ALKHORAYEF PETROLEUM
Different locations bring different development challenges with them. While in the Middle East, Alkhorayef Petroleum is looking to address harsh environmental challenges, in Latin America the firm is collaborating with customers to address production in heavy oil, high temperature and high asphaltenes wells, developing specific systems to overcome those challenges. And beyond both of those research sectors, Alkhorayef Petroleum is also engaged in pure blue-sky research. “Here we try to bring disruptive technologies to the market,” Doghmi says. “We have some ongoing research projects that we believe will revolutionise the Electrical Submersible Pump business.”
6 | OIL & GAS
Of course, a key area of development for any business right now is sustainability. Regarding its ESG strategy, the company has a few initiatives in place regarding digitalisation and developing technologies that reduce the company’s carbon footprint. “Those are things we care about and we are looking at them in detail,” Doghmi says. “We are digitalising our manufacturing centres, getting rid of all paper transactions in the factory. Concerning our equipment and operations, we are also looking at artificial intelligence development to monitor the health of our pumps for event detection, failure prediction and prevention. We want to act and do remedial work before the equipment fails. That is ongoing work.”
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