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TAQA, the global energy company based in Abu Dhabi, has appointed Saeed Saad Al-Menhali as Director - New Ventures for the company’s oil & gas business stream.
A UAE national with over 15 years’ experience in the industry, Mr Al-Menhali will be responsible for pursuing new oil & gas ventures and partnerships with a focus on developing TAQA’s operating position in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Mr Al-Menhali joins TAQA from Mubadala Development Company where he managed the exploration & technical development team for the company’s oil & gas unit.
David Cook, Executive Officer and Head of Oil & Gas at TAQA, said: “Saeed’s extensive experience in the oil & gas industry, and his knowledge of the region, will prove to be invaluable to TAQA. I am delighted to welcome Saeed to the team and look forward to working closely with him in his new role.”
Mr Al Menhali holds a Bachelor’s degree in Geoscience from Tulsa University, United States and an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy for Carbonate Geophysics from the Carbonate Research Collaborative of ExxonMobil’s Upstream Research Institute in the United States.
Mr Cook added: “As an Abu Dhabi Government related entity, we fully recognize our responsibility to recruit, develop and retain Emiratis at all levels in our company.”
TAQA’s Emiratisation programme consists of an aggressive and multi-disciplined strategy to recruit and develop UAE nationals from graduate trainees to skilled professionals. The company offers UAE nationals a unique opportunity to gain world-class global operating experience across TAQA’s expanding international portfolio including Canada, UK, Ghana, Morocco, India, the Netherlands, USA, Iraq and the UAE.
TAQA’s oil & gas business stream includes exploration, development, production, and midstream activities in Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, the United States and Iraq. TAQA has a focused portfolio with 599.6 mmboe of proven and possible reserves as at 31 December 2012 and an average daily production of 135.4 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2012.
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