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Community Development
Subsidiary companies MB Holding continued to support social and
sustainable development projects in the areas of its operations
including the employment of Omanis and nationals of the country
in which they operate. The group continued to work closely
within the oil and gas industry in developing the local
community where they operate. A substantial amount of
expenditure continues to be made by MB Petroleum services and
Petrogas in this area. The Mawarid Mining Environment Protection
and Conservation Management initiated in the design and
construction of tailings and water management was introduced in
2007. In addition, a Community Management Plan was also
developed, which ensured that all stakeholders and the community
which may be negatively affected by the impact of mining
activities were identified and mitigation plans developed to
address key issues. In general, the amount of funds earmarked
for projects varied in each subsidiary company of the group.
This was divided in terms of specific planned projects such as
construction of a mosque and facilities for inhabitants, a
“Majlis” and shops which when rented support the running and
maintenance costs of such facilities to enable sustainability.
Some of the funds utilized included contribution to specific
local requests for donation in terms of material or money or
work. These ranged from Zakat contribution to help poor and
needy people to offer scholarships to students at Buraimi
College. Similarly, funds were embarked for training ladies in
computers, tailoring and beautician as well as for purchasing
lap tops for excellent students, providing food boxes during
Ramadhan and in sponsorship of seminars in the history of
Shinas. An exception in 2007 was the contribution to Cyclone
Guno cleanup exercise where volunteer relief teams of staff from
the group’s subsidiary companies were formed to manage the after
effects of Cyclone Guno in June 2007. Substantial contribution
was made in alleviating the damages caused by that cyclone
through provision of water to the community, giving staff leave
of absence to assist their families affected, provision of pump
and tankers to remove stagnant water and in a major exercise in
cleaning up of Azaiba beach jointly with the municipality.
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MB
Petroleum Services continues focus on training of Omani
students
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MB
Petroleum Services (MBPS) conducted a 3 day training
session on Wireline services at the Sultan Qaboos
University engineering exhibition recently. The MBPS
Wireline services team participated in the
exhibition held at the College of Engineering
campus, using the MBPS mobile Wireline training
facility.
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This
training session was open to all students for
three days and was a huge success. The eagerness
and enthusiasm to take advantage of such an
opportunity was evident in the fact that the
training center was full of students for the
theory sessions early on. These sessions helped
give them an insight into well completion and
also provided a flavor of the wireline
intervention processes.
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The
students also had hands-on involvement with some
of the common mechanical tools used in
‘downhole’ wireline application. On the work
deck of the school the attendees were also able
to take part and witness some simulations of the
tools performing the same functions as they
would deep in the well.
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More
than a 100 students passed through this theoretical
and practical training and their feedback was
extremely positive. They relished the opportunity
and clearly voiced how the experience had helped
them, expressing how pleased they were in having a
company with the reputation of MBPS; take the time
and effort to involve these budding engineers at SQU.
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Social & Sustainable Development Projects |
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Thirty-four social and sustainable community
development projects have been successfully
implemented to the local communities associated
with the mining activities within the Al-Batina
region
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All
projects aim to improve the quality of life of the
local communities by addressing the needs of the
community and providing opportunities for growth
and prosperity
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Projects
are based on sound socio-economic data and social
assessment of the local community
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Examples of CSR initiatives include
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Sponsorship of local events and seminars promoting
Omani culture and history, such as
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Promoting education within the local communities
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Providing training courses to individuals within
the local communities
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Offering scholarships to students at Buraimi
College
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Awarding top 10 secondary school students within
the Shinas region with valuable gifts such as
laptops
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Sustainable projects within local communities
include
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Lighting the streets of a local community
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Supporting youth football teams
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Building livestock and poultry yards
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Women CSR initiatives include
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Providing charity and donations to local
communities, such as
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Distribution of food during Ramadhan
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Donations to specific local requests and
projects
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Zakat contribution and charity to help poor and
needy people
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Construction of a mosque and Majlis at Arja and
shops as ‘Waqf’ at Arja which when rented support the
running and maintenance costs of such facilities to
enable sustainability
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Mawarid Mining Environmental Responsibility |
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Detailed action plans are carried out to ensure that
all mining projects adhere to environment laws and are
environmentally acceptable to all stakeholders
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Promoting environmental awareness by sponsoring
environmental awareness events within the local
communities
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Environment Day Activities 1st June 2008
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Mawarid
Mining sponsored the Environment day Exhibition in Sohar
on 1st June 2008
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Two schools
, Sohar International School and Al-Batinah
International School had participated
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Various
activities such as story telling, planting, contests,
workshops and drawing of children were presented by
Mawarid Mining
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