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Emirates Gas educates students on LPG and industry safety standards
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Dubai, March 5, 2008: Expanding on its corporate social responsibility programme, Emirates Gas (EMGAS)Emirates Gas (EMGAS)
, a member of the ENOC Group, recently hosted a visit from a group of 30 Grade 11 Al Ahliya School students. Aimed at educating the students on the importance of safety in LPG and at providing them with an overview of the industry, the visit to the EMGASEMGAS plant in Jebel Ali proved to be immensely beneficial to the students.
As part of the visit, Emirates GasEmirates Gas officials Marketing Executive S.A.M, Operations Manager S.B. Muthazhahan and Operations Foreman Ali Al Hammadi took the students on a tour of the plant and briefed them on the various processes and facilities. Later, a presentation was conducted to give the students a clear idea about LPG, cylinders, different types of valves, filling and maintenance, gas leakage recognition and detection, safe operating procedures, and emergency responses.
Commenting on the visit, Mr. Hesham Ali Mustafa, General Manager of Emirates GasEmirates Gas, said, "At EMGASEMGAS, we believe in giving back to the community that we operate in. Introducing students to the industry and providing them with an overview on the importance of safety is vital to our role as a leading organisation. We hope more schools include Emirates GasEmirates Gas in their field trip plans as it would help the younger generation with their awareness on LPG safety."
One of the students, Israa Khaleel, said that the field trip provided her with a lot of valuable information on LPG. "More importantly, it taught me how to test a cylinder if a gas leakage is suspected", she said.
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Established in 1993 as a wholly-owned company of the Government of Dubai, ENOC aims to promote the interests of its shareholders through the development of further downstream and upstream activities in the oil and gas sector and beyond and to encourage the economic diversification of Dubai and the rest of the UAE.
ENOC actively participates in an increasingly broad range of business ventures. Its joint ventures with major international companies allow partners to pool their technology, know-how and expertise along with their resources to further their commercial success.
Since its inception, ENOC has been guided by its philosophy of quality and professional management based on modern business concepts for commercial success and sustainable growth. Today it is poised to engineer a new and challenging period of growth and diversity.
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Dubai,
UAE
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