Sponsors
“ExxonMobil is honoured to support WISE because we strongly believe that education and training are keys to building a prosperous future. Improving education is one of the world’s best investments. Give people the right education and training, and you not only develop individuals, but you stimulate more prosperous communities and foster the intellectual capacity needed to address society’s future challenges.”
Exxon Mobil Corporation is the world's largest publicly traded integrated petroleum and natural gas company. We operate facilities and market products around the world, and explore for oil and natural gas on six continents. Meeting the world's growing energy needs requires an integrated set of solutions, and ExxonMobil is committed to accelerating gains in energy efficiency in our own operations, expanding all commercially viable energy sources, and developing technology to help mitigate the growth of emissions associated with energy use.
The Corporation has enjoyed a strategic partnership with the State of Qatar dating back to 1935. ExxonMobil Qatar Inc. (EMQI) is a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation and is the interface point within Qatar for all ExxonMobil affiliated activities.
ExxonMobil affiliates participate in numerous gas related projects in Qatar, including Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (RL I, RL II, RL 3), Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited (QG I and QG II). Additionally, ExxonMobil affiliates participate in Al Khaleej Gas (AKG), which is currently producing, and Barzan, which is under development. ExxonMobil affiliates’ participation in Qatar's LNG ventures ranges from 10% to 30% and is the only foreign shareholder in AKG and Barzan. ExxonMobil is also a participant in the Laffan Refinery through its affiliate, ExxonMobil Qatar Refinery Limited.
Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil Chemical Qatar Limited have signed a Heads of Agreement to progress studies for a world-scale petrochemical complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City. In addition, ExxonMobil Research Qatar Limited is an anchor tenant at the Qatar Science & Technology Park, conducting research in areas of common interest to the State of Qatar and ExxonMobil.
ExxonMobil embraces the Four Pillars of Qatar’s National Vision 2030 of Human, Social, Economic and Environmental Development and strives to support the Pillars in our various partnerships within the State of Qatar.
EMQI recruits graduates from Qatar University and other local universities and colleges. Simultaneously, an ExxonMobil team identifies and hires potential Qatari national employees from universities around the world. Recruited employees are provided on-the-job training and formal training both at the local and international levels.
ExxonMobil affiliates also provide a wealth of resources to support projects in Qatar, including technology, operational best practices, financial strength and human resources. Besides maintaining the highest safety, health, environmental and ethical standards, ExxonMobil affiliate operations in Qatar support local communities and participate in a multitude of educational, social, cultural, sporting and economic activities.
ExxonMobil’s partnerships with Qatar Petroleum will continue to play a key role in Qatar's rapid transformation into the world's largest supplier of reliable LNG.
“We at Qatar Petroleum are very proud to be sponsoring the World Innovation Summit for Education, a groundbreaking initiative and exciting meeting of minds that will pave the way for a radical transformation in how new, collaborative approaches to the challenges of global education are formulated, and acted upon.”
State-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) is responsible for all phases of the Qatari oil and gas industries both within the country and overseas. It was established as Qatar General Petroleum Company (QGPC) in July 1974 and renamed in January 2001. QP’s Chairman, Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, is also the head of the Ministry of Energy and Industry and, since 2007, the Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar. It is presently the third largest oil company in the world by oil and gas reserves.
QP’s varied administrative and production activities are carried out onshore in Doha, Dukhan, Mesaieed and Ras Laffan Industrial Cities. Its offshore areas include a number of drilling platforms and production stations, the North Gas Field and the major storage facility on Halul Island. QP’s interests cover exploration and drilling, production, refining, transportation and storage, and extend to derivatives and by-products of the oil and gas industries.
The corporation’s strategy for hydrocarbon exploration and new development is through Exploration and Production Sharing Agreements (EPSAs) and Development and Production Sharing Agreements (DPSAs). These have enhanced oil and gas reserves through new discoveries and the development of existing fields. QP is responsible for setting production levels in the various fields and ensuring that Qatar’s exports remain within its OPEC quota.
QP produces crude oil, associated gas and condensates from two offshore fields in Qatari waters, Maydan Mahzam and Bul Hanine, with two oil and gas production stations. Qatar has huge reserves of natural gas in its North Field (discovered in 1971), the largest non-associated natural gas field in the world, with reserves estimated at around 900 trillion standard cubic feet. QP is active in the North Field, operating the North Field Alpha project and with a DPSA with ExxonMobil for Al Khaleej Gas Project (AKG). In recent years, QP has been involved in many new projects, including: the Dolphin Project to connect the natural gas networks of Oman, the UAE and Qatar with the first cross-border natural gas pipeline in the Persian Gulf region; the construction of the Isola de Porto Levante LNG terminal off the coast of Italy; Qatargas 4, a large-scale LNG project in Ras Laffan; and the development of oil refineries in Panama and Tunisia.
QP's target production for 2012 is about 8.7 Tcf, nearly six times greater than 2005. The expected increase will fuel growing requirements of domestic industry, LNG export, exports through the Dolphin pipeline, and several gas-to-liquids projects.
“Microsoft is proud to be a partner of the World Innovation Summit for Education because it addresses two subjects that are very dear to us: Innovation and Education. We believe that Education is the cornerstone of economic opportunity, so any efforts to help young people realise their full potential must begin there. Microsoft is committed to helping improve the quality of teaching and learning, and helping people of all ages learn valuable new skills.”
Microsoft is proud to be a partner of the World Innovation Summit for Education because it addresses two subjects that are very dear to us: Innovation and Education.
We believe that Education is the cornerstone of economic opportunity, so any efforts to help young people realize their full potential must begin there. Microsoft is committed to helping improve the quality of teaching and learning, and helping people of all ages learn valuable new skills. We continue building on these efforts with a broad range of education solutions, targeted where the need is greatest, and focused on equipping schools, teachers and students with a comprehensive set of innovative educational tools.
Once a community has a strong education system, it is better able to develop its workforce and lay the groundwork for further economic growth. Opening the world of computing to other languages and cultures - and helping enable creative technology solutions that meet unique local and business needs - can translate directly into new opportunities for under-served communities around the world. Microsoft aims to foster local innovation both through knowledge transfer - empowering individuals and businesses with technology skills and supporting a healthy local software ecosystem - as well as by providing tools and technologies that broaden access to technology, build local skills capacity and enable new businesses.
A strong technology infrastructure makes communities more appealing to local, regional and global businesses and investors and helps bolster economic growth and global competitiveness, as well as stimulating jobs and personal achievement. Through technology access programs and support for local software economies, Microsoft is committed to helping increase growth and economic development through effective use of technology, and supporting local hardware, software and services companies.
This is not just a point solution that is delivered to a community which is then left to its own devices. It is about creating long-lasting outcomes where success comes when that community is able not only to survive but to thrive on its own, with students and adults getting the education and training they need, local companies being formed and prospering, and jobs being created by and for the community.
In conclusion, we at Microsoft believe that people, in the 21st century and beyond, will realize their full potential by transforming education into enhanced innovation in local communities, enabling the creation of jobs and opportunities in a sustainable manner.
