Jan 14 (LNG) - Qatar Petroleum hosted a farewell in honour of Issa Shahin Al-Ghanim who joined Qatar Petroleum's Corporate Planning Department in 1990 before the first LNG Train came on stream at Ras Laffan seven years later in 1997.
Al-Ghanim became the director of the department in 1993, after which he was appointed as director of Strategic Planning and Policy in 2009. He also represented the State of Qatar in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) from 2000 until 2018.
Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Minister of State for Energy Affairs and the President and CEO of Qatar Petroleum, attended the farewell along with senior executives. Al-Kaabi voiced appreciation of Al-Ghanim's “valuable contributions during three decades of service at Qatar Petroleum”.
