Saudi Aramco has made four new appointments. Mohammed A. Al-Omair has been appointed vice president of Refining and NGL Fractionation; Mohammed Y. Al-Qahtani is the new vice president of Engineering and Development; Samir A. Al-Tubayyeb was appointed vice president of Employee Relations & Training; and Nabeel A. Al-Mansour will take on the position of associate general consul. Al-Omair began his 31 year career with the company in 1980 as a co-op student while completing bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). He started off in 1981 as an engineer in the Local Community Development Department followed by three years as a project engineer in Offshore Projects. He moved on to become an operation foreman for Ju’aymah Oil Loading Platform and, in 1985, began several supervisory assignments in the Terminal Department until 1988. His assignments included Maintenance, Engineering and Operations, Maintenance shops, training, and engineering units.
In 1988, Al-Omair went for an out-of-Kingdom technical developmental assignment with Mobil Oil Co. for one year upon his return was part of the first team to work for the then-newly established crude Oil Sales Department. He became operation superintendent of Refined Product and Ju’aymah Operation divisions of the Terminal Department from 1990-1993. In 2001, Al-Omair joined the Domestic Joint Venture Holding in 2001 and was appointed president and managing director of the Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Co. that year. He became general manager of Ras Tanura Refinery in 2008 and was appointed executive director of Refining and NGL Fractionation Admin Area in 2009 before his present position as vice president of Refining and NGL Fractionation.
