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Tengizchevroil Newsletter
НОВОСТИ ТШО
# 12 (234), Desember, 2016
25th Anniversary of Independence
of the Republic of Kazakhstan
TCO NEWS
In this issue:
A New Collective Agreement Signed
Page 2
Our proud flag
fluttering in the
blue vastness!
A proposed Independence Monument in Atyrau,
Design by TCO Special Projects architects and
engineers approved for proposed Independence Monument in Atyrau.
(page 5)
SPE’s 3rd Annual Caspian Technical
Conference and Exhibition
Page 3
FGP-WPMP Consultation Meetings
Page 3
TCO Master Classes,
Lessons in Excellence
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
Ted A. ETCHISON,
General Director
Anuarbek JAKIYEV,
Deputy General Director
Please accept our sincere
congratulations on the Independence Day of the Republic of
Kazakhstan!
Kazakhstan has been taking
the sound path towards the
formation of a robust democratic
state. The young country has
become a worthy and respected
member of the international
community and, despite the
challenges of the modern world,
builds its future with confidence.
It is supported by political stabil-
ity, unity and friendship of our
multi-ethnic Kazakhstani nation,
fast-paced development of the
national industry and fast-paced
economic development.
Our company is a considerable
contributor to this process and we
rightly take pride in it. Let us all
extend our best wishes for further
success, peace and prosperity to
the Republic of Kazakhstan!
We thank you for your tremendous contributions to TCO’s
accomplishments and wish you
every success in accomplishing
new objectives!
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TCO & Tengiz Cup Tournaments
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Town Hall with Chevron
Leadership Team
A
representative group of Chevron’s top managers made a
work visit to Atyrau Oblast (West
Kazakhstan) In November, where
Chevron has major assets including Tengizchevroil LLP (TCO), a
joint venture that operates and
develops Tengiz and Korolev oil
fields. Jay Johnson, Executive
Vice President Upstream, Joe
Geagea, Executive Vice President, Technology, Projects and
Services, Todd Levy, President
of Europe, Eurasia and Middle
East Operating Company, and
Tim Miller, Managing Director of
Eurasia Business Unit, visited
Atyrau and Tengiz.
Among the visit highlights was
the town hall event at TCO
Headquarters on November
10th, opened by TCO Operations
General Manager Eimear Bonner. Having the audience actively
engaged and by asking them
questions Eimear shared the
company’s safety performance
year to date, the success of the
SGP/SGI scheduled turnaround,
the outcomes of the cost management initiative (CMI) and the
progress made on the Future
Growth and Wellhead Pressure
Management Project (FGPWPMP). The active participation
of the audience demonstrated
that employees are keeping “their
fingers on the pulse” and are
aware of TCO issues, business
results, milestone achievements,
and progress on priority initiatives.
Jay Johnson was then warmly
greeted by TCO audience and
took the stage to recall his
years in TCO JV as Production
Operations Manager stressing
that work in Tengiz is an invaluable experience for foreign and
Kazakh workers alike.
Jay spoke to labor and produc-
tion safety statistics and issues for the Corporation, main
exploration and production
areas, priorities of the Corporation’s activities in the midst of the
global economic crisis and lower
oil prices. He also informed the
audience about the current status
of major Chevron projects being
implemented – Gorgon/Wheatstone and FGP-WPMP.
It is not so often that TCO employees get a chance to meet
with and directly ask questions
to such a broad team of Chev-
ron leadership. The opportunity
was used very well to have an
active dialogue on a wide range
of issues: production, corporate
social responsibility, global trends
New Collective Agreement Signed
D
ear Colleagues,
We are pleased to inform
you about the end of negotiations on TCO Collective Agreement for 2017- 2019, with major
and complex month-long efforts
undertaken in their course.
These negotiations were successfully completed thanks to the
efficient work of the negotiation
team and their commitment to
reach a win-win result both for
the employer and staff.
The official signing event for the
new 2017-2019 Collective Agreement took place on December 9,
2016.
TCO Standing Commission for
developing, signing and enforcement of the new collective agreement for 2017- 2019 was set up
as follows:
• TCO primary trade union
comprising 84 members
nominated two representatives to sit in the Standing
Commission.
• Employees which are not
members of PTU (3150
personnel) delegated their
55 representatives to the 1st
TCO Staff Conference which
elected 11 representatives of
TCO staff to have joined the
Standing Commission.
• The Company management,
on its part, nominated 13
representatives from various departments to sit in the
Standing Commission.
Employer representatives:
• Zamzagul Bekova, Manager
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of Treasury and Risk Management, Finance Department
Marat Dauletyarov, Kazakhstan Content Advisor, TCO
Director & Staff
Nurlan Jassakhbayev, Customs Practice Advisor, Supply Chain Management
Gulsim Yeleuova, Senior Attorney, Negotiations & Legal
Department
Argyn Yessimov, Drilling
Engineer, TCO Drilling
Bakbergen Karamurzin,
Advisory Engineer, Facility
Engineering Department
Nurlan Kaliyev, FGP Operations Site Superintendent
Ruslan Kuatov, Petroleum
Engineering Manager, RMG
Saule Nigmejanova, Business Manager, Projects
Ermek Sdykov, Manager, HR
Social Issues Group
Dauren Turebayev – OEMS
Manager, HES Department
Tatyana Khamatova – Manager, HR Compensation &
Benefits Group
• Azamat Khassanov – Manager, HR Business Partner
Services
Employee representatives:
• Murat Abdiyev – Chairman of
TCO Primary Trade Union
• Amanzhol Alybaev – Deputy
Chairman of TCO Staff representatives
• Serikali Aubekerov – TCO
Staff representative
• Otegen Galymov – TCO Staff
representative
• Dillyara Dosmakova – TCO
Staff representative
• Igor Zagorelskiy – TCO Staff
representative
• Amandyk Kabdygaliyev –
TCO Staff representative
• Arman Kadyrbaev – TCO
Staff representative
• Manshuk Kakieva – TCO
Staff representative
• Erlan Makhambetov – Member of TCO Primary Trade
Union
• Assylbek Mutaliyev – TCO
Staff representative
• Askhat Rakhimberdiev –
Chairman of TCO Staff
representatives
• Mugabil Sadikhov – TCO
Staff representative
This collective agreement was
developed and concluded
on the basis of the following
principles:
• Equality of its parties in
developing the agreement
terms;
• Voluntary undertaking based
on the compliance with statutory labor regulations of the
Republic of Kazakhstan;
• Respecting the interests
and authority of the parties’
representatives;
• Freedom of choice as to a list
of agenda items contributed
for discussion;
• Consideration of realistic
possibilities to logistically,
operationally and financially
support the parties’ commitments undertaken, obser-
of economic development and
Jay’s thoughts on working with
governments in all the countries
where Chevron operates.
By Gulnaz UMBETOVA
vance of their legitimate
rights and interests;
• Control and the parties’
responsibility for the performance of any commitments
incorporated in the agreement;
• Support for the Company’s
efficient operation.
Some of key aspects highlighted
in the collective agreement are:
• Reinforcement of the Company’s image;
• Maintaining the social stability;
• Strengthening employee’s responsibility and productivity
enhancement;
• Building the social partnership relations, respect for the
parties’ interests;
• Constructive settlement of
any differences emerged to
prevent potential confrontation across the workforce.
Despite the tough business environment, TCO Management did
accept most of final proposals put
forward by the negotiation team.
Specifically, the social benefits
package for the staff was eventually expanded. The executed
collective agreement came along
as an outcome of bargaining of
the parties interested to build
mutually beneficial relations built
on trust with each other, and as
teamwork of all TCO employees.
The collective agreement is
signed for a term of three years
and takes effect from January 1,
2017. The text of the agreement
is posted on the HR web-site.
By Ermek SDYKOV
Manager, HR Social
Issues Group
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SPE’s 3rd Annual Caspian Technical
Conference and Exhibition
F
ollowing a very successful
event in Baku, Azerbaijan,
Caspian Technical Conference
and Exhibition (CTCE) has
returned to Kazakhstan. The
second time in its short history
Astana opened the doors to numerous delegates from Caspian
region, number of international
locations and all oil and gas
producing oblasts in Kazakhstan.
Organizer of the event is the
Society of Petroleum Engineers
(SPE), non-profit professional
association whose members are
engaged in energy resources development and production. SPE
serves more than 168,000 members in 144 countries worldwide
by sharing technical knowledge
related to the oil and gas exploration and production industry
and provides services through
its publications, events, training
courses, and online resources.
SPE is well known and highly
recognized among governmental
agencies, national oil companies,
international majors and service
companies.
This year’s theme, “Challenges
and Changes” focused on the
current market impact on oil and
gas industry, both globally and regionally. The conference provided
a platform for local, regional and
international experts to discuss
topics relevant to boosting
production, adding reserves,
optimizing costs, executing major
capital projects in the low oil price
environment.
TCO continues to support
regional SPE activities and third
year in a row sponsors and
sends delegates to Caspian
Technical Conference. This year,
TCO delegation consisted of
several technical professionals
led by TCO General Director, Ted
Etchison.
The conference was opened with
welcome speech from Mr. Sauat
Mynbayev, Chairman of Board,
KMG, Magzum Mirzagaliev, Vice
minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Uzakbay
Karabalin, Deputy Chairman,
KazEnergy, Kenzhebek Ibrashev, General Director PSA LLP,
Cheryl Gomez-Smith, Managing
Director, ExxonMobil Kazakhstan
and Duncan van Bergen, Country
Chairman, VP Kazakhstan, Shell.
After the opening remark, Ted
was invited to the podium to give
a key note speech on Adding
Reserves and open Panel Session. He shared with the audience the history of global proved
reserves growth, their distribution
over time, and the factors that
influence the addition of proved
reserves. Ted provided few
examples how technological advances allowed reserves addition
in Tengiz and Korolev fields and
emphasized that cutting edge
technologies enabled development of contingent resources
and continues to fuel the energy
economy. He also highlighted
technology continues to advance
and provide future opportunities
for adding reserves, so investment and support of technology
development should continue
even in the low oil price environment. Summarizing his speech
Ted mentioned that TCO Partners
recently approved funding for the
Future Growth Project-Wellhead
Pressure Management Project.
This project became possible due
to improved subsurface characterization and use world class
technology.
Conference continued with
technical sessions, where TCO
delegates actively participated
by moderating, facilitating and
participating in the technical
discussion. The following TCO
representatives were nominated
by SPE to chair technical sessions:
• Marzhan Bissembayeva
– Operational Safety and
Safety Culture
• Ning Liu – Efforts in Improv-
ing Oil Recovery
• Nathaniel Cameron – Surveillance and Production
Optimization
• Baurzhan Kassenov – Production Improvement in
Mature Fields
Day 2 of the conference
started with recognition
of the recipients of 2016
regional SPE awards.
TCO representatives
received 3 out of the 4
regional awards.
•
Elrad Iskakov
– Regional Director
Special Service Award
•
Bagdat Toleubay – Young Member
Outstanding Service
Award
•
Yegor Se –
Formation Evaluation
Award
In parallel with CTCE
conference, SPE
organized Student
Development Summit
at Nazarbayev University. Six
students from Atyrau Institute of
Oil and Gas and APEC College
represented Atyrau region in this
summit. TCO representatives
also supported this event by providing technical master classes
and judging technical projects
prepared by the students.
Despite the downturn in the oil
industry, 3rd Caspian Technical
Conference and Exhibition was a
very successful event, which allowed sharing of lessons learned
and best practices among giant
neighboring carbonate fields,
Karachaganak, Kashagan and
Tengiz, highlighted technology
development trends in the region,
revealed available case studies of oil recovery optimization,
connected service providers with
potential customers and provided
a platform for mutual learning
and networking.
Yegor Se,
RMG
Meruert Sukhankulova,
PGPA
FGP-WPMP Consultation Meetings
I
n October and November this
year the experts from Tengizchevroil Base Business and
Future Growth Project-Wellhead
Pressure Management Project
held a series of regular Consultation Meetings with communities of Atyrau and Mangystau
Oblasts. The objective of these
meetings is to provide regular updates on current Project
status and progress as well as
an opportunity to respond to any
questions raised by community
regarding Project and TCO operations in general.
In the course of the meetings
Nurtas Kenganov, FGP-WPMP
Operational Excellence/ Health,
Environment and Safety Deputy
Manager, provided the communities with a detailed overview of
Project progress and next steps,
employment statistics, Kazakhstani Content achievements
and stakeholder engagement.
Special focus of the presentation was on company activities
in environmental monitoring and
improvement of environmental performance. In addition,
Rzabek Artygaliev, TCO Policy,
Government and Public Affairs
General Manager, shared with
Atyrau Oblast communities the
information on current and future
projects under Egilik (social
infrastructure development
program) and Social Investment
Program.
To date the meetings have taken
place in the cities
of Atyrau and
Kulsary and in
Koschagyl, Maikumgen, Zhana
Karaton, Turgyzba, Shokpartorgai
and Akkiztogai villages of Zhylyoy
Region as well
as in Borankul
village located
in Mangystau
Oblast. The
attendees took
active part in
questions &
answers session
during which
the experts from
Policy, Government and Public
Affairs, Operational Excellence / Health, Environment and Safety, Reservoir
Management, Kazakhstani
Content, Industrial Relations and
Human Resources responded
to community questions. Social
and employment issues were the
main topics of discussion.
A similar meeting was held in
Rotational Village. The subject
of interest at this meeting was
Rotational Village upgrade
project. Questions asked were
around project duration, road
construction and RV water supply. Sedat Sekkin, RV Upgrade
project representative, provided
comprehensive responses.
During the meetings community
representatives received handout materials with TCO contact
information, therefore communities have been provided with
an opportunity to address their
questions to TCO after the meetings.
Community Consultation Meetings will be held throught FGPWPMP execution period and the
experts are looking forward to
active participation of the communities.
By Marina Fakhrutdinova,
Zhanyl Sirazh,
FGP-WPMP PGPA
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The Light of Independence
A
industry. This demonstrates the
operational excellence of its staff,
reliable operations and technologies applied.
– Ground breakers of Tengiz
oil, many of those have been successfully keeping on their working
careers, could enjoy the privilege
of implementing a large-scale
production project which later on
became an economic backbone
of the new sovereign state – the
Republic of Kazakhstan, TCO
General Director Ted Etchison
said at the function meeting, –
Quarter-century long operations
is an excellent opportunity to look
back once more at the distance
covered, sum up accomplishments and comprehend the
prospects of our path forward.
All these years, the outstanding
staff of TCO has demonstrated
high-class professionalism, cohesiveness towards the Company
objectives, and fantastic team
spirit which truly made us a close
family. We are proud of you!
And Kazakhstan’s oil industry
rightly takes pride in Tengizchevroil which team in the face of the
global economic recession both
establishes the leading position
in the industry and intends to
ramp up production capacity by
proceeding to the implementa-
pril this year marked
the 25th anniversary
of the Tengiz Gas Processing
Plant launch. The largest oil
and gas facility in the USSR
was commissioned for operation from the first attempt and
has been in continuous service for more than a quarter of
a century.
The deployment took place on
April 6, 1991, and it can hardly
be overemphasized. The
successful launch of the first
integrated process line (КТL1) has commemorated the
dedicated service and unprecedented efforts of thousands
of exploration geologists,
drillers and field men, construction workers, reservoir
and power service engineers,
ACS staff, who accomplished
something next to impossible
in the troubled period following
the break-up of the huge state
and the collapse of its economic strength. The triumph of
Tengiz oilmen is all the more
significant for this.
A quarter of a century is a
solid age. The country’s largest
oil & gas facility was destined to
be the age mate of the independence of our young state. It is
profoundly symbolic – oil-rich
Tengiz and TCO project together
with the sovereign Republic
came a long thorny way of challenges and pursuits in the making and development. Together
we have become stable, robust,
proud, and strong.
25 years comprised tremendous efforts to overcome the
challenges of our time. It is
pertinent to note that the basis
for establishing our company
was preliminary work under the
SovChevroil project, a concept
conceived in the mid 80s of the
last century, immediately after
quenching an all-powerful blowout at Well 37, sadly remembered, at the Tengiz field. That
was when soviet and American
oilmen first joined their efforts to
deal with the challenge. Joint
efforts proved viable, and it was
decided to continue the cooperation in the course of production. Besides, by that time one
ambitious initiative had “stalled”
with plans to build a supergiant
industrial complex of 25 petrochemical plants, Tengizpolymer
Combine, based on the Tengiz
and Korolev oil fields, intended
to be built using investments
of a well-known US billionaire
Armand Hammer. At the time of
Perestroika, giant projects came
short of both funds and will to
complete them. The same happened to SovChevroil which lost
its significance along with the
collapse of the USSR.
Just then Nursultan A.
Nazarbayev, the first elected
president of the newly independent Republic of Kazakhstan,
took control over the process of
establishing a joint venture.
It would be hard to overestimate the courage and vision of
the leader of our country, who
dared to make that move in the
Rzabek Artygaliev,
General Manager PGPA
face of the extreme economic
recession looming ahead. Yet,
Tengizchevroil Project made it
big. It was implemented despite
some serious risks at both ends
– the Government of Kazakhstan
and Chevron Corporation. Political will, commitment, and the
oilmen’s team spirit made it possible to overcome all hardships
and obstacles, start a drastic economic reform and finally achieve
success. TCO emerged as a
ground breaker of a new economic formation for Kazakhstan,
relentlessly and purposefully paving its way forward. This was not
only about handling operational
and logistical issues, but making
for the legal environment for its
operations amid market conditions felt brand new for the young
country. No wonder that in the
90s TCO established itself under
somewhat proud-spirited and
obliging name – the powerhouse
of the new national economy.
Tengizchevroil today is the
very picture of economic capabilities of independent Kazakhstan
and immense creative potential
of the people of our country.
In September TCO celebrated
the 25th anniversary of the
Tengiz first oil – launch of the first
process line at TGPP. Honoring the veterans who’d taken
part in the plant startup, some
in TCO proudly talked about the
succession of generations of
oilmen, which resulted in both the
many-fold oil production growth
and their top safety and accidentfree performance across the
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tion of the Future Growth Project.
TCO’s new project means the
Third Generation Plant (the Second Generation Plant placed in
operation in 2008), construction
of which will go along with implementing the Wellhead Pressure
Management Project (WPMP).
In July of the current year, the
Government of the Republic of
Kazakhstan and TCO Partners
came to an agreement to carry
out full-scale construction activities of the FGP-WPMP, which
marks an important milestone in
expanding the Tengiz field capacity. Delivery of this Project will
enable the full utilization of the
plants’ refinery capacity, ensuring
a cumulative production capacity
of the oilfield about 39 MM tons
of oil per year. It is worth pointing out that by increasing the
production volume resulted from
the project delivery, the Republic
of Kazakhstan to receive billions
of US dollars as earnings and tax
payments. Furthermore, new jobs
will be created along with new
prospects for local businesses,
and a legacy to be created as
new opportunities for domestic
manufactures.
It is not crude oil and upstream
operations alone that shape Tengizchevroil’s profile. TCO is also
known for the strong social side
of its corporate philosophy with
a major focus on our personnel.
And the Egilik voluntary community and infrastructure program
prominently shows the intention of the largest oil company
to contribute in every possible
way to the social and infrastruc-
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25th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Our proud flag
fluttering in the
blue vastness!
ture development of the region
where it operates. The Program
has a nice and humanistically
meaningful name: “egilik” in
Kazakh means “the good, blessing”. The good is a multifaceted
notion; it is like a river attracting
many creeks and flows into its
watercourse. We are proud of
the fact that our program proves
fruitful!
The Egilik Program effectively
contributes to resolving some vital issues facing local communities. The annual program budget
rose from USD 2 million in 1998
to USD 25 million dollars in 2015
and 2016. The oblast localities
have more than one hundred
community projects implemented by now with a total cost over
USD 200 million. It’s not just the
investments. Projects completed include hospitals, schools,
housing, power lines and substations, gas lines, water lines,
etc. Two new facilities commissioned just recently include a
community recreation center in
the township of Inder and a child
daycare centre in the village of
Akkiztogai (Zhylyoi district), also
donated to the oblast communities by TCO. Every such project
means people. New jobs, a new
level of education, new opportunities for local healthcare,
too. Improved living conditions –
gas, water, and heating in many
homes deprived of such modern
conveniences for decades. This
is what development is about;
this is what transformation and
the good mean – not in the
books, but in reality!
All our success, accomplishments and transformational
changes are driven by tremendous and dedicated work of the
staff. One big and friendly TCO
family, as we proudly identify
ourselves. And the vivid light on
our path is the independence of
our country, 25th anniversary of
which the people of Kazakhstan
celebrate these days. National
sovereignty, our country’s independence is a solid foundation for today’s achievements
and the outstanding future of
the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Tengizchevroil is proud of being
part of this decisive success. We
are confident that our team will
continue to be at the forefront of
economic growth and adequately contribute to the country’s
prospective advancement.
A
s part of the Egilik voluntary
community and infrastructure
program, TCO Special Projects has
accepted one unconventional urban planning project for execution.
A new square with the Independence Monument to appear in the
European part of the Oblast capital
of Atyrau.
In December, on the eve of the
Independence Day, the Project
Office of the Atyrau Oblast Akimat,
the Urban Planning Board and the
Architect of Atyrau endorsed the
Monument design, - says Samat
Adilov, Project Engineer with TCO
Special Projects.- It should be
noted that initially the plan was
to install a flagpole with a special
architectural appearance. Yet, after
breaking ground on this idea, we
approached the Oblast Akimat with
a proposal to extend the project
toward monumentality.
This approach was well received
by the Oblast and City Administration. It was decided to elaborate the
flagpole proposal.
In modern urban planning, having
the only version (design) initially coming under review is a rare
case. Nearly always it involves
competitive proposals called
for, - continues S. Adilov. – And
there were alternate designs in
our case, very good ones. That’s
all the more reason to be pleased
at the winning Monument design
developed through the very active
participation of our TCO specialists,
Oleg Menkedzhanov and Kanat
Ulkhanov.
Samat is a respected specialist.
He is a laureate of the Republican
Architect Contest and a delegate to
the World Congress of Architecture
in Tokyo in 2011.
He has authored many distinctive
projects; Atyrau has quite a few
building spaces developed thanks
to his authoring.
Naturally, his ideas about the
Independence Monument in Atyrau
were met with respect, many accepted.
In design sketches kindly furnished
to our newsletter we can see how
impressive the memorial structure
in the city centre will turn to be. A
91-m high spire of the flagpole (the
RoK Declaration of Independence
was adopted in December 1991)
will stretch skyward in the center of
the cone-shaped elevation. Panel
paintings with the country map,
the text of the national anthem, the
State Emblem, and the Declaration
text will be arranged right next to
it. A curved colonnade will lend the
sublimity and monumentality to the
structure; it will be decorated with
another symbol of the independent
Kazakhstan – figures of the winged
panther. Flower beds and cascaded fountains will add a unique
coloring to this new square.
It takes just a bit of your fancy to visualize an impressive picture of the
entire structure with the sky-blue
flag proudly fluttering high up…
However, in the coming 2017 the
Egilik team is to take on the project,
so it will not be long in coming.
By Georgy TRUKHIN
Photo by Aibar KHAMIEV
Design sketches –
courtesy of TCO Special Projects
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TCO Master Classes,
Lessons in Excellence
T
he most important component
of success in any field of
operational activity is the development of staff. TCO invests in
its workforce through providing various training programs,
mentoring, challenging international assignments, participation
in conferences and forums. And
even now when the industry is
going through a difficult phase
TCO continues to support all development opportunities including
internal resources which uphold
maximum disclosure of employees’ potential. Therefore, when
HR Organizational Capability
department has come up with a
new initiative for the organization
and implementation of TCO master classes, this has been greatly
supported both by the management and company employees.
At all times, the dissemination of innovative professional
experience has been of interest
and important for the business
success. In the current situation,
when the company encourages
managing costs effectively, it is
still a possibility and additional resource for the staff development
not requiring any financial investments. Employees from various
TCO departments who proved
themselves as professionals in
their operational activities are
involved to conduct TCO master
classes. Participating in these
master classes, each employee
of our company is able to obtain
first-hand information, learn
something new and useful, without spending a lot of time, and if
necessary, apply this knowledge
in their everyday practice.
At present, in the learning organization learning becomes part of
their work, and new ideas - part
of the culture. Now we can say
with certainty that the idea of
holding master classes in the
company has taken root. Moreover, despite the fact that the
transfer of knowledge is a purely
voluntary action, the organizers
managed to find many enthusiasts for whom the principle of
master classes, “I know how to
do it. I will teach you “is an op-
portunity not only to share their
expertise, but also a way of selfexpression and overcoming new
challenges. But it is not a secret
that not every professional is able
to competently pass on knowledge and experience.
One of the distinctive sides of
this endeavor is that employees
at all levels can be engaged
in conducting master classes,
subject to the availability of sufficient level of professionalism
and personal needs to share
their expertise with colleagues. It
should be noted that this form of
knowledge interchange provides
a good impetus to the search for
new creative activity both for an
employee leading a master class,
and for the participants themselves.
Since April 2016, a total of thirteen master classes have been
conducted on different subjects
for employees located in Tengiz
and Atyrau. Organizational Capability department would like to
thank all employees who have
responded to this initiative and
come up with interesting topics in
front of their colleagues. Among
them is Bauyrzhan Issambergenov from IT department,
who first gave a master class
in TCO by introducing a new
SharePoint software, Myrzakuat
Karabalin «Reservoir Management - Where It All Begins»,
Almas Tulepov «The Inkblot Test
– Understanding Financial Statements», Ordaly Toxambayev
«Project Assurance Guideline
Workbook Overview», Dauren
Turebayev «Strategic Direction
Process», Aidar Svyatov «RMG
Overview», Askar Yessengeldin
«Field Ops Inline Inspection
Program», Thomas Duane
«Behavioral Interviewing»,
Rustam Shokamanov «Project
Management – Main Concepts
and Further Development», Ilyas
Imanbekov «Training Systems
Overview and Usage», Arman Adilov «Project Assurance
Guideline Workbook Overview»,
Saltanat Aitbayeva «Improving Health through Wellness»
and Arman Mukhamejanov «FE
Department Overview».
We are confident that there are
many other employees in TCO
who are able to professionally
and successfully conduct master
classes in Kazakh, Russian and
English languages in the coming
year. Organizational Capability department will be happy to
provide them with such an opportunity.
By Saniya Kamelova,
Member of the Union
of Journalists of Kazakhstan
Kurultai Brings Together the Concerned
and the Enterprising
F
or the first time, Atyrau hosted
an event that is still new to
this city and all of Kazakhstan,
the Kurultai (Council) of Social
Entrepreneurs. Social entrepreneurship (SE) gains momentum,
and now there are five entities
in Kazakhstan providing nonfinancial and financial support
to develop SE. This includes
backing for the young people,
social-oriented business startups,
and building up infrastructure for
them. The Zharkyra Program is a
new pilot initiative made possible
in Atyrau oblast through financial
support from Tengizchevroil LLP
as part of its social investment
projects.
Conventional businesses in
Kazakhstan today enjoy a wide
range of supportive programs
and tools: these include Damu
Fund initiatives and dedicated
bank credit facilities for SMB. SE
cannot compete for resources
with conventional businesses due
to its low marginality and longer
payback time. However, SE
provides a more stable solution
for the community’s social issues.
That is why dedicated SE support
infrastructure exists throughout
the world including SE legislation,
contests and programs.
The Kurultai of Social Entrepreneurs in Atyrau followed after
the SE Convention in Moscow
and Almaty. Such form of action
allows social entrepreneurs to
meet, share experience and acquire new expertise. The Kurultai
was attended by 65 participants
including businessmen, representatives of NGO, government
agencies and noncommercial
associations dealing with businesses.
At the Kurultai, the catalogue of
social entrepreneurs, the first
one in Kazakhstan, was presented featuring examples of
social-oriented businesses. The
catalogue may be of interest to
all those involved in SE and want
to learn first-hand about Kazakhstan experience. It comprises SE
examples from across Kazakhstan. Regular publications of the
catalogue are believed to help
popularize the SE causes in the
country.
Social entrepreneurs of Atyrau
oblast have just started their activity, but already gained recogni-
tion. For example, three projects
under the Zharkyra Program,
when presented at the First
Zhylyoi Region Business Forum,
enjoyed recognition for their
contribution to the entrepreneurial development in Zhylyoi region
by the letters of appreciation from
the Akimat, NCE, and Independent Zhylyoi Kasipkeri Association. These projects are: Aigul
Маktaubayevа’s Training Centre
for Unemployed Women; Post
CVA Rehabilitation Centre by
Elvira Aituyeva; and Equestrian &
Health Club by Nurlan Shegirov.
The Kurultai of Social Entrepreneurs provided the floor for
master classes on marketing and
client-oriented business practice.
Master classes were facilitated by
Almaty trainers and consultants,
Yusup Karadaliev and Galym
Zhukulbayev. Master class topics
selected were to meet the audience demands. For example, Yusup Karadaliev, an author of the
Low-Budget Marketing book, said
how to set up efficient marketing
using inexpensive techniques
and channels. Businessman
Galym Zhukulbayev explained to
the Kurultai
audience
why thinking
about the
client’s needs
would be
more worthwhile than
fussing over
own business
idea.
Now the
Eurasia –
Central Asia
Fund (ECAF)
provides support for six
SE projects
in Atyrau
oblast. Members of the
Zharkyra Program completed
professional internships in
Moscow, Almaty and Astana,
purchased new equipment and
receive business consultations.
ECAF has plans to continue this
program in 2017, which means
more efforts in search for new SE
in Atyrau and oblast wide. Early
in the year, a contest to be held
for social entrepreneurs and new
social projects to gain support,
making the city of Atyrau and the
entire region a better place to live
for its people.
If you know those people who
are committed to pursue the
social development of their city
and oblast, have a new approach
in finding the right solution and
need support, tell them about
our project. If you are willing to
help such people, join as a SE
mentor, share your expertise and
knowledge, and in this way you
will do your part to address social
problems.
By Aigul Tagatova,
Manager of ECAF
Zharkyra Program
7
№12 (234) 2016
What If Your Luck Runs Out?
A
s you know all 7 BBS Local
Steering Committees always
provide support to conduct
monthly Fatality Prevention Blitz
Campaign in TCO. We’d like
to note that the Local Steering
Committee “Capital projects”
announced a contest on the topic
“What will happen if luck runs
out?” on “Lifting and Rigging
Operations” topic in July of the
current year. The employees
shared stories which positively
impacted personal safety of an
employee and safety of their
colleagues within the contest.
We are pleased to announce that
many employees responded to
the contest and we’d like to thank
them for that. Based on the LSC
members voting results Akzhonas Kuspanova (Consulting and
Shared Services group) became
the winner of the contest and
Sergei Dmitriev (Sichim Company, Rotational Village Upgrade
Project) and Alexandr Shtirts
(MGK Company, Seasonal Gap
Reduction Project) took the second and third places. We’d like to
THANK all for their involvement
in the contest! Here is Akzhonas’
story for your attention.
This story did not occur to me, I
was only a witness, but despite
this, the pattern of that event still
looms clearly before my eyes.
It was a beautiful summer day
back in 1995 which did not bode
anything untoward. Basically my
generation has grown without
much parental supervision, as
they were forced to work from
morning till night to survive
the dashing 90s. I lived in the
dwelling-house #14, which was
close to the construction site of
the dwelling-house #9. Construc-
TCO & Tengiz Cup
Tournaments
F
rom September 26 to October 30, 2016, TCO hosted a number of tournaments with TCO departments and contractors competing for Tengiz
Cup and TCO Cup in futsal, basketball, and volleyball, now a well-established tradition for our company.
These competitions are primarily focused on encouraging a healthy lifestyle
among personnel, team building and solidarity of their participants, as well
as promotion of mass sports.
Throughout the tournaments, emotions were seething and fans were actively supporting their teams grappling in a hot and uncompromising contest
for the first place. Participants demonstrated the highest level of fitness All
ended up both in a great mood and got a boost of energy and wellness.
Winners and other participants were awarded with diplomas and medals. All
games played in compliance with safety procedures, without any incidents
or DAFW injuries.
We congratulate all the winners, runners-up, participants, and spectators in
the futsal, basketball and volleyball tournaments.
Tengiz Cup Results
Futsal:
3d place – Tengiz Team, Production
Operations Dept.;
2d place – Planning Team, Production Panning Dept.;
1st place – Umirzak Co. Team.
Best Player of the tournament –
Kairbek Tazhiyev, Planning Team,
Production Panning
Basketball:
3d place – Engineering United
tion of the dwelling-house #9
was carried out pretty fast and
sometimes was lasting until late
night. In one of the average days,
closer to dusk the 6th floor of our
house suddenly had burst into
flame. It is not known when and
who called to the fire-fighting
operations, but the flame engulfed the whole apartment with
two babyhoods. The only place
where the fire had not reached
yet was a balcony. Screaming
and horror of the children that
I experienced is still before my
eyes. The children were in terrific
panic. Fortunately at the nearby
construction site the builders
were performing some repair
works using the crane. They immediately drove the crane to the
balcony and safely rescued the
children. But actually it didn’t happen as fast as I said. The workers
1st place – KMG-Service Team 1.
Best Player – Altynbek Omirzakov,
KMG-Service Team 2
TCO Cup Results
Futsal: 3d place – RMG Team,
Production Operations Dept.; 2d
place – IT Dept. Team 2; 1st place
– Veterans Team (TCO).
Best Goalscorer – Erbol Kalykhbergenov (IT Team 2); Best Offensive Player – Suleimen Aibar
(Finance Team); Best Defensive
Player – Nurbek Izbasov (RMG
Team);
Best Goalkeeper – Estai Kenzhegulov (IT Team 2);
Akzhonas Kuspanova
couldn’t immediately decide how
to use the crane and initially tried
to make some other maneuvers
not apprehensible for me, but
I remembered very clearly the
moment when the children were
in the hands of builders safe and
sound. Firefighters arrived there
when the builders were trying to
Best Player of the tournament –
Adil Karazhigitov (Veterans Team)
Volleyball:
3d place – Team 3/4, RMG Dept.;
2d place – IT Dept. Team;
1st place – HR Dept. Team.
Best Offensive Player – Amirbek
Kairbekov (Team 3/4);
Best Defensive Player – Aibar
Ibrashev (HR Team);
Best Player of the tournament –
Merei Shinikulova (Team 3/4)
Basketball:
3d place – Security Dept. Team;
2d place – IT Dept. Team;
Team, Facility Engineering Dept.;
2d place – KMG Nabors Drilling
Co. Team, Production Panning
Dept.;
1st place – Mechanic Maintenance
Dept. Team.
Best Player – Gilberto N. Paredes
Solis, MMD Team
Volleyball:
3d place – Turnaround Team, Production Operations Dept.;
2d place – KMG-Service Team 2,
Production Panning Dept.;
TCO Partners Billiards Tournament
TCO has proven successful partnership in practice between the Republic of Kazakhstan
and the world’s top oil and gas corporations. And not just by its accomplishments in
business. One of examples of building common grounds between the partners are annual billiards tournaments held for the staff of TCO partner companies.
The 5th Jubilee Billiards Tournament took place on December 10 in Astana, coinciding
this year with a memorable date – the 25th anniversary of Independence of the Republic
of Kazakhstan. According to the Tournament Regulation, each company must be represented by a team of 5 players; it was played in a free pyramid format. This fascinating
and eye-catching game took course on 8 tables in the Zodiac Billiards Club. Rzabek
Artygaliyev, TCO GPA General Manager, gave welcome remarks to the participants.
The special thing about the tournament this year was its vibrant sport intrigue – it turned
to be impossible to predict the winners during play-off until the last ball. In the final
round, Oleg Diakonov (Lukoil) crossed path with Anuarbek Jakiyev (ТCО). O.Diakonov
won the final game. Anuarbek Jakiyev received the 2d place diploma and Tair Ibragimov
(КМG) for 3d place.
All tournaments prizewinners received gifts with TCO insignia from the Tournament
sponsor.
By Erlan Eshmukhanbetov,
Photos by Author
adjust the crane to the
balcony. While builders
were rescuing the kids,
they were putting out a
fire from the front door.
All ended well except
for material losses.
But what would have
happened if builders
and crane wouldn’t
have been nearby
the accident area?
What would be the
consequences if they
wouldn’t have quickly
responded and found
the alternative ways
of doing things? What
would have happened if
the builders wouldn’t have stayed
at work that night? This story
could have ended much worse.
Indeed, the saviors of children
turned out to be at the right time
and right place and the children
were lucky to stay alive.
By Gaukhar Tansarova,
MCP BBS SC Leader
1st place – HR Dept. Team.
Best Center – Georgy Kalmykov
(IT Dept. Team)
Best Offensive Player – Raul
Kabdrakhmanov (Security Dept.
Team)
Best Defensive Player –Nurlan
Myrzabayev (IT Team)
Best Player of the tournament –
Iskhan Beibit (HR Team).
We thank you all for participating in
the tournament, for exciting games
and thank the fandom for supporting the true fans of the game.
By Iskhan Beibit
Human Resources
8
World in Our Eyes
№12 (234) 2016
The young capital of Kazakhstan
T
o mark the approaching
independence jubilee of our
state, the country’s young capital
Astana, as befits the holiday, fixed
itself up. The entire world knows its
unique architectural developments
turned into the city symbols, making
the city on the Irtysh River fairly
recognizable – Baiterek, Republic
Square, Ak-Orda Palace… But the
city I live in has quite a number of
places that may not stand out as
fine landmarks, yet are beautiful
and homey and cherished by every
Astanian.
In short, I got to my feature-packed
cellphone and made use of its camera to share my love to Astana with
you, dear readers of our newsletter.
Please accept my heart-felt congratulations on the Independence
Day, and may joy, happiness and
prosperity be with our wonderful
country - the Republic of Kazakhstan!
Sincerely,
Bakhytgul KHALEL,
PGPA Specialist
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