Multinational oil companies

Multinational oil companies

By Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi

“If you are given a command or position, keep the wicked away from you.” – Socrates

Sometimes I think about the situation at the administration of Kuwait Oil Company, as far as discovery, exploration, refining, Seismic survey and other technical operations related to this matter are concerned, dealing with international companies, or the so-called intercontinental companies or multinational companies, and how the agreements are and what are their effects on the professional standard of Kuwaiti employees at the companies. Also, is the existence of such companies worth it to train local employees and develop their technical performance, and are those companies keen on presenting the best technical training professionally with a high quality?

Maybe the stranger question is that we are so far not a country that exports expertise and oil workers, despite the fact that more than 80 years have passed since the discovery of oil! It is supposed, logically, that expert Kuwaiti employees participate in decision making in major oil companies in the world. But the truth is not as such, rather there is no specialized university for petroleum and its industries. There is only an engineering and petroleum college at Kuwait University, and it is of