KJO Participates in RECSO Conference and Exhibition in Abu Dhabi

On Wednesday, October 16th, 2019, and under the patronage of UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Dr. Thani Al-Zeyoudi, the Undersecretary of the Ministry, Salah Al-Rayssi opened the conference and exhibition of the Regional Clean Sea Organization (RECSO) in Abu Dhabi, Jumeirah Etihad Towers Hotel, in presence of the Chairman of RECSO, Mr. Abdullah Al-Marzouqi. The slogan of the event is “Towards sustainable clean seas”, and it continued for two days. Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) has a distinguished participation in this conference. The opening ceremony was attended by EDI Abdullah M. Al-Qahtani, MTM Eng. Mohsen Al-Zobi, MEL Eng. Abdul Salam Al-Kandari, together with a number of KJO concerned staff. The conference included many keynote speeches; particularly, from Undersecretary of UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, Salah Al-Rayssi, RECSO Chairman Abdullah Al-Marzouqi, CEO of Supreme Council for Environment in Bahrain Dr. Mubarak Dinah, Vice President of Industrial Services in Saudi Aramco Abdul Hakim Al-Gouhi, President of Saudi Arabian Chevron Eng. Mohammad Al-Marri, ROPME Chairman Dr. Jassim Beshara from Kuwait, Deputy Director General of Technical Affairs in Kuwait Environment Public Authority Dr. Abdullah Al-Zidan, and CEO of ADNOC Logistics and Services, Captain Abdul Kareem Al-Masabi. After presenting awards and trophies, Al-Rayssi took a tour in the exhibition and visited KJO Corner, where he was received by EDI Abdullah M. Al-Qahtani, who presented Al-Rayssi with a trophy. It is worth mentioning that RECSO is an oil industry co-operative organization functioning on the concept of «Mutual Aid». It is a Non-Profit Environmental Organization with genuine objective to accomplish a “Cleaner and Safer Environment”. RECSO was officially set up in 1972 by 13 founder members. The oil companies in the region at that time recognized a need for collective response to major oil pollution incidents and thus came together to achieve a common objective - protecting the Gulf’s resources from oil pollution.

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