion,
each participant was asked to prepare and give a
presentation on an energy-related topic for mutual
discussion among the entire group.
The topics varied according to the country of theparticipant, but it was apparent that the majority ofcountries have strong interest in renewable energies suchas solar power generation, wind power generation andbioethanol. There were also countries that aim to achieveadvanced technologies such as for desulfurization ofsupercritical water, and as a whole, the presentations
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4. Offsite Training(2) Fuji Oil Company, Ltd., Sodegaura Reﬁnery
Fuji Oil’s Sodegaura Refinery was added to theprogram this year as a new training destination. The
refinery is famous for its development and commercial
operation of the Eureka Process®, a type of coker
process that keeps the pitch in liquid state for easy
handling and allows it to be sold as refinery boiler fuel or
as a coke binder when cooled and solidified. Fuji Oil isthe only company in the world that operates this process.
The refinery also takes measures to conserve energy
through pinch energy analysis, and has introduced a
4000kW Kalina-cycle power plant (uses ammonia asa working fluid), the largest of its kind in the world, tomake effective use of low-temperature waste heat thathas had little use up to now.

(4) Kyushu University, Itoshima Hydrogen Town
At Kyushu University, the participants were given
test rides in a fuel cell car to experience the potential ofhydrogen fuel as a power source. Knowledge was also
provided of hydrogen container materials. In Japan,
container materials are severely restricted by the High
Pressure Gas Safety Act (formerly called High Pressure
Gas Control Act). As the restrictions pose an obstacle
to making fuel cells lighter and reducing cost, theuniversity is conducting research on low-cost materials
evaluation for greater economic efficiency of fuel cells.
In particular, the research focuses on the use of hydrogenobtained from water electrolysis and converting energy
to hydrogen in order to absorb the fluctuations of
natural energies (such as solar power and wind power
generation, which produce a large difference in energy
generation as a result of changes in natural conditions).
At Itoshima Hydrogen Town (formerly known as
Maebaru Hydrogen Town), the participants examined
the actual operation of a solid-oxide fuel cell installedin each residence. Here, hydrogen is produced using a
concentrated supply of propane gas from Saibugas Co.,
Ltd. and equipping each fuel cell power generator witha hydrogen manufacturing unit . Waste heat is recoveredin the form of hot water in a small cogeneration system.
Fukuoka Prefecture is involved in the selectionof research themes at Kyushu University and in theoperation of a hydrogen town project in a numberof locations in the Kyushu region, and is aiming to
attract researchers and manufacturing industries in thehydrogen sector as part of its challenge to develop new(3) Japan Petroleum Energy Center, Advanced
Technology and Research Institute (ATRI)ATRI was also added to the program this year as
a new training site. Japanese oil companies competewith each other, but also work together as an industry inaddressing issues that are too complex for each company
to tackle on its own. Among these issues, ATRI provided
knowledge of the practical evaluation of biofuels(gasoline, diesel fuel) and petroleomics (examinationof heavy oil upgrading based on detailed evaluationof heavy oil composition). The laboratory facility
employing a chassis dynamometer perhaps appeared new
to the participants, as probably no such facility exists inoil companies in the Middle East and Asia.

Participants listening to an explanation of mechanisms under
the hood of a fuel cell car at Kyushu University(1) Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., Research andDevelopment Center
Training on the development of heavy oil catalysts
has conventionally been the main feature of training at
Cosmo Oil’s Research and Development Center, butthree new themes have been added this year, including
the BTL technology (biomass-to-liquid technology:
technology for producing liquid fuel from biofuel
through chemical synthesis), bioethanol production
by fermentation, and advancement into new sectors(agricultural chemicals). The tour of the laboratory
elicited highly active discussions and was strongly
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industries. It thus offered its cooperation in this offsite
practical training program through the New Industries
and Technologies Division in the Fukuoka Prefectural
Government.
(5) Kitakyushu Hydrogen Town
At Kitakyushu Hydrogen Town, hydrogen is supplied
to each facility by obtaining by-product hydrogen froma steel mill, refining it in a hydrogen station (PSA unit),
and distributing it through high-pressure gas pipes. A
manager from JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation,
the company that actually runs the facilities at thehydrogen station, provided invaluable information about
the safety and daily management of the facilities.

At a hydrogen station in Central Japan International Airport

destinations. The hydrogen station there produceshydrogen in an on-site type of hydrogen manufacturing
equipment (operation of a small hydrogen production
unit located adjacent to the hydrogen station) using
city gas supplied by Toho Gas Co., Ltd. This hydrogenstation was selected as a potential business model of anoil company that produces hydrogen.

5. Observations
At a hydrogen station in Kitakyushu City:
The car behind the participants on the left is a fuel cell car
used for business by Fukuoka Prefecture.

(6) Meitetsu Bus Co., Ltd. (fuel cell bus)
Meitetsu Bus offered a test ride in a fuel cell bus
and provided an understanding of how the practicalapplication of fuel cells is expanding from the compact
passenger car sector to the public transportation
sector as well. Prior to the test ride, a manager fromToyota Motor Corporation, the development company,
provided training on the environmental performance andmaintenance of fuel cell buses using an actual fuel cellbus in standby at a Meitetsu Bus service office.
(7) Central Japan International Airport (Centrair)
Hydrogen Station
To provide practical training at hydrogen stations thatuse different hydrogen supply methods, a visit to thehydrogen station at Central Japan International Airport
was selected as one of this course’s offsite training

This course was designed by making major changes
to the previous course based on the views of the training
program renewal committee in the Training Department.
As emphasis was placed on selecting diverse offsite
training destinations, the participants had to keep up
with a busy schedule, but gained a good understandingof technical development in Japan.
In an evaluation form they were asked to complete
after the end of the course, a large majority of theparticipants rated five specific themes as bearing
high importance: (1) alternative fuels, (2) heavy oil
upgrading, (3) energy conservation, (4) quality control,and (5) desulfurization and FCC technologies for clean
fuel production. Participants from a number of countries
also expressed a request for training on solar and wind
power generation.
We will continue to keep our ears open to the needs
and requests of oil-producing countries and examine
themes in a flexible manner.
<by Bunsuke Kariya, Training Dept.>

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Regular Course on Safety Managementfor Refineries
1. Background and Aim
Safety Management for Refineries was offered forthe first time in fiscal 2006 in response to rising needs
for training on the subject, and has since become one of
the most popular regular courses at JCCP. Intended forrefinery engineers, the course aims to foster engineers
with diverse skills by widely introducing the actual
state of safety management in Japanese refineries andproviding various perspectives on safety management
techniques that support refinery operations. The safety
management techniques discussed in the course included
the latest plant safety design method, techniques related
to risk assessment and risk management, organizations
and frameworks for safety management and disasterprevention, safety education, laws and regulations related
to safety and security, and maintenance management.
Additionally, a visit was made to a major insurancecompany in Japan to more specifically introduce andprovide greater knowledge of technologies related torisk assessment and risk management also with regard
to various risks including that of earthquakes.

2. Course Content
2.1 Training at JCCP
(1) Outline of Safety Management
This lecture provided knowledge of various mattersthat need to be understood to ensure safety management
in refineries, such as the basic concept of safety
management, the OHSAS 18001 standard, principal
safety-related laws and regulations in Japan, various
safety activities in refineries, and risk management, in
relation to the organization of the entire course.
Many questions were raised by the participants
regarding the meaning and effects of 5S and KYK
activities, the practice of finger-pointing confirmation,and other such activities for building a safety culture.
(2) Plant Maintenance and Safety Management
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to refinery facility problems, maintenance styles andmanagement of refineries, TPM activities, and voluntary
maintenance activities. Topics that particularly captured
the interest of the participants as engineers in a position
to ensure safety management included the following:
the history and development of the maintenancemanagement concept in Japan, which steadily evolved
from breakdown maintenance (BM) to quality control(QC), preventive maintenance (PM), total productive
maintenance (TPM), reliability-centered maintenance(RCM) and risk-based inspection (RBI); important
perspectives on maintenance management; specificmethods for reliability evaluation of facilities and RBI;
and an introduction of an HDS reactor accident andother major disasters and accidents that have occurredin refineries in the past. Overall, the lecture was highly
rated by all participants.
(3) Environmental Management
This lecture discussed environmental management inJapan with references to the history and background to
Japan’s pollution prevention efforts, an overview of laws
for prevention of air and water pollution, and various
processes involved in these initiatives for pollution
prevention.
Environmental issues are one of the priority areas ofglobal concern, as is apparent in worldwide initiatives
to prevent global warming. As they are also issues thatboth directly and indirectly concern everyone, the lecture
garnered strong interest from all participants.
(4) Japanese Laws and Regulations Related to
Safety, Action-related Accident Prevention and
Safety Education(Lecturer: Mr. Hirotoshi Goto, Japan Associationof Safety and Health Consultants)
This lecture provided an understanding of theobjective and content of the Labor Standards Law and theIndustrial Safety and Health Law, government policies,
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and the role of the Labor Standards Inspection Office.
The participants listened with strong interest to thedetails of Japan’s initiatives for accident prevention
and improvement of labor conditions through publicprivate cooperation as part of the effort to promote rapid
economic growth.
The Japan Association of Safety and Health
Consultants is an organization of experts who engage
in various activities for promotion of industrial safety
and health. It is also closely connected with the Japan
Industrial Safety & Health Association, and is active inproviding a wide range of services, including technicalsupport, surveys and research, zero-disaster promotion
activities, health and safety education, and international
cooperation.
(5) Plant Safety Design and Risk Management(Lecturer: Mr. Masatoshi Kano, HSE Systems
Department, Engineering Division,JGC Corporation)
As with the lecture provided last year, one and ahalf days were spent discussing the concept of plantsafety design, the definition of risk, and specific risk
management and risk assessment methods from theperspective of an engineering company.
The lecture captured the participants’ attention by
providing views from the standpoint of an engineer incharge of actual plant design and construction based on
the latest technologies, and carried persuasive weight,
coming from an engineering company operating diverse
businesses around the world. With a workshop also
providing practical training in the safety design of an
actual plant, this lecture was as highly appreciated by
the participants as it was last year.
(6) Presentations by the participants (case studies)
Two days before completion of the course, eachparticipant gave a presentation for mutual discussions.
Participants from Kuwait, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia andVietnam gave presentations on specific cases related tosafety, such as fire accidents, as well as their causes andcountermeasures. They were high-level presentations
that not only introduced case examples of accidents
and problems, but also examined whether improvement
measures have been taken and whether a safety
management system has been established in response tosuch accidents. Active discussions also took place after
each presentation.

2.2 Offsite Training(1) Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Tokuyama Reﬁnery
The training program at the Tokuyama Refinery
provided detailed knowledge of the refinery’ssafety management system, with particular focus
on the company-wide network that disseminates
trouble/accident information, countermeasures, andtroubleshooting examples. In the instrument room,
even more specific explanations were given of safety
activities in the refinery, and captured the participants’strong interest and attention.

At Idemitsu Kosan’s Tokuyama Reﬁnery(2) JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation,
Negishi Reﬁnery
The Negishi Refinery gave a detailed overview of its
refinery, safety management system, activities related
to safety, earthquake response procedures, and disasterprevention system and initiatives. A lecture on the role ofthe joint disaster prevention center at times of large-scale
fires and an introduction to the refinery’s state-of-the-art
fire extinguishing car for high locations were also wellreceived by the participants.
Basic issues in safety management, such as factorsthat lead to trouble and accidents, readiness to avoid

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33such incidents, and work efficiency, were explained inan easy-to-understand fashion through questions andanswers. The active participation of the participants
produced many questions, and made for a meaningful
and beneficial program.
(3) Yokogawa Electric Corporation,
Mitaka Head Ofﬁce
The training program at the Mitaka Head Officeprovided knowledge of the latest DCS control system(DCS Centum CS3000) with a focus on its configuration,functions and technical background, and of thelatest technologies for reliability improvement andredundancy, which elicited various questions from theparticipants regarding the usage conditions and actual
performance of the system.
The latest technologies for reliability improvement
and redundancy, such as the ProSafe-RS and New
SIL3 System, are highly technical and sophisticated,but reliable control systems are indispensable to stablerefinery operations and emergency response. This
program proved to be extremely valuable and beneficial
to the participants as it provided an understanding of thisimportant point.

of system alarms, the training on alarm management
systems captured their strong interest.
(5) NKSJ Risk Management, Inc.,
Risk Engineering Department
The lecture by the Risk Engineering Department firstprovided knowledge of the meaning of risk evaluation to
an insurance company, the history of risk management
up to the present, and the development of the BCM(business continuity management) practice, thendiscussed in detail the risk hazards facing companies
today and technical issues on how to mitigate or provide
financing against such hazards.
Explanations were also given of the factors andformulas used for evaluation risks in refineries andpetrochemical units, and the methods of risk evaluationand simulation with respect to earthquake disasters.
Most participants seemed unfamiliar with the fieldof risk engineering, but the lecture provided a highly
valuable understanding of the concepts and specificaspects of risk assessment and risk management, andelicited many questions from the participants.

At the head ofﬁce of NKSJ Risk Management, Inc.

At Yokogawa Electric Corporation’s Mitaka Head Ofﬁce(4) Azbil Corporation, Fujisawa Technology Center
There has been a recent trend toward the standardizationof alarms and particularly of DCS and process alarm
management mainly in Europe and the United States,
based on their experience of large plant disasters. The
training program at the Fujisawa Technology Center
first explained the background to the need for alarm
management and an overview of the present stage in thestandardization process (guidelines), and then introduced
examples of alarm management using the functions ofa newly installed DCS (Harmonas-DEO). As verified
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3. Summary
Due to the increasing interest in safety management,
we are working hard to provide diverse responses, suchas through offsite training at an insurance company.
This training, in particular, has been highly appreciatedevery year, and seems to lend impact to the course. The
course content is also reviewed every year, and in a postevaluation of the course, many participants requested
training in environment and safety technologies, such as
for the treatment of contaminated water and water safety
management. We will therefore take this specific request
into consideration when next implementing the course.

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Regular Course on Petroleum Marketing
1. Overview

2. Course Content

JCCP has been providing this course for many years,
but a number of changes have been made based on areview by the Regular Course Renewal Committee
established within JCCP. The opinions of participating
countries were deliberated and reflected as muchas possible. That is, changes have been made to theprogram content so that it more faithfully reflects thebasic principle that oil-exporting countries export crude
oil and oil products, and Japan, as an oil-consuming
country, imports, refines and delivers oil to domestic
users. From this standpoint, the program was firstmodified to more closely benefit the future operations
and management activities of managers in charge ofmarketing crude oil and oil products in state-run oil
companies in oil-exporting countries. A new workshop
on financial accounting and negotiation has been
included in the program. Therefore, certain changes havebeen made to the lecture contents and location of site
visits. These have been revised to provide the substantial
background that is required when said managers takehigher responsibilities. Furthermore, the program
structure was designed to enable participants to easily
grasp the larger picture, in consideration of the fact thatmany participants assume management positions in themarketing department from technical and other fields.
Having prepared this foundation, the program was
opened not only to marketing and physical distribution
managers, but also to managers in departments who havea need to understand the above-mentioned activities topursue their management duties.
A total of 18 participants, including three women,from nine countries attended the course. In terms ofage, two were in their 20s, five in their 30s, ten in their
40s and one in his 50s. In terms of jobs, twelve were
engaged in marketing and physical distribution, four inplanning, finance and accounting, and two in refinery
operations. The course ran for a period of 11 days, fromJanuary 10 to 20, 2012.

2.1 Training at JCCP
(1) Japan’s Oil Industry
While introducing the various fields of Japan’s oil
industry, we shared an understanding of the importanceof oil-producing countries to Japan and the importanceof the Japanese market to oil-producing countries. As
the United States and the EU acquire half of their oil
supplies via onshore pipelines, participation in thisportion by other exporting countries is difficult. Since
Japan does not have that kind of supply source, Japan isclosely tied to the Middle East through sea transportation
by VLCC. Nothing less than those, oil-producing
countries other than the Middle East countries are also
important to Japan as recourse in case of emergency.
Many participants agreed to having come to realize therole and significance of JCCP activities.
(2) Workshop on Negotiation and Financial
Accounting
This workshop aimed to provide practical knowledgeof important skills in two completely different fields—
negotiation and financial accounting—through two
separate lectures combined with an exercise using theboard game Monopoly. Monopoly is a business gamethat was created in the United States more than one
hundred years ago. Players compete against each otheras business owners and see who can acquire the greatest
profit by finding hidden profit sources as the board

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game progresses and selling, buying and exchanging
properties through negotiation and bargaining with theother players. Depending on the participants’ level ofunderstanding, it can provide an extremely high levelof training experience. With respect to negotiation,
participants learn the new approach of “creating thepie to be distributed” by going beyond establishinga win-win relationship from the high point of viewof a negotiation supervisor. With respect to financial
accounting, which is indispensable to management yet
presents a high barrier, intensive training was provided
to allow participants to acquire the essential principles ofaccounting, from entering transactions in the book andcreating financial statements. As far as small businessesgo, participants gained the necessary foundation forunderstanding the financial statements of their company
by acquiring the skills to prepare a balance sheet andprofit-and-loss statement on their own. The workshop
was designed so that participants can arrive at theirstudy goal only by performing hands-on activities while
communicating with other participants. They therefore
engaged in discussion with a degree of concentration thateven had them losing track of the time and forgetting totake any breaks.
(3) World’s Energy Situation(Lecturer: Prof. Mitsuyuki Maeda, Tokyo Instituteof Technology)
This lecture provided an understanding of worldenergy trends in relation to global environmental
issues. Detailed explanations of energy situations were
substantiated by abundant data on petroleum, LNG,
nuclear power, coal, water and wind power. Trends incrude oil prices stemming from financial problems werealso explained using specific examples and captivatedthe attention of participants from planning departments,
as well as those who presently work in a regional office
but aspire to work in the head office of their company.

Coastal tanker transporting oil from the reﬁnery
to a storage facility

by tank truck. Other questions and opinions were about
Japan’s characteristic lack of a pipeline network and thefact it mainly depends on shipment by tanker, indicating
the participants’ strong interest in the rationalization ofphysical distribution.
(2) JX Nippon Oil & Energy Staging Terminal
Corporation, Kiire Terminal
On the day of the visit, a VLCC of 300,000DWT
was in the process of unloading oil, and the participants
were able to get a direct feel of the large scale of thecrude oil loading/unloading facility and tanker. After
receiving an overview of the terminal, they inspected
the pier from the sea and received a description of thecrude oil loading/unloading process. Then, in the control
house, they received an explanation of the terminal’s
fully computerized and systematized operations, andin the tank yard, they stepped inside a large 160,000
kl tank that was under open inspection while listening
to an explanation of open inspection procedures. The
participants also inspected the latest vapor recovery
device for crude oil tankers. In the afternoon, the members

2.2 Site Visit(1) JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation,
Mizushima Reﬁnery
At the Mizushima Refinery, the participants inspected
the actual facilities of the refinery and engaged refinery
staff members in active Q&A interchanges as they toured
a large tank truck offloading facility, lube oil loading
facility, and a crude oil receiving facility. Many of thequestions were in reference to the land transport of oil

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of the terminal’s operations group provided a lecture on
the roles, functions and operational management of theterminal, and members of the environment and safetygroup gave a lecture on the terminal’s environmental
and safety management initiatives.
(3) Uyeno Kosan Ltd., Kawasaki Tank Truck BaseUyeno Kosan is a company whose history goesback more than 100 years in the coastal shipping andtank truck transportation sectors. Instructors from eachsector gave a lecture on the transportation of oil products
and their safety activities. Many questions were asked,
particularly from participants in charge of domestic salesof oil products. They expressed their view that the lecture
provided a wealth of knowledge they could put to use
immediately upon returning to their country, including
methods of inventory management, determination ofquantity and handling complaints from stakeholders.

Tank truck base of a major oil transporter(4) JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Head Ofﬁce
The head office of JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corporation provided a broad-based lecture on the sizeand operations of the company, trends in automotive fuelquality in Japan, environmental issues, and alternative
fuels. A lecture on volatile hydrocarbon recovery
technology was also given as an issue common with
oil-exporting countries.
(5) Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., Head Ofﬁce
The head office of Showa Shell Sekiyu first gave an
overview of its position within the global Shell Group,
then provided a lecture on the R&D trends and status ofdemonstration tests of alternative fuels, such as biofuel,GTL and hydrogen fuel. In the afternoon, the participants
toured a hydrogen station operated by the company.

3. Summary
This course traced the oil flow in Japan, one of thebiggest consumers. Starting from the import of crude oiland through refinery, we went over the transportation andmarketing of oil products from a managerial viewpoint,with a focus on accident and fraud prevention rather thanthe details of actual operations. A constant stream of
lively questions from the participants regarding solutions
to issues mentioned in the lecture and the principles andconcepts behind those solutions made for active daily
discussions. The workshop, in particular, received highpraise as an ideal opportunity to exchange views withparticipants from differing fields.
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Exchange

Regular Course on Inspection andReliability Evaluation
1. Overview
This course aimed to introduce countermeasures
to corrosion of refinery facilities (static equipment),
inspection and diagnosis technologies and reliability
evaluation methods, and was intended for inspectionengineers, materials engineers and corrosion engineers
who work with static refinery equipment. Specificallydesigned to provide knowledge and technologies
needed to ensure reliability of refinery facilities andmaintain safe and stable operations, it covered the latest
inspection and diagnosis methods for principal refinery
facilities, including towers and vessels, heat exchangers,
furnaces, tanks, and pipes, and methods for evaluationof inspection results and countermeasures.
A total of 18 participants from 12 countries attended
the course, including eight from the GCC countries.
At an average age of 36, the group mainly comprised
middle-level inspection and maintenance engineers. The
course ran from January 17 to February 3, 2012.

basic principles of maintenance and management
methods, as well as in on-stream inspection (OSI) andperiodic inspection methods and repair cases and plans
based on inspection results. Additionally, two plant
equipment and materials manufacturers (a pressure
vessel manufacturing plant and a steel pipe and tube
manufacturing plant) provided training on material
characteristics and their manufacturing technologies andprocesses; a plant inspection company gave a lecture on
the latest inspection technologies and provided hands-on
inspection experience; and a maintenance company gave
a lecture on equipment and tank maintenance, repair andmaterial diagnosis technologies.
As a whole, the course covered a broad range oftechnologies in a well-balanced manner through bothlectures and onsite training, with the goal of providing
practical knowledge and technologies to engineers incharge of equipment inspection and maintenance in theirrespective countries.
2.2 Training at JCCP

2. Course Content
2.1 Overview(1) Course Objective
The course aimed to provide knowledge andtechnologies regarding specific inspection, diagnosis
and evaluation methods, and countermeasures to damage
and repair methods, as measures for ensuring facility
reliability and maintaining safe and stable refinery
operations.
(2) Program Content
At JCCP Headquarters, JCCP lecturers gave a general
overview of maintenance management and maintenancetechnologies in Japanese refineries, and external
lecturers gave presentations on water management andanticorrosion management. Following the lectures, theparticipants engaged in group discussion to seek the truecauses of equipment damage and explore appropriate
countermeasures.
Two refineries provided offsite training in the38

s 0ERSONNEL %XCHANGE s(1) Reﬁnery Maintenance Management
This lecture focused mainly on TPM (total productive
maintenance) activities and autonomous maintenanceactivities by refinery operators. It also covered risk-based
maintenance, taking a case study on corrosion damage
as an example. Through exercises and discussion,
participants studied how to evaluate risks and preparecost-effective repair plans.
(2) Material Problems of Static Equipment in
Reﬁneries
This lecture provided knowledge of material
characteristics that need to be understood whenselecting refinery equipment materials, and methods
for selecting materials based on an understanding of
relevant regulations/codes and design conditions. It also
introduced a case study of equipment damage in order
to discuss the true causes of damage and measures for
dealing with them.
Various inspection methods and their application
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inspection of pipes from the outside, self-propelled
inspection methods, and methods for inspection of pipesfrom the inside, such as direct inspection by inspectors
and the pig inspection method.
(3) Management of Boiler Water and Cooling Water
and Anticorrosion Management of Plants(External lecturer: Mr. Takashi Suzuki,
Suzuki Engineering Ofﬁce)
Refineries use seawater and industrial water (riverwater, etc.) as cooling water and boiler feed water.
As most countries commonly face issues regarding
freshwater production, pretreatment of boiler feedwater and cooling water management, albeit to varying
degrees, the participants expressed strong interestin learning about water management, operational
maintenance and anticorrosion management of plants,
and particularly about the selection and managementof inhibitors.
(4) Oil Reﬁnery Plant Troubles and Countermeasures(External lecturer: Mr. Katsumi Yamamoto,Japan Society of Corrosion Engineering)This lecture introduced case examples of damage
to aging plants in the oil industry in Japan and abroad.
A group exercise session was also held in which
participants were divided into three groups to discuss andexchange knowledge and information about an actual
damage case and present the results of their discussion tothe other groups. This lecture received high marks fromthe participants for its active and meaningful content that
effectively encouraged their input.

(2) Kobe Steel, Ltd., Takasago Works
At Kobe Steel’s Takasago Works, a lecture was givenon the production, inspection and quality control ofreactors and other heavy-walled vessels, with particularfocus on the development of new materials, analysis ofthermal treatment and thermal stress, and new welding
inspection methods.
The plant also provided practical training in theimplementation status of welding, heat treatment andinspection processes, as well as in the production
status of heavy-walled vessels using large processing
machinery. As a whole, it allowed the participants toexperience an aspect of manufacturing in Japan.
(3) Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd., Steel Tube Works
The staff at Sumitomo Metal Industries’ Steel Tube
Works gave a lecture on the steel pipe and tube production
technology and technologies for damage inspection
after pipes and tubes are placed in service. They also
explained in detail the properties of stainless steel andthe characteristic damage it sustains during use.
Additionally, a hands-on training session clarified
how ordinary pipes are produced, inspected and shipped,
and provided a good understanding of the ingenuity andthe latest technologies that are involved in the productionof pipes.

2.3 Offsite Training(1) Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., Sakaide Reﬁnery
Employees of the Sakaide Refinery introduced casestudies of actual damage to aged plants, such as corrosion
and cracking, and discussed a method of deterioration
diagnosis that was developed as a measure to assess thestate of aged plants. The participants expressed strong
interest in this topic, as oil-producing countries are
expected to encounter the same types of issues in thenear future.
The participants also deepened their understandingof maintenance management practices in Japan througha lecture on refinery maintenance plans, maintenancemanagement methods and the maintenance management
system employed by the Sakaide Refinery.

At Sumitomo Metal Industries’ Steel Tube Works(4) Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd., Head Ofﬁce
In addition to a lecture on the theory and methodsof new non-destructive inspection technologies, ademonstration using a new inspection device and asimulated sample provided meaningful training that
captured the participants’ attention and interest.
The participants not only learned about the principlesof Japan’s outstanding inspection technologies thatlargely differ from what they normally experience in

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At the head ofﬁce of Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd.

At Showa Yokkaichi Sekiyu’s Yokkaichi Reﬁnery

their respective organizations, but they also gained
practical hands-on experience in an actual inspection
procedure.

technologies for plant units and tanks, and provided
practical training in materials testing and metallographic
examination using an electron microscope, based on
Q&A interchanges. This offsite training also provided
a close look at the significant role of maintenancecompanies in the maintenance of Japanese refineries.

(5) Showa Yokkaichi Sekiyu Co., Ltd., Yokkaichi
Reﬁnery
At the Yokkaichi Refinery, a lecture was given on
the utilization of maintenance management systems,with a focus on their prediction function, coverage andmanagement. An example was also given of a system that
also incorporates a risk-based reliability management
function. In practical training, the participants seemed
particularly impressed at seeing how advanced plants arerationally and closely interconnected in a compact group.
(6) Shinko Plantech Co., Ltd., Head Ofﬁce
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3. Summary
The participants were a well-balanced group ofyoung to seasoned engineers, and included many highquality refinery inspection engineers. They asked morequestions than in any other course—and specific andadvanced questions at that—to absorb all they canabout Japan’s technologies and experience that support
refineries in Japan that were built as long as 50 years
ago, thereby making for an active and lively course.

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Regular Course on Finance andAccounting Management [New Course]
1. Background and Objective
Last year, lecturers deliberated overall course
programs to take in the suggestions of participating
countries after several visits by the lecturers in charge.
At the same time, the Course Renewal Committee wasestablished in JCCP to improve running programs andprovide new programs. Having taken one year for its
development, a new course on “Finance and Accounting
Management” was established and held for ten days,
from November 27 to December 6, 2012.
We believe that this new course suits JCCP’ssignificance of being a help to the improvement oftechnologies and corporate management of participating
countries. This course offers the background that isneeded by participants when they become involved incorporate management in the future, and is designed
for those from the finance, accounting and management
departments. Although those programs are not of
their area of specialty, they will surely contribute tobroadening horizons in their future role.
Responding to suggestions from participating
countries, the course consists of several hands-on
workshops, which have become a global trend in
corporate training and development. Unlike conventionalclass-style lectures and note-taking, in hands-on
workshops, participants find and acquire what to learn
through discussions of cases among themselves.
For site visits as well, the participants are encouraged
to resolve any and all of their questions throughdiscussions with those on the spot and among themselves.

that EU acquires half of its oil supplies by pipeline from
Russia and that the United States acquires half of its oil
supplies similarly by pipeline from Canada and Mexico
reminded us of the importance of our relationships. In
this respect, many participants voiced views that placed
JCCP activities in high esteem.
(2) Workshop on Negotiation and Financial
Accounting
This workshop was designed to provide practicalknowledge of important skills in two different fields:
negotiation and financial accounting. Two different
programs were combined with the use of a board game—the world famous, classic real estate simulation game of“Monopoly.” With respect to negotiation, participantslearned a new strategy for “generation of the pie to beshared for both” beyond a “win-win relationship” froma higher viewpoint to command persons at the front lineof negotiation. This approach demands active initiativesof the commander in a negotiation. With respect tofinancial accounting, participants learned less about eachdetail of financial statements but obtained a bird’s-eyeview of a whole business from the understanding of thestructure of financial statements. Accounting managers
in large organizations who operate an extensive modern
accounting system tend to become caught up in theirnarrow specialty and do “not to see the forest for thetrees.” Therefore, by writing an accounting slip bythemselves for each business transaction in Monopoly
and transferring the figures into a balance sheet andan income statement, the participants reconfirmed the

2. Course Content
2.1 Training at JCCP
(1) Japan’s Oil Industry
This lecture introduced the various fields ofJapan’s oil industry and helped participants gain better
understanding of the Japanese market. By comparing the
major crude oil markets in the world, including the U.S.,
EU, China and India, the participants broadened theirperspective as crude oil exporters. Furthermore, learning

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2.2 Site Visits
At each of the sites visited, the participants were
given detailed explanations from relevant staff members
and received satisfactory answers to their questions.
They were treated with respect and dignity, by answering
all of their questions until they were satisfied.

Workshop on procurement

relation between business and accounting. This exercise
provided a smooth approach for participants from fields
other than accounting to reading financial statements.
(3) Workshop on Procurement(Lecturer: Mr. Osamu Uehara, Institute of Supply
Management, Japan)
This workshop focused on procurement management,
which an ability that is indispensable to executive officers
in state-run oil companies who are responsible for large
investments, material procurement and service contracts.
Participants learned about the latest international trends
in procurement and Japanese-style procurement as well,which differs from international practices. Case studies
were examined mainly through exercises, followed bygroup presentations and active discussions based on thepresentations.
(4) Workshop on Oil Derivative Transactions
Today, oil marketing and trading cannot stand alone
apart from derivative transactions. But it is rather
difficult for people in managerial and administrative
positions to understand the complication of derivativetransactions handled by marketing and trading teams.
Although economic success in marketing and trading
cannot be expected without derivative transactions,such transactions involve great risks that require proper
control and management. Management officers must
therefore acquire a certain degree of knowledge in thisfield of business. Participants thoroughly went over as
many as twenty cases, starting from the understandingof how commercial transactions are concluded in themarkets, to making decisions for every derivativetransaction plans submitted by traders for approval. It
was a highly brain-squeezing exercise that made every
minute of the workshop very meaningful.

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Mizushima Reﬁnery
At the Mizushima Refinery, participants inspected
the refining, storage and shipping facilities along theentire oil flow, from the receipt of oil sent from oilproducing countries to its shipping into coastal tankers
and tank trucks.

At JX Nippon Oil & Energy Staging Terminal Corporation’s
Kiire Terminal(2) JX Nippon Oil & Energy Staging Terminal
Corporation, Kiire Terminal
Participants inspected the transshipment of crude
oil from a large ocean-going tanker to a coastal tanker
and the blending of crude oil in a mixture appropriate
to the destination refinery. The statutory oil reserve was

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introduced as one of the efforts made by oil-consuming
countries for stability of supply and price, which are
beneficial for both of us.

3. Observations
Upon completion of the course, I am very pleased
to have had many compliments from managers andparticipants who seek various perspectives about theircorporate activities. From their feedback, we became
quite confident that this course was satisfactory formany participants, and have decided to continue thiscourse from now onward. For future improvement, we
will consider providing more information about program
details to help participants decide whether the course
offers what they seek, and if they choose the course, toimmediately send some textbooks for preparation prior
to the course. These improvements would be beneficial
to participants of this course, which includes some very
advanced contents for such a short period as ten days.

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JCCP Regular Courses Completed in November 2010 – January 2011
TR-16-10

Training Management
November 22 – December 9, 2010

Content:

Overview of Japanese Oil Industry; Japanese-style
Human Resource Management & Development;
HRD of Oil Company in Japan; HRM & TPM at Refinery;
Kaizen General & Kaizen examples at a Refinery;
HRD of Engineering Company; Training Program
Development by University Professor;
Rational Thought and Team Consensus Building

Site visits:

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Head Office);
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Tokuyama Refinery);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Mizushima
Refinery); JGC Corporation; Meisei University

Country ofparticipants:

Bahrain, China, Indonesia, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria,
Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Vietnam

Lecturer: Akio Hoshino<11 countries / 16 participants>

TR-17-10

Information and Control Systems Utilized in Refineries
November 22 – December 9, 2010

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Outline of Distributed Control System (DCS);
Trend of Information and Control Systems; Process
Control Theory; Hands-on Training of Process
Control; Operation Support System; Outline of Alarm
Management; Modernization of Instrumentation

Site visits:

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

Country ofparticipants:

Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mexico, Nigeria, Oman,
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, UAE, Vietnam, Yemen

Lecturer: Kazuhiro Suzuki<11 countries / 14 participants>

TR-18-10

Energy Saving for Profitability Improvement
January 11 – January 28, 2011

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan; Simulator Practice;
Energy Saving of Refineries; Pinch Technology;
Recent Energy Saving Technology 1 (Furnace, Rotating
Machinery, Multiple Sites Pinch Technology);
Recent Energy Saving Technology 2 (Energy Conservation
Design, Co-generation); Case Study

Site visits:

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Negishi Refinery);Toa Oil Co., Ltd. (Keihin Refinery);
TLV Co., Ltd. (Head Office, Kakogawa Factory);
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Nagasaki Shipyard &Machinery Works)

Country ofparticipants:

Colombia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Mexico,
Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, UAE, Sudan, Vietnam

Lecturer: Bunsuke Kariya<12 countries / 13 participants>

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IT-1-10

Turnaround and Inspection
November 29 – December 10, 2010

Content:

Outline of Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Planning and Execution Management of Turnaround
Maintenance & Inspection in Japanese Refineries;
Maintenance Technology and Human Resource
Development of Contractor; Latest MaintenanceTechnologies and Responses to MaintenanceManagement Overseas; Overhaul Technologies for
Boilers and Other Static Equipment; Introduction andthe Latest in Non-Destructive Inspection Technologies;
Reliability Improvement and the Latest Technologies in
Rotary Machines and Pressure Vessels;
Latest Maintenance Technologies of a Plant
Maintenance Company; Promotional Framework andCase Examples of Maintenance Planning & Scheduling in
the Refinery

Site visits:

JGC Corporation (Headquarters);
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Yokohama Works);
Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd. (Headquarters);
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Takasago Equipment Plant);
Shinko Plantech Co., Ltd. (Isogo Factory);
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Chiba Refinery)Country ofparticipants:

Indonesia, Mexico, Oman, Nigeria, Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen

Lecturer: Fumihiro Tone

<10 countries / 15 participants>

IT-2-10

Petroleum Marketing and Physical Distribution
January 18 – January 28, 2011

Content:

The Petroleum Industry in Japan; Current World Energy
Situation; Shipping Facilities of Refinery; Oil Company's
Sales Strategy and Physical Distribution; Crude Oil
Terminal; Transportation System & Safety Driving;
Development of New Business & New Automobile Fuel;Japanese Management Style and Kaizen General

Site visits:

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Head Office /Mizushima Refinery); Nippon Oil Staging Terminal Co.,
Ltd.; Uyeno Kosan, Ltd.; Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (Head
Office)Country ofparticipants:

Bahrain, Gabon, Iraq, Nigeria, Oman, Sudan, Thailand,
UAE, Vietnam, Yemen

Lecturer: Yasuo Tabei<10 countries / 12 participants>

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JCCP Regular Courses Completed in February 2011
TR-19-10

Quality Management of Refinery Products
February 8 – February 25, 2011

Content:

Quality Management; Quality Control in Japan;
Environmental Strategy of Japanese Oil Companies;
QC in Refinery; ISO-9000; Clean Fuel in Japan;
Product Planning by LP Model

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation;
DKK TOA Corporation;
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Tokuyama Refinery);
Shimadzu Corporation;
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Negishi Refinery);Tanaka Scientific Limited

Country ofparticipants:

Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico,
Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam

Lecturer: Takaaki Yuasa<11 countries / 15 participants>

TR-20-10

Inspection and Reliability Evaluation
February 8 – February 25, 2011

Lecturer: Hiromitsu Saito

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan; Material Problem of Static
Equipment; Maintenance Management in JapaneseReﬁnery; Corrosion and Fouling Control and Inhibitors;
Reliability Evaluation of Pressure Vessel; MaintenanceManagement of Static Equipment; Typical Problems andCountermeasures; Material Characteristics of Pressure
Vessels and Quality Control; Steel Piping Manufacturing
Process & Its Quality Control; Lecture & Practice on
Newly Developed NDT; Reliability Activities in a Reﬁnery;
Typical Problems and Countermeasures; Maintenanceand Repair Technologies of Plants & Tanks; Corrosion andDeterioration of Material in Reﬁnery Equipment

Site visits:

Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Sakaide Refinery); Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Takasago Equipment Plant);
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (Kansai Steel Div.); Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd.
(Headquarters); Showa Yokkaichi Sekiyu K.K. (Yokkaichi Refinery);
Shinko Plantech Co., Ltd. (Isogo Factory); Chiyoda Corporation (Head Office)Country ofparticipants:

Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen<9 countries / 15 participants>

TR-21-10

Advanced Process Control on DCS
February 8 – February 25, 2011

Content:

Basic Process Control Theories with Practice Using
Computer Simulator and Miniature Plant with DCS
Application: Advanced Process Control Theories with
Practice; Engineering Practice of Control Design;
Controller Drawing and Operation Support System
Using DCS; Latest DCS-related Technologies; Application
Examples of Advanced Process Control in Japanese
Refineries; Modernization of Latest Instrumentation

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Headquarters);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. (Marifu Refinery);
Seibu Oil Co., Ltd. (Yamaguchi Refinery)Country ofparticipants:

India, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria,
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam

Lecturer: Teruhiko Sasaki<10 countries / 15 participants>

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JCCP Regular Courses Completed in September – October 2011
TR-10-11

Environmental Management for Refineries
September 20 – October 7, 2011

Lecturer: Bunsuke Kariya

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Overview of Environmental Pollution Control inJapan and Japanese Industry;
Global Warming Countermeasures;
Measures for Controlling Global Warming
Management;
Waste Water Control and Soil Remediation in the
Refinery;Air Pollution Control in Refineries;
Case Study and Action Plan by each participant

Site visits:

Water Plaza Kita-Kyushu (Kita-Kyushu City);<13 countries / 20 participants>
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Sakaide Refinery);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Co., Ltd. (Marifu Refinery);
Shimadzu Corporation (Kyoto Sanjo Factory);
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (Kyoto)

Countries:

China, Colombia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
Thailand, UAE, VietnamTR-11-11
Content:

Project Management for Mechanical Engineers
September 20 – October 7, 2011
To improve the project management ability
and leadership of mechanical engineers in theconstruction or maintenance department at oil
reﬁneries.
Project Management Activities in Oil Reﬁneries inJapan;
Case Study of Problems and Countermeasures in
Participant’s Project Management;
Recent Technologies for High Pressure Vessel
Manufacturing;
Project Planning and Management in the Reﬁnery;
Tank Inspection Planning and Execution & TPM Activity;
Recent Technologies for Turbine and Boiler;
Project Management for EPC Project & HSE Evaluation;
Project Schedule Management Practice;
Project Engineering for EPC Project by Utilizing IT;
Project Cost Management;
Project Risk Management and Contract

Lecturer: Fumihiro Tone

<11 countries / 14 participants>

Site visits:

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (Muroran Plant);
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Hokkaido Refinery);
Hokkaido Joint Oil Stockpiling Co., Ltd. (Hokkaido Office);
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Takasago Works)

Countries:

China, Iraq, Kuwait, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Thailand, UAE, Vietnam

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Content:

Petroleum Marketing & Oil Terminal
October 11 – October 28, 2011
Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Management by Rational Thinking Process;
Crude Oil Terminal by Private Sector;
Production of Pipelines & Maintenance;
Delivery & Storage of Oil Products & Maintenance;
Shipping System & Maintenance at Refinery;
Crude Oil Terminal by Government Sector;
Jet Fuel Facilities & Refueling to Airplane at the
Airport; New Automobile Fuel & Vapor Recovery
Technology;
World Energy Situation

Lecturer: Kazuo Kojima<10 countries / 17 participants>

Site visits:

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Staging Terminal Corporation(Kiire Base);
JFE Steel Company (West Works);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Fukuoka Oil Depot);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Mizushima Refinery);
JOGMEC (Shirashima National Oil Stockpiling Base);
Central Japan International Airport (Centrair Fueling Facilities Company)

Countries:

Brazil, China, Indonesia, Nigeria, Sudan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, UAE, Uzbekistan, VietnamTR-13-11
Content:

Advanced Field Device and Control
October 11 – October 28, 2011
Design of Field Instrumentation/Design of TypicalControl Loop;
Latest Instrument Technology/Recent Trend of
Instrument and Control;
Latest DCS and Wireless Sensor/Operation Support
System Practice;
Process Control Theory/PID Controller and Tuning
Method & Practice;
Safety Instrumented System/Practice of SIS;
Vibration Measurements and Diagnosis/Practice ofBalancing Method;
Design of Control Valve/Practice of Maintenance;
Design of Flow Meters/Practice of Maintenance;
Design of Level Gauges/Practice of Maintenance;
Refinery Information and Control System

Lecturer: Shigeru Matsui<10 countries / 15 participants>

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation;
Invensys Process System Japan, Inc.;
Shinkawa Sensor Technology, Inc.;
Yamatake Corporation;
Endress+Hauser Japan Co., Ltd.;
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Tokuyama Refinery)Countries:

China, Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, UAE, Vietnam

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JCCP Regular Courses Completed in November 2011 – February 2012
TR-4-11

Human Resource Management (HRM)
January 17 – February 3, 2012

Lecturer: Akio Hoshino

Content:

Transition & Status-quo of Japanese-style Human
Resource Management; HRM of Oil Company;
HRM of Engineering Company;
HRM of Oil Transportation Company;
HRM & TPM at Refinery; Kaizen General & Kaizen
Examples of Manufacturer; HRM of Catalysts &Chemical Company; Rational Thought and Team
Consensus Building

Site visits:

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Negishi
Refinery); JGC Corporation (Headquarters);<13 countries / 19 participants>
Uyeno Kosan Ltd.; Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
(Tokuyama Refinery); JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corporation (Mizushima Refinery); JGC Catalysts & Chemicals Ltd. (Kitakyushu Operation Center)

Countries:

Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Sudan,
Thailand, UAE, Vietnam

TR-9-11
Content:

Site visits:

Countries:

TR-14-11

Maintenance Management
November 21 – December 2, 2011

Lecturer: Kenji Saito

Safety and Reliability of Aged Plant; Philosophy &Function of Maintenance Activities in a Reﬁnery;Risk-based Optimization of Maintenance in aReﬁnery; Trouble Experience and Countermeasuresin a Reﬁnery; Plant Life Cycle Engineering;Latest Welding Method of Boil Tube;
Non-destructive Inspection of Boiler Tube & Quality
Management; Characteristics of Special StainlessSteel and Factory Observation;
Project Management; Case Study and Discussion<12 countries / 17 participants>
Toa Oil Co., Ltd. (Keihin Refinery);
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Nagasaki
Shipyard & Machinery Works); Sumitomo Metals Industries Ltd. (Kansai Steel Div. Steel Tube
Works)
Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mexico, Myanmar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
Thailand, Vietnam

Gas Processing for LNG
November 1 – November 18, 2011

Lecturer: Takaaki Yuasa

Content:

Outline of LNG Plant; Global LNG Market;
Steel Pipe Technologies; Development andProduction of LNG; Natural Gas to New Energy
Development DME, GTL, IGCC; LNG Vaporizer
and Compressor Technologies; Gas-Turbine
Technologies; LNG Storage Tank Technologies;
LNG Ship Technologies

Site visits:

Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Takasago Works);
The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (Himeji LNG
Power Station No. 1); Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Himeji<9 countries / 14 participants>
LNG Terminal); Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(Takasago Machinery Works); IHI Corporation(Headquarters); Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Chiba Shipyard)

Countries:

Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Mexico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam

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Material Problems and Their Countermeasures
November 1 – November 18, 2011

Lecturer: Hiromitsu Saito

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Material and Inspection of Static Equipment;
Maintenance Management in Japanese Refinery;
Material of Pressure Vessels;
Estimation of Remaining Life of Static Equipment;
TPR (Total Plant Reliability) Activity;
Typical Case of Corrosion in Refinery;
Fundamentals of Welding; Metallurgy of Welding;
The Latest Welding Technologies;
Typical Problems and Countermeasures of HighTensile Steels; Repair Technology of Tanks;
Tank Corrosion and Countermeasures; Corrosion &<10 countries / 16 participants>
Deterioration Problems of Materials in Refinery;
Typical Mechanical Damages in Refining Industry; The Latest Welding Technology;
Corrosion of Metals in Oil & Gas Industries

Site visits:

The Japan Steel Works Ltd. (Muroran Plant); JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (MuroranRefinery); Taseto Co., Ltd. (Fujisawa); IHI Corporation (Production Engineering Center); Shinko
Plantech Co., Ltd. (Head Office); Chiyoda Corporation (Head Office)Countries:

Bahrain, Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam

TR-16-11

Human Resource Development
November 22 – December 9, 2011

Content:

Overview of Japanese Oil Industry; Japanese-style
Human Resource Management & Development;
HRD of Oil Company in Japan; HRM & TPM at
Reﬁnery; Kaizen General & Kaizen Examples at
a Manufacturer; HRD of Engineering Company;
Training Program Development by University
Professor; Rational Thought and Team Consensus
Building

Site visits:

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Head Office);
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Tokuyama Refinery);JGC Catalysts & Chemicals Ltd. (Kitakyushu
Operation Center); JGC Corporation;
Meisei University

Countries:

TR-17-11

Information and Control Systems Utilized in Refineries
November 22 – December 9, 2011
Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Outline of Distributed Control System (DCS); Trendof Information and Control Systems;
Process Control Theory; Hands-on Training ofProcess Control; Operation Support System;
Outline of Alarm Management;
Modernization of Instrumentation

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Mitaka
Headquarters); JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corporation (Marifu Refinery);Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Chiba Refinery);Emerson Japan Ltd. (Mizushima Solutions Center)50<12 countries / 19 participants>

Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,
Sudan, Timor-Leste, Vietnam

Content:

Countries:

Lecturer: Akio Hoshino

Bahrain, Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam

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Lecturer: Kazuhiro Suzuki<9 countries / 14 participants>

TR-18-11
Content:

Energy Saving for Profitability Improvement —Project Development—
January 17 – February 3, 2012
Capacity Building for New Energy-saving Project
Development
Project Finding with Simulation Technology— Process Dynamics, Application of Pinch
Technology, Optimization
Advanced Technology— Process, Facility, Equipment and Control
Project Development Methodology— Carbon Finance, Economics
Project Development Exercise— Case Studies

Lecturer: Tetsuo Arii

<14 countries / 19 participants>

Site visits:

Yamatake Corporation; Toa Oil Co., Ltd.;JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation;
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.;
Kyushu Power Electric Co., Ltd.

Countries:

Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan,Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam

TR-19-11
Content:

Inspection and Reliability Evaluation
January 17 – February 3, 2012
Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Material and Inspection of Static Equipment;
Maintenance Management System, Trouble
Experiences and Countermeasures;
Material Characteristics of Pressure Vessels andQuality Control; Material Characteristics of Pipes &Tubes and Quality Control;
Advanced Inspection Technologies;
Lecture and Practice on Newly Developed NDT;
Reliability Activities in the Reﬁnery;
Trouble Experiences and Countermeasures;
Maintenance Management in Japanese Reﬁnery;
Maintenance and Repair Technologies of Reﬁning
Equipment;
Corrosion and Fouling Control for Petroleum
Reﬁning Plants;
Corrosion of Metals in Oil & Gas Industries

Lecturer: Hiromitsu Saito<12 countries / 18 participants>

Site visits:

Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Sakaide Refinery); Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Takasago Works);
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (Steel Tube Works);
Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd. (Head Office);Showa Yokkaichi Sekiyu Co., Ltd. (Yokkaichi Refinery);
Shinko Plantech Co., Ltd. (Head Office)Countries:

Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
Thailand, Vietnam, Yemen

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IT-1-11

Turnaround and Inspection
November 21 – December 2, 2011

Lecturer: Fumihiro Tone

Content:

Outline of Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Planning and Execution Management of
Turnaround Maintenance;
Case Study (Current Situation and Problems in
Turnaround Maintenance);
Maintenance Planning & Scheduling in theReﬁnery;
Inspection Technologies & NDT Inspection;
Operational Practices and Maintenance ofScrew, Centrifugal & Reciprocating Compressors;
Maintenance Management and Advanced<11 countries / 15 participants>
Maintenance Technology of Contractor;
Latest Maintenance Technologies and Responses to
Maintenance Management Overseas;
Maintenance Technology and Human Resource Development of Contractor

Site visits:

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Aichi Refinery); Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd. (Headquarters);
Kobe Steel Ltd. (Takasago Equipment Plant); Shinko Plantech Co., Ltd. (Isogo Factory);JGC Corporation (Head Office); Sankyu Inc. (Maintenance Center)

Countries:

Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand,
VietnamIT-2-11

Petroleum Marketing & Physical Distribution
January 10 – January 20, 2012

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Workshop for Business Skill Development:“Negotiation and Financial Accounting inMarketing”; World Energy Situation;
Reﬁnery Shipping System of Petroleum Products;
Reﬁnery Site Observation of Shipping Facilities;
Crude Oil Terminal; Distribution of Petroleum
Products; Petroleum Marketing and SS Business

Site visits:

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Mizushima
Refinery);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Staging Terminal
Corporation;
Uyeno Kosan;
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Head Office);Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (Head Office)Countries:

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Lecturer: Masayuki Jimbo<9 countries / 18 participants>

Bahrain, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam

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JCCP Regular Courses Completed in February – June 2012
TR-20-11

Quality Management of Refinery Products
February 7 – February 24, 2012

Content:

Quality Management; Quality Control in Japan;
Environmental Strategy of Japanese Oil Companies;
QC in the Refinery; ISO-9000; Clean Fuel in Japan;
Product Planning by LP Model

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation;
DKK TOA Corporation; Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
(Tokuyama Refinery); Shimadzu Corporation;
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Negishi
Refinery); Tanaka Scientific Limited

Countries:

Iraq, Kuwait, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sudan, Thailand,
Venezuela, Vietnam

TR-21-11

Advanced Process Control on DCS
February 7 – February 24, 2012

Content:

Basic Process Control Theories with Practice Using
Computer Simulator and Miniature Plant with
Applied DCS; Practice of Advanced Process Control
Theories and Operation Support System Using DCS;
Application for Shutdown Sequence System on DCS
and Practice of Safety Instrument System; Latest
DCS Related Technologies

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Mitaka
Headquarters); JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corporation (Mizushima Refinery); Seibu Oil Co.,
Ltd. (Yamaguchi Refinery)Countries:

TR-1-12
Content:

Lecturer: Takaaki Yuasa<8 countries / 12 participants>

Lecturer: Teruhiko Sasaki<11 countries / 15 participants>

Iraq, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines,
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen

Petroleum Marketing
April 9 – April 26, 2012

Lecturer: Masayuki Jimbo

Petroleum Industry in Japan; Reﬁnery Shipping
System for Petroleum Products; On-site
Observation of Facilities; Endless Price War in the
Retail Market; Oil Flow to Mass Consumers;
Latest Service Station Facilities; Integrated
Refueling System; Facilities and Safety Refueling
Operation; Distribution of Petroleum Products;
Facilities and Safety Measures; New Automobile
Fuel; Business Expansion to Non-oil Fields;
Management by Rational Thinking Process;Workshop on “Advanced Negotiation”;
Workshop on “Financial Accounting”;
Workshop on “Supply Management”;
Workshop on “Oil Derivatives”<14 countries / 20 participants>

Site visits:

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Aichi Refinery); Fujitani Inc. (depot, service stations);
San-ai Oil Co., Ltd. (Haneda Airport Branch); Tatsuno Corporation (Yokohama Factory);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Head Office);
JX Nippon Procurement Corporation (Head Office)Countries:

Brazil, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
Thailand, Timor-Leste, UAE, Vietnam

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Upgrading Processes of Heavy Oil
April 9 – April 26, 2012

Lecturer: Takaaki Yuasa

Content:

Outline of Upgrading of Heavy Oil;
Hydrotreating and Hydrocracking Catalysts;
Thermal Cracking Process; IGCC Technology and
Selection of Heavy Oil Upgrading Process;
FCC & Resid-FCC Process Technology; Hydrotreatingand Hydrodesulfurization Process Technology;
FCC Catalyst Reaction Theory; Thermal Cracking(Delayed Coker) Unit and FCC Unit; Operation andTroubleshooting and Decreasing Effect in Heavy
Oil Production; Developed HDS & FCC Catalyst andIts Theory; Process and Characteristics of RFCC and<11 countries / 16 participants>
VRHDS Units; Evaluation Technology and Its Resultsfor HDS Catalyst & FCC Catalyst; Process Simulator Practice in FCC Startup;
Linear Programming and Production Planning for Refinery

Site visits:

JGC Catalysts & Chemicals Ltd. (Kitakyushu Operation Center);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Negishi Refinery)Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Sudan, Venezuela, Vietnam

TR-3-12DCS Fundamentals and Applications
April 9 – April 26, 2012

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan; Outline ofDistributed Control System (DCS); Latest DCS
and Instrumentation; Process Control Theory;
Hands-on Training in Process Control; Engineering
Practice in DCS; Outline of Alarm Management;
Modernization of Instrumentation

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Mitaka
Headquarters); Azbil Corporation (Fujisawa Techno
Center & Shonan Factory); Emerson Japan, Ltd.
(Mizushima Solutions Center); Idemitsu Kosan Co.,
Ltd. (Tokuyama Refinery)Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya,
Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Sudan, Thailand, Vietnam

TR-4-12Essential Petroleum Technologies in the Future
May 8 – May 25, 2012

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan;
World Energy Situation and New Energy;
Proﬁtability Improvement Simulation of JCCP
Reﬁnery; Hydrogen Transportation by Organic
Compound; Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuel;Biofuel Production from Wood and Bio Reﬁnery;
Hydrogen Infrastructure; Fuel Cell Vehicle;
Future Energy Vision of Each Country

Site visits:

Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Central Research Laboratory);
Fuji Oil Co., Ltd. (Sodegaura Refinery);Japan Petroleum Energy Center (Advanced
Technology and Research Institute);
Kyushu University; Fukuoka Hydrogen Town;
Kitakyushu Hydrogen Town; Meitetsu Bus
Company; Chubu International Airport Hydrogen Station

Countries:

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Lecturer: Kazuhiro Suzuki<12 countries / 17 participants>

Lecturer: Bunsuke Kariya<10 countries / 15 participants>

Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand,
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TR-5-12
Content:

Petroleum Distribution
May 29 – June 15, 2012

Lecturer: Kazuo Kojima

Petroleum Industry in Japan & Petroleum Marketingand Distribution; Management by Rational Thinking
Process; Transportation System & Safety Driving at a
Transportation Company; Manufacturing Process ofPetrol Dispensing Equipment at a Petrol Dispensing
Pump Manufacturer; Efficiency and Safety ofPetroleum Product Distribution Process at Jet FuelSupplier; Shipping System for Petroleum Products at
an Oil Company; Production & Maintenance Processof Pipelines at a Steel Company; Functions of an
Oil Stockpiling Base at an Oil Storage Terminal
Company; Role of Procurement at a Procurement
Company and Workshop on “Supply Management”;
Latest Situation & Future Outlook of Energy in the World<13 countries / 16 participants>

Site visits:

Uyeno Kosan, Ltd. (Kawasaki Training Center); Tatsuno Corporation (Yokohama Factory);
San-ai Oil Co., Ltd. (Haneda Airport Branch); Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Sakai Refinery); JFE SteelCorporation (West Works); JX Nippon Oil & Energy Staging Terminal Corporation (Kiire Base);
JX Nippon Procurement Corporation (Head Office)Countries:

Bahrain, Brazil, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Thailand,
Uzbekistan, Vietnam

TR-6-12
Content:

Maintenance Management
May 29 – June 15, 2012
Petroleum Industry in Japan; MaintenanceManagement in a Japanese Reﬁnery; Maintenance
Activities in a Japanese Reﬁnery; Manufacture
and Inspection Technologies for Turbines andBoilers; Manufacture Technology and Material
Characteristics of Stainless Steel Tubes andPipes; Maintenance and Repair Technologies for
Reﬁning Equipment; Reliability Managementin the Reﬁnery; Trouble Experiences andCountermeasures; Safety and Reliability of Aged
Plants; Plant Life Cycle Engineering; ProjectManagement Activities in a Japanese Reﬁnery and
Maintenance Management by TPM

Lecturer: Hiromitsu Saito<13 countries / 17 participants>

Site visits:

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works);
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (Steel Tube Works); Shinko Plantech Co., Ltd. (Head Office);
Toa Oil Co., Ltd. (Keihin Refinery); JGC Corporation (Yokohama Headquarters)

Countries:

Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Thailand,
Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam

TR-7-12

Refinery Management
May 30 – June 13, 2012

Lecturer: Tetsuji Kubota

Content:

Overview of the Oil Industry in Japan; ProjectManagement/EPC Business/Engineering IT;
An Example of Maintenance Management;
Carbon Management; Safety Management;
Environmental Management; Production PlanningManagement; Human Resource Management;
Rational Thinking Management; Case Study

Site visits:

JGC Corporation (Yokohama World Operation
Center); JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation(Mizushima Refinery)Countries:

Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Myanmar,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Sudan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

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TR-8-12
Content:

Practical Training for Younger Instrument and Control Engineers
June 5 – July 13, 2012
Theoretical and Practical Training in Process
Control;
Latest DCS and Software;
Practice Building Control System;
Safety Instrument System;
Wireless Instrument System;
Information and Control System in Refinery;
Latest Analyzer;
Model Predictive Control;
Instrument Engineering Design;
Training and Practice of Field Instrument(transmitter, level meter, flow meter, control valve);
Control System in Power Plant;
Discussion about the Maintenance of Instrument

Lecturer: Shigeru Matsui<14 countries / 16 participants>

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Mitaka Headquarters & Kofu Factory); Endress+Hauser Japan
Co., Ltd. (Kofu Factory); Emerson Japan, Ltd. (Mizushima Solutions Center); Idemitsu Kosan Co.,
Ltd. (Tokuyama Refinery); Shimadzu Corporation (Kyoto Headquarters & Sanjo Factory);
Oval Corporation (Yokohama Operation Center); Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (Omuta
Power Plant); Tobata Co-Operative Thermal Power Company, Inc.; Azbil Corporation (Fujisawa
Technology Center & Shonan Factory)

Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
Timor-Leste, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

TR-9-12

Safety Management for Refineries
June 19 – July 6, 2012

Content:

Safety Management for the Reﬁnery;
Environmental Control;
Safety Regulations and Disaster Prevention;
Safety Consideration for Plant Design and Risk
Management;
Safety Management for Plant Maintenance;
Case Study and Discussion

Site visits:

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

Countries:

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Lecturer: Takaaki Yuasa<9 countries / 16 participants>

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TR-10-12
Content:

Diagnostic Techniques and Maintenance for Rotary Machinery
June 19 – July 6, 2012
Outline of Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Diagnostic Techniques and Maintenance for Rotary
Machinery;Vibration Measurement and Control System;
Various Technologies for Combined Cycle
Generators and Boiler Systems;
Reﬁnery Practices for Maintenance of Rotary
Machinery;
Various Technologies for Gas Turbine Systems;
Operational Practices and Maintenance ofGovernors;
Latest Technologies for Steam Turbines;
Operational Practices and Maintenance ofCompressors and Transmission Gears;
Operational Practices and Maintenance of Mechanical Seals;
Vibration Analysis Technologies for Rotary Machine Bearings

Lecturer: Shintaro Miyawaki<14 countries / 19 participants>

Site visits:

Shinkawa Sensor Technology, Inc. (Hiroshima Factory); Babcock-Hitachi K.K. (Kure Works);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Mizushima Refinery); Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(Takasago Machinery Works); Woods Corporation (Head Office); Hitachi Ltd. Power Systems
Company (Hitachi Works); Hitachi Plant Technologies, Ltd. (Tsuchiura Works);
Eagle Burgmann Japan Co., Ltd. (Gosen Factory)

Countries:

Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Vietnam, Yemen

TR-11-12

Human Resource Management
October 9 – October 26, 2012

Lecturer: Eiji Okuyama

Content:

Overview of Japanese Oil Industry;
Japanese-style Human Resource Management;
Training & Career Development System and Total
Productive Management;
Manpower Outsourcing and HRM System;
Safety Education and HRM System;
Personnel Course, Qualification System, Evaluation
System;HRM System and Small Group Activities;
Rational Thought and Team Consensus Building

Site visits:

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Chiba Refinery);<16 countries / 19 participants>
JGC Corporation (Head Office); Uyeno Kosan, Ltd.,
Uyeno Yuso Ltd. (Head Office);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Mizushima
Refinery); Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Sakaide Refinery); JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. (Kitakyushu
Operation Center)

Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Oman, Qatar, Russia,
Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Timor-Leste, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

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Content:

Environmental Management
September 18 – October 5, 2012
Petroleum Industry in Japan; Environmental
Management; Wastewater Treatment;
Air Pollution Control; Oil Industry’s Contribution toEnvironment Protection;
Wastewater Treatment Using Ferrous Particles;
Carbon Capture and Storage;
Environment Protection and High Efficiency
Turbine; Environmental Management in Refinery;
CO2 Reduction and Introduction of New Energy;
Industrial Waste Treatment and Soil Remediation;
Global Warming Countermeasures;
Case Study and Discussion

Lecturer: Bunsuke Kariya<13 countries / 16 participants>

Site visits:

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Head Office);
Hitachi Plant Technology; Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth;
Kawasaki Heavy Industries; JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Marifu Refinery);
Nippo Corporation (Head Office & Sodegaura Plant)

Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,
Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

TR-13-12

Project Management for Mechanical Engineers
September 18 – October 5, 2012

Content:

Project Management Activities in Oil Refineries inJapan; Project Cost Management;
Project Engineering for EPC Project by Utilizing IT;
Project Risk Management and Project Contracts

Site visits:

Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd.
(Headquarters); Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(Takasago Works); JGC Corporation (Yokohama
World Operation Center);
The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (Muroran Plant);
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Hokkaido Refinery);
Hokkaido Joint Oil Stockpiling Co., Ltd. (Hokkaido
Office)Countries:

Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya,
Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

TR-14-12

Advanced Field Devices and Control
October 9 – October 26, 2012

Lecturer: Fumihiro Tone

<13 countries / 17 participants>

Lecturer: Shigeru Matsui

Content:

Training of Instrumentation Engineering;
Theoretical and Practical Training in Process
Control; Training in the Latest Control System andSoftware; Training of Control Valve Engineering;
Training of Emergency Shutdown System; Training
in Vibration Measurements and Diagnosis;
Training in Control System and Instrumentation
Maintenance in Refinery; Training of the Latest
Control System & Training and Practice in Control
Valve; Training of Control Loop Design in Refinery

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Mitaka<14 countries / 15 participants>
Headquarters); Shinkawa Sensor Technology,
Inc. (Hiroshima Factory); Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
(Chiba Refinery); Oval Corporation (Yokohama Operation Center); Azbil Corporation (Fujisawa
Technology Center & Shonan Factory)

Countries:

Ecuador, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Russia, Sudan, UAE,
Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

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TR-15-12

Gas Processing for LNG
October 30 – November 16, 2012

Content:

Outline of LNG Plant; Global LNG Market;
Steel Pipe Technologies;
Development and Production of LNG;
Natural Gas to New Energy Development DME,
GTL, IGCC;LNG Vaporizer and Compressor Technologies;
Gas-Turbine Technologies; LNG Tank Technologies;
LNG Ship Technologies

Site visits:

The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (Himeji LNG
Station No. 1);
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (Himeji LNG Terminal);
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Takasago Works);
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Takasago
Machinery Works);
IHI Corporation (Yokohama Factory);
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (Chiba Shipyard)

Countries:

TR-16-12
Content:

Lecturer: Tetsuji Kubota<11 countries / 14 participants>

Ecuador, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Thailand,
Timor-Leste, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Material Problems and Their Countermeasures
October 30 – November 16, 2012
Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Material and Inspection of Static Equipment;
Maintenance Management in Japanese Reﬁnery;
Material of Pressure Vessels;
Estimation of Remaining Life of Static Equipment;
TPR (Total Plant Reliability) Activity;
Typical Case of Corrosion in Reﬁnery;
Fundamentals of Welding; Metallurgy ofWelding;
The Latest Welding Technologies;
Typical Problems and Countermeasures of HighTensile Steels;
Repair Technology of Tanks;
Tank Corrosion and Countermeasures;
Corrosion & Deterioration Problems of Materials in Reﬁnery;
Typical Mechanical Damages in Reﬁning Industry;
The Latest Welding Technology;
Corrosion of Metals in Oil & Gas Industries

Lecturer: Kenichi Morota<10 countries / 14 participants>

Site visits:

The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (Muroran Plant);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Muroran Refinery);
Taseto Co., Ltd. (Fujisawa);
IHI Corporation (Production Engineering Center);
Shinko Plantech Co., Ltd. (Head Office);
Chiyoda Corporation (Head Office)Countries:

Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

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Information and Control Systems Utilized in Refineries
November 20 – December 7, 2012

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan; Outline ofDistributed Control System (DCS); Trend ofInformation and Control Systems; Process Control
Theory; Hands-on Training of Process Control;
Operation Support System; Outline of Alarm
Management; Modernization of Instrumentation

Site visits:

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

Countries:

IT-1-12
Content:

Lecturer: Kazuhiro Suzuki<12 countries / 15 participants>

Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya,
Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Turnaround and Inspection
November 26 – December 7, 2012
Outline of Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Maintenance Activities & MaintenanceManagement in Japanese Refineries;
Advanced Inspection Technologies & Its
Demonstration; Manufacture and MaintenanceTechnology of Screw, Centrifugal, Reciprocating
Compressors; Maintenance and Repair Technology
for Refining Equipment;
Maintenance Management & Technology;
Maintenance and Inspection Management System;
Maintenance Planning & Scheduling in the
Refinery; Maintenance Management &Technology as Contractor;
Human Resource Development of Contractor

Lecturer: Hiromitsu Saito<12 countries / 16 participants>

Site visits:

Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd. (Headquarters);
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Takasago Equipment Plant);
Shinko Plantech Co., Ltd. (Headquarters); JGC Corporation (Yokohama Headquarters);
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Chiba Refinery); Sankyu Inc. (Maintenance Center)

Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Mexico, Myanmar, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Vietnam,
Yemen

IT-2-12Finance & Accounting Management
November 27 – December 6, 2012

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
and Trading, Oil Derivatives

Site visits:

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Mizushima
Refinery);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Staging Terminal
Corporation

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Lecturer: Masayuki Jimbo<9 countries / 18 participants>

Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Vietnam

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Content:

Development of New Energy Efficiency Projects
January 15 – February 1, 2013

Lecturer: Tetsuo Arii

With the objective of developing capability for
new project development, the course programis designed to start with basic technologies,
analytical methodologies and financing schemes,
followed by site visits to advanced manufacturing
plants and energy industries. At the end,
participants engage in a workshop to prepare foran actual project in their home countries.
Carbon Management; Latest Process Technologies;
Pinch Technology; Advanced Equipment;<12 countries / 17 participants>
Fuel Cell and Solar Energy;
District Heating and Cooling;
Latest Motor Fuel Technology;
Latest Power Generation Technologies(Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine, Wind Power, Super Critical Power Generation);
Carbon Finance; Workshop for Project Development

Site visits:

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (Shinjuku District Heating and Cooling Center);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Negishi Refinery);Toyota Motor Corporation (Head Office and Plant);
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Kobe & Akashi Works);
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works);
Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (J-Power; Matsuura Thermal Power Station);
Kitakyushu City (Eco-center)

Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand,
UAE, Vietnam

TR-19-12
Content:

Inspection and Reliability Evaluation
January 15 – February 1, 2013
Petroleum Industry in Japan; Material andInspection of Static Equipment; MaintenanceManagement System, Trouble Experiences andCountermeasures;
Material Characteristics of Pressure Vessels andQuality Control;
Material Characteristics of Pipes and Tubes andQuality Control;
Advanced Inspection Technologies;
Lecture and Practice on Newly Developed NDT;
Reliability Activities in the Refinery, Trouble
Experiences and Countermeasures;
Maintenance Management in Japanese Refinery;
Maintenance and Repair Technologies of Refining Equipment;
Corrosion and Fouling Control for Petroleum Refining Plants;
Corrosion of Metals in Oil & Gas Industries

Lecturer: Kenichi Morota<12 countries / 16 participants>

Site visits:

Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Sakaide Refinery);
Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Takasago Works);
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (Steel Tube Works);
Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd. (Head Office);Showa Yokkaichi Sekiyu Co., Ltd. (Yokkaichi Refinery);
Shinko Plantech Co., Ltd. (Head Office)Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Vietnam,
Yemen

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TR-20-12

Quality Management of Refinery Products
February 5 – February 22, 2013

Content:

Quality Management; Quality Control in Japan;
Environmental Strategy of Japanese Oil Companies;
QC in the Refinery; ISO-9000; Clean Fuel in Japan;
Product Planning by LP Model

Site visits:

DKK TOA Corporation; Shimadzu Corporation;
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Tokuyama Refinery);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Negishi
Refinery); Yokogawa Electric Corporation;
Tanaka Scientific Limited

Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar, Sudan,
UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

TR-21-12

Advanced Process Control on DCS
February 5 – February 22, 2013

Content:

Basic process control theories with practice using
computer simulator and miniature-plant withapplied to DCS;
Practice of advanced process control theories andoperation support system using DCS;
Application for shutdown sequence system on
DCS and practice of safety instrument system;
Latest DCS related technologies and APC system

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Mitaka
Headquarters);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Marifu
Refinery);
Seibu Oil Co., Ltd. (Yamaguchi Refinery)Countries:

TR-22-12

Human Resource Development
February 12 – March 1, 2013
Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Japanese-style Human Resource Management &Development;
HRM & TPM at Refinery;
Small Group Activity at Refinery;
HRD of Engineering Company;
Training Program Development;
HRD of Oil Company;
Rational Thought & Team Consensus Building

Site visits:

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Tokuyama Refinery);Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Sakai Refinery);JGC Corporation (Yokohama World Operation
Center); Meisei University (Hino Campus);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Head Office)62<10 countries / 15 participants>

Lecturer: Teruhiko Sasaki<15 countries / 16 participants>

Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
Thailand, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Content:

Countries:

Lecturer: Minoru Horike

Lecturer: Eiji Okuyama<15 countries / 17 participants>

Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saudi
Arabia, Thailand, Timor-Leste, UAE, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Vietnam

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Content:

Petroleum Marketing
April 8 – April 25, 2013

Lecturer: Masayuki Jimbo

Petroleum Industry in Japan; Refinery Shipping
System of the Petroleum Products;
On-site Observation of the Facilities;
Endless Price War in Retail Market;
Oil Flow to Mass Consumers;
Latest Service Station Facilities;
Integrated Refueling System;
Facilities and Safety Refueling Operation;
Distribution of Petroleum Products;
Facilities and Safety Measures;
New Automobile Fuel;Business Expansion to Non-Oil Field;
Management by Rational Thinking Process;Workshop”Advanced Negotiation”;
Workshop” Financial Accounting”;
Workshop “Procurement”; Workshop” Oil Derivatives”<14 countries / 20 participants>

Site visits:

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Mizushima Refinery);Fujitani Inc. (depot, service stations); San-ai Oil Co., Ltd. (Haneda Airport Branch);
Tatsuno Corporation (Yokohama Plant);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Head Office)Countries:

Bahrain, Cambodia, Ecuador, Indonesia, Iraq, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Thailand, Timor-Leste,
UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

TR-2-13
Content:

Future Advanced Technology for Petroleum Industry
April 8 – April 25, 2013
New Business Strategy of Japanese Oil Industry;
Underground Microbial Carbon Recycling;
Workshop for the Refinery Equipment Optimization
Using Virtual Refinery;
Research Activities at Cosmo Oil;
Carbon Capture and Storage;
Hydrogen Infrastructure; Solar Power Generation;
Role of Car Manufacturer in Environmental
Protection;
Carbon Capture Technology in Power Company;
Utilization of Heavy Fraction as Activated Carbon;
Combined Renewable Energy System;
Biofuel Production & Mega Solar;
Energy Saving Type Sea Water Desalination;
Hydrogen Filling Station & Fuel Cell Vehicle;
World Energy Situation

Lecturer: Bunsuke Kariya<11 countries / 14 participants>

Site visits:

Chugai Technos Corporation; Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Central Research Laboratory);
Toyota Motor Corporation; Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.; Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.;
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.; Electric Power Development Company;
Kitakyushu Water Plaza; Kitakyushu Hydrogen Town

Countries:

Bahrain, Ecuador, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

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DCS Fundamentals and Applications
April 8 – April 25, 2013

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Outline of Distributed Control System (DCS);
Latest DCS; Process Control Theory;
Hands-on Training of Process Control;
Engineering Practice on DCS;
Advanced Process Control; Process Optimization;
Fieldbus Engineering;
Modernization of Instrumentation

Site visits:

Azbil Corporation (Shonan Factory);
Emerson Japan, Ltd. (Mizushima Solutions Center);
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Tokuyama Refinery);Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Mitaka Headquarters)

Countries:

TR-4-13

Human Resource Management
May 7 – May 24, 2013
Petroleum Industry in Japan; Japanese-style Human
Resource Management & Development;
HRM of Oil Company; HRM & TPM at Refinery;
Small Group Activity at Refinery;
HRM of Transportation Company;
Energy Security by Japanese National Oil Stockpiling
Base; Rational Thought & Team Consensus Building

Site visits:

JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Negishi
Refinery); Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Aichi Refinery);Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Sakai Refinery);
JOGMEC (Shirashima Oil Stockpiling Base); Shin
Shin Toitsu Aikido Kai (Headquarters)

TR-5-13<10 countries / 15 participants>

Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

Content:

Countries:

Lecturer: Kazuhiro Suzuki

Lecturer: Taro Shoji<13 countries / 17 participants>

Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan,
Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Timor-Leste, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Upgrading Processes of Heavy Oil
May 7 – May 24, 2013

Lecturer: Takaaki Yuasa

Content:

Outline of Upgrading of Heavy Oil;
Hydrotreating and Hydrocracking Catalyst;
Thermal Cracking Process; IGCC Technology and
Selection of Heavy Oil Upgrading Process;
FCC & Resid-FCC Process Technology;
Hydrotreating and Hydrodesulfurization Process
Technology; FCC Catalyst Reaction Theory;
Thermal Cracking (Delayed Coker, Flexi Coker)
Unit and FCC Unit; Operation and Troubleshooting
and Decreasing Effect in Heavy Oil Production;<10 countries / 15 participants>
Developed HDS & FCC Catalyst and its Theory;
Process and Characteristics of RFCC and VRHDS
Unit; Evaluation Technology and its Results for HDS Catalyst & FCC Catalyst;
Process Simulator Practice of FCC Startup;
Linear Programming and Production Planning for Refinery

Site visits:

JGC Catalysts & Chemicals Ltd. (Kitakyushu Operation Center);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Marifu Refinery);Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd. (Aichi Refinery); Toa Oil Co. Ltd. (Keihin Refinery)Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Myanmar, Qatar, Sudan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Uzbekistan, Vietnam64

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Petroleum Distribution
May 28 – June 14, 2013

Lecturer: Kazuo Kojima

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

Site visits:<16 countries / 22 participants>
San-ai Oil Co., Ltd. (Haneda Branch Office);
Tatsuno Corporation (Yokohama Plant);
Uyeno Kosan Ltd. (Kawasaki Field Office); Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Yokkaichi Refinery);JFE Steel Corporation (West Works);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Staging Terminal Corporation (Kiire Base);
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (Head Office)Countries:

Bahrain, Brazil, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

TR-7-13

Maintenance Management
May 28 – June 14, 2013

Lecturer: Hiromitsu Saito

Content:

Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Maintenance Management in Japanese Refineries;
Maintenance Activities in Japanese Refineries;
Manufacture and Inspection Technologies for
Turbine and Boiler; Manufacture Technology andMaterial Characteristics of Stainless Steel Tubes &Pipes; Maintenance Management & Technology asContractor; Reliability Management in the Refinery,
Trouble Experiences and Countermeasures;
Project Management, Maintenance Management,
Risk & Reliability Management, Inspection<11 countries / 15 participants>
Management System; Safety and Reliability ofAged Plants; Plant Life Cycle Engineering;
Project Management Activities in a Japanese Refinery and Maintenance Management by TPM

Site visits:

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works);
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (Steel Tube Works);
Sankyu Inc. (Maintenance Centre); Toa Oil Co., Ltd. (Keihin Refinery);JGC Corporation (Yokohama Headquarters)

Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE,
Vietnam

TR-8-13
Content:

Site visits:
Countries:

Refinery Management
May 29 – June 12, 2013

Lecturer: Tetsuji Kubota

Overview of the Oil Industry in Japan;
Project Management / EPC Business / Plant Safety
Design, Risk Management;
An Example of Maintenance Management / Carbon
Management / Energy Management;
Safety Management / Environmental Management /Production Planning Management /Human Resource
Management / Refinery Efficiency Improvement;
Rational Thinking Management; Case Study<12 countries / 17 participants>
JGC Corporation (Yokohama World Operation
Center); JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Mizushima Refinery)
Cambodia, Indonesia, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Qatar, Sudan, Thailand, UAE,
Uzbekistan, Vietnam

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TR-9-13
Content:

Practical Training for Young Instrumentation and Control Engineers
May 28 – July 5, 2013
Lecturer: Shigeru Matsui
Engineering Design for Instrumentation;
Plant Information System; Latest DCS & Related
Systems (Hardware & Software);Practice of Field Instrumentation (Transmitter, Level
Meter, Flow Meter, Control Valve);
Practice of Operation Support System;
Practice in Building a Control System;
Practice of Model Predictive Control;
Wireless Instrument Systems;
Vibration Measurement & Diagnosis;
Refinery Information and Control System;
Engineering Work Flow for Instrumentation;
Latest Analyzer; Theoretical and Practical
Training in Process Control; Safety Instrument System;
Instrument Engineering Using a Computer;
Discussion about the Maintenance of Instrumentation<10 countries / 15 participants>

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Mitaka Headquarters & Kofu Factory);
Endress+Hauser Yamanashi Co., Ltd. (Kofu Factory);
Azbil Corporation (Fujisawa Techno Center & Shonan Factory);
Oval Corporation (Yokohama Operation Center);Emerson Japan Ltd. (Mizushima Solution Center);
Shinkawa Sensor Technology, Inc. (Hiroshima Factory);
DKK TOA Corporation (Tokyo Engineering Center)

Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Vietnam,
Yemen

TR-10-13

Safety Management for Refineries
June 18 – July 5, 2013

Content:

Safety Management for the Reﬁnery;
Environmental Control;
Safety Regulations and Disaster Prevention;
Safety Consideration for Plant Design and Risk
Management;
Safety Management for Plant Maintenance;
Wastewater Treatment;
Case Study and Discussion

Site visits:

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

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Lecturer: Takaaki Yuasa<13 countries / 19 participants>

Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan,
UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

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Content:

Diagnostic Techniques and Maintenance for Rotary Machinery
June 18 – July 5, 2013
Outline of Petroleum Industry in Japan;
Reliability Enhancement and Maintenance forRotary Machinery;
Operational Practices and Maintenance ofGovernors;
Various Technologies for Pumps and Steam Turbines;
Vibration Measurement and Control Systems;
Refinery Practices for Maintenance of Rotary
Machinery;
Various Technologies for Gas Turbines;
Operational Practices and Maintenance of
Mechanical Seals;
Instrumentation for High-efficiency Power
Generation;
Water Management in Steam Turbine and Boiler Systems;
Vibration Measurement of Rotary Machinery

Lecturer: Shintaro Miyawaki<17 countries / 19 participants>

Site visits:

Woods Corporation (Head Office and Works); Shin Nippon Machinery (Kure Factory);
Shinkawa Sensor Technology, Inc. (Hiroshima Factory);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Mizushima Refinery);
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Takasago Machinery Works);
Eagle Burgmann Japan Co., Ltd. (Niigata Factory);
Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Mitaka Headquarters)

Countries:

Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea,
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

TR-12-13

Advanced Technology and Control System of Power Generation Facilities
August 27 – September 13, 2013
Lecturer: Teruhiko Sasaki

Content:

Overview and Practice of Latest Power Generation
Facilities;
Power Generation Facility-related Technologies(Water Treatment, Vibration Sensor and Governor
Maintenance Technologies);
Latest DCS-related Technologies and APC System;
Control Systems for Actual Power Plants;
Other Related Technologies (Basic Process Control
Theories with Practice Using a Computer Simulator,
Optimization System and Dynamic Simulator
Technology, Application for Safety Instrument
system)<12 countries / 16 participants>

Site visits:

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (Mitaka Headquarters and Kyushu Branch);Tobata Co-operative Thermal Power Co., Inc.;
Shinkawa Sensor Technology, Inc. (Hiroshima Factory);
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Marifu Refinery);
Woods Corporation; Invensys Process Systems Japan, Inc.

Countries:

Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Thailand, Uzbekistan,
Vietnam, Yemen

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Content:

Environmental Management
September 17 – October 4, 2013
New Business Strategy of Japanese Oil Industry;
Air Pollution Control in Refinery;
Waste Water Reuse; Environmental Management inJapanese Refinery; Environmental Management inShowa Yokkaichi Sekiyu; Environment Monitoring
Analyzer; High-efficiency Gas Turbine Technology;
Monitoring of CO2 in CCS Site; Industrial Waste
Treatment; CCS Demonstration Site; CO2 Supplierfor CCS Demonstration; Waste Water Treatment
in Japanese Oil and Gas Fields; Waste Water
Treatment Technology; Case Study and Discussionof Environmental Problems in Each Country

Lecturer: Bunsuke Kariya<12 countries / 19 participants>

Site visits:

Showa Yokkaichi Sekiyu; Shimadzu Corporation; Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Kobe Works);
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Hiroshima Research Center); Chugai Technos Corporation;
Hayakita Koei Co., Ltd.; Japan CCS Co., Ltd.; Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Hokkaido Refinery);Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd. (Yufutsu Oil and Gas Field);
Swing Corporation (Fujisawa Research Center)

Countries:

Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Thailand, UAE,
Uzbekistan, VietnamTR-14-13

Project Management for Mechanical and Chemical Engineers
September 17 – October 4, 2013

Lecturer: Fumihiro Tone

Content:

To promote understanding of project managementfrom the point of view of the owner side, and to
improve the project management and leadershipability of mechanical and chemical engineers in
the construction or maintenance department in
oil refineries. In addition to achieving the above
objective, participants will also discuss petroleum
plant and petrochemical plant integration projects
The main topics are as follows:
1. Project management activities in oil refineries
in Japan<11 countries / 17 participants>
2. Engineering of EPC projects by utilizing IT
3. Project risk management and project contracts
4. Practical exercise and group discussion: “Problems in project management of your projectand countermeasures”
5. Visits to: A refinery—to study project planning and management in the refinery; An
engineering company—to study EPC project management; A high-pressure vessel
manufacturer—to understand recent technologies for high-pressure vessel manufacturing;
A boiler and turbine manufacturer—to study recent turbine and boiler technologies

Site visits:

JGC Corporation (Yokohama World Operation Center);
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. (Hokkaido Refinery);
Hokkaido Joint Oil Stockpiling Co., Ltd. (Hokkaido Office);
The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (Muroran Plant);
Non-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd. (Headquarters);
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Takasago Works)

Countries:

Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Nigeria, Qatar, Sudan, Thailand, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

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Participants’ Voices
Human Resource Management(TR-4-13: May 7 – May 24, 2013)
Mr. Abdulrehman A. Al-Sebaie (Superintendent, Riyadh Reﬁnery
Operation, Saudi Aramco)

I am honored and pleased to contribute a message to
JCCP NEWS on behalf of 17 members from 13 great nations.
During the opening ceremony when I introduced myself,
I mentioned that 18 Japanese members from Japan SteelWorks, Ltd. (JSW) conducted inspection and maintenancework on hydrocracker unit reactors at Riyadh Reﬁnery over a
period of 20 days. All reﬁnery employees were amazed at thequality and excellent execution of the critical job. Personally,
I was eager to know the secret to their outstanding work, so
I invited them to my house for dinner. However, wanting toknow even more, I decided to attend this HR course.
Now, after attending this course, I can conﬁdently say that
I know the secret. It is because Japanese-style management
differs from that of other nations. It is based on team andgroup contribution, rather than on individuals. I felt thisfrom all companies we visited, which included JX Nippon,
Uyeno Kosan, Idemitsu Kosan, Cosmo Oil and Shirashima
National Stockpiling Base. We acquired many examples of
HR programs at these companies, but here I shall cite theexample at Idemitsu Kosan.
Idemitsu Kosan was founded by Sazo Idemitsu morethan 100 years ago. It grew from a small store to a large
corporation that now has 8,700 employees, 32 domesticofﬁces, 34 overseas ofﬁces, and 4.5 trillion yen in sales. The
most important factor of this success lies in the founderhimself. He ﬁrmly stood by the concept of “respect for humanbeings,” based on the following principles:ssss(UMAN BEINGS ARE THE MAIN ACTORS IN ECONOMY AND
society, not materials and money.
$ISCIPLINE AND EDUCATION ARE IMPORTANT TO MAKE
employees worthy of respect from society.
(UMAN POWER IS GAINED THROUGH TOTAL COOPERATION$O NOT BE SLAVE TO MONEY

Did he mention anything about proﬁt? Absolutely not.
That is the secret. Idemitsu’s management style completely
differed from that in Western society, which tends to focus
mainly on achieving proﬁt.
To maximize the beneﬁt of the course, the weekends werespent on gaining exposure to Japanese culture. We had theopportunity to visit many historic places, such as Hiroshima
and a number of shrines and castles, and to have a taste ofvarious Japanese delicacies.
On behalf of the course participants, I would like tothank JCCP management for its outstanding organizationof the course, from the ﬁrst minutes of arriving at Narita
Airport to the end of the course. We especially appreciatedthe orientation on how to use the public transportation
system, which allowed us to visit many places of interest
independently, and are grateful for the JCCP members’
detailed response to each and every one of our questions.
I can conﬁdently say that the course objective was met
100%, and assure you that we will take all that we learned
back to our countries.
It is rare to have a course that is both practicallymeaningful and enjoyable, but it was achieved in this courseby the outstanding efforts of our three lecturers, Mr. Shoji,
Mr. Okuyama and Mr. Jimbo. They spent day and night
developing the course program, and dedicated their full
attention to our group over the entire duration of the course.
They accompanied us throughout the course, but worked
so seamlessly as a team that we completely gave ourselves
over to enjoying the program without a clue as to who wasin charge of what. This, precisely, was a real demonstrationof Japanese HR management. Can you imagine managing
a group of 20 individuals travelling a total distance ofaround 2,500 kilometers by foot, bus, taxi, train, boat andairplane, and checking in and checking out of 10 hotels, allsmoothly and in an enjoyable atmosphere? I must say they
were amazing.
Thank you, Arigato Gozaimas.

With 18 Japanese members of JSW and my family
at my house in Saudi Arabia

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Graduates’ Voices
Mr. Mutlaq A. Al-Subaey
Superintendent, Southern Area Industrial Training Division,
Saudi Aramco
Graduate of regular courses on Human Resource Management (May 2010) andTraining Management (October 2004)

I am delighted to contribute to JCCP NEWS as a JCCP
graduate.
I am a superintendent at the Southern Area Industrial
Training Division of Saudi Aramco in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia. The Southern Area Industrial Training
Division is a training organization under the Training &Development/Industrial Training Department at Saudi
Aramco, mandated to train the future workforce of ourcompany.
As a result of my participation in two JCCP regularcourses on Human Resource Management (2010) andTraining Management (2004), the training we deliver
has been guided by the principles I have acquired in thecourses. We strive to offer courses that pertain to the realneeds or requirements of our customers, place top priority
on the quality of our training and graduates rather than onquantity, consistently improve the skills and knowledgeof our instructional employees in response to changing

70s 0ERSONNEL %XCHANGE sdemands for technologies, and provide a pleasant training
environment to our trainees.
My participation in the two JCCP courses was amemorable experience from which I acquired general andup-do-date knowledge about human resource development
and training management. However, what I found mostinteresting was learning about Japanese styles andperspectives for improving management skills for humanresources and training. Fields trips to successful businessinstitutions in Japan were also highly meaningful, as they
provided an opportunity to witness actual HRD practices
and training in action and receive detailed explanations
about the process of achieving success based on HRD
and training management principles. Moreover, holding
intercultural exchanges with participants from different
countries through day-to-day training activities was aparticularly invaluable experience.
I wish JCCP continued success and prosperity.

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Graduates’ Voices
Mr. Abdullah M. Niaz
Project Executive Engineer, Engineering Dept., Project Unit,
Petro Rabigh, Saudi Arabia
Graduate of a regular course on Maintenance Management(January 2001)

It is always a pleasure to me to receive a copy of
JCCP NEWS.
I wish to express my deepest appreciation to all JCCP
staff for their time and effort in keeping in touch withlarge numbers of JCCP alumni. I understand that morethan 20,000 people have participated in JCCP training
courses during the past 20 years. This is not an easy feat,so it is particularly worth noting that Mr. Hiroaki Kudo,
the training lecturer who was in charge of the course I
attended 11 years ago, still continues to send me email
messages. I would also like to thank Mr. Kazumasa
Nakazawa for his patience in dealing with us both during
the course and during his visit to Rabigh.
The 21 days I spent in Japan are unforgettable andremain firmly in my memory. I distinctly remember
the moment the plane landed at Narita Airport in thesnow, members of the JCCP staff welcoming us at the
airport gate, the city tour of Tokyo we received before

training began, the welcome extended to us by Mr.
Koichi Kujirai on the first day of training, and the visits
made to Japanese cities and refineries to gain hands-on
knowledge. The JCCP staff had indeed organized an
excellent training program. It has been 11 years since I
participated in a JCCP course, but I have never forgotten
the JCCP staff, the enjoyable JCCP experience andthe respectful kindness of the Japanese people. I pay
my deepest respect to your hospitality and sincerity
throughout and long after the training period, and also
admire your politeness in all situations. These excellent
Japanese attitudes are impressed on my mind. Frankly
speaking, I miss the friends I made in Japan. I often longto see them again while glancing at old photos.
I wish to end my message by wishing all JCCP staff
future success, and look forward to hearing from you
again.
I wish you all the best.

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Personnel
Exchange

Report on the Training Cooperation
Program—Saudi Aramco— in February 2011
A JCCP delegation paid visits to eight departments in
Saudi Aramco to inquire about their needs for customized
programs and to exchange views regarding training on
two separate occasions, from February 22 to March 5,2011 (including five days spent on implementing a CPO(customized program-overseas) on safety management at
Jeddah Refinery), and from May 13 to 19, 2011. Amongthe meetings, that with the Professional Engineering
Development Division (PEDD) yielded further progressin the agreement to incorporate a CPO in Saudi Aramco’s
Professional Engineering Development Program, as has
been proposed by the Refining & NGL Fractionation
Area and JCCP.

time after December due to the lingering impact of therecent earthquake disaster. JCCP will hereafter make thenecessary preparations and adjustments with relevant
departments through a counterpart office designated by
the Saudi Aramco side.

2. Meeting with the New Director of theRas Tanura Reﬁnery

The JCCP members met with Mr. Sami A. Iskandrani,
Assistant to the Vice President; and Mr. Lloydie Johnson,
Former Assistant to the Vice President.
The Refining and NGL Fractionation Department
expressed its wish to implement the Information Exchange
and Training Program for Young Engineers again in
fiscal 2011, following its successful implementation in
fiscal 2010. It seems the department was thinking along
the lines of implementing it from late May to the endof June as with last year’s program, but they readily
approved the JCCP side’s request to implement it someThrough the good offices of Mr. Iskandrani in the
Refining and NGL Fractionation Department, the JCCP
delegation met with Mr. Abdulhakim A. Al-Gouhi, who
newly assumed the post of General Manager of Ras
Tanura Refinery in January 2011. The JCCP members
gave an overview of JCCP and noted JCCP’s contribution
to training Saudi Aramco employees by showing Mr.
Al-Gouhi a list of Saudi Aramco participants to JCCP
courses since 1982. Mr. Al-Gouhi questioned themeaning of JCCP going so far as to shoulder 75% of theexpenses to implement the courses, but expressed his
understanding when the JCCP members explained thatJapan is more than 98% dependent on foreign countries
for oil, and that JCCP activities are aimed at promoting
mutual understanding with oil-producing countries. He
then responded agreeably to the JCCP side’s request forthe participation of Ras Tanura Refinery employees in
JCCP courses. The JCCP members felt it is important to

Mr. Sami A. Iskandrani, Assistant to the Vice President (left);and Mr. Lloydie Johnson, Former Assistant to theVice President (right)(From the left) K. Saito, JCCP Lecturer; Mr. Iskandrani;
F. Tone, JCCP Lecturer; and Mr. Abdulhakim A. Al-Gouhi,
General Manager of the Ras Tanura Reﬁnery

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maintain and deepen ties with Mr. Al-Gouhi by making
regular visits and also by inviting Mr. Al-Gouhi to visit
Japan.

3. Yanbu Reﬁnery
The JCCP delegation visited the Yanbu Refineryand met with Mr. Abdulsalam A. Ashi, MaintenanceSuperintendent, Yanbu Refinery Department. In aprior meeting, Mr. Ashi and members of the training
department at Yanbu requested guidance on a hands-on
approach to maintenance activities that would encouragerefinery operators to strengthen their sense of ownershipof their machines and plant. They said that promoting
visualization, for example, might help operators change
the attitude that they are in charge of operations only,
and maintenance is the job of maintenance engineers. In
response, the JCCP members took the occasion of thismeeting to propose a training program and to exchange
views with the refinery members. As the first part ofthe proposed training program, they suggested theimplementation of a training course for supervisors andassistant supervisors in the operations, maintenance, andengineering departments, and as the second part, they
proposed a training course on visualization activities forinterested operators (or operators designated by theirsuperiors). Mr. Ashi approved of this two-stage proposal,
but he noted that the Yanbu Refinery has six divisions,and hence a large number of supervisor-class employees.
Gathering them together in one training course would
detract from the focused approach of the course, so hesaid he would like to implement the course several times
with the participation of one or two supervisors, assistantsupervisors, and key persons from each division. He
said he would give consideration to the operator course
after implementing the supervisor course. Mr. Ashi also

expressed his wish for practical training in a successful
Japanese refinery sometime after implementation of the
CPO, so that the participants can seal the knowledge
they acquire in the CPO and apply it to future activities.
JCCP will strive to realize these requests.

4. Jeddah Reﬁnery
The JCCP delegation next met with Mr. Mazin A. AlNajjar, Supervisor Training Unit; Mr. Ahmad A. Rajab,
Senior Supervisor of Maintenance, Service MaintenanceDiv.; and other refinery officers. After mentioning thatmany employees from the Jeddah Refinery’s Engineering
Department would be participating in the upcoming CPO
on TPM, the refinery side voiced its specific preference
for practical field training rather than desk studies. The
JCCP members proposed a program for initial cleanup
and visualization of the refinery, whereby a model zone
would be created in the refinery as a center for developing
a sense of ownership of the plant among the employees.
They also proposed a preliminary TPM course forsupervisors before implementing it on a larger scale,because TPM activities could fail to deliver the intended
result if the management class does not have proper
knowledge of TPM. Mr. Rajab, on the other hand, said
he would like to have shift supervisors take part in thecourse, so it was agreed that the specific content and dateof implementation would be discussed with members of
the training department at the Jeddah Refinery.

Mr. Mazin A. Al-Najjar, Supervisor Training Unit (left);and Mr. Ahmad A. Rajab, Senior Supervisor of Maintenance(second from right)

5. Southern Oil Operations Area, Training
CenterMr. Abdulsalam A. Ashi, Maintenance Superintendent (right)

The Training Center is responsible for training all
new operators assigned to the Southern Oil Operations

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Area, which manages the extensive area that includes
the South Ghawar Oil Field. The meeting held here with
the JCCP delegation was attended by Mr. Mutlaq A. AlSubaey, Superintendent, Industrial Training Department/
Southern Area Industrial Training Division, and 11
supervisors in charge or training in each division. Mr. AlSubaey strongly requested the continued implementationof the TPM-based maintenance management course that
JCCP and Saudi Aramco are initiating, as well as theregular implementation of a safety management course.
The JCCP side agreed to hold discussions toward theregular implementation of these courses.

hands-on leadership skills. Furthermore, in relation
to Saudi Aramco’s expansion of operations from oil
refining to petrochemical operations, Mr. Al-Rabeh also
noted that he would like to consider a training programin Japan for management-class employees in chargeof petrochemical operations. The JCCP side agreed tocreate a draft program to discuss details of the course
hereafter.

Mr. Raed H. Al-Rabeh, Director, Professional Development
Department (second from left);
Ms. Huda M. Al-Ghoson, General Manager,
Training & Development (right); andMr. Mutlaq A. Al-Subaey, Superintendent, Industrial Training
Department/Southern Area Industrial Training Division (left)

Discussion scene

6. Head Ofﬁce in Dhahran, Training &Development Department
The JCCP delegation exchanged views on the renewalof JCCP training programs with Ms. Huda M. Al-Ghoson,
General Manager, Training & Development; Mr. Raed
H. Al-Rabeh, Director, Professional Development
Department (chief executive of professional training for
all Saudi Aramco employees); and Mr. Al-Subaey fromSouthern Oil Operations Area.
The JCCP delegation found that the implementationof JCCP training programs is documented in Saudi
Aramco’s record of employee development, andinterpreted this to mean that JCCP training is accepted
as part of the overall training system at Saudi Aramco.
Ms. Al-Ghoson said that, to her understanding, JCCP
training programs are mostly geared toward “hard”
technical skills, but she expressed her desire forprograms on enhancing “soft” administrative skills
as well, with specific reference to skills relating toleadership, finance, business, and IT. Mr. Al-Rabehrequested JCCP’s guidance for capacity building ofyoung employees and in the implementation of training
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7. Professional Engineering Development
Department (PEDD), Engineering
Service Department
PEDD develops and implements internal training
programs with the objective of enhancing the skills ofprofessional engineers in all operations at Saudi Aramco.
With the participation of Dr. Awadh O. Al-Oadah,
Division Head; Dr. Dahham M. Al-Anazi, Engineering
Curriculum Design & Control; and eight staff members,
the JCCP delegation discussed the feasibility ofincorporating JCCP training programs into PEDD’s
training curriculum. Actually, this meeting took place
as an extension of a discussion begun last year on thecontent of three CPOs (maintenance management, safety
management, TPM-based maintenance management)that have been implemented at Saudi Aramco since2008. In this meeting, the teaching materials and theimplementation dates were discussed in detail toward
implementation of the three courses that are underconsideration, again by the end of this year. The course
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is being promoted for its effectiveness in developing a
sense of ownership and bringing a change in awarenessamong engineers. It was agreed that PEDD would
continue to review the respective lecture materials andprovide feedback on areas that need improvement. At
the same time, PEDD has begun to explore potential
program contents toward addressing its future aim ofproviding hands-on training in utility maintenance assought by the Refinery Department, and has asked JCCP
to consider whether there are any areas in which it could
extend its cooperation.

Council, a lateral organization composed of maintenancemanagers from all departments in Saudi Aramco, andis responsible for creating the syllabus of maintenancetraining programs implemented by PEDD. Mr. Nezar
Al-Shammasi, Director, Corporate Maintenance Support,
Saudi Aramco Maintenance Council, who met with
the JCCP delegation along with seven staff members,
explained that his division is seeking to incorporate
JCCP’s maintenance courses and programs into PEDD’s
curriculum. Toward that end, he requested JCCP tocompress its 18-day regular course on maintenance tofive days, and said he would like to contact JCCP again
after his staff members extract the key items of the course.

9. Summary

Dr. Awadh O. Al-Oadah, Division Head (left); and Dr. Dahham
M. Al-Anazi, Engineering Curriculum Design & Control (right)

8. Corporate Maintenance Support
Division, Maintenance Council
The Corporate Maintenance Support Division acts
as a supportive administrative arm of the MaintenanceMembers of the meeting and Mr. Nezar Al-Shammasi,
Director, Corporate Maintenance Support (third from right)

JCCP activities are designed for the oil downstream
sector. In recent years, however, JCCP’s relationshipwith Saudi Aramco has gone beyond its refineries
and related departments to include cooperation withpreprocessing departments that handle operations thatensue after crude oil and gas drilling, as well as withdiverse other departments. JCCP training has thus
entered the phase of promoting company-wide activities
at Saudi Aramco, with the exclusion of activities carriedout by the crude oil and gas production departments.
The recent visits to Saudi Aramco’s departments haveyielded progress in many areas. Of particular note is
the formal incorporation of three CPOs into PEDD’s
training program for professional engineers across thecompany, beginning from this fiscal year. The JCCP
delegation sees this development as the result of JCCP’s
30-year history of receiving participants to its training
programs since 1982. It can also be interpreted as amanifestation of the strong desire of past participants,
who have assumed important positions in their respective
departments, to provide their younger employees withthe opportunity to participate in a JCCP training programto acquire knowledge of Japanese-style management
practices that are based on technologies and experience
deeply rooted in Japanese culture. Hereafter, JCCP will
engage in discussions regarding the various requests thedelegation received in the recent meetings with relevant
counterparts, and devise appropriate schemes for theirrealization.
<by Fumihiro Tone, Training Dept.>

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Exchange

Report on the Training Cooperation Program—Saudi Arabia and Qatar— in November 2011
A JCCP delegation visited five departments at Saudi
Aramco (Training & Development Department in the
Dhahran Head Office, Refining and NGL Fractionation,
Jeddah Refinery, Professional Engineering Development
Division, and Gas Operation) from November 10 to 17,
2011, and also visited Qatar Petroleum from December
12 to 15, 2011, to promote FY2012 JCCP regular courses
and to seek needs and exchange views on the content
of customized programs at these destinations. Anotherobjective was to continue the survey regarding therenewal of JCCP training programs.

1. Saudi Aramco(1) Training & Development Department, Dhahran
Head Ofﬁce
A meeting was held with Mr. Mohammad AlNaghash, General Manager (Acting), Training &Development Department; Mr. Raed Rabeh, Director,
Professional Development Department; and Mr.
Hisham Kabbai, Director (Acting), Industrial Training
Department. Although Ms. Huda M. Al-Ghoson, General
Manager, was unfortunately not present, the JCCP
delegation outlined the FY2012 regular course programand discussed expectations and requests of JCCP training
programs with the above members at Saudi Aramco’s
head office.
Mr. Al-Naghash articulated his requests andexpectations of JCCP training based on what he hasheard from employees who have participated in a regularcourse and on their subsequent performance. He had
two requests. One was for a scheme that would make itapparent to the superiors of regular course participants
how the participants have changed after their participationin JCCP training and what differences the course hasbrought. The other was for a type of training that would
clarify what is needed as Saudi Aramco expands into thepetrochemical product business and aims to develop the
petrochemical industry in Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Al-Naghash also expressed his expectations of
JCCP, as follows: All departments at Saudi Aramco areseeking ways to laterally spread the results of JCCP
training as the company strives to undergo a major
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s 0ERSONNEL %XCHANGE stransformation, and expect JCCP to also keep up withthis change and provide timely training. They have large
expectations of JCCP. Saudi Aramco sends its employees
to receive training in South Korea, China and Malaysia,
but places priority on training in Japan. Why? This isbecause everyone buys Japanese products, knowing thatthey are of high quality and reliable. Saudi Aramco seeks
the same assurance in JCCP training.
Mr. Kabbai requested JCCP to consider courses on
operational training and training that pertains directly
to the working level, to supplement his department’s
efforts in training not engineers but high-school-graduate
technicians.
Mr. Rabeh added that he appreciates JCCP’s early
announcement of the annual program of regular courses
each year, as it makes it easier to prepare the new annual
budget.
(2) Reﬁning & NGL Fractionation Administration
Area
At the Refining & NGL Fractionation Administration
Area, the JCCP delegation met with Mr. Sami A.
Iskandrani, Assistant to the Vice President, to discuss
JCCP’s fiscal 2012 regular course program andcustomized programs. Upon listening to a descriptionof two new courses slated to begin this year, namely aregular course on finance accounting management anda long course on instrumentation control, Mr. Iskandrani
noted that the course on instrumentation control would
be highly beneficial to his area, and would also be highly
appreciated by the management level. The delegation
also discussed the Information Exchange and Training
Program for Young Engineers with Mr. Iskandrani. They
explained that the young Japanese engineers who visited
Saudi Arabia under the program in fiscal 2010 held areview with their supervisor a year after implementationof the program and evaluated the program as having beenhighly advantageous to building their career. In response,
Mr. Iskandrani said he wishes to also hold a review
on the Saudi Aramco side to confirm the relevance ofthe program and take the results to Mr. Mohammed
A. Al-Omair, Vice President, for his consideration on
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are clarified prior to each course and borne in mind
during the training, so that participants could derive
possible solutions during and after the course.

Mr. Sami A. Iskandrani, Assistant to the Vice President (center)(3) Jeddah Reﬁnery
The delegation held a meeting with Mr. Mazin A.
Al-Najjar, Supervisor Training Unit; Mr. Rayyan S.
Tayeb, Professional Development/Training Advisor; andMr. Makram P. Allaggane, Supervisor (A), TechnicalSupport Unit.
From Mr. Allaggane, there was a proposal to holda general course on TPM for a group of around 20
members from Jeddah Refinery, followed by practicalfield training. The JCCP delegation and Jeddah Refinery
agreed to make the necessary preparation to hold theprogram in November 2012.
In regard to fiscal 2012 regular courses, the refineryside said it hopes to encourage management-level
personnel to attend the finance course, as it appears
to be a highly beneficial course, and that the course
on instrumentation control is a high-interest area that
Saudi Aramco would like to pursue in cooperation
with JCCP. In regard to the DCS course, the refinery
members said they understand from the participants thata regular follow-up framework is in place that allows
them to discuss and exchange views on various trouble
cases with the instructors of the course even after its
completion. The members said this type of follow-up
in other courses as well would greatly enhance JCCP’svalue and significance. As measures for increasing theeffectiveness of the courses, the refinery side requested
JCCP to consider a scheme in which the objectives
and scope of activities that could be applied to theparticipants’ workplaces upon their return and specifictrouble cases related to the participants’ responsibilities(4) Engineering Service Administration Area;
Professional Engineering Development Division(PEDD)The JCCP delegation met with Dr. Dahham M.
Al-Anazi, Engineering Curriculum Design & Control,
and reviewed the CPO seminar on total productive
maintenance management (TPM) that was held in
September 2011. Dr. Al-Anazi said he was in the processof analyzing the results of a questionnaire to participantsof the seminar. Based on the comments provided in thequestionnaire implemented by JCCP, the delegation
proposed to create a course review jointly with PEDD
toward improvement of subsequent seminars. JCCP
would then take the new implementation plan to the
management and seek its approval. The questionnaireby PEDD was implemented via the Web, and included
important directions for improvement in addition tosome critical remarks. Both opinions will be taken into
consideration in making future improvements, including
the establishment of appropriate criteria for the selectionof participants.
The PEDD and JCCP sides also agreed to jointly
implement customized programs on safety management
and TPM in fiscal 2012. The two programs will be held
simultaneously in early September after Ramadan.
(5) Gas Operation Administration Area
The meeting with the Gas Operation Administration
Area was realized on short notice by introduction from
Mr. Iskandrani as an important department that could
help JCCP to expand its future activities. The meeting
was held with Mr. Emad A. Al-Johar, Assistant to theVice President, and Mr. Mohammed A. Al-Abdulqader,Superintendent, HRD.
The JCCP delegation gave an overview andexplanation of JCCP’s training programs and discussed
the possibility of extending cooperation to Gas Operation,
based on the understanding that the department mostseeks basic and comprehensive training for its young
engineers. Behind this need is a situation where technicaltransfer within the company has been hindered by asurge in new employees accompanying rapid businessexpansion and a rise in the early retirement of employees
in their 50s. As a result, Gas Operation has found it
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Mr. Emad A. Al-Johar, Assistant to the Vice President (left)

to supplement its existing training system, which hassuddenly come up short. It particularly seeks training
at three levels, namely for technicians, senior operatorsand specialist engineers, with a large weight on training
for technicians. The Gas Operation Administration Area
therefore focused on the regular course on practical
instrumentation control for young engineers. It requesteda customized program on the same theme, and agreed tosubmit to JCCP a proposal for a program intended forboard operators.

2. Qatar Petroleum(1) Gas Operations Department (Mesaieed)
At the Gas Operations Department at Qatar
Petroleum, the JCCP delegation met with Mr. Salem
Hassan Al-Wadaani, Manager, Operation Engineering,
who is himself a JCCP graduate and an avid supporterof JCCP activities. During last fiscal year’s survey for
future renewal of JCCP courses, Mr. Al-Wadaani wasinstrumental in gathering members from the Corporate
Training Department, HR Department, and otherprincipal training-related departments in a meetingin which they promised their cooperation in sending
participants to JCCP training courses. The recent meetingwith Mr. Al-Wadaani was therefore held to confirm
the status of the situation and possible measures for
improvement.
With respect to new courses, Mr. Al-Wadaani requested
a new course on gas desulfurization technologies for thegas department, and expressed his approval of case78s 0ERSONNEL %XCHANGE sstudies as an effective component of regular courses
based on his experience. He also said he understands
that JCCP strives to improve its courses every year byincorporating participants’ feedback, and that he realizes
that the content of a course may not be the same even
if the course name remains the same. Furthermore, henoted that visits to refineries and relevant companies
throughout Japan in addition to classroom lectures andsingle-venue training were especially beneficial.
Among the regular courses in the FY2012 course
program, Mr. Al-Wadaani expressed interest in thecourses on Diagnostic Techniques and Maintenancefor Rotary Machinery (TR-10-12), Advanced Process
Control on DCS (TR-21-12), turnaround and inspection
and LNG, and the long course on Practical Training
for Younger Instrument and Control Engineers (TR-812). He also expressed his approval and support of theInformation Exchange Program for Young Engineers as ameaningful and important program to the Gas Operations
Department.
(2) Corporate Training Department
The meeting at the Corporate Training Department
was arranged by Mr. Al-Wadaani with the thoughtthat the JCCP delegation’s objectives should also be
communicated to the department. The JCCP delegation
therefore met with Ms. Fatima Al-Mansouri, Acting
Manager, and Mr. Hermeregildo Lingat, Programme
Development Supervisor.
When asked why QP has not sent participants to
JCCP training since 2008, Ms. Fatima gave the following

Mr. Salem Hassan Al-Wadaani, Manager,
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four reasons: (1) The content of some courses is rather
general; (2) Visits to Japan were postponed in 2008 dueto the swine flu outbreak; (3) During 2009 to 2010,
internal confusion in QP prevented the Corporate
Training Department from giving heed to external
training programs; and (4) Circumstances improvedin 2011 and the Corporate Training Department wasset on nominating several participants to the first halfyear’s JCCP regular courses, but the JCCP courses werecanceled due to the earthquake disaster in Japan, and thedepartment has since ceased nominating participants.
The JCCP delegation emphasized that the situationin Japan has improved and JCCP operations havereturned to normal, and received the Corporate Training
Department’s understanding.
However, the JCCP delegation was told that JCCP’sannual course program has been distributed to eachdepartment in QP, and the Corporate Training Department
is now waiting to receive lists of candidate participantsfrom each department so that it could make the final
selection in conjunction with the HR Department. The
delegation asked the Corporate Training Department
members to give them at least three months’ notice if
more than five or six members wish to participate, andif so, the program would be designed as a customized
program. Then, in response to the delegation’s request
for QP’s active participation in fiscal 2012 courses,
the QP side promised to give the matter its positive
consideration.
The QP side also expressed its wish to submit arequest for a course on a specific topic as a customized
program. In that vein, the JCCP delegation introduced
the program on Information Exchange and Training
for Young Engineers and elicited strong response fromthe QP side that it is precisely what QP and the HRD
Department have been seeking. The QP members said
they would study the proposal and hold a meeting with
the HRD Department at the earliest possible time.

directed to JCCP from the company’s departments, suchthat expectations of JCCP have grown stronger fromdepartments across the board. Furthermore, there are also
increasing expectations of innovative changes to JCCP
training arising from Saudi Aramco’s rapid businessexpansion, its recent announcement of a joint venturewith Dow Chemical, and other developments toward its
advancement in the petrochemical field.
Qatar Petroleum’s Gas Operation Department
showed an understanding of JCCP training programs,
and hopes to more actively participate in them. The
Corporate Training Department expressed strong
interest in the information exchange program for young
engineers, and said it would give serious consideration
to its implementation. QP members were also positive
about resuming once again sending participants to JCCP
regular courses.
Based on the above, JCCP intends to consider
incorporating the following perspectives in future
training programs.
(1) Switch from oil reﬁning to high value-addedindustries
Based on the understanding that oil refining alone
is insufficient to improve the demand-supply balance
and the employment environment in a country, efforts
will be made to include topics related to the integrationof the gas operations, petrochemical and electric powerbusinesses and other trends toward high added value in
future courses.

3. Summary(2) Technical tradition
The transfer of technologies from older to younger
engineers is becoming a pressing issue given the massretirement of skilled engineers, and is increasing needs
to learn about the tradition of knowledge and skills inJapan through a study of actual examples. Aside fromupgrading the courses, consideration will also be given
to the feasibility of incorporating on-the-job training at
offsite facilities by mentors and hands-on field training.

JCCP’s activities are originally oriented to the oil
downstream sector, but in recent years, there has been
an increase of expectations for JCCP activities in a wider
range of sectors in addition to the refinery and refineryrelated sectors, such as the pre-processing sector thatengages in processes following crude oil and gas drilling.
At Saudi Aramco, in particular, the scope ofnegotiations has expanded as a result of proposals(3) Follow-up of training objectives and results
Consideration will be given to creating a scheme thatwould make it apparent to the superiors of regular course
participants what differences the course has brought. For
example, it is perhaps worth considering a scheme inwhich the objectives and scope of activities that could beapplied to the participants’ workplaces upon their return,and specific trouble cases related to the participants’

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responsibilities, are clarified prior to each course andborne in mind during the training, so that participants
could create effective action plans.
With the awareness that steady negotiation efforts
and efforts to strengthen personal connections stillneed to be continued, JCCP hopes to make regular
visits to counterparts in oil-producing countries with
the immediate purpose of maintaining its personal
relationships with relevant departments.
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Report on the Training Cooperation Program—Saudi Arabia— in November 2012
A JCCP delegation visited four departments at Saudi
Aramco from November 8 to 14, 2012, to promote the
FY2013 JCCP Annual Program, adjust the content
of customized programs, and seek requests for JCCP
assistance in Saudi Aramco’s training programs.

1. Dhahran Head Ofﬁce: Professional
Development Department, Training &Development
The delegation met with Mr. Raed H. Al-Rabeh,
Director, Professional Development Department, whooversees the development of human resources who canfully demonstrate not only their technical expertise,
but also their management potential in all fields anddepartments.
Mr. Al-Rabeh said the following: Saudi Aramco
is engaging in technical development as a long-term
strategy, and is placing particular emphasis on energysaving technologies, power generation technologies
and technologies for improving energy saving andefficiency in buildings. Recognizing that human resource
development is essential to achieving this technicaldevelopment over the long term, the company is directing
urgent efforts to cultivating advanced professional skills
among its employees. Giving priority to improving
personal qualities, it is providing training beginning withan overview of Saudi Arabian culture and the history of
Saudi Aramco’s culture and education. Saudi Aramco is

Mr. Raed H. Al-Rabeh, Director, Professional Development
Department (right)

also concentrating on developing human resources in thechemical field, as it aims to achieve integration with thechemical department.
Within JCCP’s FY2013 course program, Saudi
Aramco has taken notice particularly of courses on
renewable energies, new technologies for a hydrogensociety, and heavy oil upgrading, as they are important
issues related to the petrochemical field. It has also
expressed interest in the environmental management
course, as its content has been significantly improved.
As a characteristic of Saudi Aramco’s human resource
development effort concerning its female employees, thecompany has set a target of increasing the advancement
rate of its female employees to 20%. The JCCP
delegation offered its support of women’s advancementin Saudi Aramco by implementing a customized program
specifically for women, if so requested.

2. Professional Engineering Development
Division (PEDD)
PEDD is responsible for examining and providing
internal training programs to professional engineers inall sectors at Saudi Aramco, with the objective of further
improving their expertise.
JCCP approached PEDD for the first time in 2009,and implemented its first course (total productive
maintenance management (TPM)) under PEDD in
September 2011.
In the recent meeting, the JCCP delegation met
with Dr. Thurston M. Williams, Program Developer& Evaluation Analyst, and Dr. Dahham M. Al-Anazi,
Head of PEDD (A), to discuss PEDD needs and possible
themes for JCCP cooperation. First of all, in regard to
programs related to chemical issues, the JCCP delegation
recommended the regular course on heavy oil upgrading,and explained how the participation of PEDD engineers
in this field would be effective. The PEDD members
showed strong interest in the educational materials on
refinery maintenance management (three categories)that were introduced by the Japan Petroleum Institute,and said consideration will be given to including themin PEDD’s 2014 training program.

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3. Reﬁning & NGL Fractionation
Administration Area

4. Training & Development Administration
Area

The JCCP delegation met with Mr. Sami A.
Iskandrani, Assistant to the Executive Director of
Refining & NGL Fractionation.
Mr. Iskandrani first explained that there was acompany-wide reshuffling of employees as of October
1, 2012, with particularly large movements in thedownstream departments. Mr. Mohammed A. AlOmar, Vice President, who had a good grasp of JCCP
personnel development activities, was replaced by Mr.
Omar S. Bazuhair, Executive Director. Additionally,
the Chemicals Operations Department was newly
established in the downstream business area, vested
with the responsibility of overseeing joint projects
with chemical companies. Under this situation, the
JCCP delegation recommended the course on heavy
oil upgrading as an ideal approach to establishingcooperation with the chemical industry, and offered toconsider a customized course, if so required.
In regard to the FY2013 JCCP course program,the delegation pointed out the new offerings andexplained the significant changes that have been madefrom the previous program. Mr. Iskandrani listened
to the explanation with approval, and requested theenhancement of two courses: a course that focuseson the corrosion of static and dynamic equipment andcountermeasures, and a course dedicated to facility
reliability. He was aware that there are courses that cover
the relevant themes, but desired more emphasis on thetechnical aspects of those themes. (The delegation later
found out that Mr. Iskandrani took early retirement andleft the company on November 28.)

The objective of the recent meeting at the Training& Development Administration Area was to informthe department that the views and requests received
in response to a previous survey for renewal of JCCP
training programs have been incorporated in the FY2013
course program. Through an introduction from Ms. Huda
Ghoson, Executive Director, Employee Relations &Training, the JCCP delegation met with Mr. Nasser A.
Al-Nafisee, General Manager, Training & Development,
who took over Ms. Ghoson’s previous position. At the
beginning of the meeting, the JCCP delegation thanked
him for participating in the FY2012 JCCP International
Symposium and giving a special speech.
The JCCP members explained the FY2013
JCCP course program and its four new themes, andrecommended the course on heavy oil upgrading asa chemistry-related theme suited to Saudi Aramco’s
needs. They also noted that a customized course could
be organized, with a special focus on important processes
that use chemical raw materials.

Mr. Nasser A. Al-Naﬁsee, General Manager, Training &Development (center)

5. Summary

Mr. Sami A. Iskandrani, Assistant to the Executive Director of
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The JCCP delegation’s recent visit revealed thatmajor personnel changes were made in Saudi Aramco’s
downstream departments as of October 1, 2012 and a
new administration has been established. JCCP is thus
preparing to build new relationships in the company at
an early stage.
Accompanying these changes, a change has also
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training activities in Saudi Aramco. Up to now, JCCP
has been sending annual programs and individual course
programs separately to the head of the Downstream
Administration Area, the training center in each refineryand the Training & Development Department. However,in the meeting, it was agreed that JCCP would maintainits relationship with the Downstream Administration
Area as before, but will send all training-related

documents intended for Saudi Aramco as a whole to Mr.
Al-Rabeh, as proposed by Mr. Al-Rabeh himself. As his
department has overall control of professional training,
centralized responses to JCCP training would be ensured.
The various requests received from Saudi Aramco
will be discussed among all relevant parties andspecifically addressed hereafter.
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Exchange

Report on the Training Cooperation Program—Saudi Arabia— in September 2013
A JCCP delegation visited Saudi Arabia from August
27 to September 7, 2013, under the Training Cooperation
Program, which aims to strengthen relations withmajor oil-producing countries and provide cooperationin human resource development. More specifically,
Eiji Okuyama from the Operations Department andFumihiro Tone from the Training Department visited
Saudi Aramco and its subsidiaries and met with key
persons in relevant departments to present the FY2014
schedule of regular courses, discuss JCCP’s assistancein Saudi Aramco’s educational programs, and explain
about the alumni meeting JCCP is planning to hold in
Saudi Arabia next year.

At Jeddah Reﬁnery:
Mr. Yahya A. Abu Shal, Jeddah Reﬁnery Manager (second
from right) and Mr. Khalid Al Sanie, Supervisor (A),Training Unit

1. Jeddah Reﬁnery
2. Petro Rabigh
The JCCP delegation held a meeting regarding
training issues with Mr. Khalid Al Sanie, Supervisor(A), Training Unit, and Mr. Rayyan S. Taybe, Training
Coordinator, Training Unit. They first introduced new
JCCP regular courses that will be offered in fiscal 2014,
and gave a description of each course and improvementsthat have been made. They also noted that course
names have been reviewed and the content of someof the courses has been significantly upgraded during
the past two years, to respond to needs in each country
and present-day situations. The members of Jeddah
Refinery showed strong interest in the new course on
strategic management for managers, and advised the
JCCP members that courses for managers should be
strengthened, as managers have the power to makebusiness decisions. In regard to customized programs(CPO), the JCCP delegation proposed a seminar thatcombines visualization activities in the refinery, safety
training, and an onsite HAZOP study, based on theprevious refinery manager’s request for a CPO on
improvement of behavior patterns for enhancementof safety, made on the occasion of a previous visit to
the Jeddah Refinery by Mr. Masataka Sase, Executive
Director of JCCP. After receiving a tour of the refinery,
the JCCP delegation met with Mr. Yahya A. Abu Shal,
Jeddah Refinery Manager, to give an overview of theforegoing meeting.

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At Petro Rabigh, the JCCP delegation met with Mr.
Hisam H. Azzouz, Manager, Employee Relations &Training Department, and Mr. Mohammed O. Mehani,
Section Head ER&T/T&CD. Showing primary interest
in JCCP customized programs, the Petro Rabighmembers strongly requested the implementation of a
CPO seminar by JCCP experts. In regard to content,
the JCCP delegation explained that JCCP could
accommodate seminars on themes that are covered inregular courses, and recommended Petro Rabigh to comeup with an appropriate theme at a later date. The Petro
Rabigh members also expressed positive response to
implementing a seminar on visualization activities, so thetwo sides agreed to hold continued talks in that regard.
Furthermore, they favorably accepted the improvements
made to FY2014 regular courses, and said they wish
to continue sending their employees to participate in
the courses next year. They also expressed interest in
participants’ feedback of the results of their training,with Mr. Azzouz pointing out that a feedback mechanism
should be established. The JCCP delegation explainedthat after each course, all participants are required towrite a brief report on their initial expectations of JCCP
training, impressions after attending the course, and afuture plan of action, to clarify what they have learned
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their present jobs. The Petro Rabigh members agreed tothe delegation’s proposal to send these reports along withthe evaluation of participants that is sent out after eachcourse, so that Petro Rabigh could provide its feedback
to JCCP about the results of training.

At Petro Rabigh: Mr. Hisam H. Azzouz, Manager, Employee
Relations & Training Dept. (left), and Mr. Mohammed O.
Mehani, Section Head ER&T/T&CD (right)

3. Yanbu Reﬁnery
At Yanbu Refinery, the JCCP delegation met with thefollowing members: Mr. Adel Misfer Al-Ghamdi, Yanbu
Refinery Head; Mr. Basim A. Zarie Superintendent,
Planning & Training Division (participated in a regularcourse on maintenance management in 2008); Mr. Saleh
S. Al-Nahdi, Superintendent Maintenance Division; Mr.
Fahd E. Shetairi, Superintendent Operations Division;
Mr. Hasan M. Asiri, Superintendent Engineering
Division; and previous participants of a JCCP seminar.
Based on the understanding that the managementof Yanbu Refinery has an interest in practical training,
the JCCP delegation proposed Part 3 of a seminaron visualization activities, following two that havepreviously been implemented at Yanbu Refinery. As the
Yanbu management is focused on improving employee
mindset and behavior patterns, it requested the continued
implementation of the seminar with the awareness that it
is an important theme, particularly given the increasing
number of young employees in the company.
Mr. Al-Ghamdi noted that the program includes a
lecture on accident examples in Japan and said it would
be highly beneficial, but also requested the inclusionof an explanation of problems experienced at Yanbu
Refinery and discussions with the instructor. He said thatsince approximately half of the staff at the refinery areengineers with less than five years’ experience, having
them acquire practical skills on site is more important thanproviding book knowledge, and asked what is needed tochange their mindset so they become capable of making

independent, active efforts within the proposed five daysof the seminar. The JCCP delegation responded thatparticularly necessary are the proper understanding andchange in mindset of superintendents and supervisors,
the adaptation and application of TPM to Saudi Arabianculture as a means for understanding Saudi Aramco’s
culture, and follow-up of activities through ongoing efforts
and diverse other means including email. In these ways,
the meeting provided a good opportunity to deepen mutual
understanding between Yanbu Refinery and JCCP. On a
final note, Mr. Al-Ghamdi expressed his opinion that the
proposed seminar would be highly meaningful, and would
like JCCP to continue its implementation.
After the management made their exit, the JCCP
members held a feedback meeting with the participantsof a previous JCCP seminar. They said training ismeaningless unless it is implemented in a manner that is
easily understood by all participants, and in this respect,they rated the JCCP seminar on visualization as having
been extremely easy to understand. They also explainedthat previous participants of the seminar are making
ongoing efforts to implement visualization activities intheir respective workplaces under the leadership of Mr.
Mohammed S. Aidarous, YR Training Unit Supv P&T
Division. Additionally, Mr. Yousef Saleh Al Ghamdi,
Frmn Multicraft Maintenance, who attended a CPJ
information exchange seminar for young engineers, talked
about how his Japanese experience triggered a change
in himself, and about how he was struck throughout thecourse of the seminar by the Japanese people’s way oflife that highly values use of time. He also mentioned thatJapanese culture has become a topic of interest after being
featured in a program broadcast in Saudi Arabia titled“Khawater” (literally meaning “thought” or “insight”).
(“Khawater Japan” can be searched on YouTube.)

At Yanbu Reﬁnery:
Mr. Adel Misfer Al-Ghamdi, Yanbu Reﬁnery Head (second
from right), Mr. Mohammed S. Aidarous, YR Training Unit
Supv P&T Div. (far right), and Mr. Mustafa M. Almahdi,
Manager, Yanbu Reﬁnery (center)

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seminar was decided to be held from February 9 to 13,
2014, according to the program proposed by PEDD.
Furthermore, as a new initiative, it was agreed that a
mini-test would be held at the end of each day to verify
the participants’ degree of understanding. Throughsuch initiatives, PEDD and JCCP agreed to continually
implement programs that probe deep into various
technologies.

Participants of a previous JCCP seminar

4. Training & Development Administration
Area
At the Training & Development Administration Area,
the JCCP delegation met with Mr. Nasser A. Al-Nafisee,
General Manager Training & Development, and Mr.
Dandany F. Jamil, Director, Educational Partnerships
Department, to introduce the FY2014 schedule of
JCCP regular courses and seek continued support of
JCCP activities. Mr. Al-Nafisee thanked JCCP for its
cooperation and expressed his wish to continue receiving
and drawing on JCCP’s far-sighted support to benefit
employee training at Saudi Aramco. Junichi Kasuya,
General Manager of the JCCP Riyadh Office, then joined
the meeting to discuss the planning and implementation
details of the JCCP alumni meeting scheduled to be heldin Saudi Arabia next year.

5. Professional Engineering Development
Division (PEDD)
PEDD is responsible for developing and implementing
in-house training programs on carefully selected
technologies to enhance the expertise of professional
engineers in all sectors at Saudi Aramco. In a meeting
held last year, PEDD showed interest in the educational
materials on refinery maintenance management that werecompiled by the Japan Petroleum Institute and translated
by JCCP, and requested a customized seminar on
inspection based on the materials. PEDD and JCCP thus
mutually examined the possibility of its implementation.
In this year’s meeting, JCCP members met with
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Curriculum Design (A), and Mr. Rasid K. Rahman,
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At PEDD:
Dr. Thurston M. Williams, Supervisor (right), and
Mr. Rasid K. Rahman, Engineer III (left)

6. Dhahran Head Ofﬁce: Professional
Development Department, Training &Development
At the Dhahran Head Office, the JCCP delegation
met with Mr. Raed H. Al-Rabeh, Director, Professional
Development Department, to discuss training programs
for fiscal 2014. They explained that the regular course onrefinery management has been replaced by a new course
entitled “Strategic Management,” designed to promotestrategic thinking about future corporate activities
among current and future management personnel ofbusiness planning departments in oil companies. Mr.
Al-Rabeh said he thinks the course would greatly
benefit Saudi Aramco, as the company strives tooperate based on long-term strategies, and shared hisview that it is extremely important to seek added value
in petrochemical business based on an analysis ofmarket needs and future trends. Besides the chemical
departments in which Saudi Aramco is currently
expanding its business, Mr. Al-Rabeh explained that thecompany’s main concerns lie in maximizing added value
through the efficient utilization of energy, conserving
the use of oil for combustion purposes through the useof alternative energy sources, and optimizing the sale ofproducts, and said JCCP courses offer important value by

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7. Reﬁning & NGL Fractionation
Administration Area / Ras Tanura
Reﬁnery Training Unit

At Dhahran Head Ofﬁce:
Mr. Raed H. Al-Rabeh, Director, Professional Development
Department (center)

providing an opportunity to study the interrelationship ofvarious topics from a wide perspective instead of from asingle field only. Furthermore, he stated that the course
is precisely what Saudi Aramco and companies in the
GCC countries have been seeking.
The JCCP delegation also received an important
assignment, to give due consideration to responding togreater expectations of the new course and to design aseminar that addresses the following issues: (1) In what
areas should future investments be made? (2) What is theideal unit configuration in a refinery? As it is becoming
necessary to create production plans that meet productdemand, a course that can satisfy this need is sought; (3)Cooperation with related business fields, particularly inthe supply of raw materials for products; (4) Importanceof enhancing energy efficiency, not independently, but asa collective effort through joint ventures and projects; (5)Alternative industrial energies and the establishment of
a value chain in which oil products are not only burned
but are given added value as feedstock for petrochemical
products; and (6) How can efficient and effective
operations be achieved in the chemical field?
In regard to JCCP activities as a whole, Mr. AlRabeh emphasized that they are extremely effective
in helping build human networks. He described how
he met Ms. Salma Al Hajjaj, then Director, Center for
Leadership Development, KNPC, while participating in
a JCCP International Symposium, and later invited her
to Saudi Aramco to give a lecture on female initiatives
in companies. He said the undertaking was so popularthat they have maintained their ties, and thanked JCCP
for the opportunity to participate in the international
symposium and acquire such an important relationship.

There had been no participants to JCCP regularcourses from the Ras Tanura Refinery for the past few
years, but the JCCP delegation created an opportunity
to meet with Mr. Omer Al-Ghamdi, HRDU Supervisor(scheduled to participate in a regular course on HRD in
FY2013), and Mr. Yahya Q. Daghriri, HRD Supervisor(participated in a regular course on human resource
management in FY2009).
The JCCP members first introduced the FY2014
schedule of regular courses, explaining that a courseon strategic management had been newly launched inplace of the refinery management course. The refinery
members said they will consider the participation ofmanagement level personnel from Ras Tanura.
The meeting next moved on to a discussion of onsite
visualization activities as part of a customized program.
The Ras Tanura Refinery was well aware of the results oftraining programs implemented at the Yanbu Refinery todate, and thus requested a seminar at Ras Tanura as well,saying they would contact JCCP at a later date about
their preferred number of participants and suggested
improvements to the content of the seminar.
Ras Tanura Refinery members explained that, forthe refinery, the advantages of JCCP regular courses
are that they offer participants an opportunity to interact
with people from other countries and to acquire anawareness of diverse issues that lie beyond the course.
By participating in a regular course, Mr. Daghriri said
he personally learned a great many things in Japan,
including not only about how to work efficiently, butalso about ways of life, proper conduct and behavior,

At the Reﬁning & NGL Fractionation Administration Area:
Mr. Omer Al-Ghamdi, HRDU Supervisor (right), andMr. Yahya Q. Daghriri, HRD Supervisor (left)

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by others. He said he has never forgotten his JCCP
experience, as it underlies the motivation for all of
his activities. Mr. Daghriri’s words that JCCP regularcourses have special meaning by offering a forum forcooperation and networking and not merely for training,
and that he wishes the courses will continue to manifest
this meaning in their implementation, left a particularly
strong impression on the JCCP members.

8. Southern Area Industrial Training
Division
The JCCP delegation met with Mr. Muhammad S.
Al-Muraikhi, Superintendent (A), and 14 staff members
from three training centers for upstream operations(branch organizations of the Head Office Industrial
Training Division in charge of developing operatorsand technicians) located in the southern area of Abqaiq,
where the center of Saudi Aramco’s Ghawar Oilfield lies.
After receiving a general introduction of the training
division, the JCCP members introduced JCCP, presented
the FY2014 regular course schedule, and proposed theimplementation of practical training in the form of a
Customized Program-Overseas (CPO).
The JCCP delegation’s presentation met with afavorable response on the whole, and elicited a varietyof questions. Given the nature of the training division,
the presentation seemed to provide useful information
for considering the participation of their staff members
in JCCP courses. The JCCP members also introduced arecord of customized programs implemented at Saudi
Aramco to date while noting that no seminars have been
held in the Southern Area since a CPO for maintenancedepartments was implemented in fiscal 2010, and urged
the future implementation of a seminar.

9. Summary
By introducing the FY2014 regular course scheduleand discussing possible customized programs for
Saudi Aramco, the JCCP delegation achieved theintended objectives of its recent visit. With respect toregular courses, the meetings with relevant personnel
revealed a high level of expectation in the course on
strategic management that will be newly offered inplace of the course on refinery management. The JCCP
delegation also received positive responses toward
the course improvements and the changes in course
titles that were made to more closely correspond tothe content of each course. In regard to customized
programs, the JCCP delegation received formal requests
for implementation of the same practical training on
visualization that was held at the Yanbu Refinery, also
at the Jeddah Refinery, Ras Tanura Refinery and Petro
Rabigh. Detailed meetings on the content and dates fortheir implementation are planned to be held hereafter.
As a follow-up to regular courses, the JCCP members
informed the Saudi Aramco side that JCCP will launcha new initiative to promote further understanding andcooperation by JCCP counterpart departments, by having
regular course participants write a review of their courseand sending these reports to the counterpart department
along with the participant evaluations that are sent out
after each course. This initiative was met with strong
approval by all departments. In the meantime, JCCP will
make ongoing preparations toward the organization ofan alumni meeting in Saudi Arabia next year.

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FY2012 JCCP Program Seminar
The JCCP Program Seminar was held for the second
time this year, over an eight-day period from February
27 to March 6. The seminar invites to Japan managersof human resource departments from oil companies in
oil-producing countries who act as JCCP counterparts,
to personally experience the training program that JCCP
regular course participants attend, and to individually
discuss and exchange views about JCCP activities with
JCCP staff for improvement of future training programs.
The seminar was held twice this fiscal year, inconsideration of the fact that expectations and requestsof JCCP differ among regions and countries. This time,
the seminar was offered to the Middle East and GCC
countries, while the previous seminar held last July wasoffered to other oil-producing countries.

1. Participants
A total of six participants from four Middle East/GCC
oil-producing countries, namely Iraq, Oman, UAE andSaudi Arabia, attended the seminar.

2. Seminar Content(1) Regular course experience
The seminar provided an opportunity for theparticipants to experience the main activities of aregular course (preliminary orientation session, opening
ceremony, administrative guidance, lectures at JCCP,
offsite training, exposure to Japanese culture and history,closing ceremony, etc.) and deepen their understandingof JCCP regular courses.
(2) Lecture on Japanese-style management
methods (Kaizen, Total Productive Management(TPM), etc.)
A lecture was given on Kaizen, TPM, small-group
activities, and other such management practices toprovide deeper understanding of these subjects and elicit
training requests from the participants. Part of an actual
program was also implemented for the experience.
The participants also experienced offsite training byvisiting Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.’s Tokuyama Refineryand observing small-group activities implemented at
the refinery.

Seminar participants and JCCP staff(3) Presentations by the participants and hearingof requests
The participants each gave a presentation on
the status of human resource development in theirrespective countries and what they expect of JCCP, andmutually exchanged views on the presented topics. Thissession provided an understanding of human resource
development in each country, as well as eliciting generalrequests for future JCCP courses.

3. Summary
As mentioned above, this Program Seminar was held
for JCCP counterparts from Middle East oil-producing
countries, which together account for 90% of Japan’s
crude oil imports. As a result, it not only benefited theparticipants, but also shed light on issues common tocountries in the region.

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JCCP hopes the participants will widely share theirknowledge of JCCP upon returning to their countries

and thereby contribute to increasing the number ofparticipants to JCCP regular courses.
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Organization & Country

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Name

Position1

Iraq Ministry of Oil / Iraq Mr. Jasim Mohammed Hameed

Expert, Manager of Technical Division, Deputy of
D.G., Technical Division2

Iraq Ministry of Oil / Iraq Mr. Saad Ahmed Abdulkhaleq

Chief of Senior Physicist, Training & Human
Resources Development Dept., Daura Reﬁnery

3

Orpic / Oman

Mr. Ali Said Al Mahrouqi

Team Leader, Training Logistics Services, HR
Services Div.

4

Orpic / Oman

Mr. Sultan Mohammed Sulaiman Sr. HR Performance & Development, HR SupportAl-Alawi
Performance & Development Dept.

5

ADNOC / UAE

Mr. Zayed Mohamed Taher
Lahdan Al ShuaibiHead, Reception & Travel Department, Public
Relations-Human Resources

6

Saudi Aramco /Saudi Arabia

Mr. Abdullah A. Al-Mustaneer

Career Counselor, Career Planning & Consultation
Division, Professional Development Department

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TechnicalCooperation

Completion of Phase I of
the Technical Cooperation Projecton Enhancement of FCC Catalyst Evaluationin Saudi Arabia
A JCCP Technical Cooperation Project on“Enhancement of FCC Catalyst Evaluation in Saudi
Arabia” was jointly implemented with King Fahd
University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) over athree-year period beginning in fiscal 2008, in response
to a strong request by Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s
state-owned oil company. The goal of the project was
to develop KFUPM’s capacity for evaluation anddevelopment of catalysts that could be used in fluid
catalytic cracking units (FCCs) that many countries in
the Middle East have begun to construct as a central
equipment in their refineries.
All activities that were initially planned (Phase I)
have been completed as summarized below, and the
project has entered Phase II.

1. Background to the Project
An FCC unit is an equipment in which powderedcatalyst reacts with heavy oil at high temperatures by
fluid reaction and breaks the heavy oil feedstock into
light fractions to produce more valuable LPG, gasoline,
and middle distillates. It is a cracking unit that is widely
acknowledged by the oil industry and considered a coreequipment in many refineries. In fact, Saudi Aramcohas built a high olefin fluid catalytic cracking unit
(HOFC) at Rabigh in response to the recent increasein demand for petroleum and petrochemical products,
and is also planning or otherwise already building FCC
units in some of its export-oriented refineries. Under
this situation, Saudi Aramco recognized the urgent needfor its refineries to acquire FCC catalyst evaluation anddevelopment technologies, and requested KFUPM toplay a role in their acquisition. Against this background,
JCCP launched a technical cooperation project in fiscal
2008 to develop the capacity for FCC catalyst evaluationand development in KFUPM.

2. Overview
1) Implementation period: April 1, 2008 – March 31,
2011 (three years)2) Counterpart: KFUPM
3) Participating companies: JX Nippon ResearchInstitute Ltd., JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation,
JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.
4) Activities: The following activities were implemented
toward the development of FCC catalyst evaluationand development technologies at KFUPM.
(1) Introduce an advanced cracking evaluation(ACE) unit, the newest type of FCC catalyst
evaluation unit available, to KFUPM.
(2) Provide training in the operation of the ACE
unit and guidance for the analysis of operating
data acquired from the ACE unit, as means oftransferring FCC catalyst evaluation technology
to KFUPM(3) Provide lectures and seminars to KFUPM
researchers, and invite engineers to Japan forhands-on training in the procedures and methodsof FCC catalyst development
The ACE unit was manufactured in fiscal 2008
and delivered and installed in KFUPM in fiscal 2009.
The series of technical assistance activities thereafter
consisted of the following.
It is worth noting that, after introduction of the
ACE unit to KFUPM, KFUPM researchers have begun
engaging in the evaluation of catalysts by operating theACE unit themselves.
(1) Prior to introducing the ACE unit to KFUPM,KFUPM researchers were invited to the Researchand Development Institute of JX Nippon Oil &Energy Corporation to receive training in theoperation and function of the ACE unit using theunit installed in the research institute, as well as
training in the evaluation and analysis of FCC
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ACE training at the Research and Development Instituteof JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation:(from the right) Mr. Rahat, Mr. Ramzi, Mr. Yoshihara(2) Explanations and instructions were given regarding
the pseudo deactivation of FCC catalysts, which isnecessary for the evaluation of fresh FCC catalysts,
using technology that can accurately simulate
the pseudo deactivation of FCC catalysts in thelaboratory.
(3) KFUPM researchers were invited to the Kitakyushu
Operation Center of JGC Catalysts and Chemicals
Ltd. to study the basic properties of zeolite catalysts
and the effect of additives on catalysts throughactual examples, and to receive technical training.
(4) In fiscal 2010, an X-ray diffraction (XRD) unit was
installed to allow for structural analysis of zeolitethat is necessary for catalyst development, andtechnical guidance was provided for the structural
analysis of zeolite and other technologies relevant
to FCC catalyst development.
Through introduction of the ACE unit and XRD unit,
operational training of the units, and technical guidance
for analyzing data acquired from the evaluation unit,

Article and picture of the project featured in Al-Yaum,a local newspaper

as discussed above, the foundation for FCC catalyst
evaluation and development has begun to take shape
at KFUPM.
At a project achievement meeting held at KFUPM
on February 1, 2011, the KFUPM side gave a report on
two studies on the status of FCC unit introduction in the
Middle East countries and on FCC catalyst evaluationand structural analysis using the ACE and XRD units.
The Japanese side presented the results of an economic
assessment of feeding the light cycle oil that is producedin the FCC unit back to the FCC unit.
At the end of the meeting, Dr. Sulaiman S. Al-Khattaf,
Director of KFUPM and the responsible authority of the
project on the KFUPM side, thanked JCCP for its support
and assistance in the project.

3. Observations
As mentioned earlier, this project aimed to establish
an R&D system for FCC catalysts within KFUPM byproviding technical guidance to KFUPM researchers
on the evaluation and development of FCC catalysts
to be used in FCC units. The initial goal of the project
was considered achieved when KFUPM researchersacquired the necessary technologies for the operationand data analysis of the ACE unit. The unit has quickly
become a standard FCC catalyst evaluation unit in manyrefineries, but when it was introduced for the first timein this project in the Middle East, the local newspaper
carried an article about it, and the project garnered strong
attention from many relevant institutions.
The project will be ultimately reviewed and evaluatedby an Ex-post Evaluation Committee composed ofexternal experts.
As an increase in future demand for polypropylene isanticipated in the coming years, a study on “Developmentof High Olefin Yield FCC Catalysts” has been launchedin fiscal 2010 as Phase II of the project, with the aim ofdeveloping a new catalyst that can provide a high yieldof olefin from the FCC unit.
Through joint cooperation projects with KFUPM
such as this particular project, JCCP hopes and expects
to further strengthen and expand ties between Saudi
Arabia and Japan.
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TechnicalCooperation

Signing Ceremony with KFUPM
for the Project on “Development ofHigh Olefin Yield FCC Catalyst”

Signing ceremony:(Front row, from left) Dr. Mohammad Al-Homoud, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, KFUPM;
and Mr. Morihiro Yoshida, Managing Director of JCCP
(Back row, from left) Dr. Sulaiman Al-Khattaf, Director of KFUPM Center for Reﬁning and Petrochemicals;and Mr. Masaki Ikematsu, Senior Vice President, JX Nippon Research Institute, Ltd.

On September 14, 2011, JCCP and King Fahd
University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) held acontract signing ceremony for implementation of the joint
research on “Development of High Olefin Yield FCC
Catalyst” at KFUPM in Saudi Arabia. In the presenceof Mr. Mitsuru Murase, Counsellor at the Embassy ofJapan in Saudi Arabia, the contract was signed by Dr.
Mohammad Al-Homoud, Vice-Rector for Academic
Affairs, who stood in for Dr. Sahel N. Abdul-Jauwad,
Vice-Rector for Applied Research; and Mr. Morihiro
Yoshida, Managing Director of JCCP. Also present were
Mr. Masaki Ikematsu, Senior Vice President, JX Nippon
Research Institute, Ltd., and Mr. Yasuharu Furukawa,
Managing Director, JGC Catalysts & Chemicals Ltd.,
representing the participating companies on the Japaneseside. News about the ceremony and details of the project
was published in a number of local newspapers.
In his opening speech, Dr. Al-Homoud described that
KFUPM has developed excellent ties with JCCP andother partners in Japan over the past two decades, and thejoint research on FCC catalysts is a continuation of thesuccess story of the fruitful collaboration with JCCP in

this important area. He also thanked all parties concerned
for their unified cooperation to achieve the goal ofenhancing KFUPM’s capability and expertise in catalyst
design for increased olefin production, and expressed his
expectation that the new project would deepen mutual
understanding, ties, and friendship and further expand
collaboration between the two organizations into a
broader range of other areas of mutual interest.
Mr. Murase commented on Saudi Arabia and Japan’s
mutually important relationship, and said the KFUPMJCCP joint study is expected not only to contribute to
Saudi Aramco’s intent and vision for 2020 by increasing
production of olefin, but also to strengthening thegeneral friendship of the two countries, including theircomplementary relationship in the energy sector.
Mr. Yoshida expressed his heartfelt gratitude for themessage of warm sympathy extended by the people ofSaudi Arabia after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami,saying that their support and encouragement gave
Japan courage to overcome the disaster. He then talked
about the joint studies that JCCP and KFUPM have
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the study of FCC catalysts for high olefin production,
he explained that while a previous project, which was
implemented from 2008 to 2010, placed emphasis
mainly on how to evaluate FCC catalysts, the new projectthat begins in 2011 will aim to enhance the technicallevel of FCC catalysts to increase the production of
olefins not only from heavier feed oil but also fromlighter feed oil, naphtha. Project activities include
supplying a micro-activity test (MAT) unit for naphtha
trial order for FCC test catalysts, and basic research up
to the practical research on the correlation between thedesign specification of FCC catalyst and olefin yield.
Mr. Yoshida also said he hoped the project would
be conducted successfully as well, with the effort andcooperation of all parties involved, and reaffirmed
JCCP’s commitment to build a firm and reliable
relationship between Saudi Arabia and Japan byconducting the joint technical projects.
Messrs. Ikematsu and Furukawa introduced theirrespective companies, JX Nippon Research Institute and
JGC Catalysts and Chemicals, and expressed enthusiasm
for their participation in the project.

Project Overview
1. BackgroundIn recent years, Saudi Aramco has experienced anincreasing demand for olefins such as polypropylene.
Therefore, in order to increase olefin production, it has

asked KFUPM to conduct a study on FCC catalysts thatwould provide a higher yield of olefins from naphtha,
light oil, etc. compared with conventional catalysts.
Under such circumstances, KFUPM and JCCP haveagreed to carry out a joint R&D project on FCC catalysts
for high olefin yield from fiscal 2011 to 2013, basedon the results of a previous project on “Enhancementof FCC Catalyst Evaluation,” which was implemented
from fiscal 2008 to 2010.
The new project aims to enhance KFUPM’s technicalcapability to an adequate level for designing FCC
catalysts for high olefin production by assessing thecorrelation between FCC catalyst composition and olefinyield by using vacuum gas oil feed and naphtha feed.

2. Overview of the Previous Project
The new project is based on the results of a previous
project that was implemented over the past three
years with a focus on the introduction of FCC catalyst
performance evaluation technologies. In that project,an advanced cracking evaluation unit (ACE unit) was
introduced to KFUPM to evaluate FCC catalysts forgas oil and other heavy oil feedstock, and operational
training of the unit was provided at the Central TechnicalResearch Laboratory of JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corporation. Additionally, lectures on FCC catalyst
evaluation methods were provided by researchers fromJGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. The project came to a
successful conclusion after achieving the intended results

Members of the signing ceremony:(Front row, from left) Mr. Yasuharu Furukawa, Managing Director, JGC Catalysts & Chemicals Ltd.;Mr. Mitsuru Murase, Minister at the Japan Embassy in Saudi Arabia;
Dr. Mohammad Al-Homoud, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, KFUPM;
Mr. Morihiro Yoshida, Managing Director of JCCP;
Dr. Sulaiman Al-Khattaf, Director of KFUPM Center for Reﬁning and Petrochemicals;
Mr. Masaki Ikematsu, Senior Vice President, JX Nippon Research Institute, Ltd.; andMr. Kenji Nita, General Manager, JCCP Riyadh Ofﬁce

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in introducing FCC catalyst evaluation technologies forgas oil and other heavy oil feedstock.

phase relating to the correlation between FCC catalyst
design and olefin yield will be studied.

3. New Project

FY2013:
Based on the results acquired in FY2011 and FY2012,
the practical research phase for applying the FCC
catalyst to high olefin production will be studied.

The new project that begins in fiscal 2011 will take
Saudi Aramco and KFUPM’s requests into consideration
and will focus on technologies for the developmentof FCC catalysts that would produce high yields of
propylene and other olefins not only from gas oil andother heavy oil feedstock, but also from light naphtha
feedstock. For this purpose, a naphtha micro-activity test
unit (MAT unit) will be installed at KFUPM.
The following is the basic outline of the project.
FY2011:An FCC catalyst design for high olefin production
will be created, and the test production of the catalyst
will be outsourced to a specified manufacturer. The
performance of the test-produced catalyst will then be
evaluated, and basic research relating to the correlation
between FCC catalyst design and olefin yield will be
studied.
FY2012:
Based on the results of the above, the applied research

4. Future Prospects
If the new three-year R&D project achieves theintended result in laying the foundation for creating
an FCC catalyst design that could be applied to acommercial FCC unit for high olefin yield, an order forthe production of novel FCC catalysts will be placedwith a specified manufacturer, and the catalysts will beapplied to FCC units in Saudi Aramco’s refineries. Then,by evaluating the performance of equilibrium catalysts,
improvements will be made to the cracking performanceand physical properties of the FCC catalysts. Ultimately,
it would be possible to develop novel commercial FCC
catalysts that deliver stable cracking performance andphysical properties for higher yields of propylene andother olefins compared with conventional catalysts,
and thereby contribute a great deal to Saudi Aramco’s
refineries for yielding large profits.
<by Hironao Naganuma, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

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KACST-JCCP 1st Joint International
Workshop Held at KACST in Riyadh(Left) Speakers and relevant members of the workshop(Right) H.H. Prince Dr. Turki bin Saud bin Mohammad Al-Saud, KACST Vice President for Research Institute,speaking at the opening ceremony

1. Background
JCCP is presently engaged in a joint project with King
Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
under the theme of “Application of ground deformation
monitoring technologies towards preserving the natural
resources infrastructure’s potential of Saudi Arabia” withthe cooperation of NTT Data CCS Corporation.
As part of this project, KACST and JCCP held the
1st Joint International Workshop for the Earth’s Surface
and Subsurface 4D Monitoring from January 8 to 11,
2012, with the aim of exchanging the latest monitoring
technologies.

2. Overview
The workshop was launched on January 9 in thepresence of Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Suwaiyel,
KACST President; H.H. Prince Dr. Turki bin Saudbin Mohammad Al-Saud, KACST Vice President for
Research Institutes; and Mr. Shigeru Endo, Ambassadorof Japan in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Also attending
were 26 advanced researchers and experts representing
diverse fields of academia and industry from suchcountries as Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United States,
Australia, Canada, China, Russia, and the Czech
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Dr. Turki, Ambassador Endo and Mr. Morihiro Yoshida,
Managing Director of JCCP, inaugurated the workshop
by giving opening speeches.
In their speeches, they stressed the significanceof holding the workshop in Saudi Arabia with theparticipation of selected world experts in fields
of monitoring subsurface changes and exploring
subsurface natural resources. They also expressed theirhope that discussions among the participating experts
would produce positive results and lead to the future
demonstration of subsurface monitoring technologies
that are presently under development in collaboration
between KACST and JCCP. The Japanese members
made particular mention of the Great East Japan
Earthquake that occurred last year, and expressed their
deep appreciation to the GCC countries for their heartfelt
messages of support and solidarity.
Two days of lectures and poster sessions followed theopening ceremony. Dr. Andrey V. Bakulin, GeophysicalSpecialist at Saudi Aramco, and Dr. Michael S. Zhdanov,Professor of Geophysics at the University of Utah,
gave keynote presentations as part of the program thatfeatured 28 presentations by the 26 lecturers and 12
poster sessions.
The presentations focused on the latest technologies formonitoring time-lapse changes in subsurface conditions(4D monitoring technologies), such as subsurface changemonitoring, exploration of subsurface resources, and

JCCP NEWS No. 112 June 2012Commemorative photo taken after the opening ceremony

Exchange of commemorative gifts in the opening ceremonycontinuous monitoring of the CCS (carbon capture andstorage) technology for capturing carbon dioxide andstoring it underground as a countermeasure to global
warming. These topics elicited active exchanges of views
between the lecturers and audience.
On the Japanese side, Dr. Junzo Kasahara, Senior
Advisor in the Scientific Systems Solutions Divisionat NTT Data CCS Corporation (and Professor of
Emeritus, The University of Tokyo), introduced the
ACROSS continuous seismic monitoring system, which
is a Japanese 4D monitoring technology that KACST
and JCCP are presently developing and testing in ajoint project, and called attention to the effective andoutstanding aspects of the technology.
In a final panel session, Dr. Zhdanov and Dr. Kasahara
discussed future technologies and goals in the field ofseismic monitoring and wrapped up the presentation
sessions of the workshop.
On January 11, the last day of the workshop, most of
the lecturers, KACST members and some 50 participants
traveled to Al-Wasia, a city located approximately 120
km from Riyadh, and visited the water abstraction
site where an ACROSS unit and a monitoring station
are installed and being tested. They received detailed
explanation of the ACROSS technology from relevant

members from KACST and NTT Data CCS whileobserving the actual unit under test operation. This
completed the agenda of the workshop, which concluded
amid much appreciation and satisfaction.

3. Conclusion
The workshop provided a highly interactive forum
for exchanging information and views on innovativetechnologies in the field of subsurface change monitoring.
It also elicited widespread interest and inquiries about
the JCCP technical cooperation project in Saudi Arabia
and the ACROSS technology after an overview of the
project and the workshop were introduced in a local
newspaper and also broadcast on the NHK “Biz Spot”
program in the evening on January 16.
The workshop was also extremely successful in therespect that it stimulated strong interest in the KACSTJCCP joint project (ACROSS demonstration test) amonginternational experts who participated in the workshop
from around the world, and that it elicited feedback
hoping for the continuance of an enhanced workshop asa forum for information exchange and technical transfer
toward development of technologies in the field of
surface and subsurface monitoring.
<by Toshifumi Amemiya, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

ACROSS seismic source

Seismometers installed on the ground

Seismometer
installed in aborehole
CO2/oil/gas reservoir

Schematic diagram of a continuous monitoring system

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Project on Mild Hydro-cracking of LCO& Evaluation of Gas Oil HDS Catalysts
in Saudi Arabia
JCCP and King Fahd University of Petroleum andMinerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia implemented the
Project on Mild Hydro-cracking of LCO & Evaluationof Gas Oil HDS Catalysts over a three-year period, fromfiscal 2009 to 2011, as follows.

1. Background
The project aimed to achieve two objectives. One
was to develop an evaluation technology for catalysts
that are used to produce ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuelwith a sulfur content of less than 10 ppm from Saudi
Arabian heavy crude oil, as an effective utilization of
the crude oil. In Japan, ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel has
been produced from relatively light crude oils sincemore than 10 years ago. However, in addition to a highsulfur content, heavy crude oil was also expected tocontain substances that are difficult to remove by hydrodesulfurization (HDS). Therefore, also included in thisfirst objective was the transfer of analysis technology
for identifying compounds contained in light gas oil
fractions.
The other objective was to lay the basic groundworkfor development of mild hydro-cracking technology as ameans for the effective utilization of the surplus of lightcycle oil (LCO) that is expected to be generated in a fluid
catalytic cracking unit (FCC). Since LCO has a highPractical training (I) for invited researchers

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content of polycyclic aromatics, mixing it with diesel
fuel might degrade the exhaust gas of diesel vehicles.
Based on this understanding, the project exploredcatalysts that could be used in a mild hydro-cracking
process to convert polycyclic aromatics into xylene to
be used as a petrochemical feedstock.
With the participation of a Japanese university in a
JCCP technical cooperation project for the first time ever,this project in effect became a joint study effort between
a Saudi Arabian university and a Japanese university.

2. Overview
1. Implementation period: April 1, 2009 – March 31,
2012 (three years)
2. Overseas counterpart: KFUPM
3. Participating companies: JX Nippon ResearchInstitute, Ltd.; Kyushu University
4. Activities: The following activities were implemented
to provide technical cooperation for the developmentof basic technologies for catalyst evaluation andcompositional analysis of feed oil and oil products
at KFUPM.
(a) Introduction of a micro-testing unit to be used forhydro-desulfurization tests and hydro-cracking
tests(b) Provision of support for catalyst evaluation

Practical training (II) for invited researchers

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Operational training on the GC-AED

technology through operational training of the
micro-testing unit and guidance for analysis ofdata acquired from the unit(c) Introduction of a gas chromatograph withatomic emission detector (GC-AED) and a highperformance liquid chromatograph (HP-LC) toallow for close identification of the compositionof light gas oil fractions; and analysis of feed oilfor the micro-testing unit and the oil producedin the unit, through the combination of GCAED and HP-LC and technical guidance on an
analysis method proposed by Kyushu University
The micro-testing unit was delivered and installed in
KFUPM in fiscal 2009, and the GC-AED and HP-LC, infiscal 2010. Details of the technical guidance provided
were as follows.
(a) The micro-testing unit was manufactured inJapan, and KFUPM researchers were invited
to Japan to learn about the unit and receive
operational guidance in advance of introducing
it to KFUPM.
(b) After introduction of the micro-testing unit to
KFUPM, researchers from JX Nippon ResearchInstitute and Kyushu University were sent to
KFUPM to provide guidance in conducting acatalyst evaluation test using an actual sample.

Micro-reactor(c) The GC-AED and HP-LC were introduced to
KFUPM for analyzing the actual feed oil forthe micro-testing unit and the oil produced in
the unit.

3. Observations
Through this project, a general concept began to takeshape at the laboratory level of a catalyst that could be
used to produce ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel from Saudi
Arabian heavy crude oil. Additionally, although various
types of light cycle oils exist according to the operational
conditions of the FCC unit, a mild hydro-cracking
method for polycyclic aromatics was discovered throughrepeated tests.
The KFUPM side presented part of the results of thisproject at the 20th annual Saudi-Japan symposium on
catalysts, which was held on December 5 and 6, 2010
under the joint sponsorship of KFUPM, JCCP and theJapan Petroleum Institute (JPI). Furthermore, a paper
was submitted to an academic journal during the project
period, and even today after completion of the project,
KFUPM and Kyushu University are preparing otherpapers for submission to academic publications. It is
hoped that these cooperative activities between the two
universities will further deepen the friendly relationshipbetween Saudi Arabia and Japan.
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Study on Hydrogen Pilot Unit
Demonstration (HyPUD) for Integration to
H2 Station in Saudi Arabia
Over a period of two years, from fiscal 2010 to 2011,
JCCP and Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco)
implemented a joint technical cooperation project called“Study on Hydrogen Pilot Unit Demonstration (HyPUD)
for Integration to H2 Station.”

1. Background
Saudi Aramco, in anticipation of the possible
widespread use of hydrogen to fuel automobiles in
the future, is directing efforts to the development of ahydrogen station capable of producing hydrogen fuelfrom oil and dispensing the fuel to fuel cell vehicles(FCV). It is also pursuing the development of areforming catalyst for producing hydrogen.
Meanwhile in Japan, a national project is alreadyunder way for a demonstration test of an onsite hydrogenstation that uses city gas, LPG, naphtha, kerosene andmethanol as feedstock, and efforts are being made toward
the diffusion of FCVs in fiscal 2015.
Against this backdrop, in fiscal 2009, Saudi
Aramco’s R&D Center requested JCCP’s cooperationin the research and development of a hydrogen station
capable of producing hydrogen from oil and dispensing
the fuel to FCVs. Acknowledging Japan’s advanced
technologies and particularly wishing to introduce
Japan’s onsite hydrogen station to Saudi Arabia, Saudi
Aramco strongly requested support for the constructionof a pilot demonstration plant and the development andevaluation of relevant catalysts.
In response to Saudi Aramco’s request, JCCP
launched the technical cooperation project on “Studyon Hydrogen Pilot Unit Demonstration (HyPUD) for
Integration to H2 Station” as follows.

With project members in front of Saudi Aramco’s
R&D Center ofﬁce building(3) Participating companies: Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha,Ltd.; JGC Corporation; JGC Gulf International Co.,Ltd.
(4) Activities:
1) In fiscal 2010, a project finding study was
conducted, which included a FEED (front-end
engineering design) study as the first step toward
construction of the pilot-scale hydrogen unit andstudies of technical issues and preliminary costestimation. The study was also made in regard
to reforming catalysts that would be used in theactual hydrogen unit.
2) In fiscal 2011, the FEED study was continued
as a joint technical cooperation project, and casestudies of cost reduction were studied to provide
the necessary information that would allow Saudi
Aramco to make a final decision on whether it
wishes to embark on the construction of the pilot
plant.

3. Summary
2. Overview(1) Implementation period: April 1, 2010 – March 31,
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At the beginning of this year, Saudi Aramco decided
not to go through with the construction of the hydrogenstation pilot plant at this time, and the project wastherefore brought to a close at the end of fiscal 2011.
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in introducing Japan’s advanced technologies in therelevant field to Saudi Aramco, as well as in garnering
praise from Saudi Aramco in regard to the excellent
quality of the detailed considerations and results of the
FEED study conducted by the Japanese side, and instrengthening the relationship of trust between Saudi
Aramco and JCCP.
We hope to continue to deepen the relationshipbetween our two countries through the implementationof similar technical cooperation projects.
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Study on the Application of
Ground Deformation Monitoring
Technologies towards Preserving the
Natural Resources Infrastructure’s Potential
in Saudi Arabia

KACST-JCCP 1st Joint International Workshop for the Earth’s Surface and Subsurface 4D Monitoring

JCCP and King Abdulaziz City for Science &Technology (KACST) implemented a study on
Application of Ground Deformation Monitoring
Technologies towards Preserving the Natural Resources
Infrastructure’s Potential in Saudi Arabia over a periodof four years, from fiscal 2009 to 2012.

1. Background
In Saudi Arabia’s oil fields, ground subsidence
is occurring as a result of changes in the subsurface
structure brought about by many years of crude oil
production and injection of seawater, thereby raisingconcerns about the impact of ground subsidence andinduced earthquakes on refineries, pipelines and otheroil facilities.
In response to this situation, the study was implemented
to preserve the potential of oil-related infrastructuresin Saudi Arabia by detecting any impact of groundsubsidence and induced earthquakes in advance. Morespecifically, the study aimed to examine the feasibilityof risk management using induced earthquake analysis

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to monitor changes in the subsurface structure.

2. Overview
1) Implementation period: April 1, 2009 – March 31,
2013 (four years)2) Overseas counterpart: King Abdulaziz City for
Science and Technology (KACST)
3) Participating companies: NTT Data CCS Corporation
4) Activities: The following activities were implemented
through a joint effort between JCCP and KACST
based on the main theme of establishing grounddeformation monitoring technologies by applying
the ACROSS continuous seismic monitoring system(accurately controlled routine-operated signal
system) and analysis technology. Developed in Japan,
the ACROSS system uses accurate sinusoidal waves
to monitor seismic motion, and has been applied tovarious studies in the earth sciences field.
s !NALYSIS OF INDUCED EARTHQUAKES
s $EVELOPMENT OF SEISMIC ANALYSIS TOOLSJCCP NEWS No. 116 September 2013s )NSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF SEISMOMETERS
s 4RAINING IN SEISMIC ANALYSISs )NSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF THE !#2/33 SYSTEM
and analysis of the data obtaineds -ONITORING OF GROUND DEFORMATION IN OIL FIELDS
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of ground subsidence and seismic analysis

3. Observations
In the study, the ACROSS seismic source wasapplied to geophysical exploration, and a test was
performed to monitor ground deformation using its highreproducibility. Additionally, an air injection test was
performed in Awaji Island, in which the location of air
spaces and their movement were successfully assessedby injecting air into the strata. Furthermore, a monitoring
test was performed at a water pumping field in Saudi
Arabia, with results indicating that time-lapse changes
in the locations of the water table could be monitored
over time.
In January 2012, KACST and JCCP held the 1st
Joint International Workshop for the Earth’s Surface

and Subsurface 4D Monitoring at KACST in Riyadh.
Attended by experts related to surface and subsurface
deformation monitoring and resource exploration and as
many as 300 visitors, the workshop captured the strong
attention of geophysics experts to the ACROSS system
and its analysis method.
The ground deformation monitoring technologies
deliver an extremely high level of reproducibility, andare suited to hourly monitoring of subsurface changes
in such places as oil and natural gas reservoirs and CO2
underground storage. For this reason, the technologies
are also garnering strong attention for their potential
to contribute to carbon capture and storage (CCS),
which has become a focus of widespread attention asa core technology for environmental conservation, bymonitoring storage conditions before CO2 generated
from oilfield-produced gas and oil refining facilities
could be stored in underground sealed layers. A
demonstration test of the results of the study will belaunched as a new project next fiscal year.
JCCP hopes to further deepen ties between Saudi
Arabia and Japan in the future through technicalcooperation such as this study.
<by Toshifumi Amemiya, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

Ground deformation monitoring technologies
Integrated ground deformation monitoring in oil fields
Monitor grounddeformation

Assess impacts
on oil facilities

Assessment of conditions on ground surface

InSAR technology
Monitor occurrence of
induced earthquakes(Preserve oil facility capacities)
Study of ground deformation locations

DD (double-difference) method
Monitor changes inunderground structure

Study of ground deformation causes
Applicable

Monitoring for captureand storage of CO2 fromassociated gases andrefinery facilities

Forecast earthquakes and ground deformation,and take preventive action
Source: NTT Data CCS Corporation

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Feasibility Studyfor Hydrogen Production(Organic Chemical Hydride Method)and Storage, Transportation, Utilizationin Saudi Arabia
JCCP and Saudi Aramco jointly implemented the
Feasibility Study for Hydrogen Production (Organic
Chemical Hydride Method) and Storage, Transportation,
Utilization in Saudi Arabia over a period of two years,
from fiscal 2011 to 2012.

1. Background
Combating global warming through CO2 reduction is
an important issue in Japan. As a measure for addressing
this issue, policies are being implemented to promote
the dissemination of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that do
not release CO2.
Japan has succeeded in developing andcommercializing a technology for long-distance masstransportation of hydrogen for the first time in the world.
It is garnering particular attention for its organic chemical
hydride method, which adds hydrogen to aromatics toconvert it to a saturated ring compound (organic chemical
hydride) so that the hydrogen can be transported in liquidstate at ordinary temperatures and pressures. Since thismethod utilizes existing infrastructure and know-how
for the storage and distribution of oil products, it has thepotential to become a promising energy transportation
method in the near future.
Meanwhile, in oil-producing countries, various
sources of hydrogen are available, including hydrogenproduced from fossil resources such as naphtha andnatural gas, hydrogen generated from associated gasesthat have been used as fuel up to now and by-producthydrogen from refineries. When using these hydrogensources, the CO2 generated in the process of producing
hydrogen from fossil materials could be efficiently
treated by carbon capture and storage (CCS) andenhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies.
By utilizing clean hydrogen as a new energy product,
Japan could make a significant contribution to preventing
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With members of Saudi Aramcosociety after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011.
By the same token, oil-producing countries could
engage in the export of new energy products that
contribute to global warming prevention, and could
also deepen cooperative relationships with Japan, as therealization of hydrogen production from solar energy
and other alternative energy sources in the future would
allow them to export energy using the same infrastructure
on a permanent basis.

2. Overview
1) Implementation period: April 1, 2011 – March 31,
2013 (two years)2) Overseas counterpart: Saudi Aramco3) Participating companies: Chiyoda Corporation
4) Activities: The following studies were conducted to
examine the business feasibility of efficient hydrogenproduction in oil-producing countries, the organic
chemical hydride production process, and hydrogen
supply to Japan.
(1) Study on the hydrogen production process(hydrogen production using fossil fuels andrenewable energy sources)(2) Study on business feasibility related to thehydrogen storage and transportation technology

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based on the organic chemical hydride method(3) Study on the utilization of hydrogen(large plants, hydrogen stations)(4) Conceptual design of a plant (case study)

3. Observations
Through this study, Japan’s advanced technologies
in the relevant field were introduced, the potentials

of hydrogen as a new energy source were jointly
examined by the parties involved, and the feasibility ofcommercializing the relevant technologies was verified.
In this respect, the study had significant meaning, andhas helped strengthen the relationship of trust between
members of Saudi Aramco and JCCP.
JCCP hopes to further deepen ties between Saudi
Arabia and Japan in the future through technicalcooperation such as this study.
<by Toshifumi Amemiya, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

Organic hydride supply chain

Source: Chiyoda Corporation

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Project Finding Programfor Development of a Refinery Maintenance
System in Saudi Arabia
During the 1970s and 1980s, Japanese companies
engaged in the construction of numerous oil refinery
facilities in the Middle East region. After supporting
many years of operations, however, the maintenance of
these refineries has become a focus of concern among
national oil companies in Middle East oil-producing
countries. As JCCP has commenced a technicalcooperation project on maintenance of oil refinery
facilities in Kuwait and has received high praise for it,
possibilities for its lateral expansion were sought.
With the aim of expanding its implementation oftechnical cooperation projects, JCCP approached Saudi
Aramco and discussed preparations for launching atechnical cooperation project on the maintenance ofrefineries and oil refinery facilities. Following these
preparations, JCCP commenced the “Project Finding
Program for Development of a Refinery Maintenance
System in Saudi Arabia” as part of the FY2013 project
finding program.
To enhance efficiency, JCCP is implementing the
program in consultation with Saudi Aramco’s Inspection
and Corrosion Best Practice Committee, as well as with
Aramco Asia Japan K.K.
The program features risk-based inspection (RBI)
technology. In RBI, the risk of plants and plant
equipment is analyzed in blocks, and inspection andrepairs are performed in accordance with the analysis.
This inspection method has begun to be used by theplants of major oil companies, and is also being adopted
by petrochemical and power plants. Given the worldwide
dissemination of the technology, it has been introduced

to general refinery facilities at Saudi Aramco as well.
As RBI is based on examples of statistical analysis
and accident cases, it is not applicable to LNG and
LPG facilities, at which accidents very rarely occur.
Additionally, LNG and LPG facilities are not legally
subject to overhaul inspection in many countries, so it
is common practice around the world not to conduct
overhaul inspection even after 20 to 30 years of operation
after construction.
However, from the perspective of facility management,
it is unsafe not to subject tanks to overhaul inspection.
Therefore, the introduction of an inspection method
to take the place of overhaul inspections was sought.
Meanwhile, Japanese companies have developed an RBI
system for LNG and LPG tanks and related facilities, andhave begun to introduce the system in Japan.
After consulting with the Inspection and Corrosion
Best Practice Committee about introduction of the RBI
technology, arrangements were begun for its introduction
to propane and butane tanks at the LPG shipping terminal
in Juaymah.
In fiscal 2013, a kick-off meeting was held withengineers from Saudi Aramco’s Juaymah LPG Terminal
in May, followed by subsequent meetings in July and
September. JCCP took the occasion to explain the mainfeatures of the RBI technology, in addition to clarifying
the objective and providing an overview of the planned
project.
At the LPG terminal, propane and butane tanks are
subject to overhaul inspection every ten years, as the
structure of the tanks differ from those in Japan, but an

Discussion at the Jeddah Reﬁnery

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efficient inspection method was sought to ensure safe
operation of tanks that have been used for more than
30 years. Saudi Aramco engineers thus showed strong
interest in applying the RBI technology to LPG tanks,
as proposed by JCCP.
As a result of repeated consultation with engineersfrom the Juaymah LPG Terminal, JCCP received a request
not only for the application of RBI to LPG tanks, but also
for technologies to inspect corrosion under insulation(CUI), a problem plaguing LPG shipping pipelines.
The schedule hereafter includes the implementationof the title program beginning in fiscal 2014 as a joint
undertaking between Saudi Aramco and JCCP, and thesigning of an agreement on implementation of the actual
project with Saudi Aramco.
At a recent meeting with Saudi Aramco, a graduateof a JCCP regular course, who was among the membersof the meeting, helped lead the discussion on promoting
the technical cooperation project. Taking a cue from this,JCCP plans to organically combine its training program
and technical cooperation program for greater promotionof both operations.
<by Yukio Nobayashi, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

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FY2010 Long-term Researcher
Dispatch Program
Since 2007, JCCP has been implementing a programof dispatching Japanese researchers to engage inadvanced research and guidance at King Fahd Universityof Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Aramco andKuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), as an
initiative that combines JCCP programs (International
Joint Research Scheme and Technical Cooperation
Program). On September 5, a FY2010 briefing meeting
was held with the attendance of some thirty members.
Three researchers are currently engaged in research andguidance at the three institutions, and are contributing tostrengthening cooperation with oil-producing countries
through technical transfer and personnel exchange. The
profiles of the three researchers are provided below.
1. Dr. Hideshi Hattori(Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University)(1) Host institution
Center for Refining & Petrochemicals ResearchInstitute, King Fahd University of Petroleum andMinerals, Saudi Arabia(2) Research theme
R&D of solid acid and solid base catalysts for
petroleum refining and petrochemical applications(3) Summary of activities
Dr. Hattori has been conducting research and guidanceat KFUPM’s Center for Refining & Petrochemicals
Research Institute since commencement of the Longterm Researcher Dispatch Program in 2007. In fiscal
2010, he provided counsel and proposals regarding
his research theme, such as for the establishmentof research policies and installation of devices,and prepared a research plan for “development of
catalysts for styrene and ethylbenzene production
through toluene side chain alkylation” that will
be submitted to King Abdulaziz City for Scienceand Technology (KACST) for application for
grant funding. Dr. Hattori also presented part of
the results of his study on “catalysts for alkane
isomerization and aromatic transformation reactions
for high-quality gasoline” at the TOCAT6/APCAT5
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Dr. Katsuomi Takehira (front row, second from left)
Dr. Hideshi Hattori (front row, third from left)
Dr. Hidehiro Higashi (front row, third from right)

2. Dr. Katsuomi Takehira(Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University)(1) Host institution
KAUST Center-in-Development (KCID) on
Transformative Research in Petrochemicals andPolymers Project Center, King Fahd University ofPetroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia(2) Research theme
R&D of catalysts for petrochemical feedstock
production by dehydrogenation(3) Summary of activities
Dr. Takehira has been providing research guidanceon the development of styrene production catalyst
by ethylbenzene dehydrogenation at KFUPM since
fiscal 2009. His study has been published in four
separate papers in Applied Catalysis A: General,and is highly acclaimed both inside and outside ofSaudi Arabia. Additionally, a KFUPM researcher
submitted to the academic journal Chemical
Engineering Journal a paper on the results of areaction engineering analysis of ethylbenzene
dehydrogenation in a riser simulator using a catalyst
prepared and structurally analyzed by Dr. Takehiraand his students, along with data from the structural
analysis of the catalyst, and acknowledged Dr.
Takehira’s profound achievement.

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3. Dr. Hidehiro Higashi(formerly from JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.)(1) Host institution
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)(2) Research theme
Research assistance on enhancement assessment
performance of pilot tests on direct desulfurization
catalysts and improvement of refinery operations(3) Summary of activities
Dr. Higashi has been active in improving the issue
in Kuwait where the reactors of existing direct
desulfurization units are extremely difficult tocontrol, and there is strong need for operational
improvement measures. He has begun making
preparations for the construction of a cold flow
simulator model that would allow replication offlows inside the reactor, examining flows insidea reactor equipped with a tracking device, andexamining the application of the nanobubble
technology to refinery wastewater treatment
unit. Dr. Higashi also engages in a wide range of

Brieﬁng meeting held on Sept. 5

activities for improving refinery operations, suchas by assisting KISR researchers, providing advice
on test and analysis methods, offering decisions on
the selection and combination of catalysts for actual
operations, and promoting greater understanding of
catalyst performance.
<by Sadao Wada, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

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FY2011 Long-term Researcher
Dispatch Program
JCCP’s technical cooperation programs include
a program for dispatching Japanese experts to oilproducing countries. So far since 2007, JCCP has
dispatched researchers to provide assistance on advanced
studies at King Fahd University of Petroleum andMinerals (KFUPM), Saudi Aramco and Kuwait Institutefor Scientific Research (KISR). An overview of thereporting meeting that was held at JCCP on May 17,
2012 is provided below.
In fiscal 2011, the following researchers engaged inresearch and guidance at their respective host institutions.

1. Dr. Hideshi Hattori, Professor Emeritusof Hokkaido University(1) Host institution:
Center for Refining & Petrochemicals, ResearchInstitute (CRPRI), KFUPM(2) Field of research assistance:
Support for research of solid acid and solid basecatalysts for petroleum refining and petrochemical
applications
Dr. Hattori has been conducting research and guidanceat KFUPM’s Center for Refining & Petrochemicals,
Research Institute since this Long-term Researcher
Dispatch Program was launched in fiscal 2007. In fiscal
2011, he provided counsel and proposals regarding
studies being pursued or planned at CRPRI.
For example, in fiscal 2011 Dr. Hattori commenced
and provided his support in the project on “Developmentof catalysts for styrene and ethylbenzene production
through toluene side chain alkylation,” which was
submitted for a research grant in fiscal 2010 as a projectof King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology(KACST) and was accepted for the grant in fiscal 2011.
Dr. Hattori also provided guidance to a graduate student
writing a master’s thesis on the project.
Additionally, Dr. Hattori provided retraining ininfrared spectroscopic measurement of adsorbed
pyridine, a solid acid property measurement method hetransferred to KFUPM after designing and producing
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adsorption based on the measurement of solid baseproperties. He also provided research assistance bygiving advice in an Aramco project on solid acidcatalysts announced by KFUPM.
Furthermore, in the first workshop that was held
between KAUST’S Catalysis Center (KCC) andKFUPM’s CRPRI, Dr. Hattori gave a lecture on solidacid catalysts.
In the reporting meeting held on May 17, Dr. Hattori
summarized his research activities in fiscal 2011 asfollows: (1) Continuous support of the KACST project(on solid base catalysts and styrene production) andguidance for a master’s thesis; (2) Support for theformulation of an Aramco project (butene hydration)
and an SABIC project (styrene synthesis); (3) Transfer
of catalyst research technologies (IR measurement, TPD
measurement, reactor); and (4) Promotion of researchexchange between KFUPM and KAUST.

2. Dr. Katsuomi Takehira, Professor
Emeritus of Hiroshima University(1) Host institution:
KAUST Center-in-Development (KCID) on
Transformative Research in Petrochemicals andPolymers established in KFUPM(2) Field of research assistance:
R&D of catalysts for petrochemical feedstock
production by dehydrogenation
Dr. Takehira’s research continued on the progress
made last year and examined an iron oxide catalyst
derived from Mg-Al hydrotalcite for the developmentof styrene production catalyst by ethylbenzene
dehydrogenation. By evaluating the activity of various
catalysts and conducting an FT-IR measurementof ethylbenzene and pyridine adsorbed species on
the catalyst surface, he clarified the ethylbenzene
dehydrogenation reaction mechanism on the surface ofa highly active Fe-Co/Mg(Al)O catalyst. Dr. Takehirapresented a part of these results at the EUROPACAT
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Reporting meeting held at JCCP on May 17, 2012

August 28 to September 2, 2011, and in two papers
published in Applied Catalysis A, in addition to the two
papers that were published last fiscal year in the samejournal.
In the reporting meeting held on May 17, Dr. Takehirareported the results of his three-year research assistance,from 2009 to 2011, as follows: (1) Development of a
new catalyst for styrene production by ethylbenzene
dehydrogenation (preparation of a new iron oxide
catalyst derived from Mg-Al hydrotalcite); (2) Catalyst
preparation and characterization; (3) Results andobservations of a test for development of a new Fe/
Mg(Al)O catalyst for steam-less dehydrogenation; and(4) Summary of the research on development of a new
Fe/Mg(Al)O catalyst for steam-less dehydrogenation.

3. Dr. Hidehiro Higashi (former researcher
at JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.)(1) Host institution:
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)(2) Field of research assistance:“Operational improvement of the up-flow reactor
using a cold-flow model” and “Study on the applicationof air nanobubbles to refinery facilities”
In fiscal 2011, Dr. Higashi launched a three-year
project for the construction of a cold-flow simulator
that would attach a tracking device to the reactor so thatflows inside the reactor could be observed. By allowing
the interior of the reactor to be seen, the project aims toaddress the current situation in which the existing bottom
oil desulfurization unit is extremely difficult to operate
and is creating urgent needs for operational enhancement
and improvement measures.
Dr. Higashi also commenced studies on the separationof water and oil using nanobubbles in a dissolved air
flotation (DAF) unit for refinery wastewater, and on
the application of a Maalox (mercaptan oxidation) unit,
which is normally used for removal of sulfur content from
naphtha and kerosene, to the recycling of treated water.
In addition to the above, Dr. Higashi continued his
ongoing initiative to provide operational guidance forthe pilot plants at KISR; supported the study conducted
by KNPC and KISR on preventing drifts and differential
pressure increases in the Guard Reactor (G.Rx) of adirect desulfurization unit; constructed three high linear
velocity (HLV) pilot plants; and contributed to themodification of existing pilot plants.
In the reporting meeting held on May 17, Dr. Higashi
reported on the following: (1) KISR’s future vision; (2)KISR’s joint projects with KNPC; (3) Measures forprevention of Dela-P increases and drifts in the direct
desulfurization unit; and (4) Research on the combined
use of catalysts from various catalyst makers.
By continuing to send advanced Japanese researchers
to oil-producing countries to engage in research andprovide research assistance, JCCP hopes to contributeto strengthening relationships between oil-producing
countries and Japan in the areas of technical transfer
and personnel exchanges.
<by Sadao Wada, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

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FY2012 Long-term Researcher
Dispatch Program
As part of its international research cooperation,
since 2007, JCCP has dispatched researchers to provide
assistance on advanced studies at King Fahd Universityof Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) and Saudi Aramcoin Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait Institute for Scientific
Research (KISR) in Kuwait. Some of their achievements
and a glimpse of the report meeting were given at JCCP
on June 17, 2013.
In fiscal 2012, the following researchers engaged inresearch and guidance at their respective host institutions.

1. Dr. Hideshi Hattori, Professor Emeritus,
Hokkaido University(1) Host institution:
Center for Refining & Petrochemicals, ResearchInstitute (CRPRI), KFUPM(2) Field of research assistance:
Support for research of solid acid and solid basecatalysts for petroleum refining and petrochemical
applications
Dr. Hattori has been conducting research andguidance at KFUPM’s CRPRI since the program waslaunched in 2007. In fiscal 2012, he provided advice
and proposals regarding research themes that are being
pursued or planned at CRPRI.
Among his achievements, Dr. Hattori applied for a
research grant from King Abdulaziz City for Science andTechnology (KACST) for the project on “Developmentof catalysts for styrene and methylbenzene production
through toluene side chain alkylation” in 2010, andreceived acceptance for the grant in the same year. In
2012, he continued the KACST project on “Styrene
production through toluene side chain alkylation” hepursued in 2011 to elucidate the reaction mechanism
and improve catalyst performance by modification. He
also made a presentation at a scientific meeting andsubmitted a scientific paper. Furthermore, he provided
counsel and research guidance at CRPRI, including thechain alkylation of aromatics, metathesis of butane,
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2012 was Dr. Hattori’s last year of his work at
KFUPM under the JCCP program. In the report meeting
held at JCCP, he concluded his report by expressing his
satisfaction at being able to introduce certain new typesof catalysts—a solid-acid catalyst (Pt/WO3/Zr2) andsolid base catalyst (Cs-X zeolite)—and transfer themto KFUPM’s research institute, and thereby contributeto boosting technology exchange and building a
relationship of trust.

2. Dr. Sachio Asaoka, formerly aProfessor (Project) at the Universityof Kitakyushu, presently a part-time
instructor at Kogakuin University
Dr. Asaoka has been dispatched to KFUPM in
fiscal 2012 to take the place of Dr. Katsuomi Takehira,Professor Emeritus at Hiroshima University.
(1) Host institution:
Center for Refining & Petrochemicals, ResearchInstitute (CRPRI), KFUPM(2) Field of research assistance:
KFUPM and its affiliated Research Institutes
and Centers of Research Excellence work in close
cooperation with Saudi Aramco in the developmentof oil-related technologies. Bearing this cooperative
relationship in mind, Dr. Asaoka engaged in researchcounseling at KFUPM in fiscal 2012 with a view toestablishing a new research project that addresses Saudi
Aramco’s needs on the premise of practical application,by combining catalyst chemistry and process chemistry.

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who were dispatched to KFUPM, two letters ofappreciation, written by Dr. Sahel Abduljawad, Vice
Rector of KFUPM, addressed to JCCP and the two
researchers were shown to the audience.

3. Dr. Hidehiro Higashi, former researcher
at JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.
(1) Host institution:
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR)
Scenes from the report meeting

He also aimed to further promote the effective utilizationof the fully automatic fixed-bed flow reaction testingand physical property measuring device (BELCAT)
which JCCP introduced to CRPRI, by strengthening thetechnical transfer, guidance and re-training of reaction
testing methods and measuring methods.
More specifically, Dr. Asaoka assisted in research on
solid catalysts such as zeolite, complex oxides and metals
by providing guidance on practical and process-oriented
solutions, and by transferring the expertise for selecting
measuring methods and analysis techniques needed in
the research. He also assisted in creating a scenario forthe development of propylene production techniques,
provided guidance for a study on the production of
butadiene, and provided his assistance in the Saudi
Aramco Project being pursued by KFUPM.
In the meeting at JCCP, Dr. Asaoka presented atechnical overview map featuring the conversion of C4
fractions as one of the main achievements of his research
at KFUPM in fiscal 2012. The map was prepared topropose new research on the conversion of C4 fractions
based on broad surveys that took in the discussions
made on the feedstock situation in Saudi Arabia, thestatus of petroleum and petrochemical processes, andrelated research themes. The map proposed to achieveeffective utilization of gas resources not limited to C4
fractions (BB fractions) in refineries, including gas
condensates in oil-producing countries. Particularly by
evaluating the conversion to petrochemical feedstockby catalytic processes against prospective reactions
that have been, are being, or have the potential ofbeing developed, the map presents significant, wideranging and comprehensive significance not only foracademic applications, but for commercial and industrial
applications as well.
Following the presentations by the two researchers(2) Field of research assistance:“Operational improvement of the up-flow reactor
using a cold-flow model” and “Study on the applicationof air nanobubbles to refinery facilities”
In 2011, Dr. Higashi launched a three-year project
for the construction of a cold-flow simulator that would
attach a tracking device to the reactor so that flows inside
the reactor could be observed. By allowing the interiorof the reactor to be seen, the project aims to address theneed for operational enhancement and improvementof the existing bottom oil desulfurization unit that has
become extremely difficult to operate in its current state.
Dr. Higashi also started a study on the separation ofrefinery wastewater into water and oil using nanobubbles
in a dissolved air flotation (DAF) unit, and on theapplication of a Maalox (mercaptan oxidation) unit,
which is normally used for removal of sulfur content from
naphtha and kerosene, to the recycling of the treated water.
In addition to the above research assistance, in
fiscal 2012 Dr. Higashi began a study on measures forpreventing drifts and differential pressure increases in
the guard reactor (Guar. Rx) of a direct desulfurization
unit at the Al-Ahmadi Refinery. He also made a study
on the impact of the shale gas revolution on refineriesin oil-producing countries and measures to be taken
by refineries, and a study on processes and catalysts
that could separate heavy oil fractions into diesel fuel,kerosene and gasoline to the greatest extent possible.
The characteristics of solvent de-asphalted oil (SDA)
and its reactivity are commonly known and antiquated,
but it has been used mainly for the production of lubricant
base oil and fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) feed oil,and seldom used for the production of feed oil for thedesulfurization unit. It has been assumed that fixed-bed
processing of DAO quickens the deactivation of catalysts,
is unprofitable, and degrades the property of bottom oil,but Dr. Higashi began a study to actually identify theircauses. As the increase in SDA yield from vacuum residue

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(VR) also causes an increase in impurities and quickens
the deactivation of catalysts, he hopes to investigate thecause and provide momentum for launching a projecton applicable catalysts and hydrotreatment processes.
In the report meeting held on June 17, Dr. Higashi
reported his plans for the future: (1) To propose astudy that addresses the US-led shale gas revolution to
KPC/KNPC; (2) To provide support for the successful
completion of the test to be conducted at the Universityof Missouri (USA) in the final year of the CFM
project, and strengthen exchanges with KISR and
KNPC researchers and engineers; (3) To demonstrate

the proprietary nature of the bottom oil hydrorefining
process; (4) To demonstrate and collect data from theapplication of air nanobubbles to the DAF facility at
KNPC’s Mina Abdulla Refinery; and (5) To launch a
research project on the relevance of adding water todesulfurized bottom feed.
JCCP will contribute to strengthening relationships
with oil-producing countries in the areas of technicaltransfer and personnel exchanges by stationing advanced
Japanese researchers in oil-producing countries to engage
in research and research assistance into the future.
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FY2011 Researcher Invitation Program
As part of JCCP’s FY2011 Researcher Invitation
Program, three researchers from King Fahd Universityof Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) were invited
to Japan and engaged in the following studies under
the cooperation of the Japan Petroleum Institute andJapanese universities.
1. Dr. Mohammad Shamsuzzoha,
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Department, KFUPM
Dr. Shamsuzzoha studied “process control of divided
wall distillation” under the guidance of Dr. Hiroya Seki,
Associate Professor, Chemical Resources Laboratory,
Tokyo Institute of Technology, from June 30 to August
15. He visited JCCP on August 9 to present his study
results.

Dr. Mohammad Shamsuzzoha

2. Dr. Nabil Al-Yassir, Assistant Professor,
Center of Research Excellence in Petroleum andReﬁning & Petrochemicals, Research Institute,
KFUPM
Dr. Al-Yassir studied “materials design of complex
metal oxide catalysts” under the guidance of Dr. Wataru
Ueda, Professor, Catalyst Research Center, Hokkaido
University, from July 11 to August 19. He visited JCCP
on August 22 to present his study results.
Dr. Nabil Al-Yassir

3. Dr. Oki Muraza, Assistant Professor,
Center of Research Excellence in
Nanotechnology, Chemical Engineering
Department, KFUPM
Dr. Muraza studied “zeolite nanocrystals as building
blocks for improved refining catalysts” under theguidance of Dr. Takao Masuda, Professor, Graduate
School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, from July
11 to August 25. He visited JCCP on August 26 to present
his study results.
In future, JCCP has plans to invite researchers from
Venezuela, Iraq and Kuwait to conduct studies in Japan.
<by Sadao Wada, Technical Cooperation Dept.>
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FY2012 Researcher Invitation Program
1. Dr. Mohammad Shamsuzzoha
King Fahd University of Petroleum andMinerals (KFUPM)
Date of visit: July 26, 2012
Dr. Shamsuzzoha from KFUPM came to Japan at
the beginning of June under the FY2012 Researcher
Invitation Program and engaged in research on “designand optimization of a divided-wall distillation column(DWC)” until the end of July under the guidance of Dr.
Hiroya Seki, Associate Professor, Chemical Resources
Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology. DWC is abreakthrough technology that simultaneously realizes
energy conservation and reduced construction cost,and in recent years is being constructed or renovated
at rapid speed in countries abroad. The very concept of
DWC was originally proposed by Dr. Richard Wrightin 1949, but because a reliable design method had yet
to be established and there were uncertainties about
its ability to control reactions inside the column, theconcept did not catch on. Thereafter, however, theexperience of the two oil crises in the 1970s prompted
the development of DWC technology in the 1980s. Ever
since the construction of the world’s first commercial
DWC by the chemical company BASF in 1985, morethan 100 DWCs have been built and are now in operation
around the world.
A DWC has dividing walls inside the column thatmake it possible to separate three or more fractions
in a single column, where two or more columns have
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the cost of constructing and operating the distillation
column, as well as shortens construction time.
According to Dr. Shamsuzzoha, the advantages ofa DWC are that it delivers (1) a high purity and (2)high yield of intermediate fractions with (3) relatively
uniform volatility. However, a disadvantage lies in its
difficulty in controlling pressure and temperature inside
the column. Extreme interior pressure and temperaturefluctuations have prevented the widespread introductionof DWCs.
In his research, Dr. Shamsuzzoha simulated four
different designs (extreme design, optimal design, etc.)of the most basic DWC having three dividing walls
by changing tray numbers and positions, and studied
the yields of benzene, toluene and xylene and energy
efficiency of each design. As a result, he found thecolumn design that uses the Fenske-Underwood equation
to be valid.
Dr. Shamsuzzoha said his recent research was madepossible by JCCP cooperation, and expressed his deep
gratitude to JCCP.

2. Mr. Mohammed Laffai M. Alotaibi
King Abdulaziz City for Science andTechnology (KACST)
Date of visit: July 17, 2012
Mr. Alotaibi from KACST came to Japan in mid-Juneunder the FY2012 Research Invitation Program and,
until mid-July, engaged in research under Dr. Shukuji
Asakura, Professor Emeritus at Yokohama National
University and President of Venture Academia Co., Ltd.
KACST is a scientific research organization thatreports directly to the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.
There, Mr. Alotaibi engages in research in the corrosion
and corrosion protection of metal materials.
Venture Academia is a venture business affiliatedwith Yokohama National University. It was foundedin 2004 with the Asakura Laboratory in the Faculty ofEngineering as its parent organization. Its main objective
is to advance and support research on independent
test methods such as through re-enactment of special
environments, in addition to conducting corrosion tests
and electrochemical tests based on industrial standards
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therefore closely coincided with Mr. Alotaibi’s research
theme.
Mr. Alotaibi visited JCCP Headquarters and said
that his recent opportunity to study in Japan has greatly
benefitted his second year of research at KACST as amilestone toward achieving his goal.
JCCP holds great expectations of future accomplishments
by both researchers.
<by Sadao Wada, Technical Cooperation Dept.>
Mr. Mohammed Laffai M. Alotaibi (left)

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FY2013 Researcher Invitation Program
The FY2013 JCCP Researcher Invitation Program
was rendered to the following three researchers, whoarrived in Japan by the end of September to pursue theirrespective research projects with the cooperation of theJapan Petroleum Institute and universities in Japan.

1. King Abdulaziz City for Science andTechnology (KACST) / Saudi Arabia
Researcher:
Mr. Mohammad Abdulrahman Alowirdy, Chemical
Engineer, Petrochemicals Research Institute, KACST(third from left)
Host institution:
Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University
Dr. Takeshi Shiono
Study period:
June 11 – July 25, 2013
Research theme:“Olefins polymerization”
Mr. Alowirdy’s research is on methylaluminoxane(MAO), a condensation product of trimethylaluminum
and water that can be utilized to activate various
single-site olefin polymerization catalysts. It is not an
exaggeration to say that the study of group 4 metallocene
catalysts brought dramatic progress to the developmentof MAO, and MAO has been utilized as an activating
agent in most cases of olefin polymerization using postmetallocene catalysts.
MAO is composed of a complex equilibrium
mixture, and is therefore difficult to analyze in detail.
However, recently there has been an increase in studies
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pressure drying and the addition of a denaturant. Amid
this backdrop, Prof. Vincenzo Busico and his team in
Italy discovered that combining an MAO promoter
doped with the bulky 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol with bis(phenoxy-imine) titanium complex (1) enables living
propylene polymerization.
Prof. Shiono’s laboratory also found that controlled
polymerization of propylene is enabled by combining
MAO (MMAO), 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methyl-phenol(BHT) and fluorenyl-amide titanium complex (2).
These results could be explained by the understandingthat when bulky phenols such as BHT react with thetrialkylaluminum remaining in the MAO, the chaintransfer reaction from the transition metal center totrialkylaluminum is controlled. However, in orderto more deeply understand the effects of BHT, it isnecessary to examine its effect on other metallocene
catalysts and accumulate more data.

In Japan, Mr. Alowirdy received research guidanceon combining an iso-specific titanocene catalyst (3)with MAO and BHT to enable ethylene and propylene
polymerization, and examining how the polymerization
behavior of the iso-specific titanocene catalyst (3)changes when MAO is denatured using BHT. The
research guidance also aimed to provide Mr. Alowirdy
with knowledge of laboratory techniques for olefin
polymerization.
Although short, Mr. Alowirdy, during a study
period of roughly one and a half months, performed thenecessary experiments for initiating a polymerization
reaction using an early transition metal catalyst,
which requires a rigorous and strict environment. The
techniques and knowledge he acquired are certain to
be useful in his future pursuit of advanced researchand education in the olefin polymerization field. Mr.
Alowirdy is believed to have the potential to make asignificant contribution to the future development ofpolymer chemistry in Saudi Arabia.

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2. UAE University (UAEU)
Researcher:
Dr. Naeema Ibrahim Karam Aldarmaki, AssistantProfessor, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Department, UAEU (front row, second from right)
Host institution:
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku
University
Prof. Richard Smith
Study period:
June 24 – August 1, 2013
Research theme:“Development of a hydrate calculation program”
Dr. Aldarmaki is an associate professor of chemistry
and petroleum engineering at UAEU, pursuing researchon the development of alternative resources that could
replace oil, and energy conservation technologies. She
was awarded JCCP’s research program to pursue her
research on methane hydrates as part of the UAE-Japan
researcher exchange program.
It is well known that the production of nonconventional
crude oils is expected to increase in the future, butthese mostly contain heavy components. For effective
utilization of crude oils containing a high ratio of heavy
components and heavy oils in the future, there is strong
need for technologies that reduce the viscosity of heavy
components that behave like a highly viscous liquid oreven like a solid.
Against this backdrop, research and development isbeing conducted throughout the world on the enhanced
oil recovery (EOR) method. As a technique that can beused at the wellhead of production sites, it uses CO2 andwater as a plasticizing agent or diluent.
In the EOR method, it is necessary to create asupercritical state by injecting CO 2, and to makesure crude oil and CO2 fully mix together by setting
conditions as appropriate to the composition of theinjected gas and crude oil component. In doing so, it isimportant to assess the phase equilibrium in a state wheretens of different types of components are present, but toassess phase equilibrium, it is necessary to develop andestablish a correlation equation or predictive equation
based on actual measurement obtained in a test.
Dr. Aldarmaki has heretofore engaged in experimental
studies on separation and extraction in systems that
contain natural products such as palm oil, so she possessedsufficient experimental skills, and knew that at this stage,

she needed to acquire a correlation method or predictive
method to apply that knowledge to natural products andoil processes. Thus, at the Tohoku University graduate
school, Dr. Aldarmaki studied calculation skills related
to phase equilibrium under Prof. Smith.
Dr. Aldarmaki first studied the basics of thermal
dynamics and engaged in research on the physicalproperties of CO2. She then focused on the hydrate (solid)
formed by CO2 and water molecules in Prof. Smith’slaboratory, and calculated the equilibrium property of
CO2 in the hydrate phase, as a system applicable toreducing the viscosity of heavy components.
More specifically, Dr. Aldarmaki created a model
for calculating the physical property of CO2 using
an equation of state that applies to both gases andliquids, and calculated the physical property in a stateof equilibrium by changing the initial value of thecompression factor, which is a dimensionless numberthat expresses the difference from the ideal gas. By
taking into consideration the stability of the gas-phase
CO2 and internal solid-phase CO2 from the perspectiveof interaction between each of the components, it became
possible to calculate the amount of CO2 that is absorbed in
the solid-phase hydrate. Producing interactions between
dissimilar molecules and calculating the stability ofthe molecules can be said to be a methodology that isnecessary not only for water and CO2, as utilized in thisstudy, but also for mixtures of water, CO2 and carbon
hydride (crude oil).
Through her studies in Japan, Dr. Aldarmaki says she
has gained essential understanding of phase equilibrium
and calculation of physical property, and acquired skills
for performing calculations herself. She was able tofurther enhance the skills she has acquired in Japanand more widely apply them to diverse applications
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of physical properties such as phase equilibrium andviscosity, but also in reaction processes in continued
cooperation with Tohoku University. It is hoped that
this type of partnership will bring useful knowledge
to research groups in UAE and Japan, as well as to theentire oil industry in the future.

3. King Fahd University of Petroleum andMinerals (KFUPM)
Researcher:Dr. Muhammad Atiqullah, Full Professor, Center for
Refining & Petrochemicals, KFUPM (third from left)
Host institution:
School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)
Prof. Minoru Terano
Study period:
July 19 – August 28, 2013
Research theme:“Supported polyolefin catalyst research”
Dr. Atiqullah came to Japan to gain basic knowledge
about the supported Ziegler-Natta catalyst, a catalyst
used in the synthesis of polyolefin, the largest groupof plastics that accounts for roughly half the world’s
production of plastics.
The catalyst has high industrial importance, and its
unique characteristics are attracting attention as researchsubjects in catalyst chemistry and surface chemistry. In
Dr. Atiqullah’s home country of Saudi Arabia as well,
the importance of the catalyst is increasing in theseindustries, particularly given the construction of anumber of large polyolefin plants in the country.

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Against this backdrop, Dr. Atiqullah engaged inresearch with a focus on the following four activities.
s 4O EVALUATE POLYOLEFIN RESEARCH FACILITIES IN
Saudi Arabia based on facilities in JAIST as abenchmarks 4O ENGAGE IN DEEP DISCUSSION ON THE :IEGLER .ATTA
catalyst
s 4O CONSIDER A SCHEME OF COOPERATION WITH *!)34
s 4O PERFORM LEADING EDGE RESEARCH ON SUPPORTED
polyolefin catalyst
While in Japan, Dr. Atiqullah also gave a presentation
titled “Polyolefin Catalysis and Application – Activity
Overview and Research at CRP.”

JCCP will continue to send advanced Japanese
researchers to oil-producing countries to engage
in research and study guidance in order to further
strengthen relationships with oil-producing countries in
the areas of technical transfer and personnel exchanges
in the future.
<by Sadao Wada, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

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The 20th Saudi Arabia-Japan
Joint Symposium
On December 5 and 6, 2010, a Saudi Arabia-Japan
joint symposium on oil refining and petrochemical
catalyst technologies was implemented by the Japan
Petroleum Institute (JPI) under the sponsorship of
JCCP and King Fahd University of Petroleum andMinerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia. To commemorate
the milestone marking the 20th holding of the joint
symposium, this year’s symposium featured a special
speech by a Nobel Laureate and a commemorative
reception, in addition to the usual presentations, which
included presentations of the latest R&D results by six
Japanese researchers.
At the opening ceremony on December 5, Dr. Sahel
Abduljauwad, Vice Rector of KFUPM, read a message
from H.E. Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, Rector. Mr. Koichi
Eguchi, leader of the Japanese speakers, and Mr.
Morihiro Yoshida, Managing Director of JCCP, also
gave opening greetings.
The presentations covered topics related to the latest
catalyst production technologies and trends in the oil
refining and petrochemical sectors. The Japanese sidegave nine presentations, including those related to JCCP
technical cooperation projects, the Saudi Arabian side
also gave nine presentations, and members from othercountries gave four presentations, for a total of 22
presentations. The auditorium was filled with more than
80 participants. The special speech by Dr. Robert Grubbs,
professor at the California Institute of Technology who

H.E. Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, Rector of KFUPM, andAmbassador Shigeru Endo at the commemorative reception

Dr. Robert Grubbs (2005 Nobel Laureate in chemistry)

won the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was a landmark
event.
In celebration of the commemorative symposium,a reception was held on the day before the symposium
at a hotel in Al Khobar City, with the attendance ofmany key figures representing the oil industry in Saudi
Arabia. They included H.E. Dr. Al-Sultan, Rector of
KFUPM; Mr. Abdullah S’aadan, Vice President of Saudi
Aramco; Mr. Omar Abdulhamid, Manager R&D; andH.E. Mr. Yahiya J. Shinawi, Director General, Ministryof Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Eastern Province
Branch. Members on the Japanese side included H.E. Mr.
Shigeru Endo, Japanese Ambassador to Saudi Arabia,
and relevant parties from Japanese companies in Saudi
Arabia. Ambassador Endo delivered a congratulatory
speech on the 20th holding of the joint symposium, andexpressed his expectations that Japan and Saudi Arabia
will continue to strengthen and develop their mutual
relationship in the future.
JCCP also hopes this symposium will continue toserve an important role in providing opportunities forthe transfer of useful information to Saudi Arabian
researchers, and in strengthening technical cooperation
between Japan and Saudi Arabia.
The names and presentation themes of the Japanese
researchers are as follows.
1)
Dr. Koichi Eguchi, Graduate School ofEngineering, Kyoto University
Presentation theme: Development of solid-oxide
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3)

4)

5)

Dr. Takayuki Komatsu, Interdisciplinary Graduate
School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo
Institute of Technology
Presentation theme: Catalytic cracking ofparaffins on zeolite catalysts for the productionof light olefins
Dr. Junji Muramatsu, Institute of Multidisciplinary
Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku
University
Presentation theme: Preparation of wellcrystallized Pd20Te7 alloy nanoparticulate catalyst
highly active for 1,4-DABE synthesis by butadieneacetoxylation
Dr. Atsushi Ishihara, Graduate School ofEngineering, Mie University
Presentation theme: Reactivity of amorphoussilica-alumina prepared by the sol-gel method asa matrix in catalytic cracking
Mr. Noriyuki Shintani, Researcher, ResearchInstitute, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
Presentation theme: Techniques for octane number
enhancement in FCC gasoline

Courtesy visit to Dr. Sahel Abduljauwad, Vice Rector of KFUPM(right: Mr. Morihiro Yoshida, Managing Director of JCCP;
center: Mr. Koichi Eguchi, leader of the Japanese speakers)

6)

Mr. Satoshi Takasaki, Researcher, Fuel ResearchLaboratory, Central Technical ResearchLaboratory, Research & Development Division,
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
Presentation theme: FCC gasoline desulfurization
reducing octane number loss
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The 21st Saudi Arabia-Japan
Joint Symposium
On November 27 and 28, 2011, JCCP and King
Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)
organized the 21st Saudi Arabia-Japan Joint Symposiumon oil refining and petrochemical catalyst technologies,
with the participation of the Japan Petroleum Institute(JPI).
The 21st symposium was held over two days,featuring eight sessions, such as on hydroprocessing
and olefin production processes, etc. On the Japaneseside, seven researchers gave presentations on their latest
R&D achievements.
The symposium opened on November 27 with an
opening statement by Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, Rectorof KFUPM, followed by words of greetings from Dr.
Takashi Tatsumi from JPI, who acted as leader of thegroup of Japanese speakers, and Mr. Hideki Nomura,
General Manager of the JCCP Technical Cooperation
Department, representing JCCP.
The presentations covered topics related to the latest
catalyst production technologies and trends in the oil
refining and petrochemical sectors. The Japanese sidegave seven presentations, including those related to
JCCP technical cooperation projects, the Saudi Arabianside gave nine presentations, and members from othercountries gave four presentations, for a total of 20
presentations in all. Dr. Hideshi Hattori, Professor
Emeritus at Hokkaido University, and Dr. Katsuomi
Takehira, Professor Emeritus at Hiroshima University,
who both engaged in providing research and guidance at
KFUPM under a JCCP dispatch program, were among
the audience of some 80 who attended the symposium.
Dr. Robert Grubbs, professor at the California
Institute of Technology, who won the 2005 Nobel Prizein Chemistry, gave a special speech for the second year
in a row, and members from Université Pierre-et-MarieCurie in France and Technische Universität München
in Germany also gave presentations at this year’s
symposium. Participation of these foreign researchers
was an indication that the symposium is graduallyacquiring international recognition.
Through its presentations and discussion sessions,the symposium offers an important opportunity forproviding useful information to researchers in Saudi
Arabia, and will continue to play an important rolein strengthening technical cooperation between Saudi
Arabia and Japan.
<by Sadao Wada, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

Session themes
Day 1

Day 2

Session 1

Hydroprocessing

Session 5

Novel Catalytic Applications

Session 2

Aromatics and Oil Modeling

Session 6

Nanocrystals and Gas Adsorption

Session 3

Oleﬁns Production/Processing

Session 7

Metathesis and Organometals

Session 4

Catalytic Cracking

Session 8

Polymerization and Esteriﬁcation

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Registration and reception at KFUPM Research Center(From the third person from the left in the front row)
Mr. Nomura, General Manager of the JCCP TechnicalCooperation Dept.; Mr. Takashi Tatsumi, JPI;
Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, KFUPM Rector

Japanese speakers and their presentation themes (in random order)
1

Dr. Sachio Asaoka
University of Kitakyushu

Catalytic Roles of Nano-sized Oxides Composed with
Zeolite for Hydrocracking, Catalytic Cracking and Reforming

2

Dr. Koichi Segawa
Sophia University

Catalyst Developments for Production of Sulfur-free Fuels:
Effect of Ni Promoter & Chelating Reagent on Ni-MoS2 HDS
Catalysts

3

Dr. Takahiro Torii
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

Detailed Compositional Analysis for Kinetic Modeling of
Heavy Oils

4

Dr. Takashi Tatsumi
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Improvement of Performance of ZSM-5 Catalysts for
Cracking of Naphtha

5Mr. Takahisa Horie
JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.

Upgraded Technology of Residue FCC Catalyst

6

Dr. Toshimitsu Suzuki
Kansai University

New Catalyst Support Material for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

7

Dr. Mikio Miyake
Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

Preparation of Shape and Size Controlled Metal
Nanocrystals and Their Application as Novel Model
Catalysts

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The 22nd Saudi Arabia-Japan
Joint Symposium
On November 25 and 26, 2012, JCCP and King
Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)
sponsored the 22nd Saudi Arabia-Japan Joint Symposiumon oil refining and petrochemical catalyst technologies
with the participation of the Japan Petroleum Institute(JPI). The symposium has been held annually at KFUPM
since 1992.
This year, the two-day symposium featured 21
presentations in seven sessions on topics such as
desulfurization, applied refining processes, and catalytic
cracking/conversion, including presentations by seven
Japanese researchers on their latest R&D achievements.
On November 24, the day prior to the symposium,
Mr. Morihiro Yoshida, Managing Director of JCCP, andmembers from JPI paid a visit to H.E. Dr. Khaled S. AlSultan, Rector of KFUPM, to explain the symposium andits significance. The Rector and Vice Rector noted thatamong the various activities implemented by KFUPM,
the Saudi Arabia-Japan Joint Symposium is a highly
regarded undertaking that has continued for 22 years,
and expressed their expectations for the symposium’s
further development, including the incorporation ofstate-of-the-art biotechnology and other frontier themes.
At the opening ceremony (Nov. 25), Dr. Al-Sultan
gave an opening speech, stating once again that no
project other than this symposium has continued for as
long as 22 years, and expressed his hopes for further
development and greater focus. On the Japanese side, Mr.
Yasunari Morino, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy of Japanin Saudi Arabia, gave a greeting that commended JCCP

Opening statement by Mr. YasunariMorino, Charge d’Affaires, Embassy ofJapan in Saudi Arabia

Courtesy call on H.E. Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, Rector of KFUPM(center)and JPI for their role in promoting bilateral exchanges
between Saudi Arabia and Japan. In response, Mr.
Yoshida articulated JCCP’s commitment to continue
doing its part in promoting technical exchanges
between the two countries. Dr. Takao Masuda, Headof the Japanese Delegation, JPI (Professor at Hokkaido
University), extended his appreciation to the Saudi
Arabian government and the people of Saudi Arabia
for their quick offer of support in the wake of the Great
East Japan Earthquake.
A total of 21 presentations were given, which
covered topics related to the latest catalyst production
technologies in the oil refining and petrochemical fields.
The Japanese side gave seven presentations, including
one related to a JCCP technical cooperation project. On
the Saudi Arabian side, KFUPM gave four presentations(including a presentation by Dr. Oki Muraza, Assistant

Dr. Takao Masuda, Head of theJapanese Delegation

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The presentations and discussions clearly showed thatthe symposium provides an important opportunity forsharing and exchanging useful information to researchersin Saudi Arabia and Japan, and plays a significant rolein strengthening technical cooperation between the twocountries.
<by Sadao Wada, Technical Cooperation Dept.>
Audience listening to a lecture by KFUPM Research Institute

Professor, Chemical Engineering Dept., KFUPM, whoengaged in research at Hokkaido University under the
JCCP Research Invitation Program); Saudi Aramco
gave four presentations, and Saudi Basic Industries
Corporation (SABIC) and King Abdulaziz City for
Science and Technology (KACST) gave one presentation
each. There were also four presentations from Cambridge
University and other foreign institutions.
An article and photo of the symposium appeared in two
local Arabic newspapers (Al-Watan and Al-Sharq), and anarticle that featured a summary of the speeches by the guestof honors appeared in the English-language Saudi Gazette.

(From the left in the ﬁrst row)
Dr. Masuda, Dr. Al-Sultan, Mr. Morino

Session Themes
Day 1
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
Session 4

Oil Desulfurization
Bio Based Chemicals
Process and Applications
CO2 Capture/Separation

Day 2
Session 5
Session 6
Session 7

Catalytic Cracking/Conversion
Catalysis & Adsorption
FT/Polymerization

Japanese Speakers and Their Presentation Themes (in order of their presentation)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

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Dr. Masayoshi Soga
JX Nippon Research Institute, Ltd.
Dr. Hiroshi Kimura
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
Dr. Takao Masuda
Hokkaido University
Dr. Keiichi Tomishige
Tohoku University
Dr. Hiroya Seki
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mr. Shigeyuki Nagano
JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.
Dr. Takeshi Shiono
Hiroshima University

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Examination of conversion strategy of the combusted crude to valuable
petroleum products by using ‘desulfurization technology on longresidue’ in the world
Development and evaluation of catalyst (system) for heavy oilhydroprocessing
Conversion of inedible biomass wastes to petroleum-related usefulchemicals using iron oxide catalysts
Production of biomass-derived chemicals by catalytic hydrogenolysis
Process design and control of dividing wall columns
Technologies of rare earth free/less for FCC catalysts
Precise synthesis of cyclooleﬁn copolymers with novel Ti-based
catalysts

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Program
Day One, Sunday, November 25, 2012
OPENING REMARKS SESSION
7:45 Registration & Coffee Break
8:00 Opening Remarks
1
H.E. Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, Rector of KFUPM
2
Mr. Yasunari Morino, Chargé d’Affaires of Japan3
Mr. Morihiro Yoshida, Managing Director, JCCP
4
Dr. Takao Masuda, Head Japanese Delegation, JPISESSION ONE: OIL DESULFURIZATION
Examination of conversion strategy of the combusted crude to valuable petroleum products by using
8:30
1‘desulfurization technology on long residue’ in the world, Dr. Masayoshi Soga, JX Nippon Research Institute, Ltd.
Japan
9:00
2
Traditional catalysts to achieve future sulfur regulations in diesel, Dr. Bandar Al-Solami, Saudi Aramco R&DC, Dhahran
Development and evaluation of catalyst (system) for heavy oil hydroprocessing, Dr. Hiroshi Kimura, Cosmo Oil Co.,
9:30
3Ltd., Japan
10:00
Coffee BreakSESSION TWO: BIO BASED CHEMICALS
Conversion of inedible biomass wastes to petroleum-related useful chemicals using iron oxide catalysts, Dr. Takao
10:30
4
Masuda, Hokkaido University, Japan
Biocatalysis of crude oil streams for conversion of S-containing compounds into chemicals of industrial interest,
11:00
5
Dr. Magdy M. Gad, Saudi Aramco R&DC, Dhahran
11:30
6
Production of biomass-derived chemicals by catalytic hydrogenolysis, Dr. Keiichi Tomishige, Tohoku University, Japan
12:00
Prayer & Lunch BreakSESSION THREE: PROCESS AND APPLICATIONS
13:00
7
Process design and control of dividing wall columns, Dr. Hiroya Seki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Bifunctional metals supported on heteropoly Cs salts for hydrogenation reactions, Dr. Raja Al-Otaibi, Petrochemical
13:30
8
Research Institute, KACST, Riyadh
Novel applications in surface science: a new potential for catalysis research, Dr. Jan Grabowski, SPECS Surface Nano
14:00
9
Analysis, Germany
14:30
Prayer BreakSESSION FOUR: CO2 CAPTURE/SEPARATION
Study of integrated biomass gasiﬁcation and chemical-looping combustion for CO2 capture, Dr. Mozahar M.
14:45
10
Hossain, KFUPM/Chemical Engineering
Preparation of hydrothermally stable γ-alumina-based composite mesoporous membranes & their gas separation
15:15
11
behavior, Dr. Md. Hasan Zahir, KFUPM Chemistry
15:45
Day One Ends

Day Two, Monday, November 26, 2012SESSION FIVE: CATALYTIC CRACKING CONVERSION
7:45
Registration & Coffee BreakNanosized of zeolites with one-dimensional pore system and their applications in catalytic cracking, Dr. Oki Muraza,
8:00
12
KFUPM/Chemical Engineering
8:30
13 Technologies of rare earth free/less for FCC catalysts, Mr. Shigeyuki Nagano, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. Japan
Framework materials for acid-catalyzed hydrocarbon conversion: understanding coke deposition & enhancing
9:00
14
catalyst lifetime, Dr. James McGregor, University of Cambridge, UK
9:30
Coffee BreakSESSION SIX: CATALYSIS & ADSORPTION
Two-dimensional crystals: new materials for catalysis and other applications, Dr. Robert Young, University of
10:00
15
Manchester, UK
The nature and role of carbonaceous over-layers in ethylbenzene dehydrogenation over alumina supported
10:30
16catalysts, Dr. Liam McMillan, University of Cambridge, UK
Modeling of activated carbons for gas adsorption/methane adsorptive storage, Mr. Mohammed Hashim,
11:00
17Saudi Aramco R&DC, Dhahran
Nitrogen and methane separation by Molecular GateTM Adsorbent, Mr. Hassan Aljama, Saudi Aramco R&DC,
11:30
18
Dhahran
12:00
Prayer & Lunch BreakSESSION SEVEN: FT/POLYMERIZATION
Genesis of catalyst attrition for slurry phase Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) and its implication in FTS catalyst design,
13:00
19
Dr. Jin Yaming, SABIC T&I Center, Riyadh
Ethylene-1-hexane copolymerization: new perspective through modeling of supported catalyst active center
13:30
20
distribution & microstructure characterization, Dr. Muhammad Atiqullah, KFUPM/CRP
14:00
21 Precise synthesis of cyclooleﬁn copolymers with novel Ti-based catalysts, Dr. Takeshi Shiono, Hiroshima University, Japan
14:30
Closing Remarks, Symposium Ends

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The 29th JCCP International Symposium(Preliminary Report)
Sustainable Development of Oil Downstream Industry—For Energy Supply Security—
The 29th JCCP International Symposium was held on
January 26 and 27, 2011 at Hotel Okura Tokyo under the
auspices of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI). Some 400 visitors from METI, oil-producing
countries, foreign embassies in Japan, government
offices, and domestic firms and organizations attended
the event. A preliminary report is provided below, to befollowed by details of the panelists’ presentations in thenext issue of JCCP NEWS.

1. First Day (January 26):
Opening Ceremony
A ceremony marked the opening of the symposium at
2:00 p.m. on January 26. Mr. Yaichi Kimura, Presidentof JCCP, gave an opening address, and Mr. HisayoshiAndo, Director-General of the Natural Resources andFuel Department, METI, delivered words of greetingas the guest of honor. These were followed by keynote
speeches by H.E. Mr. Arne Walther, Ambassador, Royal
Norwegian Embassy in Japan, and H.E. Mr. Ahmed
A.A. Al-Shamma, Deputy Minister for Refining and
Gas Processing, Ministry of Oil–Iraq.
In his speech, Mr. Yaichi Kimura noted that theworld population is continuing to grow, and many more
people will be born into this world in the future, sothat petroleum will become even more important as aresource that supports human activities. He also said that
petroleum could bring diverse opportunities that otherresources cannot, but since it is itself a limited resource,
people who work in the oil downstream sector must
make an effort to develop technologies for even moreadvanced utilization of petroleum and strive to create
a future where the next generation can build affluent
lifestyles. Mr. Kimura then explained the theme of thisyear’s symposium, emphasizing that ongoing efforts
to address new technology challenges and develop
leaders who can initiate changes in the future are thetwo most important responsibilities of managers in theoil downstream sector.
Representing the Japanese government, Mr. Hisayoshi
Ando from METI began his speech by thanking the oilproducing countries for maintaining friendly relations
with Japan over many years and contributing to oil
security in Japan. He then mentioned that the global
oil situation is rapidly changing, and that we must
now focus on responding promptly and properly to theslowdown of economic activities, the global warming

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issue, and changes in the demand-supply structure.
Given this situation, Mr. Ando said that this international
symposium is an ideal forum for exchanging views
among oil-producing and oil-consuming countries,
cultivating mutual understanding, and deepening
relationships, and expressed his hopes that it would
contribute to stabilizing global oil supply.
The opening ceremony also featured special lecturesby a number of authorities in the global oil industry.
They included Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman,
FACTS Global Energy Inc.; Mr. Abdulaziz Alattar,
Head of Houston Office, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation;
Ms. Huda M. Al-Ghoson, General Manager, Training
and Development, Saudi Aramco; and Mr. Masakazu
Toyoda, Chairman and CEO, The Institute of Energy
Economics, Japan.

2. Second Day (January 27):
Discussion Sessions
The second day featured two discussion sessions:
Session 1 in the morning, chaired by Mr. Misao
Hamamoto (Executive Officer, Manufacturing Division,
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.); and Session 2 in theafternoon, chaired by Mr. Shogo Shibuya (Managing
Executive Officer, Technology & Engineering, Chiyoda
Corporation). In Session 1, panelists from Mexico,
Malaysia, Nigeria, Kuwait, and Japan discussed“leadership development,” and introduced theircountry’s initiatives in that area. In Session 2, panelists
from Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, and Japan discussed“technical development,” also in reference to challenges
being addressed in their countries.
As chairperson of Session 1, Mr. Misao Hamamotosummarized Session 1 discussions as follows: The oil
downstream sector in all countries is facing severeinternational competition. Unless efforts are made toinnovate technology and management toward creatingcompetitive companies, the oil downstream sector
cannot fulfill its social responsibility of providing stablesupplies of oil. The key to building a strong company
lies in human resources and their development. In otherwords, companies can grow only by developing their
human resources.
Mr. Shogo Shibuya, chairperson of Session 2,

Scene from the symposium

summarized the discussions of the session as follows:
Oil-producing countries are actively engaging in heavy
oil cracking processes to transform heavy oil into
petrochemical materials. Active efforts are also being
made to promote biofuels. Furthermore, oil-producing
countries and Japan are striving to innovate oil refining
and petrochemical technologies so that humanity may
continue to enjoy the benefits of the limited resources
as long as possible. Although they may have different
standpoints, oil-producing and oil-consuming countries
share a common commitment to utilize oil and natural
gas in even more advanced and effective ways, andshould therefore mutually share their experience andtechnologies toward reforming the oil downstream sector.
At the end of the two days of discussions, Mr.
Masataka Sase, Executive Director of JCCP, took the
podium for a closing speech. He said that the structureof the oil industry itself is undergoing a major change
and is calling for a need to develop leaders to promote
this change, and given this situation, we need to develop
outstanding leaders by drawing out their fullest potentials
and usher in a new era for the oil industry.
Based on lectures and presentations by people at thefront line of technical innovation and human resource
development in oil-producing countries and Japan, thesymposium provided a valuable opportunity for active
exchanges of views among all panelists and participants.
JCCP will continue to offer such forums for interactions
between oil-producing countries and Japan, to further
promote mutual understanding among all parties in theoil industry.
<by Hisayoshi Tanda, Administration Dept.>* The presentation materials from the 29th JCCP International Symposium are available on our website (http://www.jccp.or.jp).

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The 29th JCCP International Symposium“Sustainable Development of Oil Downstream Industry:
For Energy Supply Security”
The 29th JCCP International Symposium was heldon January 26 and 27, 2011 under the auspices of the
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Some
400 people from METI, oil-producing countries, foreignembassies in Japan, government offices, domestic
firms, and organizations filled the room reserved for the
symposium in Hotel Okura, Tokyo.

1. Theme and Objective
The theme of this year’s symposium was “Sustainable
Development of Oil Downstream Industry: For Energy
Supply Security.” Worldwide population is on therise, and oil consumption is increasing particularly inemerging countries such as China and India. To save
precious oil resources for the next generation, companies
and organizations working in the oil downstream sector
must strive to use oil efficiently by constantly improving
technologies and management.
Based on this common awareness, leading authorities
from oil-producing and consuming countries exchanged
views on the sustainable development of the oil
downstream industry in this year’s symposium.

2. Overview(1) First Day (January 26): Opening Ceremony
The symposium began at 2:00 p.m. on January 26
with an opening ceremony. Mr. Yaichi Kimura, Presidentof JCCP, delivered an opening address, followed by agreeting from the guest of honor, Mr. Hisayoshi Ando,
Director-General of the Natural Resources and Fuel
Department, METI.
In his speech, Mr. Kimura reiterated the theme ofthis year’s symposium and presented a perspective on
the issue. He said that the world population is continuing
to grow, and petroleum is becoming an increasingly
important resource to support the daily lives of thisgrowing number of people. Amid this trend, he said thatthose of us who work in the oil downstream sector must
work hard to develop relevant technologies that would

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Mr. Hisayoshi Ando, Director-Generalof the Natural Resources and Fuel Department, METI,
giving a speech as the guest of honor

allow even more efficient use of petroleum so that the
future generations of people can also enjoy the wealthproduced by oil and lead affluent lifestyles. Mr. Kimura
then emphasized that managers in the oil downstream
sector have a critical responsibility to do two things—
to meet the technological challenges presented in theindustry and to develop human resources who will leadour endeavors in the future.
Mr. Ando from METI took the podium next. He said
that the long-standing friendship between oil-producing
countries and Japan has been instrumental to Japan’s
oil security, and expressed his gratitude to all oilproducing countries for their cooperation. He also said
that the global oil situation is undergoing major changes
and is necessitating prompt and precise responses tosuch issues as the global economic slowdown, global
warming, and changes in the supply-demand situation.
Given this situation, he expressed his expectations
that relevant parties from both oil-producing and oilconsuming countries will engage in active discussions
in this symposium to deepen mutual understanding andrelationships, and thereby contribute to ensuring global
oil security.
(2) Keynote Speeches
Keynote speeches were given by two speakers.
H.E. Mr. Arne Walther, Ambassador, Royal Norwegian

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Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki,
Chairman, FACTS Global
Energy Inc.

Ms. Huda M. Al-Ghoson,
General Manager,
Training and Development,
Saudi Aramco

Embassy, spoke on “Global Energy Dialogue”; and H.E.
Mr. Ahmed A. A. Al-Shamma, Deputy Minister, Ministryof Oil-Iraq, gave a presentation entitled “Refining in
Iraq—Present and Future.”
Mr. Walther spoke from his experience as the first
Secretary General of the International Energy Forum(IEF), and said that deepening mutual understanding
through formal and informal dialogues among producers
and consumers of oil is an important key to maintaining
a stable energy balance in the future. Mr. Al-Shamma
shared Iraq’s future vision of constructing refineriescapable of producing Euro-IV compatible oil products
through advanced catalytic cracking and establishinga domestic and international supply framework.
Summaries of the two keynote speeches are provided
on pages 9 to 13 in this issue of JCCP NEWS.
(3) Special Lectures
The keynote speeches were followed by four special
lectures. Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FACTS
Global Energy Inc., gave a lecture entitled “Futureof the Refining Industry in the East of Suez,” anddescribed the future supply-demand balance of crude
oil and oil products in the Middle East and Asia-Pacificregions. Mr. Abdulaziz Alattar, Head of Office, KPC
Houston, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, gave a lecture
entitled “Future Prospects of Oil Balance in Asia andInternational Cooperation for the Best Energy Supply
Mix of the Future.” He described Kuwait’s commitment
to expanding oil supply capacities in the future and its
efforts toward achieving the best energy supply mixof the future based on initiatives that address global
environmental issues and future prospects of renewableenergy sources. Ms. Huda M. Al-Ghoson, General

Mr. Abdulaziz Alattar,
Head of Ofﬁce,
KPC Houston, Kuwait
Petroleum Corporation

Mr. Masakazu Toyoda,
Chairman and CEO,The Institute of Energy
Economics, Japan

Manager, Training and Development, Saudi Aramco,
gave a lecture entitled “Leadership Development in
Saudi Aramco—An Enduring Legacy,” in which sheemphasized that human resource development is an
important strategic issue that has direct bearing on
Saudi Aramco’s development, and that Saudi Aramco
will invest generously in discovering and developing
outstanding personnel. Lastly, Mr. Masakazu Toyoda,
Chairman and CEO, The Institute of Energy Economics,
Japan, gave a lecture entitled “Global Energy Outlook
and the Importance of Petroleum from the Perspectiveof Global Warming and Energy Security.” He said thatoil will continue to be the most important source ofenergy in the future, and emphasized that potential risks
must be minimized to maintain a stable supply-demandbalance through cooperation between oil-producing
and -consuming countries, particularly in addressing
global warming countermeasures and energy safety andsecurity measures.
(4) Second Day (January 27): Discussion Sessions
The second day featured Discussion Session 1 in themorning, chaired by Mr. Misao Hamamoto, Executive
Officer, Manufacturing Division, Showa Shell Sekiyu
K.K.; and Discussion Session 2 in the afternoon, chairedby Mr. Shogo Shibuya, Managing Executive Officer,
Technology & Engineering, Chiyoda Corporation.
Session 1 panelists each gave a presentation on thetheme of “Leadership Development.” Dr. Luis Miguel
Rodríguez Otal (Assistant Manager, Process Engineering
Division, PEMEX Refinación) spoke about “Managing
and Leading a Sustainable Refining Company”; Ms.
Juniwati Rahmat Hussin (Vice President, Human
Resource Management Division, Petroliam Nasional

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Session 1

Session 2

Berhad (PETRONAS)) about “Talent Development—the
PETRONAS Experience”; Mr. Andrew Laah Yakubu(Managing Director, Warri Refining and Petrochemical
Company (WRPC)) about “Future Vision of NNPC
for Comprehensive Hydrocarbon Industry”; Mr. Fahed
Fahhad Al-Ajmi (Deputy Managing Director for
Finance and Administration, Kuwait National Petroleum
Company) about “Structured On-Job Training (S-OJT)
Program at KNPC”; and Mr. Yoshitaka Furumatsu(Manager, Training & Business Efficiency Promotion(Group), TOA OIL Co., Ltd.) about “Corporate
Innovation and Development of Leaders.”
As chairman of the session, Mr. Hamamotosummarized the panelists’ presentations as follows: Allcountries are facing severe international competition in
the oil downstream sector. Unless efforts are made toinnovate technology and management toward creatingcompetitive companies, the oil downstream sector
cannot fulfill its social responsibility of providing stableoil supplies. The key to building a strong company lies inhuman resources and their development. In other words,
only by developing human resources can companies
achieve growth.
Session 2 panelists each gave a presentation on thetheme, “Technical Management.” Dr. Nguyen Anh Duc(Deputy General Director, Vietnam Petroleum InstitutePetrovietnam) spoke about “Current Status and Future
Vision of the Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical
Industry of Vietnam”; Dr. Sahel N. Abduljauwad(Professor of Civil Engineering and Vice Rector for
Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum andMinerals (KFUPM)) about “Saudi Arabia’s Strategy
in Higher Education and R&D for the Future of
Hydrocarbon Processing Industry”; and Mr. Kazuo
Matsuda (General Manager, Energy Frontier Business
Development Office, Strategic Business Development
Division, Chiyoda Corporation) about “Energy Saving
by Pinch Technology—From Single Site to Multiple
Sites.”As chairman of Session 2, Mr. Shibuya gave asummary of the presentations as follows: Oil-producing
countries are currently striving to convert heavy oil into
petrochemical feedstock. They are also actively promoting
the production of bio-fuels. To allow humanity to enjoy
the benefits of Earth’s limited resources for as long as
possible, oil-producing countries and Japan are pursuing
technical innovations in oil refining and petrochemical
processes. Despite the differences between oil-producing

Plenary session of the 29th JCCP International Symposium

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and -consuming countries, they nevertheless share acommon commitment to utilize oil and natural gas ineven more advanced and effective ways. By sharing
experience and technologies, all countries should cometogether to reform the oil downstream sector.

3. Summary
Mr. Masataka Sase, Executive Director of JCCP,
closed the symposium with a message saying that theoil industry is undergoing a major transformation and isin urgent need of leaders who will lead the change. He
said that we must draw out the full potential of humanresources and make outstanding leaders of them to usher
in a new era for the oil industry.
In the symposium, speakers and panelists fromoil-producing countries and Japan gave insightfulpresentations about technical innovations and humanresource development, and laid the foundation for
active exchanges of views. Through such forums as
this symposium, JCCP hopes to continue promoting
mutual understanding between oil-producing countries
and Japan.
Please also visit JCCP’s website (http://www.jccp.
or.jp) to view the presentation materials prepared by the
speakers and panelists.
<by Hisayoshi Tanda, Administration Dept.>

The 29th JCCP International Symposium Program“Sustainable Development of Oil Downstream Industry: For Energy Supply Security”
Date

Time

Jan. 26 (Wed)14:00 – 15:20

Proceedings
Opening ceremony
Opening address:
Mr. Yaichi Kimura, President of JCCP
Guest-of-honor speech:
Mr. Hisayoshi Ando, Director-General, Natural Resources andFuel Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI
Keynote speeches:
H.E. Mr. Arne Walther, Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy
H.E. Mr. Ahmed A. A. Al-Shamma, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Oil-Iraq

15:35 – 17:40

Special lectures(1) Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FACTS Global Energy Inc.
(2) Mr. Abdulaziz Alattar, Head of Ofﬁce, KPC (WH) Houston, Kuwait
Petroleum Corporation (WH)
(3) Ms. Huda M. Al-Ghoson, General Manager, Training and Development,
Saudi Aramco(4) Mr. Masakazu Toyoda, Chairman and CEO, The Institute of Energy
Economics, Japan

Jan. 27 (Thu)

18:00 – 20:00

Reception

9:30 – 12:00

Session 1 “Leadership Development”

13:30 – 16:00

Session 2 “Technical Development”

16:00 – 16:10

Closing address: Mr. Masataka Sase, Executive Director of JCCP

Keynote Speeches
Country

Speaker

Speech Title

NorwayH.E. Mr. Arne WaltherAmbassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy

Global Energy Dialogue

Saudi Arabia

H.E. Mr. Ahmed A. A. Al-Shamma
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Oil-Iraq

Reﬁning in Iraq—Present and Future

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Special Lectures
Country

Speaker

Speech Title

United States

Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki
Chairman, FACTS Global Energy Inc.

Future of the Reﬁning Industry in the East of
Suez

KuwaitMr. Abdulaziz Alattar
Head of Ofﬁce, KPC (WH) Houston,
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (WH)
Ms. Huda M. Al-Ghoson
General Manager, Training and Development,
Saudi Aramco
Mr. Masakazu Toyoda
Chairman and CEO, The Institute of Energy
Economics, Japan

Future Prospects of Oil Balance in Asia andInternational Cooperation for the Best Energy
Supply Mix of the Future
Leadership Development in Saudi Aramco—An Enduring Legacy

Saudi Arabia

Japan

Global Energy Outlook and the Importanceof Petroleum from the Perspective of Global
Warming and Energy Security

Session 1: Leadership Development
Chairman: Mr. Misao Hamamoto, Executive Ofﬁcer, Manufacturing Division, Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.
Country
MexicoMalaysia

Nigeria

KuwaitJapan

SpeakerDr. Luis Miguel Rodríguez Otal
Assistant Manager, Process Engineering Division,
PEMEX Reﬁnación
Ms. Juniwati Rahmat Hussin
Vice President, HRM Division, Petroliam Nasional
Berhad (PETRONAS)
Mr. Andrew Laah Yakubu
Managing Director, Warri Reﬁning andPetrochemical Company (WRPC)
Mr. Fahed Fahhad Al-Ajmi
Deputy Managing Director for Finance andAdministration, Kuwait National Petroleum
Company
Mr. Yoshitaka FurumatsuManager, Training & Business Efﬁciency
Promotion (Group), TOA OIL Co., Ltd.

Speech Title
Managing and Leading a Sustainable Reﬁning
Company
Talent Development—The PETRONAS Experience

Future Vision of NNPC for Comprehensive
Hydrocarbon Industry
Structured On-Job Training (S-OJT) Program at
KNPC

Corporate Innovation and Development of
Leaders

Session 2: Technical Development
Chairman: Mr. Shogo Shibuya, Managing Executive Ofﬁcer, Technology & Engineering,
Chiyoda Corporation
Country
UAE

SpeakerMr. Salem Obaid Al Dhaheri
Engineering & Technical Support Division
Manager, Abu Dhabi Oil Reﬁning Company(TAKREER)

Speech Title
Business Development at Abu Dhabi Oil Reﬁning
Co. (TAKREER) —The Ruwais Reﬁnery Expansion(RRE) Project* Mr. Al Dhaheri could not make it to the symposium, but his presentation material has been posted on the JCCP website.

Vietnam

Saudi Arabia

Japan

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Dr. Nguyen Anh Duc
Deputy General Director, Vietnam Petroleum
Institute – Petrovietnam
Dr. Sahel N. Abduljauwad
Professor of Civil Engineering and Vice Rector for
Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum andMinerals (KFUPM)
Mr. Kazuo Matsuda
General Manager, Energy Frontier Business
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Current Status and Future Vision of thePetroleum Reﬁning and Petrochemical Industryof Vietnam
Saudi Arabia’s Strategy in Higher Education and
R&D for the Future of Hydrocarbon Processing
Industry
Energy Saving by Pinch Technology—From Single Site to Multiple Sites

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The 30th JCCP International Symposium“Dialogue for Sustainability of Oil Supply and Consumption”

Mr. Yaichi Kimura, President of JCCP (center), and the guest of honor, chairmen, and panelists of the symposium

The 30th JCCP International Symposium was held
over two days, from January 25 to 26, 2012, under the
auspices of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI), and with the attendance of approximately 300
people from METI, oil producing countries, foreignembassies in Japan, government offices, domestic firms
and organizations.

1. Theme
This year’s symposium was themed, “Dialogue
for Sustainability of Oil Supply and Consumption.”
Following the keynote speeches and special lectures
given on the first day, two discussion sessions exploredthe theme in detail on the second day, from theperspectives of “Leadership for Innovation” and “Best
Practice for Innovation.”
Oil is an important source of energy that provides
40% of Japan’s and 33% of the world’s primary energy

supply. As securing a stable supply of oil long into the
future is therefore a common priority issue among oil
producing and consuming countries, both sides needto deepen mutual understanding through dialogue andcooperate toward establishing a sustainable oil energy
system. Based on this awareness, the symposium
focused on introducing corporate innovation initiatives
being made in each country from the perspectives ofleadership development and best practices, and provided
an opportunity to establish cooperation.

2. Overview(1) First Day (January 25): Opening Ceremony
An opening ceremony officially launched thesymposium at 2:00 p.m. on January 25. Mr. Yaichi
Kimura, President of JCCP, gave an opening address,
followed by a greeting from the guest of honor, Mr.
Hisayoshi Ando, Director-General of the Natural

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Resources and Fuel Department at METI.
Mr. Kimura presented a perspective on this year’s
symposium as follows: “On March 11th last year, Japanwas hit by a major earthquake that left tremendous
damage in its wake. From immediately after theearthquake, we received warm words of condolence
and relief supplies from our friends in oil producing
countries, as well as their help in securing petroleum,
LPG, and natural gas supplies. We have no words thatcan fully express how strong an encouragement thiswas to us.
“The earthquake has made us realize anew the
preciousness of personal relationships between oil
producing countries and Japan, and the necessity of
petroleum, LPG and other forms of energy to oureveryday lives. It has also highlighted the importance ofdialogue between oil producing and consuming countries
to deepen mutual understanding and to make innovativechanges that allow us to fulfill our responsibility ofproviding a stable supply of oil.”
Following Mr. Kimura, Mr. Ando gave an opening
greeting, firstly reflecting back on the Great East Japan
Earthquake and expressing his deepest gratitude to all
stakeholders and oil producing countries in the oil industry
for the tremendous support they have given Japan in thewake of the disaster. He also stated that the earthquake
has spurred a sweeping review of energy policies in Japanand has ignited a renewed awareness of the importance ofoil. Given this situation, he said holding this international
symposium on dialogue for sustainability of oil supply
and consumption is highly significant, and hopes vigorousand fruitful discussions ensue.
(2) Keynote Speeches
Two keynote speeches were given: “Thoughts forYour Energy” by Dr. Ing. Jeroen van der Veer, Chairmanof the Supervisory Board at ING Group N.V. andformer CEO of Royal Dutch Shell PLC; and “Global
Oil Outlook & Future Challenges” by Dr. Hasan M.
Qabazard, Director of the Research Division at OPECOrganization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
In their speeches, both Dr. van der Veer and
Dr. Qabazard talked about how new technologicaldevelopments have expanded the production of shale
oil and have greatly increased the world’s capacity foroil supply. They emphasized that oil can still contributeto development of the global economy as a source ofenergy, that technology offers infinite possibilities,
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new technologies. Dr. van der Veer also stated that in asociety that is becoming increasingly complex, making
decisions concerning policies for stable oil supply is
extremely difficult, but leaders have the responsibility
to make the right decisions and to lead other companies
in any circumstances. To do so, he explained thatleaders must adhere to three basic principles; that is,they must (1) constantly acquire the latest technologies,
as technologies offer infinite possibilities; (2) havethe capacity to lead and to take responsibility even on
large complex projects; and (3) have reliable partners
who can provide cooperation in realizing large energy
development projects.
Dr. Qabazard stated that oil producers have a
responsibility to ensure stable oil supply, and thatwell-timed investments will play a critical role inthe development and broader application of new oil
resources. He then called on all oil producers andconsumers to cooperate in taking a responsible approach,saying that the research, development, and deploymentof technology have a cost and require significant
investments, and that a proper environment needs tobe created that would allow oil producers to continue
making upstream investments with a commitment tosatisfying oil demands in the future.
Summaries of the two keynote speeches are provided
on pages 13 to 18 in this issue of JCCP NEWS.
(3) Special Lectures
The keynote speeches were followed by three special
lectures.
Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman of FACTS Global
Energy, Inc., gave a lecture on “Asia and Middle East Oil
Markets Post Fukushima,” and discussed the demandsupply balance of crude oil and oil products in Asia and

Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FACTS Global Energy Inc.

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Mr. Abdulhakim A. Al-Gouhi, General Manager,
Ras Tanura Reﬁnery, Saudi Aramco

Ms. Salma Al Hajjaj, Director, Center for Leadership
Development, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC)

the Middle East as a whole, mainly in reference to themajor changes that have occurred in the global oil supplydemand structure owing to the development of shaleoil, and the changing structure of the global oil industry
accompanying economic growth in Asian countries.
Mr. Abdulhakim A. Al-Gouhi, General Manager of
Ras Tanura Refinery, Saudi Aramco, gave a lecture on“Saudi Aramco Ras Tanura Refinery Best Practices,”and introduced Saudi Aramco’s initiatives to improvethe environmental quality of its oil products through theapplication of best practices and to increase added value
by making effective use of distillates.
Lastly, Ms. Salma Al Hajjaj, Director of the Center
for Leadership Development at Kuwait Petroleum
Corporation (KPC), gave a lecture on “Coaching:
An Innovative Way to Sustainability,” in which she
discussed KPC’s various initiatives and future issues.
She explained that KPC is making Group-wide efforts
to integrate its upstream and downstream businesses toincrease the Group’s added value, and is taking active
steps to develop leaders under the direct supervision of
the CEO, based on the recognition that the developmentof human resources capable of leading the innovation isessential realizing its goal. She also stated that KPC’s
greatest challenge lies in creating a corporate culture
where current leaders take the initiative in fostering thenext generation of leaders based on their own experience.

National Petroleum Company (KNPC), also gave a few
words of greeting on behalf of the representatives fromoil producing countries, and Mr. Mitsunori Takaogi,
President of JX Holdings, Inc., made a toast.
In his greeting, Mr. Al Rashidi stressed the precious
value of oil as a finite resource, and said we must makethe most of it for the benefit of humanity. Toward
this end, he emphasized the need for oil producing
and consuming countries to fulfill their respective
responsibilities and mutually cooperate with each other.

(4) Reception
After listening to the keynote speeches and special
lectures, all participants and guests were invited to joina reception hosted by JCCP. Following a brief greetingby Mr. Hisayoshi Ando from METI, Mr. Bakheet Sh.
Al Rashidi, Deputy Managing Director at Kuwait(5) Second Day (January 27): Discussion Sessions
The program for the second day was divided into two
discussion sessions: Session 1 in the morning (chair:
Mr. Mitsutoshi Hamamura, Director/Senior Executive
Officer, Toyo Engineering Corporation), and Session 2
in the afternoon (chair: Mr. Hiroji Adachi, Executive
Officer and General Manager, JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corporation).

Mr. Bakheet Sh. Al Rashidi, Deputy Managing Director,
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Session 1

Session 2

1) In Session 1, themed “Leadership for Innovation,”four panelists each gave a presentation on initiatives
taken at their company to develop the next generationof leaders. Ms. Premhatai Napalai (Vice President,
Leadership & Talent Management Development, PTT
Public Company Limited) gave a presentation on“Building and Harnessing Executive Bench Strength —Realizing PTT Group’s Goal of Becoming a Fortune 100
Company by 2020”; Mr. Raed H. Al-Rabeh (Director,
Professional Development Dept., Saudi Aramco) on“Young Leadership Development”; Prof. Dr. Hamed
Al Dhahab (HRS General Manager, Human Resource
Services, Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries
Co. (Orpic)) on “Orpic Sustainable Leaders”; and Mr.
Hisashi Osone (Managing Director, Toyo Engineering
India Limited) on “Cultural Challenges in Globalization— Toyo Engineering Experience.”oil producing and consuming countries face the challengeof expanding their business in the global market, and are
addressing this challenge by innovating and transforming
their corporate culture. As all panelists in this session
have pointed out, the key to successful corporate
innovation is having the right leader, and fostering suchleaders is a strategic challenge to all companies.
To develop next-generation leaders, companies needto clarify and disseminate corporate principles and values
in the form of MVV—mission, value and vision—among
all employees, and to have top management executives
themselves invest both their time and effort in fostering
leaders with a clear image of what type of leaders areneeded. It is also necessary to give promising young
people the opportunity to serve as project managers
and gain firsthand knowledge in implementing a projectbased on their own decisions and responsibility.
Both oil producing and consuming countries areaiming for the same goal. The key to success lies inengaging in friendly competition for mutual developments #HAIRMAN (AMAMURAS 3UMMARY OF 3ESSION 
Today, oil companies and engineering companies in

Plenary session

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into stronger companies. It is important that we deepen
our understanding of each other, make efforts for greater
innovation, and strengthen mutual cooperation to ensure
better utilization of our precious petroleum resources.
2) In Session 2, four panelists gave presentations
related to the theme of “Best Practice for Innovation.”
Mr. Abdulghafoor Mohammed Abduljabbar (Director
General, North Refineries Company (NRC), Ministryof Oil) gave a presentation on “Challenge of Iraq toConstruct World-class Refining Industry”; Mr. Bakheet
Sh. Al Rashidi (Deputy Managing Director, Planning &L.M., Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC))
on “Best Practices for Innovation of Oil Industry”; Mr.
Abdulla Ali Al Mansouri (CSDM, Manager, Corporate
Support Division, Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company(TAKREER)) on “Environmental Aspects in Refineries
and Projects”; and Mr. Hidetoshi Ueno (Deputy General
Manager, Negishi Refinery, JX Nippon Oil & Energy
Corporation) on “JX Nippon Oil & Energy’s Challenges
for Best Practices.”s #HAIRMAN !DACHIS 3UMMARY OF 3ESSION 
In Session 2, presentations by each of the panelists
on the main theme of the session, “Best Practicefor Innovation,” illustrated the firm resolve of eachcompany to maximize the value of oil, take initiatives toenhance corporate competitiveness, and become strong
companies capable of supporting their nation.
To ensure that humanity can continue to enjoy thebenefits of oil for as long as possible, oil producing
countries are striving to upgrade their refineries with theapplication of advanced technologies that can not only
turn heavy oil distillates to fuel, but could also crack
them to make them lighter and even convert them topetrochemical feedstock. In regard to training, conscious
efforts are being made to develop human resources
with the capacity to promote improvement and greater
efficiency in the oil refining and petrochemical sectors.
Meanwhile, oil consuming countries, for their part, areupgrading their refining facilities in the effort to optimize
processes and promote effective utilization of oil andenergy conservation.
The panelists in this session commonly stressed
the importance and need to innovate oil refineries
and petrochemical plants in response to the changing

demand structure, and to implement best practices
toward fulfilling that goal. They also introduced thecreative efforts that their company is making to establish
appropriate systems and training frameworks, in theirpursuit of best practices. The expression “best practice”
sounds nice, but the important thing is to come up witha mechanism for executing these practices.
We may have our differences as oil producing andconsuming countries, but we are both working toward thecommon goal of maximizing and making the best of oil
resources. The Japanese oil and engineering industries
therefore wish to share their experience and technologies
with oil producing countries to help realize advanced
and robust refineries with the active cooperation of all.

3. Closing Statement
After the discussion sessions, Mr. Masataka Sase,
Executive Director of JCCP, took the podium to deliver a
few words in closing. He said that while the oil industry
experienced various events in the past 30 years, wehave nevertheless been able to secure a stable supplyof oil. We have been able to maintain a proper demandsupply balance thanks to deep mutual understanding
between oil producing and consuming countries, and to
the establishment of a mechanism to resolve any issues
that might impact the stability of supply. This has madeus realize anew that dialogue is indispensable between
oil producing and consuming countries, and that wemust continue to make an effort to establish mutual
understanding and cooperation. In terms of the fact thatthe presentations in today’s discussion sessions havemade us think about this important issue of dialogue,
this symposium has served its purpose well.
This year’s JCCP International Symposium has once
again provided an ideal forum for exchanging views
toward the establishment of a sustainable oil supply
system among frontline leaders in the oil downstream
sector in oil producing countries and Japan. JCCP willcontinue to promote dialogue between the two sides ofthe oil industry through forums such as this symposium,
to strengthen mutual understanding and contribute to thestable supply of oil.
Please visit JCCP’s website (http://www.jccp.or.jp)
to see the presentation materials from the symposium.
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The 30th JCCP International Symposium Program“Dialogue for Sustainability of Oil Supply and Consumption”
Date

Time

Jan. 25 (Wed)14:00 – 17:10

Proceedings
Opening ceremony
Opening address
Mr. Yaichi Kimura, President of JCCP
Guest-of-honor speech
Mr. Hisayoshi Ando, Director-General, Natural Resources andFuel Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI
Keynote speeches
Dr. Ing. Jeroen van der Veer, Chairman, Supervisory Board, ING Group N.V.
(Former CEO, Royal Dutch Shell PLC)
Dr. Hasan M. Qabazard, Director, Research Division, OPEC—Organizationof the Petroleum Exporting Countries
Special lectures
Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FACTS Global Energy Inc.
Mr. Abdulhakim A. Al-Gouhi, General Manager, Ras Tanura Reﬁnery,
Saudi Aramco
Ms. Salma Al Hajjaj, Director, Center for Leadership Development,
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC)Jan. 26 (Thu)

18:00 – 20:00

Reception

9:30 – 12:00

Session 1 “Leadership for Innovation”

13:30 – 16:00

Session 2 “Best Practice for Innovation”

16:00 – 16:10

Closing address: Mr. Masataka Sase, Executive Director of JCCP

Keynote Speeches
Country

Speaker

Speech Title

Netherlands

Dr. Ing. Jeroen van der Veer
Chairman, Supervisory Board, ING Group N.V.
(Former CEO, Royal Dutch Shell PLC)

Thoughts for Your Energy

AustriaDr. Hasan M. Qabazard
Director, Research Division, OPEC—Organizationof the Petroleum Exporting Countries

Global Oil Outlook & Future Challenges

Special Lectures
Country

Speaker

Speech Title

USA

Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki
Chairman, FACTS Global Energy Inc.

Asia and Middle East Oil Markets
Post-Fukushima

Saudi Arabia

Mr. Abdulhakim A. Al-Gouhi
General Manager, Ras Tanura Reﬁnery,
Saudi Aramco
Ms. Salma Al Hajjaj
Director, Center for Leadership Development,
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC)

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Session 1: Leadership for Innovation
Chairman: Mr. Mitsutoshi Hamamura
Director/Senior Executive Ofﬁcer, Engineering Management Unit, Toyo Engineering Corporation
Country
ThailandSaudi Arabia

Nigeria(canceled)

Oman

Japan

Speaker
Ms. Premhatai Napalai
Vice President, Leadership & Talent Management
Development, PTT Public Company Limited
Mr. Raed H. Al-Rabeh
Director, Professional Development Department,
Saudi Aramco
Engr. Augustine Olusegun Oniwon
Group Managing Director, Nigeria National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Prof. Dr. Hamed Al Dhahab
HRS General Manager, Human Resources
Services, Oman Oil Reﬁneries and Petroleum
Industries Co. (Orpic)
Mr. Hisashi Osone
Managing Director, Toyo Engineering India
LimitedSpeech Title
Building and Harnessing Executive Branch
Strength — Realizing PTT Group’s Goal of
Becoming a Fortune 100 Company by 2020
Young Leadership Development

Sustaining Global Energy Supply—The Role of Nigeria
Orpic Sustainable Leaders

Cultural Challenges in Globalization—Toyo Engineering Experience

Session 2: Best Practice for Innovation
Chairman: Mr. Hiroji Adachi
Executive Ofﬁcer and General Manager, Reﬁning Department, Reﬁning Technology &Engineering Division, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
Country
Iraq

Kuwait

UAE

Japan

SpeakerMr. Abdulghafoor Mohammed Abduljabbar
Director General, North Reﬁneries Company(NRC), Ministry of Oil
Mr. Bakheet Sh. Al Rashidi
Deputy Managing Director, Planning & L.M.,
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
Mr. Abdulla Ali Al Mansouri
CSDM, Corporate Support Division Manager,
Corporate Support Division, Abu Dhabi Oil
Reﬁning Company (TAKREER)
Mr. Hidetoshi Ueno
Deputy General Manager, Negishi Reﬁnery,
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation

Speech Title
Challenge of Iraq to Construct World Class
Reﬁning Industry
Best Practices for Innovation of Oil Industry

Environmental Aspects in Reﬁneries and Projects

JX Nippon Oil & Energy’s Challenges for Best
Practice

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Topics

The 31st JCCP International Symposium“Communication and Cooperation:
For Sustainable Future of Oil Industry”

Mr. Keizo Morikawa, President of JCCP (center), and the guest of honor, chairmen and panelists of the symposium

The 31st JCCP International Symposium was held
over two days, from January 30 to 31, 2013, under the
auspices of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry,
and with the attendance of approximately 350 people
from inside and outside of Japan.

a stable supply of oil, and the development of humanresources and technologies to address those issues inthe two-day symposium, with the objective of creating
opportunities for producer-consumer cooperation towardsustainable development of the oil industry.

1. Theme

2. Overview

The theme of this year ’s symposium was“Communication and Cooperation: For Sustainable
Future of Oil Industry.” It was explored in detail in
two discussion sessions held on the second day, witha focus on “Change of Business Environment in Oil
Downstream and Human Resources Development” inthe morning and “Change of Business Environment in
Oil Downstream and Innovation of Technology” in theafternoon.
Global demand for oil is on the rise. Therefore,
measures for securing a stable supply of oil need to beconsidered not only from the perspective of emergency
preparedness, but also from the perspective of achieving
sustainable utilization of oil far into the future. Basedon this awareness, members from oil-producing andconsuming countries exchanged views on the mediumto long-term outlook of oil demand, issues for securing(1) First Day (January 30): Opening Ceremony
An opening ceremony was held at 2:00 p.m. on January
30, featuring an opening address by Mr. Keizo Morikawa,
President of JCCP, followed by a greeting from the guestof honor, Mr. Hisayoshi Ando, Director-General of the
National Resources and Fuel Department at METI.
In his speech, Mr. Morikawa spoke as follows: The
global energy outlook is facing a major turning point
today. Japan experienced an unprecedented nuclear
crisis in March 2011, which prompted many countries
to review their energy policy. Dramatic developments
have also been made in the new energy sources of
shale gas and shale oil. At the same time, however,both oil-producing and consuming countries have theresponsibility to prevent further global warming andbe conscious of their use of oil so we may hand this
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of such changes, we must strengthen the industry’s
foundation and fulfill our responsibility of supplying
sufficient energy to people in our societies by acquiring
a good grasp of developments in global energy supply
and demand and doing our best to address the challenges
that come our way, keeping our eyes open to the latest
technological developments, and developing excellent
human resources for the future of the oil industry. Lastly,
Mr. Morikawa expressed his hope that the two-day
symposium will be fruitful to everyone in the audience,and that they will gain fresh perspectives on the themespresented in the speeches and discussion sessions.
Next, Mr. Ando spoke as follows: Almost two years
have passed since the 3/11 disaster. During this time,
oil-producing countries have been of tremendous help inallowing us to provide fuels to people in disaster-stricken
areas. I would like to express my greatest appreciation
to you all. Through this experience, we recognizedanew the good relations that exist between Japan andoil-producing countries, and strengthened our resolve
to continue these relationships over the long term. The
theme of this year’s symposium is “Communication andCooperation for Sustainable Future of Oil Industry.” It
tells us that both oil-producing and consuming countries
share the same view of the importance of maintaining
a stable supply of resources. I hope we can strengthen
our cooperative relationship through this symposium.
(2) Keynote Speech
Following the opening greetings, Dr. Fatih Birol,
Chief Economist, International Energy Agency (IEA),
gave a keynote speech on “World Energy Outlook,”
and summarized the important message of the IEA
publication World Energy Outlook 2012 released lastNovember, as follows: “The key message I would like toshare with you today is the very fact that the foundationsof the global energy system are shifting, and shifting
rather rapidly. Players who are able to understand theshift will be able to position themselves, their countries,
their companies, and their family budget, and those who
cannot understand what is happening will be the losers.
Therefore, it is important to understand those shifts.
“I believe there are three drivers of this shift. The
first is the resurgence of oil and gas production in
selected countries, namely the United States, Canada
and Iraq. The development of non-conventional oil andgas resources such as shale gas, tight oil and Canadianoil sands by the United States and Canada, and thelarge-scale development of oil resources in Iraq, areparticularly important.
“The second driver is on the nuclear front. After
Fukushima, we saw some countries changing their
nuclear policies toward a lower share of nuclear power intheir energy mix. If nuclear power goes down, something
has to go up in order to fill the gap, and this will have
implications on the global energy picture.
“The third driver of the shift is energy efficiency.
Energy efficiency has been talked about for many years,
but for the first time I can personally observe a growing
momentum on energy efficiency in terms of legislation—
not in terms of words, but in terms of legislation andlegal steps.”
In view of these three drivers, Dr. Birol said it should
be clear to anyone’s eyes that the global energy system
will be changing dynamically in the future, and went
on to discuss the various elements of change. A detailed
summary of Dr. Birol’s speech is provided on pages 10
to 13 in this issue of JCCP NEWS.
(3) Special Lectures
Dr. Birol’s keynote speech was followed by four
special lectures.
1) Oil Sustainability in Carbon Constrained World—
The Doha Climate Gateway: Challenges Beyond
2012
Mr. Abdullah Al Sarhan
Energy and Environment Advisor, Ofﬁce of theAssistant Minister for Petroleum Affairs,
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mr. Al Sarhan based his lecture on the Doha Climate
Gateway that was adopted by the COP18 conference heldin December 2012, and discussed Saudi Arabia’s resolve
to do its part in mitigating climate change as a member

Special lecture: Mr. Abdullah Al Sarhan, Energy andEnvironment Advisor, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral
Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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of the Framework Convention on Climate Change. He
also noted that oil and natural gas will continue to be
an important part of the global energy mix, and thatsustainability of those energy resources is a vital issue
to both oil producers and consumers. Furthermore,
Mr. Al Sarhan stressed the importance of technology
innovation in mitigating climate change, and described
Saudi Arabia’s technological development initiatives.
2) Strategic Shifts in the Global Oil Equation
Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki
Chairman, FACTS Global Energy, Inc.
Dr. Fesharaki explained that in the oil upstream
sector, the increased production of non-conventionaloil resources such as shale gas and tight oil is changing
the global oil supply-demand balance, as well as thebalance of power between oil-producing and consuming
countries, and that in the oil downstream sector, the active
construction of large-scale refineries in oil-producing
countries is shifting the center of global oil downstream
operations from oil-consuming countries to oil-producing
countries. As a result, Dr. Fesharaki said there will bea clear distinction between those who will survive andthose who will not, according to the law of the survivalof the fittest, and predicted the future of the oil industry.

said human resources are the most important element,
and explained how KNPC is making company-wide
efforts for their development.

Special lecture: Mr. Hatem Ibrahim Al-Awadhi,
Deputy Managing Director – Projects, KNPC

4) Saudi Aramco—Technology in Human Resource
Development
Mr. Jamil F. Al Dandany
Director of Education Partnerships, Saudi Aramco
Mr. Al Dandany explained Saudi Aramco’s strategic
goal of becoming the world’s leading oil company,
and introduced the company’s efforts to achieve that
goal. According to Mr. Al Dandany, Saudi Aramco
is expanding both its oil upstream and downstream
operations on a global scale, and is developing pragmatic
personnel through training programs that adopt the latest
technologies, based on the awareness that the key tosuccess lies in the development of outstanding humanresources to support those operations.

Special lecture: Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman,
FACTS Global Energy, Inc.

3) Kuwait National Petroleum Company $40 Billion
Mega Investment Plan
Mr. Hatem Ibrahim Al-Awadhi
Deputy Managing Director – Projects,
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
Mr. Al-Awadhi spoke about KNPC’s $40 billion
mega-investment plan that includes a clean fuel project
consisting of the construction of new refineries and clean
fuel production processes by 2020, and the company’s
vision to establish a presence as a leader in the global oil
industry. To bring the project to success, Mr. Al-Awadhi

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Special lecture: Mr. Jamil F. Al Dandany, Director of Education
Partnerships, Saudi Aramco

The four special lectures provided the understandingthat the world’s oil industry is undergoing majorchanges, and that the development of outstanding humanresources capable of taking charge of these changes is apriority strategic issue to triumph as winners.

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(4) Reception
A reception was held after the keynote speech andspecial lectures. Mr. Ken Watanabe, Director, Petroleum
Refining and Reserve Division, National Resources
and Fuel Department, METI, gave a welcome speech,followed by Mr. Andrew Laah Yakubu, Group Managing
Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), who led a toast after giving a brief greeting.

Mr. Andrew Laah Yakubu, Group Managing Director, NNPC

(5) Second Day (January 31): Discussion Sessions
The program for the second day consisted ofDiscussion Session 1 in the morning and Discussion
Session 2 in the afternoon.
1) Session 1(9:30 – 12:00; Chaired by: Mr. Morihiro Yoshida,
Managing Director of JCCP)In Session 1, four panelists gave presentations on
the theme of “Change of Business Environment in Oil
Downstream and Human Resources Development,” anddiscussed their company’s initiatives to develop nextgeneration leaders with an eye to creating a new era forthe oil industry.
The panelists were: Mr. Husain Ali Sanasiri, Team
Leader, Executive Performance Management, Kuwait
Petroleum Corporation (KPC); Ms. Raiha Azni Abdul
Rahman, Vice President, Human Resource Management
Division, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS); Mr.
Ali bin Abdullah Al-Riyami, Director General of Oil and
Gas Marketing, Ministry of Oil and Gas (MOG), Oman;
and Mr. Andrew Laah Yakubu, Group Managing Director,
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
As chairman of Session 1, Mr. Yoshida summarized
the session as follows: In this session, representatives
from four companies gave presentations on the theme of“Change of Business Environment in Oil Downstreamand Human Resources Development.” All four
companies have a large social responsibility in theirrespective countries to provide a stable supply of oil andgas, and are making bold corporate changes with a clear
agenda to fulfill their responsibilities into the future.
To achieve future growth, it is essential to makesincere efforts to introduce new technologies that
respond to changes in the business environment andto develop human resources who can deal with thosechanges. Each of the four companies represented in thissession places emphasis on human resource development
and endeavors to develop people by actively introducing
effective training methods.
Outstanding personnel form the foundation ofcompetitive companies. The development of humanresources therefore has high priority in achieving
continuous growth in any company. Moreover, while thedevelopment, improvement and steady implementationof educational programs is important to developing
human resources, it is important above all else to
generate greater consciousness in each employee andguide them so they can pursue their own potentials
through personal development.
Since each country has its own history, culture andunique circumstances, personnel development strategies
must be based on distinct values in each country andcompany. However, at the same time, it is also important
to interact with those in other countries who face similar
issues and mutually learn from each other’s experiences.
Much was learned from the four presentations
today. It would be wonderful if Japan and oil-producing
countries can continue to hold exchanges and mutually
cooperate in building strong companies.
2) Session 2(13:30 – 16:00; Chaired by: Mr. Hideto
Matsumura, Director, Senior Executive Ofﬁcer,
Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.)In Session 2, five panelists gave presentations on
the theme of “Change of Business Environment in
Oil Downstream and Innovation of Technology,” andintroduced new technological challenges made in theircompanies.
The panelists were: Mr. Ardhy N. Mokobombang, Vice
President, Strategic Planning, Business Development &Operational Risk – Refining Directorate, PT Pertamina(Persero); Mr. Sultan Abdul Rahman Al Bigishi, Vice
President, Operations Division, Ruwais Refinery, Abu

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Dhabi Oil Refining Company (TAKREER); Ms. Nihad
Ahmed Moosa, Director General, State Company for
Oil Projects (SCOP), Ministry of Oil-Iraq; Mr. Uthman
A. Al-Ghamdi, Manager, Operations Department, Ras
Tanura Refinery, Saudi Aramco; and Mr. Yukinori
Kawashima, Assistant General Manager - Production
Control, Yokkaichi Refinery, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd..
As chairman of Session 2, Mr. Matsumura summarized
the session as follows: Today, five panelists gave
presentations that focused on the advancement of oil
refining, collaboration with the petrochemical industry,
pipeline and tank yard development plans, researchframeworks for the above and the demonstration of
new technologies. Indonesia is addressing its growing
domestic demand for oil by pursuing a new vision for therefining business to be achieved by 2025. In Abu Dhabi,a technical development center has been established forthe development of refinery assistance technologies andhuman resources. In Iraq, a large-scale infrastructure
construction project has been launched with the aim ofincreasing its crude oil export capacity. In Saudi Arabia,
a new project initiative has been launched with the aim of
improving the quality of oil products and establishing acooperative relationship with the petrochemical industry.
The Japanese presentation introduced the flare gas
recovery technology that Cosmo Oil has commercializedin cooperation with TAKREER. All of the presentations
offered important themes pertaining to future oil supplydemand trends and environmental countermeasures.
They also illustrated worldwide technical trends inenergy conservation and environmental technologies
and the diversification of products in collaboration withthe petrochemical industry as a means for strengthening
refinery competitiveness.
Today’s panelists all emphasized the necessity ofmaking national efforts to develop technologies incooperation with domestic and foreign partners, insteadof outsourcing technical development to external
licensors and other such foreign institutions, as has
been done up to now. Behind this understanding lies
an evolving environment in which companies can nolonger expect to survive international competition
without tackling new challenges. Moreover, tacklingnew challenges requires pragmatic human resource
development at all stages of operation, through onsite
experience in refining, storage and transportation
operations, and not by studying books.
Cosmo Oil cultivated the flare gas recovery
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Toyo Engineering, and succeeded in its practicalapplication to the Ruwais Refinery in cooperation with
TAKREER. That this successful experience provided
a rare opportunity for personal development to young
engineers in UAE and Japan is a source of pride andhonor to Cosmo Oil.
The oil industries in oil-producing countries andJapan alike have accumulated vast experience andtechnologies through refinery operations. To continue
to survive in the coming era, oil-producing countries
and Japan need to mutually exchange and share theirtechnologies and expertise. We can expect to see the riseof new, competitive refineries from such cooperation
between oil-producing countries and Japan. On aclosing note, I therefore ask that greater efforts than everbefore be made to deepen mutual exchanges among ourcountries.

3. Closing Statement
After the discussion sessions, Mr. Masataka Sase,
Executive Director of JCCP, took the podium todeliver the closing message. He first noted that eventsof significant bearing on the energy supply-demandbalance are occurring one after another in today’s world,
including the large increases in global demand for energy,
uncertainties in the future of nuclear power generation,
the potentials of shale oil and gas development, andfull-scale reconstruction and increased oil production
capacity in Iraq. Mr. Sase said that these topics havebeen addressed from various angles by the panelists ofthis year’s international symposium, who presented a
direction for dealing with them through human resource
development and technical innovation initiatives overan information-filled, fruitful two days. Reiterating theobjectives of the JCCP International Symposium, which
are to create an opportunity for exchanges among energy
experts from oil-producing countries and Japan andcontribute to the stable supply and demand of energy
by deepening mutual understanding, Mr. Sase statedthat the objectives have again been met this year owing
to the participation of a large number of people frominside and outside of Japan, and thanked everyone on
behalf of JCCP.
* Presentation materials from the symposium are available
on JCCP’s website (http://www.jccp.or.jp) for yourreference.

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The 31st JCCP International Symposium Program“Communication and Cooperation: For Sustainable Future of Oil Industry”
Date

Time

Jan. 30 (Wed)14:00 – 17:35

Proceedings
Opening ceremony
Opening address
Mr. Keizo Morikawa, President of JCCP
Guest-of-honor speech
Mr. Hisayoshi Ando, Director-General, Natural Resources andFuel Department, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI
Keynote speeches
Dr. Faith Birol, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Special lectures
Mr. Abdullah Al Sarhan, Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki, FACTS Global Energy Inc.
Mr. Hatem Ibrahim Al-Awadhi, Kuwait National Petroleum Company(KNPC)
Mr. Jamil F. Al Dandany, Saudi Aramco (on behalf of Mr. Nasser Al-Naﬁsee)Jan. 31 (Thu)

18:00 – 20:00

Reception

9:30 – 12:00

Session 1 “Change of Business Environment in Oil Downstream and Human
Resources Development”

13:30 – 16:00

Session 2 “Change of Business Environment in Oil Downstream and Innovation ofTechnology”

16:00 – 16:10

Closing address: Mr. Masataka Sase, Executive Director of JCCP

Keynote Speech
Country
FranceSpeaker

Speech Title

Dr. Faith Birol
Chief Economist,
International Energy Agency (IEA)

World Energy Outlook

Special Lectures
Country
Saudi Arabia

USA
KuwaitSaudi Arabia

SpeakerMr. Abdullah Al Sarhan
Energy and Environment Advisor, Ofﬁce of theAssistant Minister for Petroleum Affairs,
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki
Chairman, FACTS Global Energy, Inc.
Mr. Hatem Ibrahim Al-Awadhi
Deputy Managing Director – Projects,
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC)
Mr. Jamil F. Al Dandany, Director of Education
Partnerships, Saudi Aramco

Speech Title
Oil Sustainability in Carbon Constrained WorldThe Doha Climate Gateway: Challenges Beyond
2012

Strategic Shifts in the Global Oil Equation
Kuwait National Petroleum Company $40 Billion
Mega Investment Plan
Saudi Aramco – Technology in Human Resource
Development

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Chairman: Mr. Morihiro Yoshida
Managing Director, Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP)Country
KuwaitMalaysiaJapan(canceled)

Oman

Nigeria

Speaker

Speech Title

Mr. Husain Ali Sanasiri
Team Leader, Executive Performance Management,
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC)
Ms. Raiha Azni Abdul Rahman
Vice President, Human Resource Management
Division, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS)
Mr. Nobutaka Nohara
Associate Executive Ofﬁcer, General Manager,
Corporate Administrative & Financial Affairs
Division, JGC Corporation
Mr. Ali bin Abdullah Al-Riyami
Director General of Oil and Gas Marketing,
Ministry of Oil and Gas (MOG)
Mr. Andrew Laah Yakubu
Group Managing Director, Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)

K-LEAD – Journey to the Corporate Academy

Building a Sustainable Human Capital Strategy– Building Own Timber
Development of Globally Competitive Human
Resources

Oman’s Future Oil and Gas Industry

Change of Business Environment in Oil
Downstream and Human Resources
Development

Session 1 panelists

Session 2 panelists

Session 2: Change of Business Environment in Oil Downstream and Innovation of Technology
Chairman: Mr. Hideto Matsumura
Director, Senior Executive Ofﬁcer, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.
Country
Indonesia

UAE

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Japan

148

Speaker

Speech Title

Mr. Ardhy N. Mokobombang
Vice President, Strategic Planning, Business
Development & Operational Risk – Reﬁning
Directorate, PT Pertamina (Persero)
Mr. Sultan Abdul Rahman Al Bigishi
Vice President, Operations Division, Ruwais Reﬁnery,
Abu Dhabi Oil Reﬁning Company (TAKREER)
Ms. Nihad Ahmed Moosa
Director General, State Company for Oil Projects(SCOP), Ministry of Oil-Iraq
Mr. Uthman A. Al-Ghamdi
Manager, Operations Department, Ras Tanura
Reﬁnery, Saudi Aramco
Mr. Yukinori Kawashima
Assistant General Manager – Production Control,
Yokkaichi Reﬁnery, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.

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Strategy of TAKREER on R&D for Sustainable
Future of Reﬁning Industry
Blueprint for Iraqi Oil & Gas Infrastructure
Development and Plans for Pipeline Network
and Storage in Oil Industry
Ras Tanura Reﬁnery Clean Fuel Project Fosters
Technology to Gain Efﬁciency
Flare Gas Recovery Project at TAKREER Ruwais
Reﬁnery

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The 19th Joint GCC-Japan
Environment Symposium—Environmental Challenges and Mitigation Approaches for
Sustainable Development in the Oil and Gas Industry—

Commemorative photo taken at the opening ceremony

Background
The GCC-Japan Environment Symposium takes
place annually as a forum for information exchange
among environmental experts in the GCC countries andJapan, and was held for the 19th time this year.
This year’s symposium was jointly organized with
Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in Oman, and was
implemented over a three-day period from December 18
to 21, 2010 under the theme, “Environmental Challenges
and Mitigation Approaches for Sustainable Developmentin the Oil and Gas Industry.”

Overview
The symposium opened on December 19 with an

Scene from the symposium

opening ceremony attended by some 140 participants,
including such key figures as H.E. Dr. Saud Al-Bemani,
Vice Chancellor of SQU; Dr. Ali Al-Harthy, Dean,
College of Engineering, SQU; Mr. Salim Bin Awadh
Al-Rubki, Manager, Public Relations & ExternalCommunications, Oman Refineries and Petrochemicals
Company (ORPC; special supporter of this year’s
symposium); Mr. Shinichi Yamanaka, Chargé d’Affaires
ad interim (Counsellor), Embassy of Japan in Oman; andDr. Norio Arihara, Professor of the Faculty of Science andEngineering, Waseda University (leader of the Japanesedelegation). Dr. Rashid S. Al-Maamari, Director of theSQU Oil & Gas Research Center and chairperson of theEnvironment Symposium Organizing Committee, gave
an opening address, followed by Mr. Yamanaka and Mr.
Morihiro Yoshida, Managing Director of JCCP.
Dr. Al-Maamari thanked everyone for attending the
symposium, and gave a brief introduction of SQU’s
relationship with JCCP. The first JCCP project thatwas implemented at SQU was in 1996, and the mostrecent was a project that ended in the establishment ofa laboratory plant for the treatment of oilfield produced
water at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) lastNovember. Through such projects, SQU has developed
close ties with JCCP, PDO and other oil companies in
Oman. Dr. Al-Maamari also noted that SQU has co-hosted
this environment symposium with Japan twice. As coorganizer once again this year, he hoped the symposium

Mr. Shinichi Yamanaka, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim(Counsellor), Embassy of Japan in Oman

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Al-Lawati, Water Management Team Leader at PDO,
gave an opening speech in Session 1.
After these keynote speeches, 19 Japanese and GCC
experts gave presentations in five separate sessions, as
shown below.
Mr. Morihiro Yoshida, Managing Director of JCCP

would be a forum for meaningful discussions between
Japan and the GCC countries as it has been before.
Mr. Yamanaka also mentioned the oilfield produced
water treatment project as an example of the longterm technical cooperation between Japan and Oman.
He then talked briefly about Japan’s contribution toenvironmental issues and Japan-Arab cooperation in
the energy and environment sectors, with references to
the Nagoya Protocol, which was adopted by the Tenth
Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the UN Convention
on Biological Diversity held last year in Nagoya, and theTunisia Declaration, issued by the Japan-Arab Economic
Forum also held last year in Tunisia. Mr. Yamanaka
closed his speech with words of expectation that all
parties would take the occasion of this symposium toacquire Japan’s outstanding oil refining technologies.
Mr. Yoshida, after giving a brief introduction of
JCCP and an overview of JCCP technical cooperation
projects and training programs, asserted that Japan’s
advanced environmental technologies would be effectivein addressing environmental issues that are raisingwidespread concern in the GCC countries, and stressed
the importance of this symposium.
After the opening ceremony, two speakers gave

Dr. Norio Arihara, leader of the JCCP delegation(Waseda University)

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December 19
Session 1: Environmental Issues in the Oil and Gas
Industry
Session 2: Alternative Energy
Session 3: Oily Water Treatment
December 20
Session 4: Wastewater and Desalination
Session 5: Environmental Management in Selected
Industries
In each session, presentations by GCC speakers
particularly focused on topics relating to “water” and “theenvironment.” This is from the fact that the symposium
was originally launched as a greening seminar, andindicated the GCC countries’ strong continuing interest
and concern in the environment and water resources.
A closing ceremony was held after completion of
the last session on the 20th. Following a summary ofpresentations by Mr. Al-Maamari, Dr. Mustaque Ahmed,
Ph.D., Director, Center for Environmental Studies andResearch (CESAR) gave three recommendations fromthe general, long-term and short-term points of view.
Mr. Koichi Io, Deputy General Manager of the JCCP
Technical Cooperation Dept., thanked all symposium
participants, SQU and ORPC for their cooperation in the
successful implementation of the symposium.

A participant from a GCC country delivering a presentation

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On the 21st, we visited ORPC’s Mina Al-Fahal
Refinery. After receiving a brief explanation of therefinery, we toured the refinery and observed the refinery’s
strong commitment to environmental conservation.

Summary
Active discussions took place in all sessions of
the symposium, with experts from the GCC countries

showing strong interest in the presentations on Japan’s
advanced environmental technologies.
We hope that this environment symposium has served
to deepen relationships between oil-related organizations
and companies in the GCC region and JCCP. We
are also hopeful that coverage of the symposium inlocal newspapers and on SQU’s official website has
contributed to increasing public recognition of JCCP in
the GCC countries.
<by Makoto Nakamura, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

FY2010 Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium
Opening Ceremony

KeynotespeechCountry

Organization

Name

Presentation Title

Japan

Faculty of Science& Engineering,
Waseda University

Professor Norio Arihara(JCCP Delegation Leader)

Opportunities and Challenges in Lowcarbon Energy Developments andGlobal Warming Countermeasures

Session 1: Environmental Issues in the Oil and Gas Industry
Chairperson
Chairperson

Oman

Sultan Qaboos
University

Dr. Ahmed Al-Futaisi

KeynoteSpeechOman

Petroleum
Development
Oman

Dr. Yasmeen Al-Lawati

Sustainable Development Aspirations
and Challenges for an Oil and Gas
Operating Company

1

Qatar

Qatar Petroleum

Speaker:Dr. Azhari F.M. Ahmed
Co-author:
Dr. Ali Hamad Al-Mulla

Mitigating Anthropogenic Air Emissions
in Qatar: Sustainable Development
Opportunities for the Oil and Gas
Industry

2

Japan

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Mr. Naoki Takakura
Ltd.

Environmental & Energy Policy in Japanand Efforts Made by Idemitsu

3

Oman

Oman Reﬁneries
and Petrochemicals
Company

Cleaner Production in Oman Reﬁneries
and Petrochemicals Company LLC

Speakers

Mr. Salim Ali Al-Harthy

Session 2: Alternative Energy
Chairperson
Chairperson

Japan

Faculty of Science& Engineering,
Waseda University

Professor Norio Arihara

1

Oman

Sultan Qaboos
University

Dr. Ahmed Al-Busaidi

Jatropha: A Bio-fuel Crop for Oman

2

Japan

Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.

Mr. Hiroyuki Wada

Challenge to the Development of New
Type of Solar Concentration System in
Abu Dhabi

3

Japan

JX Nippon Oil &Energy Corporation

Mr. Jun Uehara

Toward New Energy at JX Nippon Oil &Energy4Japan

JGC Corporation

Mr. Yuji Saito

Solar Powered Desalination Using
Thermoelectric Power Generation

Speakers

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Session 3: Oily Water Treatment
Chairperson
Chairperson

Oman

Sultan Qaboos
University

Dr. Salim Ali Al-Rawahi

1

Japan

Shimizu
Corporation

Dr. Kazuo Okamura

Treatment & Utilization of the Oilﬁeld
Produced Water in Oman

2

Oman

Sultan Qaboos
University

Dr. Mahad S. Baawain

Feasibility Study to Upgrade Efﬂuent
Water Treatment Facility and Water
Disposal System at Marine Outfall

3

Oman

Sultan Qaboos
University

Dr. Anton Purnama

Design Recommendations for a
Submerged Marine Outfall using
CORMIX Simulations

3

Nigeria

Ahmadu Bello
University

Dr. Abdulazeez Yusuf Atta

Treatment of Phonelic Waste Water
Using Microwave Enhanced Nickel/
Copper Oxides on Alumina Catalysts

Speakers

Session 4: Wastewater and Desalination
Chairperson
Chairperson

UAE

United ArabEmirates University

Prof. Abdel-Mohsen Onsy
Mohamed1

KuwaitKuwait Institute for
Scientiﬁc Research

Dr. Essam E.F. El-Sayed

Zero Liquid Discharge Desalination for
Treatment of Saline Water Waste Streams

2

Saudi
ArabiaSaudi Aramco

Mr. Mohammad Abu
NaiyanHigh Efﬁciency Biological Nutrient
Removal of the Modiﬁed Ludzack
Ettinger (MLE) Process3

Bahrain

University of
BahrainSpeaker:Dr. Mohammed Saleh
Al-Ansari
Co-author:
Dr. Nader Al-Masri,
Bahrain Centre for Studies& Research

Future Sustainable Desalination
Technologies for the GCC

4Australia

Curtin University

Dr. Hari B. Vuthaluru

Boron Pre-treatment for Seawater
Desalination

Speakers

Session 5: Environmental Management in Selected Industries
Chairperson
Chairperson

Oman

Sultan Qaboos
University

Dr. Ahmed Sana

1

Saudi
ArabiaSaudi Aramco

Mr. Ali Hommod
Al Shamrani

2

Saudi
ArabiaKing Fahd University Dr. Bassam S. Tawabiniof Petroleum &Minerals

Environmental Management of Drilling
Fluids Waste: An Overview

3

UAE

United ArabEmirates University

Prof. Abdel-Mohsen Onsy
MohamedDurability of Cement Kiln Dust-based
Sulfur Polymer Concrete

4

Oman

Sultan Qaboos
University

Dr. Khalid Al-Rawahy

Transport Sector in Oman, Contribution
to Greenhouse Gases Implication for
the Future

Speakers
CO2 Soil Gas Survey Method
for Identiﬁcation of Free Phase
Hydrocarbons in Groundwater* Presentation materials from each speaker are available on our website (http://www.jccp.or.jp).

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The 20th Joint GCC-Japan
Environment Symposium—Challenges for a Sustainable Environment in Oil and Gas Industry—
1. Objective
The GCC-Japan Environment Symposium is held
annually to bring together environmental experts fromthe six GCC countries (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain,
Qatar, UAE, Oman) and Japan with the objective ofpromoting mutual understanding, information exchange,
and technical developments through the sharing ofenvironmental improvement and conservation measuresin each country.
The 20th symposium, themed “Challenges for a
Sustainable Environment in Oil and Gas Industry,”
was held over the three-day period from November
22 to 24, 2011, in Abu Dhabi, UAE, with United ArabEmirates University (UAE University) and JCCP as coorganizers and special support from Abu Dhabi National
Oil Company (ADNOC).

Opening ceremony

2. Overview
This year was a milestone year, marking not only
the 20th holding of this symposium, but also the 40th
anniversary of UAE and the 30th anniversary of JCCP.
H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, Minister ofHigher Education and Scientific Research and Chancellorof the UAE University, remarked in his opening speech,“Twenty, thirty, forty—these numbers suggest that

H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan,
Minister of Higher Education and Scientiﬁc Research andChancellor of the UAE University

this is a significant symposium,” as he expressed his
delight at joining JCCP in organizing the symposium
and extended his appreciation to ADNOC for its special
support. He also said, “We are here because thirty years
ago JCCP seized the initiative to promote understanding
and cooperation between Japan and the GCC countries,”
and that JCCP has since sustained its initial action anddeveloped the annual symposium into a landmark eventthat assembles scientists and professionals from GCC
countries and Japan to communicate and exchange
knowledge on better understanding of the improvement
and rehabilitation of the environment through utilization
and application of innovative technologies. “We cannot
easily realize our goals for environmental protection,”
he said, but he is confident that everyone’s presenceat the symposium reflects a strong interest in the hugepromise of generating and sharing scientific knowledge
as a basis for making sound environmental policies,
and that the symposium will advance knowledge andunderstanding and conclude with inspiration to take newand effective actions.
H.E. Mr. Tatsuo Watanabe, Japanese Ambassador
to the United Arab Emirates, spoke next, representing

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H.E. Mr. Tatsuo Watanabe,
Japanese Ambassador to the UAE

Mr. Yaichi Kimura, President of JCCP

the Japanese side and first expressing his honor inparticipating in the commemorative symposium. He also
noted that next year marks the 40th year of diplomatic
relations between UAE and Japan. Back then, Tokyo had
been struggling with air and river pollution problems,
but over the years, UAE and Japan have establisheda strong relationship based on energy resources andworked positively to address environmental problems, toultimately transform UAE into a modern city abounding
with the beauty of nature and Tokyo into a city of blue
skies and clear rivers that provide a habitat to an arrayof fish. He said he strongly hoped the symposium
would be of tremendous benefit to everyone involvedin addressing environmental issues.
Mr. Yaichi Kimura, President of JCCP, also gave
an opening greeting, which began with a message ofgratitude to the GCC countries for their support andencouragement in the wake of the Great East Japan
Earthquake that rocked Japan last March. He said he has
never before felt so keenly the significance of a stablesupply of energy and oil, in particular, and Japan’s bonds
with the GCC countries who play an important role inproviding stability, and expressed his profound thanks
to their long-standing friendship. He also extended his
sincerest appreciation to the many institutions not only
from the six GCC countries but also from Japan that havelent their presence to this milestone event, and stressed
his wish that the symposium would further strengthen
friendly ties between the GCC countries and Japan.
Following the opening speeches, Prof. Dr. Kenji
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Prof. Dr. Kenji Yamaji, Director-General,
Research Institute of Innovative
Technology for the Earth (RITE)

keynote presentation titled “Policy and Technology
Scenarios towards a Sustainable Energy System.” Hesaid that “sustainability is an essential keyword for the
21st century,” and that “energy and global warming
are critical themes to be tackled in order to achieve asustainable society.” Mentioning the three technology
scenarios (baseline scenario, ACT scenarios, andBLUE scenarios) presented by the IEA in Energy
Technology Perspectives 2008, he noted that the set ofBLUE scenarios, which targets a 50% reduction in CO2emissions from the energy sector by 2050, emphasizes
the importance of the electricity and transportation
sectors and investments for low-carbon technologies.
Meanwhile, Japan had already been taking initiatives
toward a low-carbon society since before the Great East
Japan Earthquake, but after the earthquake, policies
for further promotion of renewable energies have alsocome to share the spotlight as a priority issue. Dr. Yamaji
stressed that technological research, development, anddiffusion are necessary for non-fossil energy, energyefficient technologies, and CCS technologies for fossil
fuels. Moreover, in addition to technological innovation,
he said social innovation will also be required to realize
a low-carbon society, environmental harmony must
be taken into consideration in development of social
infrastructures, and educational and publicity activities
need to be encouraged to increase awareness of climatechange risks and to encourage lifestyle changes. He
concluded by urging the international community toestablish an international and multidisciplinary system
for solving energy and global warming issues in acomprehensive manner.

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Presentation session

Following the keynote presentation, three discussion
sessions were held over two days, featuring 16
presentations by experts from the GCC countries andJapan.
First day (November 22)
Session 1: “Air Quality, Carbon Capture & Storage,
Alternative Energy Applications”
Second day (November 23)
Session 2: “Oil and Gas Industry Environmental
Issues”
Session 3: “Protection of the Marine Environment,
Wastewater Treatment”

Prominent figures such as Mr. Ali Khalifa Al Shamsi,
Director, Corporate Planning & Coordination, ADNOC;
Mr. Mohamed B. Al-Qubaisi, Director, Exploration &Production Directorate, ADNOC; and Mr. Ali Rashid
Al Jarwan, CEO, Abu Dhabi Marine Operation Co.
honored the event, as symposium participants took theopportunity to mingle with each other.
At the end of the second day, Mr. Morihiro Yoshida,
Managing Director of JCCP, gave a closing speech.
He thanked UAE University for co-organizing the
symposium and ADNOC for its special support, andsaid it was a special honor to receive the attendanceof H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan at the
opening ceremony with his impressive, heart-warming
and thought-provoking speech. He said the two-day
series of presentations were impressively timely in their
themes, and led to meaningful and fruitful discussions.
He concluded his speech and closed the symposium bysaying that the resolution of environmental problems is
an urgent issue for the world, and that since there is muchthat the GCC countries and Japan can learn from eachother, he earnestly hopes the symposium will continue toprovide opportunities to forge closer and deeper relations
among all countries concerned.
On the third day, a group of speakers from the GCC
countries and Japan visited UAE University’s vast new
campus that boasts a variety of the latest facilities, while
receiving generously detailed explanations from staff
members and students of the university.

The speakers and their presentation themes are asshown in the chart on the next pages.
The first day ended with a dinner reception heldat the Emirates Palace Hotel and hosted by ADNOC.

Visit to the new UAE University campus

Local newspaper article on the symposium

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3. Summary
The symposium ended on a successful note, withan attendance of more than 150 on the first day andthe participation of numerous people from the GCC
countries and Japanese companies in the region over
the two days of presentation sessions and productive
discussions. Since both UAE and Japan face the sea,
protection of the marine environment is an issue ofparticularly strong and serious concern, and will continue
to be a theme of high relevance to both countries. In Abu
Dhabi, construction projects are going on throughout
the city, and further urban development is underway. In
conjunction with increases in population, environmental
issues are inevitable if they are not properly addressed.
This no doubt applies to other GCC countries, as well.

In future, countries that can deal properly with nature
will be worthy of attention. Therefore, based on thisawareness, mutual exchange of information will become
ever more important, and in this respect, this symposium
is expected to play at least a small part in promoting
technical cooperation.
With news of the symposium appearing in a numberof local newspapers on the next day and also broadcast
by NHK international broadcasting service, thesymposium has contributed to promoting awareness of
JCCP activities in the GCC region.
Taking the opportunity of this article, JCCP would
like to extend its deepest appreciation to UAE University
for its co-organization, ADNOC for its special support,
and other relevant institutions for their support andcooperation in bringing the symposium to success.
<by Mieko Onai, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

FY2011 Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium Program
Opening Ceremony
Keynote Speech

Japan

Prof. Dr. Kenji Yamaji
Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)“Policy and Technology Scenarios towards a Sustainable Energy System”

Country
Session 1:

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Presentation Title

Speaker

Air Quality, Carbon Capture & Storage, Alternative Energy Applications
Session Chair:Prof. Adel Gastli (Sultan Qaboos University / Oman)
Session Co-chair: Mr. Takashi Sato (JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation / Japan)

1

UAE

ADNOC Air Quality Management System(AQMS)

Mr. Hazem Abuahmad
SPC/ADNOC

2

Japan

Associated Gas Utilization: The Pioneer
Work of JX GroupMr. Takashi Sato
JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation

3

UAE

Selective Removal of CO2 and H2S fromPressurized Gas Streams Using Hollow Fiber
Membrane Contactors

Dr. Mohamed H. Al-Marzouqi
UAE University

4

Japan

IDESORB: VOC Recovery Unit
—Environmental Friendly Equipment—

Mr. Satoshi Kibata
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

5

Oman

Potential of Solar Energy Applications in
Oman’s Oil Industry

Prof. Adel Gastli
Sultan Qaboos University

6

Japan

Cooperative Activities on Energy Business of
Showa Shell for the Middle East Countries

Mr. Keiji Fujihara
Showa Yokkaichi Sekiyu Co., Ltd.

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Session 2:

Oil and Gas Industry Environmental Issues
Session Chair:
Mr. Said Abdi Yusuf (Qatar Petroleum / Qatar)
Session Co-chair: Dr. Shunji Oya (Swing Corporation / Japan)

1

Japan

Challenges to Better Environment byEffective Use of Water and Solid Waste

Dr. Shunji Oya
Swing Corporation

2

Saudi Arabia

Enhance Water Resources Sustainability
through Innovative Technology to Maximize
Oily Wastewater Reuse

Mr. Mohammed A. Alhajri
Saudi Aramco

3

BahrainRisk Based Assessment of ContaminatedLand & Groundwater

Mr. Ijaz Ashraf
The Bahrain Petroleum Company

4

UAE

Bioremediation of GroundwaterContaminated by Oil Spills in the Western
Region of Abu Dhabi

Mr. Mohamed Mostafa A. Mohamed
UAE University

5

KuwaitRemediation of Oil Polluted Groundwater
Resources of Northern Kuwait: Challenges
and Solutions

Mr. Adnan S. S. S. A. Akbar
Kuwait Institute for Scientiﬁc Research

Session 3:

Protection of the Marine Environment, Wastewater Treatment
Session Chair:
Dr. Joydas Thadickal Viswanathan (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals /Saudi Arabia)
Session Co-chair: Mr. Takao Sumihiro (Abu Dhabi Oil Co., Ltd. / Japan)

1

UAE

Contribution to the Protection andEnhancement of Marine Environment

Mr. Matwali Shahatah Shobanah
SPC/ADNOC

2

UAE

Utilization of Eco-Friendly Materials toConstruct Artiﬁcial Reefs

Dr. Osama M. Wahba
Marine Environment Research Centre

3

UAE

Preservation Project of Coral and Seagrassfor Sustainable Oil Field Development

Mr. Takao Sumihiro
Mr. Tariq Al Kindi
Abu Dhabi Oil Co., Ltd.

4

Saudi Arabia

Oil-related Activities and Environmental
Concerns in the Gulf

Dr. Mohammad A. Qurban
Dr. Joydas Thadickal Viswanathan
King Fahd University of Petroleum &Minerals

5

UAE

Innovative Approaches to the Treatment of
Reﬁnery Wastewater

Dr. Muftah El-Naas
UAE University

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The 21st Joint GCC-Japan Environment
Symposium (Preliminary Report)

Important ﬁgures and panelists of the symposium

The 21st Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium
was held on February 5 and 6, 2013 in Doha, Qatar. Coorganized by JCCP and Qatar Petroleum (QP), this year’s
symposium was themed “Sustainable Environment,
Climate Change and Renewable Energy for Oil and
Gas Industry.”
An opening ceremony kicked off the symposiumon the 5th, with opening speeches given by Dr. Ali
Hamed Al-Mulla, Manager of Corporate Environment& Sustainable Development at QP; H.E. Mr. Kenjiro
Monji, Japanese Ambassador to Qatar; and Mr. Morihiro
Yoshida, Managing Director of JCCP. An audience ofmore than 160 from the GCC countries and Japan filled
the venue, including Dr. Takashi Tatsumi, Directorand Executive Vice President of the Tokyo Institute ofTechnology (leader of the Japanese delegation).
After the opening ceremony, Dr. Tatsumi gave akeynote speech on “Tackling Challenges to Sustainable
Energy and Environment.”
Following the keynote speech, a total of 23 technicalpapers were presented by experts from the GCC
countries and Japan, in three presentation sessions and aforum held over the course of the two-day event. Session
1 covered “Carbon Capture & Storage, Alternative
Energy Applications,” Session 2 “Oil and Gas Industry
Environmental Issues” and Session 3 “Protection of the
Marine Environment, Wastewater Treatment,” while
the forum examined “Best Environmental Practices in
Refineries.” Active discussions took place in all sessions
and the forum, and presentations on Japan’s advanced
environmental technologies particularly elicited strong
interest from GCC experts.
The forum was the first undertaking of its kind in
the symposium. Focusing specifically on environmental

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issues in refineries, it featured presentations anddiscussions on best environmental practices by speakers
representing refineries in the GCC countries and Japan,
and provided an opportunity to exchange practicalinformation among refinery experts.
After the forum, Dr. Al-Mulla closed the symposiumwith a speech of appreciation to all symposium
participants, JCCP and QP.
In a press conference held after Dr. Tatsumi’s keynote
speech, Dr. Al-Mulla and Mr. Yoshida responded toquestions from the press about JCCP activities in theregion and about the environment symposium. Newsof the press conference and symposium was extensively
reported in seven local newspapers on the following day(three English-language newspapers and four Arabic
newspapers), and contributed to increasing publicrecognition of JCCP’s presence in Qatar.
Prior to the opening of the symposium, the Japanesedelegation was given the honor of visiting with H.E.
Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy& Industry, Chairman & Managing Director of QP.
Thus on the 4th, a delegation composed of Dr. Tatsumi,
Mr. Yoshida, Mr. Junichi Kasuya, General Managerof the JCCP Riyadh Office, and Yukiteru Watanabe,
Deputy General Manager of the Technical Cooperation
Department at JCCP, paid a courtesy call on the Minister.
JCCP would like to extend its deepest appreciation to
everyone who cooperated in the successful implementationof the symposium.
<by Yukiteru Watanabe, Technical Cooperation Dept.>* The names of the panelists, their presentations and othersuch details will be provided in the next issue of JCCP
NEWS.

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The 21st Joint GCC-Japan
Environment Symposium(Follow-up Report)

Members of the symposium

JCCP and Qatar Petroleum (QP) co-hosted the
21st Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium on
February 5 and 6, 2013 in Doha, Qatar, under the themeof “Sustainable Environment, Climate Change andRenewable Energy for Oil and Gas Industry.”
The opening ceremony was held on February 5th,
with opening speeches given by Dr. Ali Hamed Al-Mulla,
Manager of Corporate Environment & Sustainable
Development at QP; H.E. Mr. Kenjiro Monji, Japanese
Ambassador to Qatar; and Mr. Morihiro Yoshida,
Managing Director of JCCP. An audience of more than
160 speakers and participants filled the venue, including
Dr. Takashi Tatsumi, Director and Executive Vice
President of Tokyo Institute of Technology (leader of
the Japanese delegation).
Dr. Al-Mulla formally called the symposium toorder and expressed his pleasure of holding the JointGCC-Japan Environment Symposium in Qatar for thesecond time in cooperation with JCCP. Ambassador
Monji stressed that the symposium theme, “Sustainable
Environment, Climate Change and Renewable Energy
for Oil and Gas Industry,” is an important issue not only
to Japan and the GCC countries, but also to the rest of
the world. He also said he hopes Japan can contributewith its knowledge and experience to the issue herein Qatar, which has just recently hosted a successful
COP18 conference. Mr. Yoshida expressed JCCP’s wish
to contribute to reducing CO2 emissions and addressing
environmental issues through training and technicalcooperation, and then thanked H.E. Dr. Mohammed bin
Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, and QP
for their strong support of the symposium.
Following the opening ceremony, Dr. Tatsumi gave akeynote speech on “Tackling Challenges to Sustainable
Energy and Environment.” He said that historicallyeconomic growth and energy consumption are closely

Dr. Takashi Tatsumi, leader of the Japanese delegation

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Symposium audiencecorrelated, it is necessary to develop more efficientenergy production and energy utilization technologies in
the future. To achieve these goals, he stressed the needfor drastic changes in people’s consciousness towardindustrial structure and energy conservation. Dr. Tatsumi
also lectured that worldwide increases in energy demand
will be countered in the short term by saving energy andstoring/reusing CO2 while also utilizing nuclear powerand biomass. In the long term, photovoltaic power will
be a core source of renewable energy.
Following the keynote speech, a total of 23 technicalpapers were presented by experts from the GCC
countries and Japan, divided into three presentation
sessions and a forum. Session 1 featured “Carbon
Capture & Storage, Alternative Energy Applications,”
Session 2 “Oil and Gas Industry Environmental Issue,”and Session 3 “Protection of the Marine Environment,
Wastewater Treatment.”
The panelists of Session 1 included two Japanese
speakers. Mr. Soichi Ogawa (Deputy General Manager,
Global Business Support Division, Solar Frontier K.K.)
gave a presentation titled “CIS Technology Contribution
to the Middle East Energy Business,” and Mr.
Mitsunori Shimura (Deputy Executive General Manager,
Technology Development Unit, Chiyoda Corporation)a presentation titled “Development of Large-scale H2
Storage and Transportation Technology with Liquid
Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC).”
Session 2 included presentations by two Japanese
speakers. Mr. Hidemitsu Saito (Manager, Global
Technical Cooperation Group, Overseas Business
Division, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation) spoke
about “Technologies for Volatile Organic Compounds(VOC) Recovery in Petroleum Industry and JX’s
Activities in Middle East Area,” and Mr. Toshiyasu
Morita (Assistant Group Manager, Environment& New Energy Technology Development, Cosmo

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East Countries.”
In Session 3 held on the February 6th, Mr. Rajeev
Supekar (Sales Director, Infrastructure Business Division,
International Sales and Marketing Unit, Toyo Engineering
Corporation) discussed “Improvement of Industrial
Wastewater Treatment and Enhancement of Water
Recycle with Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Applicationin the Existing Refinery and Petrochemical Facilities.”
In addition to the presentation sessions, a forum that
focused specifically on environmental issues in refineries
was held as a new initiative in the symposium. With the aimof achieving cross-cutting discussions on environmental
issues among refineries in the GCC countries, members
from GCC and Japanese refineries gave presentations
under the theme of “Best Environmental Practices in
Refineries,” with Dr. Al-Mulla presiding over the forum.
In addition to active exchanges of views, presentations
were given on environmental initiatives related torefinery operations, including a presentation by Mr.
Hiroaki Mimura (Instrumentation & Control Engineer,
Technology & Engineering Center, Idemitsu Kosan
Co., Ltd.) on “Importance of Alarm Management for
Preventing Accidents which Lead to Environmental
Pollution.” Although it was the first undertaking of its
kind, the forum provided a unique opportunity for lively
discussions based on presentations given by each speakeron air pollution countermeasures, wastewater treatment,
waste processing and other such environmental issues,and proved to be a productive forum for active exchanges
of information on environmental issues in refineries.
The sessions and forum held over the courseof the two-day event introduced Japan’s advanced
environmental technologies and the serious approaches
to environmental issues made by the GCC countries,

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Forumand provided an ideal platform for GCC environmental
experts to share and exchange knowledge on a wide
range of environmental issues.
After the forum, Dr. Al-Mulla closed the symposiumby summarizing the two days of discussions andexpressing his gratitude to all symposium participants,
JCCP and QP personnel.
It is also worth noting that a press conference washeld after Dr. Tatsumi’s keynote speech on the first day.
Dr. Al-Mulla and Mr. Yoshida responded to questions
from the press, mainly about the significance of holding
the environment symposium in Qatar and prospects
for cooperation between Qatar and Japan in the energy
sector. News of the press conference and symposium was
extensively reported in seven local newspapers on thefollowing day (three English-language newspapers andfour Arabic newspapers), and contributed to increasing
public recognition of JCCP’s presence in Qatar.
In the meantime, preceding the opening of thesymposium, the Japanese delegation was given the honorof visiting with H.E. Dr. Al-Sada, Minister of Energy& Industry and Chairman & Managing Director of QP.
On February 4th, Dr. Tatsumi, Mr. Yoshida, Mr. Junichi

Local newspaper article

Kasuya, General Manager of the JCCP Riyadh Office,and Mr. Yukiteru Watanabe, Deputy General Managerof the Technical Cooperation Department at JCCP, madea courtesy visit to the Minister.
Taking the opportunity of this newsletter, JCCP would
like to express its deepest appreciation to everyone who
cooperated in the successful implementation of thesymposium.
<by Sadao Wada, Technical Cooperation Dept.>

FY2012 Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium Program
Opening Ceremony
KeynoteSpeechJapan

CountryProf. Dr. Takashi Tatsumi
Executive Vice President for Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology“Tackling Challenges of Sustainable Energy and Environment”

Title

Speaker/Organization

Session 1: Carbon Capture & Storage, Alternative Energy Applications
Session Chair:Dr. Muhammad Hassan Al-Malack (KFUPM/Saudi Arabia)
Session Co-chair: Dr. Ali H. Al-Marzouqi (UAEU/UAE)
Mr. Sadao Wada (JCCP/Japan)
1

Saudi Arabia CO2 Capture and Sequestration: Overview
of Research Efforts Supporting Sustainable
Environment in Saudi Arabia

Mr. Abdulwahab Zaki Ali M. Abdullah
King Fahd University of Petroleum &Minerals

2

Japan

Potential Contribution of Solar Frontier’s CIS
Technology to the Middle East Energy Business

Mr. Soichi Ogawa
Solar Frontier K.K.

3

Oman

Renewable Energy Application in Oil & Gas Industry

Dr. Ali Al-Alawai
Petroleum Development Oman

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4

Qatar

Assessment of Solar and Wind Energy Potential in
Qatar

Dr. Pitta Govinda Rao
Qatar Petroleum

5

Japan

Development of Large-scale H2 Storage andTransportation Technology with Liquid Organic
Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC)Mr. Mitsunori Shimura
Chiyoda Corporation

6

KuwaitApplication of Renewable Energy in the Petroleum
IndustryDr. Mamun Halabi & Dr. Ayman Al-Qattan
Kuwait Institute for Scientiﬁc Research

7

Qatar

Qatar Carbonates and Carbon Storage ResearchCentre: Status Update after Three Years ofFundamental Research

Dr. Jurgen Foeken
Qatar Petroleum

Session 2: Oil and Gas Industry Environmental Issues
Session Chair:Dr. Mohammad Albeldawi (QP/Qatar)
Session Co-chair: Dr. Ayman Al-Qattan (KISR/Kuwait)
Mr. Hiroaki Mimura (Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd./Japan)
1

Qatar

Oryx GTL Experience in Flaring Reduction:
Challenges & Opportunities

Mr. Mansoor Al-Marri
Oryx GTL

2

Japan

Technologies for Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Mr. Hidemitsu Saito
Recovery in Petroleum Industry and JX’s Activities in JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
the Middle East Region

3

Japan

Technical Support for Environmental Improvementof the Reﬁneries in Middle East

4

UAE

Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) — A Measure Dr. Rezaul Kabir Chowdhuryof Climate Change Adaptation
UAE University

5

Saudi Arabia Sustainable Energy and Environment Objectives,
Challenges, the Needs and the Road Map

6

Qatar

Mr. Toshiyasu Morita
Cosmo Engineering Co., Ltd.

Dr. Alaadin A. BukhariKing Fahd University of Petroleum &Minerals

Flare Mitigation Efforts in QP’s NGL Complex and Its Mr. Abdulla Al-Qahtani
Contribution to Qatar’s Sustainable Development
Qatar Petroleum

Session 3: Protection of the Marine Environment, Wastewater Treatment
Session Chair:
Mr. Hamed Al Rumhi (ORPIC/Oman)
Session Co-chair: Mr. Mohamed Al Amei (TAKREER/UAE)
Mr. Toshiyasu Morita (Cosmo Engineering Co., Ltd./Japan)
1

Japan

Improvement of Industrial Wastewater Treatment
and Enhancement of Water Recycling withZLD Application in the Existing Reﬁnery andPetrochemical Facilities

Mr. Rajeev Supekar
Toyo Engineering Corporation

2

UAE

Modeling Bioremediation of Oil Spills in
Contaminated Groundwater Aquifers Using Slowreleasing Oxygen Sources

Dr. Mohamed Mostafa
UAE University

3

Qatar

Application of Geospatial Analyses in Environmental Mr. Rob Ross
Planning, Sea-level Modeling and Geosciences
Qatar Petroleum
Research

4

Qatar

Evaluation of Environmental Performance andImpact Study on Marine Life around the QP
Offshore Facility—North Field Alpha

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Mr. Sajjan Khan
Qatar Petroleum

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Forum:Best Environmental Practices in Reﬁneries
Session Chair:
Dr. Ali Hamed Al-Mulla (QP/Qatar)
Session Co-chair: Mr. Jun Nishimura (JCCP/Japan)

1

Japan

Importance of Alarm Management for Preventing
Accidents which Lead to Environmental Pollution

Mr. Hiroaki Mimura
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

2

KuwaitAir Emission Management—KNPC Experience

Mr. Abhay Kumar Kashyap
Kuwait National Petroleum Co.

3

BahrainManagement of Hazardous Waste—BAPCO
Approach

Mr. Ijaz Ashraf & Mr. Abdulla Al Ansari
The Bahrain Petroleum Co.

4

Qatar

QP Reﬁnery Waste Water Treatment Challenges and Mr. Nadeem Shakir
the Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Initiative
QP Reﬁnery

5

UAE

BeAAT [Central Environment Protection Facilities] An Mr. Jassim Jawas
Overview of BeAAT Plant
TAKREER

6

Oman

Solutions for the Re-use of Spent Catalyst fromRFCC

Mr. Hamed Al Rumhi
Oman Oil Reﬁneries and Petroleum
Industries Co.

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Personnel
Exchange

Saudi Aramco Vice President andAramco Overseas Company President
Visit JCCP
Since the year before last, JCCP and Aramco Overseas
Company (AOC), a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, haveengaged in discussions toward the implementation of a
Customized Program-Japan (CPJ) for Saudi Aramco’s
Materials Supply Organization. Upon reaching anagreement on the course program, an agreement signingceremony for implementation of the CPJ was held on
December 1, 2010 at JCCP Headquarters, with theattendance of representatives from Saudi Aramco andAOC, and Mr. Masataka Sase, Executive Director of
JCCP.
Representatives from Saudi Aramco included Mr.
Munir Rafie, Vice President, Material Supply, and Mr.
Abdullah Al-Warthan, Manager, Projects Purchasing
and Strategic Sourcing Department. Representatives
from AOC included Mr. Ahmed Al-Zayyat, Managing
Director; Mr. Abdulmonem Al-Momin, Manager
Purchasing, Logistic & Contracting Department; Mr.
Ahmed Al-Zahrani, Chief Representative of the Tokyo
Office; and two key members from the Tokyo Office.
Many refinery operations and maintenance engineersfrom Saudi Aramco have participated in JCCP training
programs to date. Therefore, JCCP readily agreed
to implement the CPJ in response to a request from
Saudi Aramco’s Materials Supply Organization.
Around ten university graduate-level employees fromthe organization will be invited to Japan to acquirecomprehensive knowledge of Japan’s oil industry
through exchanges of information with Japaneseoil companies and practical training at materials
manufacturing companies in Japan. At the same time, theprogram will offer participants an opportunity to learn
about Japanese business practices, job performance,
and work ethics.
After the signing of the CPJ agreement by Mr. AlZayyat and Mr. Sase, JCCP staff members introduced
JCCP’s activities and facilities to the Saudi delegationand promoted deeper understanding of JCCP.
We believe that the visit by key figures from Saudi
Aramco and AOC has laid the foundation for widening
relationships between JCCP and Saudi Aramco, which
we consider one of our most important counterparts in
the Middle East.
<by Akio Yamanaka, Operations Dept.>

Signing Ceremony:
Mr. Ahmed Al-Zayyat, Managing Director of AOC,
and Mr. Masataka Sase, Executive Director of JCCP,
shake hands after signing the agreement

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Address by Mr. Munir Raﬁe, Vice President of Material andSupply, Saudi Aramco

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JCCP Receives a Visit by Mr. Fuad Al Zayer
from the IEF
On September 18, 2012, JCCP received a visit
from Mr. Fuad Al Zayer, Coordinator, Energy Data
Transparency, International Energy Forum (IEF), during
his visit to Japan to attend the LNG Producer-Consumer
Conference, sponsored by the Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry and the Asia Pacific Energy ResearchCentre, on September 19. At JCCP he was warmly
welcomed by Mr. Masataka Sase, Executive Director,
Mr. Morihiro Yoshida, Managing Director, and Mr.
Mitsuyoshi Saito, Counselor.
The IEF was established in 1991 as an international
institution that aims to promote mutual dialogue
and understanding between energy-producing andconsuming countries. Its secretariat is based in Riyadh.
The Forum consists of 89 member countries at present,
which together account for 90% of the world’s oil and gas
production and consumption. This means IEF practicallycomprises almost all countries that are directly related to
the global supply and demand of oil and gas.
Among its main activities, the IEF convenes abiennial gathering of energy ministers from its member
countries to discuss energy issues of concern to theglobal community, as well as a biennial gatheringof CEO-level leaders to promote dialogue among
energy companies in member countries. It also gathers
basic information on key energy indicators such as
oil demand, supply and inventories from its member

countries and disseminates the information on the JODI
(Joint Organization Data Initiative) website (http://
www.jodidata.org) to provide global access to accurate
information and promote proper judgment of energy
situations. The IEF’s consistent activities have helped
deepen mutual understanding among oil-producing andconsuming countries, and have greatly contributed tothe stabilization of energy supply and demand over the
past 20 years.
JCCP visited the IEF Secretariat for the first timein November 2011, and thereafter slowly but steadily
nurtured its relationship with the Forum. On the occasionof Mr. Al Zayer’s recent visit to Japan, JCCP members
explained JCCP’s functions and achievements usinga DVD and PowerPoint slides, and provided a tourof the training facilities at JCCP Headquarters. As his
visit coincided with the commencement of two regularcourses, which included four participants from Saudi
Arabia, Mr. Al Zayer took some time to exchange a few
words with the participants. As a whole, Mr. Al Zayer’s
visit provided an ideal opportunity to promote greater
understanding of JCCP’s functions and achievements
by the IEF.
As both the IEF and JCCP are organizations that aim
to foster greater mutual understanding between oil andgas consumers and producers, JCCP hopes to continue
holding exchanges with the IEF into the future.
<by Hisayoshi Tanda, Administration Dept.>

Mr. Fuad Al Zayer, Coordinator, Energy Data Transparency,
IEF (center)

Exchanging words with regular course participantsfrom Saudi Arabia

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Executive Meetings
Visits to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Thailand
Mr. Masataka Sase, Executive Director of JCCP,
and H. Tanda, General Manager of Planning and
Coordination, made a round of visits to Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, and Thailand from May 14 to 21, 2011, to explain
the schedule of JCCP training courses in the aftermath of
the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11.
Placing priority on participants’ safety, JCCP has
postponed the implementation of all regular courses
between April and July, but plans to reorganize andresume the courses in September. The recent visits were
therefore made to obtain the understanding of JCCP
counterparts in oil-producing countries about JCCP’ssafety measures for participants and to personally urge
them to send participants to regular courses in theknowledge that they will be safe.
K. Nita, General Manager of the Riyadh Office,accompanied Mr. Sase in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

1. King Fahd University of Petroleum &Minerals (KFUPM)
On May 16, the JCCP delegation paid a call on
H.E. Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, Rector of KFUPM; andDr. Sahel Abduljauwad, Vice Rector for Research at
KFUPM, and held a meeting in the rector’s office.
Before proceeding to the main topic of the meeting,
Mr. Sase thanked the two leaders for the many messagesof sympathy and support JCCP received from KFUPM
in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake. He also
thanked Dr. Abduljauwad for giving a presentation at

the JCCP International Symposium this past January.
Dr. Al-Sultan said he was struck by the Japanesepeople’s patience and tolerance in their struggles toward
recovery from the disaster, and that he holds them in thehighest respect and admiration. He also said that therelationship between JCCP and KFUPM is not just aword, but a reality built on past achievements, and that
he wishes to see further development of the relationshipin the future.

2. Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura Reﬁnery
On May 16, the JCCP delegation visited Saudi Aramco’s
Ras Tanura Refinery to pay a call on Mr. Abdulhakim A.
Al-Gouhi, General Manager of the refinery.
Mr. Al-Gouhi expressed his appreciation of JCCP’s
support, while noting that Saudi Arabians have great
respect for Japanese culture and always associate theword “Japan” with a positive value. The JCCP side
explained that all regular courses scheduled between
April and July have been postponed in considerationof participants’ safety and health, but asked for Mr.
Al-Gouhi’s cooperation in sending participants to thecourses if and when they resume in September.

At Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura Reﬁnery:
Mr. Abdulhakim A. Al-Gouhi, General Manager (right)

3. Saudi Aramco HQ
At KFUPM:
H.E. Dr. Khaled S. Al-Sultan, Rector (left)

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On May 17, the JCCP delegation called on Ms. Huda
M. Al-Ghoson, General Manager of Training and Career

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Development, at Saudi Aramco Headquarters.
After thanking Ms. Al-Ghoson for her participationin the JCCP International Symposium this past January,
Mr. Sase explained that JCCP regular courses between
April and July have been postponed due to the impactof the March earthquake, but that JCCP is planning toresume the courses in September, and requested Ms.
Al-Ghoson’s help in urging the participation of Saudi
Aramco personnel.
Ms. Al-Ghoson sincerely explained that many
employees from Saudi Aramco, not to mention Saudi
Arabia as a whole, receive training in Japan, and said she
has found that they all wish to continue their training inJapan despite the recent earthquake. She was also kindenough to say the Saudi Arabian people have strong
feelings of trust in Japan, and that everyone is confident
that the hardworking people of Japan will progresssteadily along the road to recovery.

delegation, saying human resource development is a longterm process, which requires continuous and persistentefforts on the part of JCCP.

At the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait:
H.E. Mr. Yasuyoshi Komizo, Ambassador (second from left)

5. Kuwait National Petroleum Company(KNPC)At Saudi Aramco Headquarters:(From the left) H. Tanda; Mr. Mutlaq A. Al-Subaey,
Superintendent; Mr. Masataka Sase; Ms. Huda M. Al-Ghoson,
General Manager of Training and Career Development;
and Mr. K. Nita

On May 19, the JCCP delegation visited KNPC
to meet with Mr. Asaad Ahmed E. Al-Saad, Deputy
Chairman, Mr. Fahed Fahhad Al-Ajmi, Deputy
Managing Director; and Mr. Ahmad S. Al-Jemaz, Deputy
Managing Director of the Shuaiba Refinery.
At the outset of the meeting, Mr. Sase articulated his
deep appreciation for the many heartfelt messages JCCP
received from KNPC after the recent earthquake. He thenwent on to explain that all regular courses scheduled
up to this summer have been postponed, but as JCCP is

4. Japanese Embassy in Kuwait
On May 18, the JCCP delegation visited the Japanese
Embassy in Kuwait to pay a courtesy call on H.E. Mr.
Yasuyoshi Komizo, Ambassador.
Ambassador Komizo noted that the Kuwaiti government
donated five million barrels of petroleum to Japan in thewake of the recent earthquake, and shared his understandingthat Japan’s contribution to human resource development in
Kuwait since the mid-1970s was well recognized by leading
figures in Kuwait’s oil industry and was the decisive factor
behind the generous donation of unprecedented scale.
He also offered words of encouragement to the JCCPAt KNPC:(From the second from left) Mr. Waleed Al-Hamad,
Assistant Manager of HR Department;
Mr. Fahed Fahhad Al-Ajmi, Deputy Managing Director;
and Mr. Asaad Ahmed E. Al-Saad, Deputy Chairman

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planning to resume them following the establishment ofstrict safety measures, he asked KNPC to encourage theparticipation of its employees.
The KNPC leaders offered warm words of condolence
for the recent earthquake and expressed their deep
conviction that the Japanese people’s strength andresilience will help them overcome the disaster andrebuild an even stronger nation than before. They alsoemphasized that the strong relationship of trust that JCCP
and KNPC have steadily established over the years will
never be severed.

At KNPC:
Mr. Ahmad S. Al-Jemaz, Deputy Managing Director of the
Shuaiba Reﬁnery (second from right)

between April and July have been postponed after theearthquake in consideration of the safety of participants,
but as they are being readied to resume in September,he asked for the active participation of the company’s
employees. Mr. Tepartimargorn firstly praised theJapanese people for their perseverance and prayed forthe country’s swift recovery. He then said that, due tolack of information about the earthquake in Thailand, he
had not been sure whether he should send participants to
JCCP regular courses, but he is glad to hear that JCCP
is moving forward, and appreciates the JCCP delegation
making the long trip to provide reassurance.

At PTT Public Company:
Mr. Pitipan Tepartimargorn, Senior Executive
Vice President (fourth from left); and
Ms. Papinya Tansamrit, Vice President (third from right)

6. PTT Public Company Limited
On May 20, Mr. Sase visited PTT Public Company
Limited as the final destination of the series of followup meetings, to meet with Mr. Pitipan Tepartimargorn,
Senior Executive Vice President, Human Resources andOrganization Excellence; and Ms. Papinya Tansamrit,
Vice President, Learning and Development Center
Department.
Mr. Sase explained that all regular courses scheduled

At all destinations of the recent follow-up meetings,
the JCCP members were deeply touched by everyone’s
expressions of sympathy and encouragement forrecovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, as
well as for their warm patience and support of JCCP
courses. To respond to their expectations, we at JCCP
have strengthened our resolve to resume the courses as
quickly as possible and to continue striving to strengthen
our relationships with oil-producing countries.
<by Hisayoshi Tanda, Administration Department>

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Executive Meetings
in Saudi Arabia and Oman
Mr. Masataka Sase, Executive Director of JCCP,
visited JCCP counterpart organizations in Saudi Arabia
and Oman from May 17 to 23, 2013 to propose requests
for presentations at the 32nd JCCP International
Symposium and to hold policy dialogues regarding JCCP
activities. He was accompanied by Akio Yamanaka,
Executive Councilor at JCCP; Junichi Kasuya, General
Manager of the JCCP Riyadh Office; and Jun Nishimura,
General Manager of the JCCP Middle East Office.

1. Saudi Arabia(2) Petro Rabigh (May 19)
JCCP receives Saudi Arabian participants to its
training courses not only from Saudi Aramco, but also
from Petro Rabigh, albeit in small numbers, but thiswas JCCP’s first visit to the company. The delegation
met with Mr. Salem A. Al Baddad, Assistant Supervisor
and received requests for the acceptance of larger
numbers of participants from Petro Rabigh and for the
implementation of an expert dispatch program or special
course on corrosion and corrosion prevention. The
delegation gave word that they will take these requests
back to JCCP for consideration.

(1) International Energy Forum (IEF)
Headquarters (May 18)
The JCCP delegation visited IEF Headquarters in
Riyadh and met with Dr. Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Secretary
General, to give a broad outline of next year’s JCCP
International Symposium and to request a keynote
speech from him at the symposium. Dr. Flores-Quiroga
said he takes keen interest in Japan, and wishes to accept
the offer if his schedule could be accordingly arranged. Inturn, he requested JCCP’s participation in IEF activities,
such as by implementing workshops and training
programs at IEF Headquarters based on JCCP’s vast
experience in providing training. The delegation thus
agreed to examine potential schemes for cooperation
with IEF in the future.

At IEF: Dr. Aldo Flores-Quiroga, Secretary General(second from right)

At Petro Rabigh(3) King Abdulla University of Science andTechnology (KAUST) (May 19)
The JCCP delegation next visited KAUST as apotential counterpart for technical cooperation projects.
Dr. Kazuhiro Takanabe, Associate Professor at theuniversity, provided a general overview of the present
state of the university and took the delegation on a tourof the campus. KAUST is a graduate university that
opened in 2009. It is the first co-ed university in Saudi
Arabia, and currently has approximately 700 students.
Tuition is free. With plans to increase enrolment to the
2,000 level in the future, the university is outfitted with acore laboratory and the world’s leading-edge laboratory
equipment for use by all departments. The faculty ispresently composed of around 100 members, but is

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planned to be augmented in the future to 200. Students
come from around the world, with Asian students
comprising the largest majority of 33%. Most are from
China and India, with none from Japan (one student
is scheduled to enroll in September). Saudi Arabian
students make up 20% of the total student population,
but measures are being taken to increase that percentage
to around 50% in the future. The campus and residential
community face the Red Sea, and boast an impressive
environment complete with welfare and recreation
facilities (medical fees are free).
Saudi Aramco contributed funding for establishmentof the university, and is strengthening its relationshipwith the university as one of its largest sponsors.
JCCP should perhaps also explore specific means forcooperation with the university.
(4) Jeddah Reﬁnery, Saudi Aramco (May 20)
At the Jeddah Refinery, the JCCP delegation met with
Mr. Abdullah A. Al-Deraibi, Manager, and Mr. Ahmed
A. Rajab, Superintendent, and exchanged views on
training needs and other issues regarding training. Mr.
Al-Deraibi participated in a JCCP course in 1989, andgives high marks to JCCP’s training program, comparedto Western training programs. He noted that his strongest
concern is to address the urgent issue of preventing andminimizing human error in the operation departments,
so the delegation offered to consider a special courseon the issue.
During the delegation’s meeting with Mr. Al-Deraibi,
Mr. Omar S. Bazuhair, Executive Director, Refining& NGL Fractionation, who happened to be visiting
the refinery from the head office of Saudi Aramco,
dropped by. He thanked JCCP for its assistance in thearea of human resource development, and asked for its
continued support.

(5) Japanese Embassy in Saudi Arabia (May 18)
The JCCP delegation paid a call on H.E. Mr. Jiro
Kodera, Ambassador, to explain JCCP’s plan to hold a
JCCP alumni meeting in Saudi Arabia as an overseas
network project for this fiscal year, and to request
the Ambassador’s attendance if the plan is realized.
Ambassador Kodera, in turn, provided suggestions andinvaluable advice for holding such a meeting in Saudi
Arabia.

2. Oman(1) Omani Ministry of Oil and Gas (May 21)
The JCCP delegation paid a courtesy call on Dr.
Mohammed Hamed Saif Al Rumhy, Minister of Oil andGas. It was the first time in five years for the minister
and Mr. Sase to meet with each other. Dr. Al Rumhy
expressed strong interest in recent affairs in Japan,
and asked about the political and economic situationsin Japan under the Abe administration. He also talked
about his life at Waseda University back when he studiedin Japan and contributed to the friendly atmosphere of
the meeting, but had firm policies in regard to student
exchange programs.

At the Omani Ministry of Oil and Gas:
Dr. Mohammed Hamed Saif Al Rumhy, Minister (center)

At Jeddah Reﬁnery:
Mr. Ahmed A. Rajab, Superintendent (center)

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Company (ORPIC) (May 21)
The JCCP delegation next visited ORPIC’s Mina
Al Fahal Refinery and met with Mr. Musab Al Muhrqi,
CEO. Mr. Al Muhrqi demonstrated good knowledge
about JCCP, and expressed his appreciation of JCCP
training programs and technical cooperation projects. He
also discussed training needs in the petrochemical sector.
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met with H.E. Mr. George Hisaeda, Ambassador, andreported on the status of JCCP activities in Oman, as
well as on Minister Al Rumhy’s request for an exchange
study program, among other matters. The Ambassador,
for his part, provided enlightening information about
Oman, such as the status of education and training thatis sought in Oman to help the younger generation findemployment.

3. Summary

At ORPIC: Mr. Musab Al Muhrqi, CEO (center)in next year’s JCCP International Symposium as apanelist, and Mr. Al Muhrqi said he would like to accept
the offer if his schedule permits, as it would be his first
visit to Japan.
(3) Japanese Embassy in Oman (May 21)
At the Japanese Embassy in Oman, the delegation

The visits to the two countries yielded positive results
concerning the participation of key figures in next year’s
JCCP International Symposium. Moreover, throughpolicy dialogues, JCCP received a strong request foruniquely Japanese training from the manager of Jeddah
Refinery himself, and a request for training on new
subjects from the CEO of ORPIC. Given the dynamicchanges taking place throughout the oil industry,
the delegation keenly felt the need to hold executive
meetings on a regular basis, and to reflect the invaluable
opinions obtained through such meetings to actual
operations and activities.
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Interviews with JCCP Graduates
Taking the occasion of JCCP’s 30th anniversary,
we paid visits to past participants of JCCP training
courses as part of the survey of downstream trends inoil producing countries, and interviewed them on what
they have gained from participating in a JCCP course,
and what future expectations they have of JCCP.
The group of interviewees included Mr. Shigeo Baba
(President, Cosmo Research Institute), and Mr. Takashi
Sato (Manager, Global Technical Project Group, Global
Business Department, Overseas Business Division, JX
Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation) as chairman andmember, respectively, of the Committee for the Survey of
Oil Downstream Industries in Oil-producing Countries;
Mr. Hisayoshi Tanda (General Manager, Planningand Coordination, JCCP Administration Dept.) and
Ms. Masumi Kitahara (Manager, Planning and Public
Relations, JCCP Administration Dept.) as members ofthe management office; Mr. Shoichiro Yagi (General
Manager) from the JCCP Middle East Office; and Mr.
Kenji Nita (General Manager) from the JCCP Riyadh
Office.
A summary of the interviews is introduced below.

H.E. Eng. Zeyad H. Al Zahrani
Undersecretary, Saudi Ministry ofPetroleum and Mineral Resources
Past participant of a regular course on Marketing
Management (TR-7-88) in FY1988(Mr. Al Zahrani passed away last December 18 while in
London to attend a conference on behalf of H.E. Mr. Ali
bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral
Resources.)
Date of interview: November 15, 2011

Q1: How did you come to participate in a JCCP
regular course?
A:
Saudi Arabia and Japan have a long friendshipthat goes way back to 1955. In the 1980s, JCCP’scommencement of cooperation to oil producing
countries gave us many opportunities to learn
about Japanese history, culture, technologies, andexperience. I participated in a regular course in
1988. It was a long time ago, but I still have fondmemories of that time, and what I learned then is

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H.E. Eng. Zeyad H. Al Zahrani, Undersecretary, Saudi Ministryof Petroleum and Mineral Resources (fourth from right)

still relevant to what I do today. It was a precious
experience, both to me, personally, and to Saudi
Arabia. Speaking as one who has participatedin a JCCP training course in the past, I hope therelationship between JCCP and Saudi Arabia willcontinue long into the future.
Q2: What have you gained from JCCP’s training
course?
A:
I think the greatest achievement of having
participated in a JCCP training course is that I
acquired clues to understanding the Japanesepeople. Everyone I met in Japan was friendly
and kind. I came to believe that in Japan, “good”
people means “good” in all other aspects.
JCCP courses are designed not only to provide
practical knowledge through lectures, but to also
introduce Japanese history and culture throughcompany visits and ﬁeld trips. In the course I
participated in, a ﬁeld trip to Kyoto provided an
insightful experience in learning about the history
through which Japan developed into the country
it is today.
Q3: What future expectations do you have of
JCCP?
A:
In both Saudi Arabia and Japan, the oil
industry is undergoing a major transformationand expanding into new businesses, such as the
petrochemical and power generation businesses. I
think JCCP training programs also need to change
along with these new developments. As Japan is
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its technologies in electronics, precision machines,
and various other sectors, we hope to receive
JCCP’s cooperation in acquiring that technicalexperience.

Mr. Ali Obaid Al-Yabhouni
General Manager, National Gas ShippingCo., Ltd. (NGSCO) / Abu Dhabi National
Tanker Company Ltd. (ADNATCO)
UAE Governor for OPEC
Past participant of a regular course on Marketing &Physical Distribution (TR-8-97) in FY1997
Date of interview: November 13, 2011

Q1: How did you come to participate in a JCCP
training course?
A:
I was in charge of oil marketing at ADNOC
at the time I participated in a JCCP regularcourse. With Japan being an important customer
to ADNOC, the company decided to provide
employees an opportunity to learn about Japan andto foster employees who have proper knowledge
about Japan.
Q2: What have you gained from JCCP’s training
course?
A:
In addition to classroom lectures on various
technologies, JCCP programs also include
company visits and ﬁeld trips, and provide awonderful opportunity to travel to many different
places in Japan with members of the same course.
This experience exposed us to Japanese companies
and society in action, and helped us understandJapanese people’s thoughts about work, as wellas provided an opening to thinking about thesecrets behind Japan’s remarkable development.
By personally participating in a regular course,
I gained a good understanding of the values
and behavior of the Japanese people, and after
returning to UAE, I was able to communicate
better with people in charge of procurement inJapanese oil companies and trading houses. I think
JCCP provides a foundation for getting to know
about Japan through its training courses.
Q3: How has JCCP’s training course beneﬁted you
in your work?
A:
The Japanese people value long-term
relationships of trust. In business, there are goodtimes, and there are bad times. In regard to crude
oil purchase contracts with ADNOC, there aretimes when a purchasing party desires a greaterpurchase volume, and times when it desires asmaller purchase volume. Japanese companies,
however, never change their contract quantitywith ADNOC no matter what the circumstances.
They think about the future, and place priority
on maintaining good business with ADNOC.
We also look at our business with Japanesecompanies from a long-term perspective andvalue our relationship with Japan, because weunderstand and accept the way the Japanese think.
Additionally, in rigid conformity to term-based
crude oil contracts, which are renewed yearly,
Japanese companies have unfailingly renewed
their contracts every year up to the present. For
this reason, we call our contracts with Japanesecompanies “ever-green” contracts. By the same
token, our relationship with Japan is an “evergreen” relationship.
Q4: What future expectations do you have of
JCCP?
A:
JCCP and the ADNOC Group have a long
history of mutual interaction, and JCCP’scontributions are well known at ADNOC. Ever
since JCCP commenced its training courses 30
years ago, we have been sending our employees
to attend the courses in Japan, and still continue
to do so. I think this steady interaction speaks foritself on what ADNOC thinks about JCCP.

Mr. Ali Obaid Al-Yabhouni, General Manager,
NGSCO/ADNATCO

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Mr. Mohamed Abdulla Al Azdi
CEO, Abu Dhabi National Chemical
Company (ChemWEyaat)
Past participant of a regular course on Marketing &Physical Distribution (TR-2-83) in FY1983
Date of interview: November 14, 2011

Q1: What were your impressions from participating
in a JCCP course?
A:
In the course I participated in, visits to Japanesereﬁneries, an oil tank facility and an aviationfuel supply facility were especially helpful, as
it allowed me to conﬁrm with my own eyes thereality of how Japanese companies manage theirproduction and distribution sites. The culturalﬁeld trips and Japanese language session werealso helpful.
Japan is an important business partner to the
ADNOC Group, so it is important to ADNOC
to understand the Japanese language, as well as
to understand the culture and history behind theJapanese people’s way of thinking. In order todeepen mutual understanding, I think it is essential
to create opportunities for interaction.
Q2: How does ADNOC evaluate JCCP training
courses?
A:
ADNOC is highly appreciative of JCCP’scontribution. Everyone recognizes that signiﬁcantdevelopments are made at ADNOC after
employees participate in a JCCP training courseand bring back what they learn. I think this is
the primary reason why ADNOC has and still
continues to send employees to JCCP courses.

At ChemWEyaat:
Mr. Mohamed Abdulla Al Azdi, CEO (center), andMr. Khalfan Saeed Al Qamzi, Vice President (third from right)

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Q3: What future expectations do you have?
A:
I wish to see JCCP provide more courses that
more widely cover the oil industry and include
petrochemical issues. Until recently, oil reﬁning
and petrochemical processing were regarded
as separate industries. Today, however, the two
ﬁelds combined are considered to comprise theoil industry.
ADNOC’s future challenges lie in the productionof high value-added products such as petrochemical
products and lubricating oil, and the developmentof the power generation business. Advancement
into these new ﬁelds is necessary to increase theadded value of the oil industry, and I therefore
expect JCCP to also keep up with this trend.

Mr. Mubarak S. Al-Ketbi
Manager, Crude and Condensate Division,
Marketing and Reﬁning Directorate, Abu
Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)
Special lecturer at the 28th JCCP International
Symposium held in FY2009
Date of interview: November 15, 2011

Q1: How does ADNOC view its business withJapan?
A:
ADNOC and Japan have a long history that
goes back to the 1960s, before Abu Dhabi gained
independence. I think the fact that the ﬁrst exportof crude oil from Abu Dhabi was to Japan, is
symbolic of our relationship.
Q2: What do JCCP training courses mean to
ADNOC?
A:
Personal relationships are important inbusiness. Business opportunities expand byholding face-to-face meetings and deepening
mutual understanding. At ADNOC, there aremany people who have gained a good grasp ofJapan and the Japanese people by attending a
JCCP course. I think the growing number ofsuch people has signiﬁcantly facilitated businessbetween ADNOC and Japan.
Q3: What opinions do previous participants of
JCCP courses have of the courses?
A:
Participants of JCCP courses learn many things
not only through lectures, but also by visiting

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At ADNOC:
Mr. Mubarak S. Al-Ketbi, Manager (third from right),
Mr. Al Rafaei (right) and Mr. Al Mulla (second from left)

Japanese companies for offsite training and byexchanging information with each other during
travel and free times. I think this is an important
aspect of JCCP courses. Generally speaking,training frequently refers to classroom lectures,
but JCCP’s programs feature diverse modes oflearning, which most participants agree makes
the courses more interesting.
Q4: What future requests do you have for JCCP?
A:
Mutual cooperation is essential for greater
prosperity of both ADNOC and Japan. We bothneed each other. Therefore, I hope to continue
sending our employees to JCCP courses toincrease the numbers of employees who haveproper understanding of Japan.

Mr. Ja’afar Salem Al Jabberi
Human Resources and Administration
Manager, Abu Dhabi Oil Reﬁning
Company (TAKREER)
Past participant of a regular course on Human
Resource Management (TR-12-90) in FY1990

At TAKREER:
Mr. Ja’afar Salem Al Jabberi, Human Resources andAdministration Manager (fourth from right),
Mr. Al Gattan (fourth from left), Mr. Helazallah (left),and Mr. Al Mutawa (second from left)

known that there are many JCCP graduates among
executives of the ADNOC Group.
Q2: How has your participation in a JCCP course
helped you establish your career?
A:
Developing a career is similar to stacking blocks
one by one to build a house. By participating in
a JCCP course, I acquired an opportunity to
study the Japanese human resource management
system. What impressed me most was theunderlying principle of lifetime employment.
To enjoy the beneﬁts of lifetime employment,
the Japanese people dedicate themselves to theircompany and work hard until retirement. I thinkherein lies the key to the growth of Japanesecompanies. In hindsight, I think my experience inattending a JCCP course was one of the building
blocks of my career.

Mr. Emad Abdulkarim
Manager, Naphtha/Mogas/LPG Sales,International Marketing, Kuwait
Petroleum Corporation (KPC)

Date of interview: November 15, 2011

Past participant of a regular course on Reﬁnery
Management (TR-8-02) in FY2002

Q1: What thoughts do you have of JCCP training
programs?
A:
I myself am a participant of a JCCP course,
but so is my predecessor, Mr. Ismail Al Mulla,
who has recently been promoted to AssistantGeneral Manager of TAKREER. Mr. Ali Obaid
Al-Yabhouni, General Manager of ADNATCO,
whom JCCP members interviewed yesterday, andhis predecessor, are also graduates. It is widely

Date of interview: December 11, 2011

Q1: How did you come to participate in a JCCP
regular course?
A:
Back at the time, I was in charge of oil
export operations. After participating in a JCCP
regular course, I experienced various different
departments, and am now manager for overseas
sales of naphtha, gasoline and LPG in the

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International Marketing Department. I also had
many opportunities to do business with Japanesecompanies.
Q2: What were your impressions of the JCCP
course?
A:
The 18-day regular course I participated inincluded not only classroom lectures, but also
company visits and ﬁeld trips, which took us tovarious regional cities and exposed us to Japaneseculture and traditions and the Japanese people’scommitment and sense of responsibility toward
quality. Through this experience, I gained a deeper
understanding of Japan. It was enlightening tolearn how each and every individual works witha strong sense of responsibility for his/her duties
and how they interact with others with respect.
The Internet was not as developed then as it istoday, so information about Japan was limited, andwe could only learn about the country through TV
and movies. Participating in the course allowed
me to personally meet people in Japan and get
to know the real Japan, and thereby deepen myunderstanding about the country.
Q3: How has the course beneﬁted you in your work?
A:
In my many occasions of doing business withJapanese people, my knowledge of the businesspractices of Japanese companies has allowed me to
avoid misunderstandings and to act appropriately.
Therefore, I believe that my exposure to Japanesesociety while attending a JCCP regular course
has been especially useful in facilitating smoothbusiness transactions with the Japanese. My work
is to conduct trade, so I must engage in difﬁcult
negotiations with my customers. Sometimes
Kuwait has the upper hand, and at other times,

Japan has the upper hand. Yet, in any situation, I
feel that the key to continue doing business overthe long term is to settle negotiations on grounds
that leave some room for compromise, without
driving the other party into a corner. I was able totake in this style of interaction precisely because
I had the opportunity to personally get to know
the Japanese people.
Another memorable aspect of my participation
in a regular course is that I was able to meet
people from different countries who engage inthe same job as me, which was a rare opportunity.
Engaging in conservation with these people cameas a fresh reminder that there are diverse views in
the world, even among our group of oil producing
countries. Furthermore, case-study presentations
made by each participant on an issue they faceand how they have resolved it opened our eyes
to new issues that could eventually occur in
our own countries. I learned that problems areopportunities for challenge, opportunities that
open new possibilities, and opportunities that
present the potential to produce beneﬁt. This
thinking served me well when I assumed mycurrent position. By participating in a JCCP
regular course, my portfolio of friends expanded
to include friends at Saudi Aramco, ADNOC and
QP. For this, I am truly grateful to JCCP.
Q4: What expectations do you have of JCCP?
A:
Japan relies on Kuwait for oil supply, andKuwait values Japan as an important customer.
Kuwait and Japan thus have a relationship in
which they mutually need each other. In order forboth countries to grow, each needs to be strong.
At the same time, we must also strengthen therelationship of our two countries. Through JCCP
training courses, we have come to understandthe values of the Japanese people. In the sameway, I hope the Japanese people will also cometo understand the values of the Kuwaiti people.

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Mr. Alaa Al Naqi
Team Leader, Planning and Economic
Study, International Marketing, Kuwait
Petroleum Corporation (KPC)
Past participant of a regular course on Automotive
Fuel Production Technology (TR-2-02) in FY2002

Mr. Fahad Al-Shatti
Chief Representative, Kuwait Investment
Ltd. (KIL)
Past participant of a regular course on Marketing &Physical Distribution (TR-14-07) in FY2007
Date of interview: October 21, 2011

Date of interview: December 11, 2011

Q1: What were your impressions from participating
in a JCCP training course?
A:
I learned many things by participating in a
JCCP regular course, not only through lectures,
but also from what I observed and heard inJapanese society. I have attended more than 30
training programs to date, but the JCCP course
was probably the most memorable of all. I havedeep respect for my lecturers even today.
My greatest memory of the regular course I
attended is having met many people who engage
in the same job as me. In fact, I still keep in touchwith the other participants of the course. They aregood friends even after 10 years, and we always
see each other whenever I visit their countries.
Q2: How has the course beneﬁted you in your work?
A:
The International Marketing Department at
KPC undertakes the transactions of crude oiland oil products with Japanese oil companies
and trading ﬁrms. Japan is thus an importantcustomer, so I think it is important that employees
in the department have proper understanding of
the culture and business practices of Japanesecompanies. It is highly commendable that JCCP
has continued to provide opportunities for KPC
staff to deepen their understanding of Japanthrough its training courses.

Q1: What is your present job?
A:
I am currently on temporary loan to KIL’s Beijing
Office from Kuwait Petroleum Corporation(KPC). KIL is a Chinese afﬁliate of the Kuwait
Investment Authority, and I am in charge ofdeveloping investment opportunities in China.
Q2: How did you come to participate in a JCCP
training course?
A:
I attended a regular course on marketing
management in 2007. At the time, I was in chargeof crude oil marketing at KPC, and had just been
assigned to the KPC Beijing Office. Prior tothat, however, I had many opportunities to dobusiness with Japanese companies as a marketing
manager at the KPC Head Ofﬁce in Kuwait, andhad been impressed by the diligence and sincerityof the Japanese people. Even when a problem
arose and I would consult them about possible
countermeasures, they would tell me frankly
what can and cannot be done. From that time on,
I became interested in Japan’s unique corporate
culture and work practices.
Q3: What have you learned in the regular course?
A:
After attending the 18-day course, I realizedthat the traits that I had seen in the Japanesepeople I did business with are not characteristicof certain groups of businessmen only, but arenormal standards of Japanese society in general.
Everywhere I went, the Japanese people werekind, and talked openly about whatever I wanted
to know. Before going to Japan, I had heard that
communicating with the Japanese people is a
difﬁcult task, but I found out that the difﬁcultylies only in the language problem, and that it is
not at all difﬁcult to reach out to them.
Another large benefit was having gained
confidence about Japan’s economy. Before
going to Japan, the Japanese economy had been
suffering a slowdown, and I had thought future

Mr. Alaa Al Naqi, Team Leader at KPC

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Mr. Majid Al Sharji
Capability Coach, Oman Reﬁneries andPetroleum Industries Company (Orpic)
Past participant of a regular course on Human
Resource Management (TR-55-01) in FY2001 and a
regular course on Reﬁnery Management (TR-9-04)
in FY2004
Date of interview: December 10, 2011

Mr. Fahad Al-Shatti, Chief Representative, KIL (center)growth was not to be expected. However, oncein Japan, I saw that Japan’s economic power isstrong, and that the country is a promising andstable export destination for our crude oil.
Q4: How has the course beneﬁted you in your work?
A:
The Japanese people place importance on time.
JCCP courses were planned down to the minute,and were precisely implemented as planned. This
experience made me aware of the value of time,
which is an important and necessary aspect of allinternational businessmen.
Q5: What other impressions do you have?
A:
I still keep in touch with the other participantsof the course. We were all from an oil producing
country, so in this sense, we were competitors,
but participating in the course gave us a useful
insight into what each country thinks of Japan. I
realized then that it is much more meaningful tosee other people not as competitors, but as friends
and partners.

Q1: How did you come to participate in a JCCP
regular course?
A:
I attended a regular course on Human Resource
Management in ﬁscal 2001. The other participants
were from a variety of countries but were engaged
in the same job as me, so it was stimulating to
be able to mutually share our experiences. The
second time I participated in a regular course
was in fiscal 2004, in a course on refinery
management. As with the ﬁrst course I attended,
the course brought together participants fromvarious countries around the world, including
Qatar, UAE, Venezuela and Vietnam, in fruitful
discussions and mutual learning.
Q2: What kind of work do you currently do with
JCCP?
A:
I currently act as the counterpart coordinatorof a JCCP technical cooperation project, and am
working to improve reﬁnery efﬁciency throughtechnical exchanges with Japanese oil companies.
At Orpic, we had been struggling with theoperations of our sour gas treatment unit, but wewere able to ﬁnd a solution immediately after

Q6: How would you evaluate JCCP training
courses?
A:
JCCP courses are composed not only ofclassroom lectures, but also various events,
such as traveling and dining together with otherparticipants, all of which present new discoveries.
I am still grateful to all our lecturers.

Mr. Majid Al Sharji, Capability Coach, Orpic(second from right)

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being shown the same unit in a Japanese reﬁnery.
Thanks to Japan, we encountered no problems
thereafter.
Q3: What expectations do you have of JCCP?
A:
English communication is very important.
Those of us in the Middle East region generally
ﬁnd it difﬁcult to understand Japanese people’sEnglish, and would like to see a bit more
proficiency. However, despite this point, the
JCCP lecturers were so gentlemanly in the way
they interacted with all of us participants, that weplaced absolute trust in them.

Mr. Khalfan Al Saadi
Team Leader, Rotational Equipment,
Oman Reﬁneries and Petroleum Industries
Company (Orpic)
Past participant of a regular course on ProjectManagement (TR-11-07) in FY2007
Date of interview: December 10, 2011

Q1: What were your thoughts after participating
in a JCCP regular course?
A:
I attended a course on project managementin ﬁscal 2007. Through the course, I was able
to gain a direct feel for the history and cultureof Japan and the way Japanese companies dobusiness, and was able to understand how Japancame to be a global leader in manufacturing. It
was also interesting to exchange information
with other participants who engage in similarjobs in different countries, and to learn how
work is pursued in other countries. Moreover, as

the program offered a combination of classroom
lectures, visits to reﬁneries, and ﬁeld trips, wewere able to keep focused, and never got tired ofour day-to-day activities over the entire 18 daysof the course.
Q2: How has the course beneﬁted you in your work?
A:
The course covered practical aspects ofmaintenance management, such as the comparisonand selection of contractors, examination ofalternative plans, and risk analysis. Back at thetime, I had just begun to work at a reﬁnery, but
as I came to be tasked with more duties and myresponsibilities increased, I realized that what I
learned at JCCP applies to my real-life work, andwas glad I had the opportunity to study at JCCP.
The case-study presentations were also an
ideal avenue for mutually sharing experiences.
Listening to each trouble case was highlymeaningful, particularly as they were troubles that
could occur at any of our reﬁneries. It also helped
that our lecturer had looked into the design of our
reﬁneries and each trouble case in advance andprovided his input. In fact, I was surprised withthe thoroughness of his preparation.
Q3: What impressions do you have of the Japanesepeople?
A:
I have learned that the Japanese have an
extremely strong sense of responsibility toward
work. When we visited a certain manufacturing
plant, I witnessed plant workers spending
meticulous time preparing for their job ahead
and applying themselves to their work only after
making certain everything is in perfect order.
I glimpsed the reason why Japanese products
are highly respected for their quality. The JCCP
experience was filled with diverse learning
opportunities, and has given me a good direction
in life.
Details of the interviews and their analysis will
be compiled in a report on downstream trends in oil
producing countries and utilized for further enhancementof JCCP activities in the future.

Mr. Khalfan Al Saadi, Team Leader at Orpic

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Participation in
Middle East Petrotech 2012 in Bahrain
The 8th Middle East Refining and Petrochemicals
Conference & Exhibition 2012 was held over a fourday period from May 20 to 23, 2012 in an international
exhibition center in Bahrain.

1. Overview
Petrotech is a large-scale international convention
that is held every two years in Bahrain to promote thedevelopment and exchange of technologies in the oilrefining and petrochemical industries. The organizing
committee and sponsors of the event include state-run oil
companies and petrochemical companies in the Middle
East region (Saudi Aramco, BAPCO, ADNOC, QP,
KPC, etc.) and Western oil and petrochemical companies(ExxonMobil, Dow Chemical, Foster Wheeler, etc.).
Under this year’s theme of “Creating Value: Technology,
Investment & People,” the conference part of the event
featured four keynote presentations, eleven guest-ofhonor speeches and a large number of presentations,and the exhibition part featured showcases by morethan 80 companies in the oil industry. JCCP participatedin the Petrotech exhibition for the fifth time this year,
and sent Tetsuji Kubota, Senior Counselor, Training
Dept.; Hisayoshi Tanda, General Manager, Planning& Coordination, Administration Dept.; and Masumi
Kitahara, Manager, Public Relations, to staff the JCCP
booth.

Opening ceremony for the Petrotech exhibition

2. Background and Objectives
JCCP participated in the past four Petrotech
exhibitions to introduce JCCP activities to visitors fromthe oil industry in Middle East oil-producing countries.
This time, in addition to introducing JCCP activities,
the JCCP booth aimed to also introduce JCCP’s 30year history of technical cooperation in oil-producing
countries, and to take advantage of the occasion toonce again meet and exchange information with
JCCP graduates and key figures in JCCP counterpart
organizations.

JCCP’s booth

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Ms. Huda Al-Ghoson, Executive Director,
Employee Relations & Training, Saudi Aramco (center)

3. Exhibition

JCCP graduates (Saudi Aramco)

Development, KPC, who were present at Petrotech as
guest speakers.

The design concept of the JCCP booth, with some
added improvements, was based on the idea used in the20th World Petroleum Congress held last December,which met with great success.
Although JCCP graduates who were informed of
JCCP’s participation in the event took the time to visit
the JCCP booth last year, we had only limited meeting
space to enjoy conversation. With this in mind, this timearound we prepared a space for meetings inside the booth.
This being JCCP’s fifth participation, many JCCP
graduates who knew that JCCP participates in the event
every year paid a visit to the JCCP booth from Bahrain,
Saudi Arabia, and other neighboring countries. Although
an email notice was sent to all graduates in advance,
many knew of JCCP’s participation even without thenotice, which was a clear indication that JCCP has
become a fixture of sorts at the Petrotech event.
The visitors included people related to JCCP activities
in diverse ways: JCCP counterpart coordinators, past
participants, people scheduled to participate in a JCCP
course the following week, university professors who
attended a workshop sponsored by the TechnicalCooperation Department, etc.
The event also provided an opportunity to get intouch once again with Mr. Bakheet Al Rashidi, Deputy
Managing Director, KNPC, who was a guest speaker ina past JCCP international symposium and was acting
as an executive member of the Petrotech organizationcommittee; and with Ms. Huda Al-Ghoson, Executive
Director, Employee Relations & Training, Saudi
Aramco, and Ms. Salma Al Hajjaj, Director, Leadership

4. Keynote Presentations
The conference featured four keynote presentations
under the theme, “Creating Value: Technology,
Investment and People,” and was chaired by Mr.
Abdulaziz M. Al-Judaimi, Vice President, Chemicals,
Saudi Aramco.
(1) H.E. Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Ministerof Energy, shared his view that the Middle East
countries are globally important oil-producing
countries, and in addition to their role as oil
producers, they are also becoming oil consumers at
a rapid pace. For this reason, oil-producing countries
must also break away from their dependence on oil
and introduce non-petroleum energies.
(2) Mr. Mohamed H. Al-Mady, CEO, SABIC, spoke ona variety of issues. He said that the development of
talented personnel is a priority issue, which should
be addressed by creating a program that could
systematically train the necessary human resources.
In regard to business, he said it is necessary to takethe standpoint of “asking customers to buy,” and notof “supplying products to the market.” In regard totechnology, Mr. Al-Mady noted that shale gas being
developed in the United States has dropped in costto the level of natural gas in Saudi Arabia, and isposing a large threat to petrochemical companies in
oil-producing countries. As a countermeasure, he

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Ms. Salma Al Hajjaj, Director, Leadership Development, KPC

Mr. Al-Shirawi, General Manager (right),
Mr. Larry Jaeger, Advisor (left),
Oil and Gas Affairs, National Oil and Gas Authority, Bahrainsaid Middle East countries must hereafter consider
utilizing not only ethane but also a variety of otherfeedstock to develop the petrochemical industry.

must tackle the problems instead of solving today’s
problem with yesterday’s technology.”(3) Mr. Farouk AL-Zanki, CEO, KPC, spoke about
Kuwait Refinery Vision 2030 and defined a numberof major issues, including the integrated operationof three refineries, improvement of domestic
consumption of heavy crude oil, and human resource
development. He said that in the future, easy oil willneed to be appropriated to exports, and heavy oil thatis not suited for export will need to be domesticallyprocessed into oil products. He therefore emphasized
the need to develop human resources with thenecessary capacity to treat heavy oil.
(4) Dr. Graeme Codrington, Futurist, Author, Keynote
Presenter and Expert on the New World of Work,
TomorrowToday, gave a presentation. He issued
a warning, saying that “to stay competitive, we

JCCP graduate (BAPCO)

The presentations were peppered with phrases suchas “cultural innovation,” “integrated wisdom,” and“developing creative culture” and shed light on therealization that even state-run companies must work
hard to seek such values, and thus the development of
human resources is a critical issue in conjunction withthe advancement of technologies.

5. Summary
JCCP has participated in the Petrotech exhibition
five times over the past 10 years, and has successfully
introduced JCCP activities to a wide audience throughrepeated participation with a small booth measuring amere 18m2 in area. The event also provided an ideal
opportunity to reunite with past JCCP participants,
deepen mutual friendships, and update the roster of
JCCP graduates, who are JCCP’s most precious asset.
As the theme indicated, the development of bothtechnologies and human resources has come to berecognized as a major issue also in oil-producing
countries. Meanwhile, JCCP has worked diligently topromote stable supplies of oil and cooperation with oilproducing countries through technical cooperation andpersonnel development activities for more than 30 years
since its establishment. That JCCP’s efforts have cometo match the needs of oil-producing countries today was
clearly felt through JCCP’s participation in this year’s
Petrotech event.
<by Masumi Kitahara, Planning & Public Relations,
Administration Dept.>

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Tidings from
Middle East

Assigned to Saudi Arabia
for the Second Time
Junichi Kasuya, General Manager, Riyadh Ofﬁce

As of February 1, 2012, I was temporarily transferredfrom my parent company Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. to
JCCP, and have been residing in Riyadh, the capital of
Saudi Arabia, from March. I am the fourth representativeof the JCCP Riyadh Office since it was establishedin 2003, but this is actually my second assignment in
Saudi Arabia. The first time, I was stationed in Jeddah
as a representative of the Idemitsu Jeddah Office fromimmediately after the Gulf War in 1991 to June 1993.
There are presently a little over 700 Japanese people
living in Saudi Arabia, of which around 230 live in
Riyadh, and there are 20 Japanese companies andorganizations including the Embassy of Japan.
Saudi Arabia is roughly 5.7 times larger than Japan,
and the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. It is
well known as a dominant power in terms of the Islam
religion and the world’s largest producer of crude oil.
The country’s population, which was around 16 million
during my stay in Jeddah, has grown to approximately
26 million today, achieving a more than 60% growth injust 20 years. The population in the capital city of Riyadh
has also grown considerably from around 1.8 million 20
years ago to more than 5 million, and now surpasses eventhe total population of UAE, a country made famous by
the riches of Dubai. The cityscape of Riyadh is marked
today by luxury brand shops and fast-food chains thatare also popular and well known in Japan.
With the dissemination of cell phones, satellite
broadcasts and Internet access, which did not exist 20
years ago, and a host of new technologies that are too
numerous to name, Saudi Arabia has become a materiallyaffluent and advanced country. It has also become more
open and free, allowing Saudi Arabian women to appear
on mass media and issuing business visas to women,
freedoms that were unheard of in the past. There are still
many inconveniences compared to Japan and the West,but the country is steadily advancing.

At the same time, however, the above-mentioned
population increase has brought various issues thatwere never envisioned 20 years ago. Among them,
unemployment and the sharp increase in energy demand
are particularly serious issues. The latest unemployment
rate was reported at around 11% as a whole, with up to
30% of youths and more than 50% of women said to be
unemployed. Given this situation, there is urgent needto create new workplaces and build vocational facilities
where people can acquire the necessary knowledge andskills. Demands for water, electricity and fuel havealso surged to the point of affecting the supply of fuel,feedstock natural gas and crude oil to power plants,
desalination facilities, the petrochemical industry, andother industries.
Over the past few years, the government has
employed various initiatives for addressing these issues,
such as by establishing unemployment countermeasuresand promoting energy conservation and efficient energyuse.
The changes taking place in Saudi Arabia are changes
that are also taking place in other Middle East oilproducing countries as well.
Meanwhile, Japan’s dependency on the Middle Eastfor oil imports is around 90% at present, and has notchanged much since 20 years ago. This means the Middle
East oil-producing countries are as important to Japan’s
energy security today as they were back then. Basedon this understanding, JCCP’s mission to strengthen
relationships with oil-producing countries stands firm,and JCCP’s role remains as important as ever.
The Riyadh Office oversees JCCP activities not
only in Saudi Arabia but also in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait
and Egypt. Along with the JCCP Middle East Officein Abu Dhabi, it stands at the forefront of facilitating
communications with these oil-producing countries.
Close to 10 months have already passed since I took

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up my present post at the Riyadh Office. I will makecontinued efforts to maintain and strengthen JCCP’srelationships with oil-producing countries by expanding
personal connections with relevant parties and searchingfor seeds of new projects.
Changing the subject, I live alone in Riyadh. Without
my family here, without any movie theaters though
I love to watch movies, and with a limited selectionof entertainment, playing golf on the weekends has
become one of my favorite pastimes. In Riyadh, there
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stunning. As I am the only Japanese person on staff at
the Riyadh Office and usually have few opportunities
to speak Japanese, playing a round of golf with otherJapanese members is a refreshing respite. Having said
this, however, playing golf frequently becomes morea source of frustration than relaxation, since I am notnecessarily good at the sport.
If anyone reading this has an opportunity to come to
Saudi Arabia on business, please feel free to drop me aline. I will look forward to your visit.

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