STOMO Newsletter Q1 2014 (for upload)

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Quarterly Newsletter for the staff of SUEZ-Tractebel Operation and Maintenance Oman LLC

1st Quarter 2014

This will be my last

time corresponding

in the quarterly

Gazette; I have mixed

emotions about

leaving Oman and

STOMO. The last five

years have been a

great journey for me and watching the company

grow organically has been very fulfilling.

Over the last five years we witnessed growth

from the commercial operations at Barka II

through the construction and commercial

operations of Barka III and Sohar II, these plants

were completed on schedule which is truly

remarkable. Fleet Maintenance has completed

multiple major outages in Oman and in Bahrain

successfully and has created additional value

for STOMO working at other group assets within

the region and abroad.

Whilst we have had our challenges with Health

and Safety I am proud to say that I believe STOMO

now has one of the best programs in the region

with management commitment, employee

involvement and continual improvement. I truly

thank all of the staff for this.

In closing I would like to say thank you to all of

the team for making the last five years of my

life one the most fulfilling of my career. I wish

all the best to you individually in your person

and professional lives and continued good

health for you and your families.

As this is the first

Quarterly Gazette

for 2014 and my

official start date is

not until 1st May,

this period for me

has been about

the handover of

the General Manager role and getting

to understand some of the principles of

STOMO and life in Oman. I can truly say that

I have been made very welcome by everyone

that I have met and already feel part of the

STOMO team and family and look forward

to the future with my family in Oman. My

main note for my first Gazette is however

to reflect on the excellent job William

King has done in leading and evolving the

STOMO business into the professional and

successful environment it is today – I am

very impressed and you should all be very

proud. I am also 100% clear that this will be

a very hard act to follow but I assure you all

that I too will give STOMO the same focus

and commitment that Williams has given

it over the past 5 years. I personally would

also like to thank William for his friendship

and assistance in the professional handover

and transition and looking forward I wish

both William and his wife Betty all the very

best and equally as much success in their

next exciting opportunity Abu Dhabi.

Welcome note from the GM

Mike MaudsleyWilliam King

We started 2014 on a very strong and positive

note from 2013 where we went right back to

basics with our HSE training and awareness.

We are now continuing to develop our systems

as we are growing and maturing together. I

must ask you all for your patience here within

the INTELEX system as we are all still learning

and developing this to meet our requirements;

this will ensure in the long term that it is

practicable, workable and achievable.

Several incidents did occur during this first

quarter including one injury, (See incident

triangle below), this was a First Aid incident

and this incident was practically a repeat of

a medical treatment incident one year ago.

This was quite clear that if we cut corners

within our investigations and do not treat

these seriously they will grow back on us. We

must get to the root cause analysis (RCA) of

all incidents and ensure suitable controls are

put in place in order to eliminate these from

re-occurring.

All key personnel have now been trained

and attended the RCA and Event Tree Analysis

Training. We have also made several changes to

the Incident Module within INTELEX to improve

the investigation and further introduced the

STOMO flash. This is to clearly share best

practice and learning from experience to

eliminate this type of occurrence in future.

Stomo Incident Triangle 2014

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Words of

wisdom

Health and Safety Environment

Ian AgnewHSE Manager

I do believe we’re all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other - Harvey Fierstein

If we look at our systems closely which are

now already in place and see how these can

lead the way forward for us. For instance, if

we take our lagging incident triangle above

and invert this as below, then further stack

a few more building blocks on the top of

this (hence the wider we make this triangle,

the better it is for our success). We can

successfully achieve our goal. See below for

further clarification.

Some companies still use and concentrate

on lagging indicators like the old Heinrich’s

(1931) and Frank Birds (1969) triangles and

theories, which were great at their time

in the 20th century for measuring your

company against these figures. Since then

there has been so many major changes in

legislation and other changes in industry

that we cannot overlook.

The existing proactive program, which

we have now taken to another level and

substantiated through our HSEMS and

structured tasking within INTELEX to further

improve our performance is now in place

and working well. We must continue to stay

on this road to success with our proactive

programs at the forefront of everything that

we do and stay within these guidelines set

within our systems.

During the quarter we have observed a

notable drop in incidents from 2013, especially

near misses, I am confident that the proactive

measures now employed have had and will

further have a significant attribute to this

decrease in incidents.. Nonetheless we must

still continue to report all incidents.

Stomo Zero Harm Philosophy

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Health and Safety Environment

On the 7th January, GDF SUEZ announces first gas production from the Juliet field, a subsea development on the western flank of the Southern Gas Basin, 39 km East of the Lincolnshire coastline in the United Kingdom. Initial gas has been produced from the West Well, the first of two wells to be drilled. The second well (Juliet East) is expected to come on-stream in the first quarter of 2014. At plateau, the wells will produce approximately 80 million cubic feet of gas per day (800 million cubic meters per year or 5 million of barrels of oil equivalent (Mboe) per year).

Stomo Leading Indicator Triangle 2014

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Words of

wisdomFew things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough - Richard M. DeVos

Health and Safety Environment - contd.

LTI Free Days on 31-March-2014AL MANAH 6,512

AL RUSAIL 1,866

SOHAR 1 425

BARKA 2 2,342

SOHAR 2 999

BARKA 3 1,002

On a final note, we are clearly going in the right

direction and this is now visible to see by all

the new changes at the sites. I have personally

witnessed your growth over the last 18 months

in which has been a fantastic achievement to

see your engagement and commitment in all

our programs to date. I would like to further

ask for you to continue this momentum going

forward as there is still a lot to achieve and we

will and can succeed together as team.

Well done everyone and remember ‘’ Safety

begins with teamwork.’’

Training

Sunil Kumar Training Manager

In last quarter different HSE training programs

were conducted, where special training

programs were organised for Emergency

Response Team members and HSE Engineers.

Ten batch of trainees joined STOMO on

the 1st April, with eight Local Operator

trainees in this batch. With the induction

on this batch our overall fresh graduate

recruitment program number has reached

94 which is approximately 25% of STOMOs

overall manpower. Other internal training

programs like CRO training and SCE training

are also in progress.

Our Online English language Training

program is giving good results. Sultan Al Bahri

from Rusail power plant is one of the top users

of this program. His learning experience will

be shared in a separate interview and I hope

this will motivate more STOMO employees to

enroll into the Language training program.

As the busy winter maintenance period has

come to an end, I am sure that, employees will be

able to devote more time on different training

programs offered by STOMO, especially the

online HSE training Program ‘INSTINCT’

Happy leaning!

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During a meeting with economic and political stakeholders in the French regions of Haute-Normandie and Picardie, GDF SUEZ, EDP Renewables, Neoen Marine and AREVA have reaffirmed their ambitions to develop innovative, concerted and local environmentally friendly offshore wind projects at the sites of Le Tréport (Haute-Normandie - 500 MW) and the islands of Yeu and Noirmoutier (Pays de la Loire - 500 MW).

Health and Safety Environment - contd.

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Words of

wisdom

Human Resources

New

Born

Yasir Al HabsiRusayl Son 06.02.2014

Hussam Al MughizwiSohar ISon27.02.2014

Tomaz GuadagninBarka IIIDaughter13.1.2014

Azzan Khamis Al Alawi Manah Daughter 07.02.2014

Waleed Al MahrooqiManahSon26.02.14

Yousuf Said AL Hadi Rusayl daughter 26.03.2014

Salim Mohammed Al Senaidi - Rusayl Son 27.03.2014

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation - Michael Jordan

Back row: Nasser Al Rahbi, Juma Al Balushi, Ibrahim Al Maharbi and Satheesan Moothedath Front row: Jothi Kumar, Geetesh Tamse and Sunil Kumar

During the quarter one employee was recruited in the position as below;

HSE Engineer Sohar I 1Four employees left the organisation of the following positions;

Purchase and Stores Manager HQ 1Operations Manager Sohar I 1Local Operator Barka III 1Electrical Technician Manah 1

Increments and Bonuses were paid during this quarter.

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Technical Support

Naveen C. Jha, Technical Support Manager

Stomo Q3 Operation Data: Availability* Forced Outage* Export**

Power Water Power Water Power(MW) Water(M3)Actual 81.1% 86.1% 6.1% 0.5% 2,613,879 20,304,389 Budget 83.1% 90.0% 2.6% 1.6% 2,407,646 20,904,100 Variance -2.0% -3.9% 3.4% -1.2% 8.6% -2.9%

* STOMO plants quarterly average. **STOMO plants quarterly cumulative.

The plants have completed

their winter outage period.

The availability of STOMO

fleet during the first quarter

is lower for power and water

than the budget. The forced

outage is lower for water and

higher for power than the

budget due to GT2A GCB

failure. The power export is

higher than the budgeted

mainly due to higher loading

of Rusail and Barka II plants

and water export is lower than

the budget.

STOMO KPI and Monthly

report is circulated every month.

The INCOME scope of 2014 has

been finalised and submitted.

Training of new INCOME tool

MOSAIC was organised for ICC’s

in Dubai HQ.

Income:The INCOME implementation scope for 2014 is finalized.

Framework Name Code % ProgressIndustrial Safety (Operations) IND2 2014 scope

Industrial safety (Maintenance) IND3 2014 scope

Sourcing PRO0 2014 scope

Supplier’s Base PRO1 2014 scope

Internal Audit:Internal Audits points are

being closed by the respective

departments. Below is the

current status:

Valéry Perrier has been appointed Deputy Chief Financial Officer of GDF SUEZ, in charge of Investor Relations, working alongside Isabelle Kocher, the Group’s Chief Financial Officer, with effect from February 1, 2014, as the replacement for Geert Peeters who has taken up a new position outside of the Group.

New IT Helpdesk Portal with

more features is available

online for all the users. We

are also working to configure

the entire IT request through

this portal and is expected to

complete by next month.

We extended the head

office wireless network to

plants and now users can

connect to this wireless from

any plants location.

We also completed the

upgrade of antivirus server

and moved all the computer

and server to this new server.

I appreciate entire IT

team for their dedication

and cooperation to achieve

our IT objective for the

company.

The financial result of 2013

has been reported in SMART

Package and Management.

The fourth quarter 2013

financial reports have been

submitted to the Board of

Directors.

Audit of 2013 financial year

is in progress and Advance

Income Tax returns for the

year 2013 has been filed.

I appreciate the finance team

and all other departments’ staffs

for their cooperation and efforts

to attain the STOMO objectives.

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Words of

wisdom

Information Technology

Mirza Jawad, Musa Al Balushi, Shageen Prabhakaran and Yasir Qazi Majid

Finance

Back row: Rithesh Suseela Raj, Ravi Chandran, Gexon george and Saif SalehFront row: Maitha Al Burtomani, Nasra Al Harrasi and Zayana Al yahmadi

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again - W. Clement Stone

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Purchasing

Back row: Mahmood Al Rawahi, Ali Bhatti, Ivan D’Souza, Paulson and Hanees.Front row: Abdul Rahman Al Maaini, Jaisankar and Mohammed Iqbal.

We have successfully processed 903 purchase orders during this quarter, where 218 were contract

purchase orders. 44% of total purchase value was contract PO’s. Amongst 2618 line items of PRs

during this quarter, 2116 were converted to purchase orders i.e. almost 80%.

Contractor Engagement Workshop was organised to update the contractors about Contractor

Management, Health Safety & Environment Management System and Contractor Performance

Monitoring as part of the ISO 14001 & OSHAS 18001. The session was held at City Seasons Hotels

and had over 90 contractors attended, the meeting was productive and the response from the

contractors was positive.

Few critical contracts were finalised during this quarter including supply of Hydrogen Gas at B3S2,

supply of bulk process chemicals, CEMS annual maintenance, waste oil and scrap disposal, supply of

HVAC technicians and transformer oil analysis.

Purchase orders were issued for few major activities during this quarter across STOMO sites, which

include:

� Sea water supply pump overhauling at Sohar I

� Diesel tank repair work at Manah

� RO spare parts via Protec for Barka II

� GT air inlet filters for Rusail and Manah

� Inspection and tuning of Adaptive Stage Valve in STG by Alstom at Sohar I

� STG LP stage blade in-situ UT/PA inspection by Laborelec at Sohar I

� LP steam valve removal, blinding and re-installation at Sohar I

SavingsTotal saving of 553kUSD achieved as on 31st Mar 2014

SL Description Plant Savings ($) 1 Flowserve RO HP Pump Spares B2 73,4072 Al Ezzel Major Outage Al Ezzel 442,9163 Nordic Air Inlet Filter B3S2 37,163

The approach adopted today (23rd January) by the European Commission concerning the EU 2030 energy and climate framework is of utmost importance in shaping the energy transition to a low carbon future. The Magritte Group of CEOs is committed to support an ambitious and realistic low carbon strategy, without compromising Europe’s industrial competitiveness. To achieve this ambition, they believe a single binding target on CO2 is crucial to ensure that European energy policy will lead to a reliable, sustainable and affordable energy supply.

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Words of

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Plant Operation:The first quarter completed with

hectic activity associated with

end of outage session. March

month sprung many surprise

outages. Plant operated at an

average load factor of 54%

during the period, with the

average forced outage rate

of 0.94%. Significant events,

which contributed to forced

outage rate during the period

Q1 2014, are;

� Extension of planned outage

for GT1 over approved outage

period as scope changed

from HGPI to MI based on

observations on bearings and

compressor vanes.

� GT6 gear box gear teeth

failure resulted in forced

outage of 241 hours.

� GT7 had to go for unplanned

maintenance for replacing

stage 2 turbine buckets

based on

� Baroscopic Inspection result.

Gear box failure brought out

harsh reality on how to assess

condition in absence of OEM

supplied parts availability. OEM

which supplied the component

about 30 years back does no

longer exist. Plant ageing and

obsolete parts issue would

continue to haunt Rusail in future

years. The first quarter saw,

completion of GT6 LTE HGPI/

MI of GT1. My sincere gratitude

goes to efforts to all O&M

staff of Rusayl in completion

of scheduled inspections and

Annual Performance Test on

Gas and Liquid (Partial), without

any significant HSE incidents to

report.

Environment, Health and Safety There was no Lost Time

Accidents during the period

and Rusayl Power plant

achieved 1,865 days without

LTA as of the 31st March 2014.

Unseasonal rains prompted

few snakes to surface and

observed by our team

member near the boundary

fence and it resulted in a near

miss report. It’s quite difficult

to establish RCA and CA

action for such events. The

team is being continuously

made aware on importance

of proactive initiatives and

incident reporting which gives

us opportunity to correct

and make aware to all staff,

inherent deficiencies.

Rusail

Srinivas VandlamaniSite Manager

If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges - Pat Riley

Our Plants - Business Summary

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Barka II

Matt York Site Manager

2014 started off on a positive

note with us receiving our

formal approvals in both ISO

14001 and OHSAS 18001.

Although a significant amount

of work was undertaken during

2013 to implement the system

framework, where you will now

observe that the program is

shifting from a project phase to

an operational phase. In order

to control the operational

phase activities and maintain

our compliance, the required

actions have been assigned to

members of the team via our

Intelex portal to ensure timely

completion and adequate

audit trail for future reference.

Like any new system we will

face some minor ‘snags’ during

the implementation phase,

should you have any concerns/

questions I would urge you

discuss with your line manager

so we can work on a solution.

Our HSE performance

remained on a positive note

during the first quarter of the

year.

You will note that the site

is continuing to focus on

proactive safety measures,

whereby observations added

to the Intelex system are

reviewed and, apart from

immediate actions being taken

on the event, they feed into a

larger picture which is used

to direct our monthly HSE

themes at the site in order to

increase awareness amongst

the employees and contractors

alike. The data that you enter

is imperative in driving this

program so I would urge each

of you to ensure when entering

any observations adequate

details are established… Again

your contributions within

Intelex help drive change!

Should you have any questions

do not hesitate to discuss with

the HSE team.

RAY ECOLOGIC has been

focusing on the remediation

measures for the fuel oil spill

area with positive results to

date. The have undertaken a

15 week plan with strategies

for insitu remediation

approved by the Ministry of

Environment which utilizes

free rad technology. Once

the program is completed a

number of monitoring wells

will be established in order to

demonstrate compliance with

the ministry’s requirements.

Should you have any questions

with regards to the process

being undertaken I would

request you discuss with

Haseen who can explain in

more details.

Q1 of 2014 again proved

to be a very busy time with

regards to maintenance

activities at the site. The Minor

Overhauls of both STG’s was

completed with the help of

the Fleet Maintenance team.

There were a few unexpected

findings; however the teams

managed to pull together and

complete the tasks largely on

time and budget, overall great

work by all involved.

The teams also completed

the membrane replacement

during the quarter and were

able to make significant

improvements in relation to

the rack leakages over the

outage period - great work!

The hot drains and

associated electrical works

were completed during the

quarter which proved to be a

significantly time consuming

and labor intensive process.

The systems have since been

put back into normal operation

without any major issues -

again great work to all involved!

The performance tests were

successfully completed during

the quarter with the plant again

demonstrating capacity above

that which is contractually

required. There were a few

lessons to take away from the

process this year which we will

carry forward towards next

year’s program.

The plants reliability and

availability has been largely

ahead of those budgeted year

to date which demonstrates a

positive start to the year.

Overall great start to 2014,

let’s keep up the positive

results!

Our Plants - Business Summary

GDF SUEZ announces on the 5th February, together with its project partner Marubeni, that it has chartered a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) which will be the world’s largest upon commissioning. It will be used for the LNG import terminal project, GNL del Plata in Uruguay.

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Words of

wisdom

Manah

R. Asokan Site Manager

Manah has achieved 6,514 safe days at the end of first quarter 2014. One earthquake emergency

mock drill was conducted. Emergency response team training is going on for all the four ERT

members and scaffolding inspection training is in progress for two employees.

There were two near misses reported in this quarter.

� 07-01-2014: While the gas turbine GT2A was about to get synchronized unit breaker flashover

happened with a big sound. Breaker failed and the root cause analysis is in progress. No one was

injured.

� While people were working on GT2A accessory compartment torque converter, the cooling fan

started. The ICMD engineer informed the people about the situation since ICMD restarted one

processor in turbine control panel the incident happened. After investigation it was decided that

communication is to be improved to avoid such an incident in future; moreover, safety signs to caution

“Fans/Motors can start at any time without caution” has been ordered and it will be implemented.

Environment, Health and Safety:

Plant Safety Statistics

From01-01-2014 (Wednesday) Up to 31-03-2014 (Monday)Number of ‘Safety walks’ 12Number of ‘Safety inductions(contractors)’ 15Number of ‘Safety inductions(visitors)’ 13Number of ‘Tool box talks’ 195Number of ‘Near Miss’ reports 2Number of ‘Safety committee meetings’ 1Number of ‘Environmental Incidents’ 0Number of ‘Hot Work’ permits 8Number of ‘Confined space’ permits 6Number of ‘Work at Height’ permits 2

Plant operation and Maintenance:The reliability of the plant 68.94%.The plant generated 137.257 GW electricity. The availability was

68.36% against budgeted 89.16%.The total export was 136.848 GW and the import was 75 MW.

Gas turbines registered 2937 fired hours. Also registered 25 starts. The load factor was only 19.97%

against budgeted 54.55%.The forced outage was 31.06% against the contractual allowance of 8.33%.

GT2A combustion inspection carried out.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself - Harvey Fierstein

Our Plants - Business Summary - contd.

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Forced OutageEquipment From date Hours Problem Cause Action

GT2A (Frame 9E) 07-01-2014 2003 Unit failed to synchronize once

reached the FSNL.

Unit breaker failed while trying to synchronize to grid and flash occurred.

Unit and 52L TX breaker both tripped on protection relays of the generator panel once the ACR flash happened. Unit 132KV system isolated and investigation is going on.

GT2B (Frame 9E) 08-03-2014 2.42

" Cooling water level low" alarm appeared on unit screen. Excessive cooling water leak observed on the turbine compartment.

The leak observed on the flame detector no.:4 cooling water line joint.

Unit shutdown was required to attend the The line got fixed. No leaks observed.

GT2B (Frame 9E) 30-03-2014 1.90

Unit automatically went for normal shutdown due to high DP on air inlet filters

Filters pulse cleaning system was frequently tripping.

Filters pulse cleaning system failure attended and put on n-cycles and now ok. Filters DP came down.

Planned UnavailabilityEquipment From date Hours Outage category RemarksGT1B(Frame 6B) 18-01-2014 107.75 Maintenance outage Annual maintenance

GT2B(Frame 9E) 14-03-2014 2.5 Short notice outage Hydraulic filters replacement due to high differential pressure

GT2B (Frame 9E) 30-03-2014 1.90Unit automatically went for normal shutdown due to high DP on air inlet filters

Filters pulse cleaning system was frequently tripping.

GDF SUEZ is pleased to announce on the 10th February, that the Amstel field oil production has started from its newly installed Q13a-A production platform off the Dutch coast.

After the acquisition of 50% into the Q13a offshore production licence in 2010, GDF SUEZ Dutch Exploration and Production affiliate – GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland B.V., the first offshore gas producer in the Netherlands – demonstrated its capacity and expertise in bringing the Amstel field into production in less than 3 years. The company proved the existence of an economically viable amount of oil by successfully drilling an appraisal well at the beginning of 2011.

Barka IIIBy end of the first quarter, Barka III Power Plant completed 1,003 days without a Lost Time Accident even after having EPCC and their sub-contractors presence at a high scale.

On the 25th March, Barka III Power Plant was officially inaugurated by HE Minister of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources. The function was also attended by president and chief executive officer of GDF Suez Energy International, government officials from Oman, senior management representatives of the shareholding companies, the Public Authority for Social

Insurance (PASI) of Oman, Sojitz Corporation and Shikoku Electric Power of Japan and other invitees.

The GT11 and GT12 annual outages were taken up to carry out gas turbine minor inspections and were completed successfully. These outages have given the opportunity for EPCC to fix many pending issues and warranties prior to the summer period. A plant complete outage was requested and approved by OETC in order to allow EPCC to perform important works such as T3000 (DCS) update, harmonic

filters installation and water-steam cycle passing valves. The outage lasted for three days. T3000 DCS system was upgraded to new version to resolve the spurious time synchronization alarm issues.

On the 19th March, the Plant Annual Performance test was performed. The preliminary results indicate that the Guaranteed Capacity for Contractual Year 2 (CY2) has been achieved with margins on both fuel modes. On that opportunity, an online fuel changeover was demonstrated in the presence of the off taker (OPWP).

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Words of

wisdom


Sohar I

Rajesh Srinivasan,Maintenance ManagerMike Mosley, Site ManagerSaud Al Waili, Operations Manager

Kanchan Shere and Tomaz GuadagninMaintenance and Operations Managers

During the first quarter of 2014, team work continued with positive approach and enthusiasm with safety as top most priority in the Safety Management System on a daily basis and at Intelex. Sohar I team members participated at instinct training and tool box talks. There was no LTA and near misses were reported during this first quarter. At the end of first quarter the LTA days were 426. The plant team has carried out nine safety walks and twenty-seven fresh eye inspections. The plant has continued implementing the recommendations of the audits which were identified.

SPC board meeting was conducted at plant site for the first time on the 19th February and brief plant walk down carried out after the board meeting. The board members expressed their satisfaction in terms plant cleanliness and upkeep.

There were two important plant outages planned and executed in the month of March 2014, including some important inspection at steam turbine LP blades and adaptive stage valve internals and the result were good. The plant performance test were carried out at gas and oil, witnessed by OPWP authorities and achieved above the target value as mentioned below;

On Gas – Power 598.1 Mw against target 585 Mw and Water - 6547.6 M3 against target 6250 m3.

On Oil - Power 404.4 Mw against target 358 Mw and Water - 6449.3 M3 against target 6250 m3.

This first quarter of 2014, the plant power production, availability & reliability achieved were better than budgeted values. The availability was 81.47 % against the budgeted 78.05 % for power and production clocked 765,304 mw, much comparing to budgeted 655,689 mw.

The availability and reliability of water plant slightly lower than budgeted values during this quarter. The availability was 83.56% against the budgeted 86.05 % less than the budget respectively. This is mainly due to planned shutdown for maintenance activities at common steam and water system. The water production also was on higher end as 117, 226, 99 cubic meters with reference to the budgeted 109, 448, 15 m3.

The Site Management appreciates the hard work, dedication and commitment from the team with respect and making confidence to overcome the challenges in the rest of the year. The two times plant shutdown planned and executed in a safe manner and timely completion of task and starting the plant to produce the water supply to the Al Batna region reciprocates the professional approach which was highly

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first - Mark Twain

The Automatic Generation Control tuning was stared by LDC on their side. Barka III was cautiously dispatched from LDC during tuning period. The tuning activity continues.

Referring to the monthly Barka III dispatch profile, the plant will hopefully be operated on higher dispatch during summer period and the O&M teams are all geared up to be in line as per grid demand. During last summer period the plant was operated in CC mode whereas during the winter period, the generators were operated in OC mode.

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appreciated by OPWP & PAEW. As a professional team we would continue to have

effective participate in health, safety and environmental programs to help lead us

toward operational excellence at the plant site, and as part of the STOMO organisation.

Wishing all STOMO family members a successful and healthy days ahead in 2014.

Cameron LNG, one of the most advanced US LNG export projects, promoted by GDF SUEZ as a shareholder and a capacity holder, has just reached a decisive step with the conditional non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) approval from the US Department of Energy (DOE). Non-FTA agreement will enable GDF SUEZ to export LNG from the Cameron LNG project, in Louisiana, into countries that have not signed a FTA with the USA.

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Sohar II Power Plant won

SAMEA’s 2013 - Summer

Reliability Award - Power

(3rd best SAMEA). By the

end of the first quarter the

HSE statistics board showed

999 days without lost time

accident. After intense

months of scheduled outages,

the Annual Performance Test

was completed successfully

on the 20th March on both

fuel gas and fuel oil. Excellent

results which are the outcome

of great efforts! A sincere

*thank you* to all staff! On

the 24th 4 March, Sohar II was

inaugurated by the Minister

of Environment and Climate

Affairs, H.E. Mohammed Al

Tobi. In May, 35% of the shares

in our Owner company, Al

Batinah Power Company, will

be offered to the public.

Several scheduled outages

happened in the first quarter

of 2014. Amongst others

the following works were

completed: gas turbines minor

inspections, gas turbines air

intake filters replacement,

replacement and re-routing

of gas turbines fuel hoses

(fretting issue), harmonics

filter installation, gas turbine

12 generator bushing

replacement (high hydrogen

losses issue) and steam

turbine generator bearings

inspection (turning gear fails

issue). The scheduled outages

for the winter period 2013-

2014 ended on the 11th

March and the total amount

of megawatt hours scheduled

outages has been within the

15% winter allowance.

The circulating water

pumps were overhauled once

again. So far, approximately

1 ton additional weight

has been added to each

pump’s inner casing and

approximately 2.5 ton

additional weight has been

added to each pump’s motor

to maintain vibrations.

A deal was made between

STOMO and EPCC to close

approximately 200 punch list

items in return for equipment,

services and spare parts in

addition to the EPC contract

requirements.

Gas turbine 12 generator

hydrogen consumption stays

abnormally high, even after

the replacement of the leaking

bushing. The steam turbine

turning gear fails remain

unsolved after the generator

bearings inspection.

Three short duration forced

outages happened in the

first quarter of 2014. Only

one combustion chamber

acceleration event in the first

quarter of 2014. Commercial

availability year-to-date

is 99.82%. Commercial

availability contract-year-to-

date is 99.89%. A few more

statistics can be seen in the

graphs. The fuel demand

model is yet to be approved by

OPWP.

For the second quarter of

2014 we foresee preparing

for the ISO 14001 and OHSAS

18001 certification and

working with EPCC for closing

the approximately 650 open

punch list items and 300

open warranty claims. Also,

two lengthy underground

firefighting HDPE pipe

sections will be replaced

by coated steel pipe in the

second quarter.

Sohar II

Ganesh Gandhi and Frederik BaertsMaintenance and Operations Manager

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life - Charles Darwin

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Our Plants - Business Summary - contd. Fleet Maintenance (FM)

In the first quarter of 2014, the Fleet Maintenance team continued with their winter maintenance schedule. During this period the big events were the FM team being involved in the steam turbines inspections,

executing these new activities in Marafiq/KSA (ST30 and ST40) and Barka II (ST1 & ST2). In parallel the team was also completing the gas turbines combustion inspection as per annual schedule.

What was interesting too look at was not only the professional way the team was performing the maintenance activities, but the way people in the team interacted, how they operate together without explanations, even with contractors, how the entire assembly work has a unique, strong and precise mechanism.

I consider this is one of the highest achievements from the management point of view, seeing your team acting together, overpassing all issues, understanding each other, knowing how to approach the work in any plant, keeping calm, even under stressful and irritating conditions, performing the job accurate and with a spotless HSE record, but in the same time learning and enhancing their experience and keeping a family atmosphere during the entire project.

In this respect I need to highlight the major contribution of our project manager, Lieven Van Zele, who was continuously pushing the team towards a professional behavior, doubled by a friendly approach. The final result was a strong team ready to face any challenge, mature enough to support tasks outside the existing contractual specifications, experienced enough to work standalone and to lead a group of contractors towards a successful project.

I want to thank everybody in the team for their commitment and wish all a happy well deserved holiday.

Daniel PeteanuFM Manager

GDF SUEZ announces on the 25th February, that 109 MW of new renewable capacity has recently been commissioned in Canada, comprising the 99 MW Cape Scott wind farm and the 10 MW Beckwith solar installation.

With the addition of these projects, GDF SUEZ Canada and its partners Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Fiera Axium Infrastructure now operate a total renewable energy portfolio of 680 MW. GDF SUEZ holds a 40% share in this consortium.

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Words of

wisdom

Blood DriveOn the 11th February, 35 Sohar I and Sohar II employees contributed to the blood drive. Hopefully

next year, we can once again support this worthy cause.

Sohar Power Company (SPC)SPC held their quarterly board meeting at Sohar I plant site on February 19th.

The meeting concluded with a plant tour with the Sohar Power Company Board Members.

Farewell DinnerOn the 11th March, Williams direct reports took him out for a farewell dinner and presented him

with gifts.

The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. - Charles Kuralt

News Bites

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News Bites

Name PlantSyam. R B2

Prabhunath Singh B2

Issa Al Jalandani B2

Jasim Al Jaradi B2

Hanees HO

S. M. Karimuddim B2

Abdulsalam Al Dawoodi B3

Thayumanguan B2

Satheesan Moothedath HO

Rithesh Suseela Raj HO

Name PlantMoosa Al Hosni B3

Abdul Majeed A. Hamed B3

D. Ganesh B3

Saif Al Salmi HO

Arokiasamy Michael B3

Ian Agnew HO

Mahmood Al Rawahi HO

Sivaji Chellubonina B3

Asim Ali Al Rashdi B3

Mahmood Al Shekaili B3

RaffleOn the 4th March, Mat York and Basma Al Bartamani raffled 20 bikes to the B2, B3 and HO employees.

The winners were;

Birthday Celebrations at Head OfficeOn the 16th January STOMO celebrated January birthdays. Happy birthday to Nasser Al Rahbi, Mirza

Jawad Baig, Ivan Dsouza. Anupam Kunwar and Rehma Al Habsi.

On the 10th February STOMO celebrated February brthdays. Happy birthday to William King.

ONGOn the 12th February, a few

STOMO employees attended

the ONG meeting in Dubai.

A few items on the agenda

were best practices on the

following; Hydrogen Leak

Management, Fire Fighting

System, Work Permit System,

Steam Turbine…

On the 20th March, European heads of state and government will held a summit in Brussels where a crucial debate on Europe’s energy future will be high on the agenda. On this occasion CEOs of the largest energy companies that make up the “Magritte Group” will reiterate the need for, comprehensive and ambitious but realistic and timely decisions and have submitted a list of recommendations to this end.

B3 FarewellOn the 13th March,

the Barka III employees

invited William King to

the plant for a farewell

celebration. It started

off with presentations

by Hafidha Al Balushi,

Tomaz Guadagnin,

Kanchan Shere, Matt

York, Khalil Al Zaidi

(SCE), Ibrahim Ahmed

Al Zadjali (HSE), Anwar

Al Siyabi (Mechanical

Engineer) and finally

William King. After the

speeches Anwar and

Matt handed William

traditional local gifts

which was then

followed by lunch.

Family DayOn the 28th February,

STOMO HO, Managers

and their families

celebrated a fun

evening with magician

shows, group games

and farewell speeches

from Jaisankar and

William.

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Words of

wisdomThe family is one of nature’s masterpieces - George Santayana

News Bites - contd.

S1 FarewellOn the 23rd February,

Sohar I wished Yaqoub

Al Harthi a sad farewell

as he leaves STOMO

as an Operations

Manager and starts his

new venture as GM at

Al Khamil Power Plant.

The pictures show his

farewell party with

cake and gifts as well as

his last team meeting.

STOMO wishes Yaqoub

all the best on his new

venture.

In February, STOMO’s new GM Mike Maudsley came to visit Oman which was his first trip to the Sultanate. On the 25th, he spent a day at Sohar I to see the plant and meet the staff.

On the 16th January, William hosted his annual STOMO appreciation dinner at the Hyatt and presented gifts.

MarriageOn the 13th February,

Barka III Shift Charge

Engineer, Mahmood

Saif Nasser Al Shekaili

was married. STOMO

wishes you and your

wife all the best!

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News Bites - contd.

Mike Maudsley

STOMO Annual Appreciation Dinner

GDF SUEZ inaugurated two power plants in the Sultanate of Oman in March. The Sohar 2 and Barka 3 power plants, which represent a combined investment of USD1.7 billion and total installed capacity of 1,488 MW.

Q 4 - 201322

Words of

wisdom

News Bites - contd.

To the right is a group

picture of Rusail’s

football team after

their weekly session.

On the 25th March, Mike

Maudsley (STOMO new

GM) came to Oman for his

second visit for the B3/S2

inaugurations and to meet the

head office team.

The HO team welcomed Mike

with a lunch and Mike did a

speech introducing himself

and informing the staff on his

background.

GDF SUEZ inaugurated two

power plants in the Sultanate

of Oman this week. The Sohar

II and Barka IItI power plants,

which represent a combined

investment of USD 1.7 billion

and total installed capacity of

1,488 MW.

These two projects were

tendered by the Government

of Oman in 2009 to meet the

country’s growing power needs.

A consortium led by GDF SUEZ

was awarded both projects

in 2010 and three years later,

Barka III and Sohar II started

commercial operation on

schedule, adding significant

capacity to the Sultanate’s Main

Interconnected System (MIS).

The Group’s partners in the

consortium were Suhail Bahwan

Group, the Public Authority for

Social Insurance (PASI) of Oman,

Sojitz Corporation and Shikoku

Electric Power Co., Inc. of Japan.

Willem Van Twembeke, CEO of

GDF SUEZ Energy International,

who attended the inauguration

ceremonies, said: “Over the

last 20 years, GDF SUEZ has

been a reliable, efficient and

long-term supplier of power

and water to the people of

Oman. In partnership with

the Government of Oman, we

Football

Welcome Lunch

Sohar II and Barka III Inauguration24th and 26th March 2014

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude - Maya Angelou

Did you Know

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News Bites - contd. More News

Did you Know

remain committed to meeting

the growing future energy and

water needs of the Country.”

Sohar II and Barka III are coastal,

gas-fired combined cycle gas

turbines (CCGT) plants with a

capacity of 744 MW each. With

state-of-the-art technology,

they are the most energy

efficient large-scale power

plants in Oman.

The Oman Power and Water

Procurement Company (OPWP)

is the single off-taker for both

project companies under

two separate 15-year power

purchase contracts. According

to OPWP, peak demand for

electricity in the MIS is expected

to grow at an average rate of

9.5% per annum driven by

population growth, general

economic development and

infrastructure expansion.

A big thank you!

Intelex has been a challenging

experience and I am sure at

times you have felt frustrated;

with this said I am pleased

with what has been achieved

and accomplished across all

assets. Well done!

Intelex serves to replace

paper based operations in

many areas of the business

and will lead the way on how

we conduct and report our

activities over the coming

years; I believe by Q3 of 2014

Intelex will become routine and

by 2015 it will be embedded

into our corporate culture.

“If nothing ever changed,

there’d be no butterflies”.

Having problems? Follow

the steps below:

Step 1 – Download the

training manual which is

available on Intelex in HQ

Training Dept. folder – Intelex

training – Intelex training

manual Feb 2014 (this will be

continuously updated)

Step 2 – if you still cannot

find a solution to your

problem please speak to your

Supervisor

Step 3 – if the Supervisor

cannot help, speak to the

Operations Manager or Site

Manager who receives emails

relating to problem solving

and new updates.

Step 4 – if the problem cannot

be solved contact Amber

Over the course of the next

few months more training will

be offered at Site (the focus

will be on S2 and B3), in many

cases it is the responsibility of

the Site Manager to pass on

new information.

Again, thank you all…please

keep using the system and

check each Sunday morning

what tasks you need to achieve

for the week ahead. Well done!

By Amber Low, Consultant

GDF SUEZ is pleased to announce that it has acquired West Coast Energy (“WCE”), a leading independent wind energy developer. This acquisition strengthens GDF SUEZ’s commitment to expand its wind portfolio in the UK.

West Coast Energy has been operating in the UK for over 18 years and has successfully developed 650 MW of wind capacity, representing 9% of the installed onshore wind capacity in the UK. WCE has a significant pipeline of onshore wind development projects under evaluation with a capacity of 200 MW. GDF SUEZ has been working in partnership with West Coast Energy to develop wind projects since 2008. West Coast Energy currently employs 55 people in its headquarters in Mold.

What is Heartbleed and how do I make myself safe?There’s a good chance you

have heard of Heartbleed. It

has, after all, been causing

the internet a great deal of

heartache. This security cock-

up has left a great portion

of internet information

unsecured.

On April 7, a fixed version of

OpenSSL, which is where the

issue lies, was released to seal

up the security hole. It was also

the time the issue was publicly

disclosed and the full extent of

the damage began to emerge.

Because vulnerability is a

problem at an internet level,

Heartbleed has left vast

swathes of private internet

data prime for the pickings.

Essentially the security keys

used to keep your password

and names you use to keep

your data safe could be

compromised by anyone with

the know-how.

Large numbers of websites

have been affected, including

some of the biggest on the

internet. So here’s our guide to

what Heartbleed is and how to

protect against it.

Can I catch Heartbleed?No, even if you frequent

some especially dark corners

of the internet. Although

widely reported as a virus or

hack, Heartbleed is actually

a vulnerability. Imagine the

internet is a castle and SSL/

TLS encryption is a part of

the wall and moat around it

used to keep out invaders. A

mistake by a German software

programmer basically left a

small door open in the wall for

invaders to get in.

Should I be concerned?Yes and no. Heartbleed

makes it possible for people

HEARTBLEED

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Words of

wisdomChange will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek - Barack Obama

Did you Know - contd.

to extract sensitive data such

as your name and password

information thereby allowing

them to impersonate you.

It also means your personal

internet life is open to other

viewers, including (potentially)

your bank account or credit

card numbers.

A number of websites have

already patched the OpenSSL

vulnerability, but that is only

half of the problem. You see,

if somebody has managed to

sneak into the internet castle

through the aforementioned

small door and has seen your

password, no amount of

security updates to a website

will change that fact (unless

the website forces a password

reset, of course).

What precautions should I take?Website Mashable created

a useful Heartbleed Hitlist.

The list shows a number of

the affected websites and the

actions you need to take to

be safe. The list is US-centric

but it covers most of the major

bases.

At worst you will need to

reset your password so that

anyone who knows your old

password is no longer able

to access your information.

Facebook, for instance, requires

a password change. Instagram,

Twitter and Pinterest were also

affected, while LinkedIn was

okay because it never used ‘the

offending implementation of

OpenSSL’. Some companies,

such as Google, have advised a

password change just to be on

the safe side.

We would suggest you

change any password where

you have been advised to do

so. It’s a hassle, granted, but

the alternative is somebody

pretending to be you for

criminal reasons.

There is, of course, little point

in changing your password if

the website involved is still yet

to patch the problem. You will

need to wait for confirmation

before proceeding in this

instance.

Can I safeguard against future vulnerabilities?Technically when a software

programming error or bug

hands ‘hackers’ the keys to

personal data there is little you

can do. But you can at least

limit the damage by having

different passwords for every

internet service you use. If

your password is the same for

everything it only takes one

password leak for you to be

vulnerable.

Use multiple passwords and

consider changing them every

few months or so. Avoid storing

passwords and/or sensitive

data on a device without a

passcode, just in case you lose

the device or it gets stolen.

A number of websites use

two-step authentication.

Google, for instance, requires

you to enter your email address

and password and then a six-

digit passcode that is texted

to you. Access is only granted

if you have the two steps of

authentication. This will make

you more secure.

You could also use any tool

that allows you to logout of

any and all devices, Facebook

being one example. This will

force you and anyone else to

re-login, which will require

your new password. Therefore,

anyone who shouldn’t be

looking will be locked out.

Anything else?Most websites (affected or not)

will have an official webpage,

email or statement out there

for the benefit of their users.

A quick Google should bring

up the spiel you need and any

specific advice you should

undertake to be safe.

More information on the

complexities of Heartbleed

can be found on http://

heartbleed.com/

HEARTBLEED

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On the occasion of the visit of a high Chinese delegation to France, Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO of GDF SUEZ, signed a cooperation agreement with Wang Dong, Chairman and CEO of Beijing Enterprise Group, to develop natural gas and energy efficiency projects in China. Chinese and French Presidents Xi Jinping and François Hollande were present at the signing.

Did you Know - contd.

1. You were instrumental

in establishing STOMO as a

single entity managing six

O&M contracts. Looking

back do you think, it was

a good decision to have a

central organization rather

than independent O&M

companies?

This is a really good question,

first of all the organisational

structure was well thought out

before I arrived in STOMO and

in retrospect I believe it was the

an excellent decision. I think

the type of structure envisaged

by my predecessor provides a

focused vision which is a key

trait of effective leadership,

our type of structure keeps all

levels of STOMO focused on one

vision or purpose. Additionally

the centralized organisation

has helped to increase our

organisation maturity at a much

faster pace than a single entity

possibly could. The organisation

has grown into a mini-SAMEA

and we have been able to

obtain scale affect savings in

procurement, IT, finance and

human resources.

I also believe this type of

structure leads to reduced

conflict which can happen when

only one person or a small group

at the top makes important

decisions, our consensus

building approach to decision

making provides additional

strength.

Of course one of the

challenges to this the structure

is it can create bureaucracy,

red tape and inefficiency, but I

do believe our structure is not

lethargic or inefficient, in fact

some might say we move too

quick.

2. Are you confident that

STOMO brand occupies a

special slot in minds of its

employees as well as the

brand building exercises for

external agencies? How far do

you think you were successful

in this?

When I think back many years

ago when we were initially

working on creating a tagline

and brand we held several

brainstorming sessions and

one of our past employees

Vicky Campeart came up

with the tagline, “Producing

the Essentials” immediately

the team was excited and the

tagline and brand was born. I

believe we have done a lot in

terms of physically branding

STOMO and many of our plants

have hosted tours for students

educating them in the areas of

conservation and environmental

leadership. Additionally we have

been actively involved in the

Oman Power and Water Summit

and this year hosting the global

Siemens V94.2 gas turbine

conference. I do believe there is

always more to do in terms of

Corporate Social Responsibility

(CSR) initiates focused on people,

environment, governance

and social improvements.

Initiatives sponsoring youth,

environmental conservation

and wellness campaigns to

improve the lives for the people

in Oman could be a way forward

to build on our success.

3. As engineers we always

talk about bathtub curve

for equipment. Do you think

the same concept applies to

STOMO as an organisation?

Well for some of us maybe a

definition is required, according

to Dictionary.com the bathtub

curve definition is that of

resembling an end-to-end

section of one of those claw-

footed antique bathtubs. In

theory it describes the expected

failure rate (in our case) power

and water plants with time.

Starting as initially high, pre and

post commercial operations

date and then dropping to

near zero for most of the plants

lifetime and then rising again

as the plant ages and tires

out. I believe it is very similar to

an automobile, we have also

observed cars that travel greater

than 500,000 miles like a Dubai

Taxi and then we see other

vehicles like a personal car that

breaks down to retirement after

200,000 miles. I would say it

depends how you drive the car?

Are you driving without starting

and stopping it too many times,

are you’re completing the proper

service, do you maintain low

speed never driving for extended

periods with the pedal to the

floor. I believe our plants are

well maintained and certainly

not exercised like a merchant

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wisdomYou must be the change you wish to see in the world - Mahatma Gandhi

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facility so we will maintain near

zero for longer than expected

while STOMO is more like an

organic organisation, which

unlike mechanical processes is

completely dependent on the

energy and dedication of our

people, we will not tire out.

4. Do you think that five years

is a short time to accomplish

what you wanted, especially

considering the diversity of

the six STOMO plants?

I must say that the changes

that have occurred in the last

five years are remarkable to me.

We have had expansive growth

from 50 to over 360 employees

and many additional plants.

During my tenure I did not

have a master plan or extreme

vision of what STOMO should

look like. I was always focused

on continuous improvement

in people development and

plant process improvement, I

understood that if we focused

in these areas the results will

come and we were right. I am

proud of many things such as

our training programs and focus

on doing what is right with our

people. I always thought to push

us hard enough to stretch the

business and our people while

realizing there are not an infinite

amount of projects that can be

accomplished at one time.

5. How do you rate the success

of your attempts to create

a second level of leadership

in STOMO through different

methods (I connect, Meta Next

Gen, Mentoring, trainings...)

I think we have taken some

excellent initiatives to expose

people to leadership training,

mentoring and people

development, the area of

technical development needs

additional emphasis. Oman

leads the Gulf in many areas

including localization but

additional support by the

authorities is required to

develop trade and vocational

programs that can enable young

Omani’s to be the successful as

motor mechanics, millwrights

or electricians. In STOMO our

strength is our people so we must

stay focused and committed to

training and development and

expose opportunities for growth.

The “I Connect” program is an

excellent imitative that requires

dedication and commitment

from all participants to ensure

success so we can be leaders in

this area.

6. Going back to early 2009

when you started your

mission and the long term

objectives you set, what were

the difficulties/challenges

over the last five years?

While I have never liked the term

challenges I would say they are

more like opportunities. While

I have had some opportunities

for improvement, we had many

challenges through spring

2011 and I thank everyone

including the STOMO Board for

the support. I think the whole

STOMO experience has grown

me immensely as I have had the

opportunity to work with great

people and had the pleasure to

be part of the STOMO family.

7. How do you reflect on your

tenure with STOMO?

Simply Excellent! What a great

joy, I learned new skills and

professionally developed, I have

a sense of accomplishment and

pride; I was part of something

bigger than myself. The people

at STOMO are a pleasure to work

with and make it enjoyable to

come to work.

8. What were your most

memorable moments in

STOMO?

Wow, too many to mention, off

the top of my head…

� The first team building

session at Al Nahda, the Boat

race particularly.

� COD at Barka II, finally.

� Laughing in the hallway and

during meetings

� Continual support from the

Board.

� Birthday parties and well…. all

other parties.

� Employee deaths, time to

reflect on how fragile life is.

This never gets easier.

� My numerous farewell parties,

too many to mention

� My farewell party by the

employees at B3, I am still very

touched.

9. There were so many new

initiatives taken by you in

STOMO. You converted a

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GDF SUEZ announces on the 28th March, the signature of a Heads of Agreement providing for the sale of LNG under a long term agreement with CPC Corporation of Taiwan (CPC). Under the terms of the agreement, GDF SUEZ will deliver 800,000 tons per year of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to CPC on a 20-year period starting 2018. LNG will be sourced from the Cameron LNG plant in the USA. The Cameron LNG export project which partners are GDF SUEZ, Sempra, Mitsubishi and Mitsui has received conditional approvals from the US Department of Energy (DOE) and partial agreement from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and is likely to be firmly sanctioned within the course of this year.

small company from Rusail

to an enviable one in STOMO

and in GDF Suez. What do

you cherish as your greatest

achievement?

I stood on top of the shoulders

of the team and they provided

the success, I simply got out

of the way and let them get on

with it. There is not one great

achievement because “coming

together is a beginning. Keeping

together is progress. Working

together is success.” Henry Ford.

10. What is the most important

message you would like to

leave to STOMO employee?

Spend your time collaborating

with your colleagues to improve

our business and your skills, listen

to the people with experience but

also look at new ways to do old

things; this is how you can add

value. Ask yourself, if you had an

advertisement in your plant where

you provide a service better than

anyone else, what would it say?

Ask your Supervisor for

additional responsibilities so you

may increase your knowledge.

Understand that opportunity

presents itself to people that learn

and grow and not necessarily

to people due to time based

seniority. I have always said

that you can have 15 years

of experience with one year

repeated over and over or you

can have 15 different years of

experiences. Who would you hire?

11. How do you feel when the

employees refer to you as the

‘Employees Manager’?

Well I must say I am honored,

being considered a man

of the people is one of the

greatest compliments one may

receive. I came from humble

beginnings where my family

were all factory type workers so

to be given an opportunity of

influence provides you with the

opportunity and responsibility

to spread the values of mutual

respect, fairness, cooperation,

shared goals and vision.

12. What daily exercise do you

plan now that you do not have

to climb the stairs?

My new position just so happens

to be on the third floor although

the stairs are inside, I need a little

more than this exercise in my

future, being part of the over

50 crowd means I must spend

additional time focusing on

wellness.

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Why did you want to join the Online English Language training program?I wanted to improve my English Language skills in reading and writing. But I was unable to go to an Institute following a fixed schedule. Then I got this opportunity for online learning. Now I can learn English any time from my home or office.

Do you get enough free time to do this training?If I plan properly, I have lot of free time to do these training programs.

What is your opinion about the Online Language Training

program offered by company? The Online Language Training program offered by the Company is very good. Now I am doing a foundation level in a Diploma program (Electrical Engineering). As I was doing Online English Training, I could score very well in the ‘Diploma’ selection exam.

You are learning from home also, does your family support this?My family supports me a lot. They know that in this competitive world, I can achieve more in life only through better equipping me with higher education, experience & hard work.

What is your message for your colleagues in STOMO?STOMO provides different learning opportunities to employees. There is GPiLEARN, INSTINCT, Online Language Training, Scholarships for higher education etc. So company is interested in employee development. Management is spending money. It is our duty to best utilize these opportunities. If I am not using them I am not reciprocating the trust shown by company on me.

I want to thank STOMO for the different personal development opportunities provided by the company.

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Words of

wisdom

Interviews - contd.

Sultan Saif Al BahriLocal Operator, Rusail Power Plant

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often - Winston Churchill

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1. What are your objectives

in your new position?

My key objective is to

improve performance and

understanding of existing

systems, while increasing my

staff accountability for their

specific areas of responsibility.

With the emphasis on high

plant reliability and availability.

Continue to Develop the

operations Department

personnel, ensuring they are

ready or able to perform the

next higher job responsibility

(Succession Planning).

Focus on building a strong

Operations team, by utilizing

the department’s strengths

and improving in areas I

identify as weak.

Coach, Mentor, and train

my team to build strong

understanding of Safety and

company Safety Rules.

2. How do you segregate

the time now on the new

position between your

subordinates and the

management?

I divide my time between

completing my direct duties

and assigned operational

tasks, training and building

the operations team, as

well as solving issues with

preventative action or

corrective action to prevent

reoccurrence.

3. I heard that once a person

goes to a higher position,

managing people takes

more time than to manage

the technical issues, what

do you think? How do you

find it?

I believe not all managers are

the same, as god made us all

different. It also depends on

how the manager and his team

interrelate. My work experience

shows me a leader should be

flexible with his team and be

able to advice, discipline and

understand the culture of his

personnel. I’m not finding any

difficulties managing my staff

as they know my nature, and I

know them very well.

4. How comfortable do

you feel to handle the

contractual issues arising

out of O&M and PWPA

contracts?

I’m becoming more

comfortable and familiar,

as I have been studying the

agreements since 2011. Now

that I am using the contracts

it is helping me understand

more and become better at

utilizing the clauses when

dealing with the contracts.

5. What has been your

family’s response to your

promotion?

They were very excited

and supportive when I was

promoted, and advised me

to continue to work hard,

be professional, and to be a

positive example as a leader.

6. Career wise where would

you like to see yourself in

five years?

I see myself achieving more

skills and responsibility and

becoming more efficient in

management, increasing my

position to Site Manager at a

Plant.

Interviews - contd.

Saud Al WailiFormer Shift Engineer at S1 Current Operations Manager at S1

GDF SUEZ has signed a partnership agreement with Toshiba for development of its nuclear programme in the United Kingdom. This solid industrial partnership gives new impetus to NuGeneration Ltd (NuGen), which was created to develop a new nuclear power plant on the West Cumbria coast in Northwest England. The plant will be built utilizing Westinghouse AP1000 technology and will achieve a capacity of 3,400 MW. The terms of the agreement provide for Toshiba to own 60% of NuGen along with GDF SUEZ, shareholder with a 40% stake who will bring its extensive nuclear plant operatorship experience. The choice of the AP1000 technology aligns with UK Government’s ambition to see a diversity of technologies in the new nuclear programme.

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Words of

wisdom

Events

NAME POSITION SITEK.P John Reji Electrical Technician ManahJ. Jaishankar Purchase & Stores Manager Head OfficeYaqoub Al Harthy Operations Manager Sohar IManaa Amur Al Saghir Al Rushidi Local Operator Barka III

LeaversSTOMO has had five employees leave this quarter; we would like to wish them all the best in their future.

NAME SITE DATESaid Khalfan Al Mashari Barka II 02.01.2014Adil Obaid Hadher Al Badri Barka II 01.03.2014Issa Sulaiman Said Al Maqbali Sohar I 31.03.2014Mahmood Khamis Salim Al Balushi Sohar I 27.03.2014

Marriages STOMO would like to congratulate all the below employees

on their nuptials.

NAME POSITION SITEYaqoob Taaeeb Al Saadi Trainee Electrical Technician Sohar I

JoinersBelow is the newest joiner in STOMO and we would like to wish him all the best.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress - Frederick Douglass

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Glossary

AEPC Al Ezzel Power Company - Bahrain

AER Authority for Electricity Regulations

Al Batinah Owner of Sohar II Power Plant

Al Ezzel Al Ezzel Power Company - Bahrain

Al Suwaidi Owner of Barka III Power Plant

Barka II Barka II Power and Desalination Plant

Barka III Barka III Power Plant

CAT Certified Accounting Technician

CCR Central Control Room

CEMS Continuous Emission Monitoring System

CI Combustion Inspection

CO Carbon monoxide

COVALA software for reporting internal control measures

DCS Distributed Control System

Demin/DM Demineralisation

DR Disaster Recovery

EPC Engineering Procurement and Construction

EPCCEngineering Procurement and Construction Contractor

ERP Enterpuener Resource Planning

EtaPROA software for monitoring power plant plant efficiency

FM Fleet Maintenance

GPiLEARNAn online technical training program offered by GP Strategies U.S.A.

GPRS Gas Pressure Reducing Station

GT Gas Turbine

GTG Gas Turbine Generator

GW Giga Watt

HO Head Office

HRMSHuman Resources Management System - a software application for automating Human Resources functions

HRSG Heat Recovery Steam Generator (Boiler)

HSE Health Safety & Environment

IBC Intermediate Bulk Container

I&C Instrumentation & control

INSTINCT An online Health & Safety Training Program

IPP Independent Power Producer

ISOInternational Organization for Standardization

Kg Kilogram

KPI Key Performance Indicators

LDC Load Dispatch Centre

Lit Litre

LTA Lost Time Accident

LTE Life Time Extension

Manah Manah Power Plant

MAX Maximum

MCC Motor Control Centre

META Middle East Turkey and Africa

MRMEMinistry of Regional Municipalities and Environment

mg/I Milligram per litre

mS/cm Milli Siemens per Centimeter

mV Millivolt

MW Mega Watt

No. Numbers

NTU Nephelometric Turbidity Unit

O&M Operation & Maintenance

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

OETC Oman Electricity Transmission Company

OMR Omani Rial

OPWPOman Power & Water Procurement Company

ORP Oxidation Reduction Potential

PRO Public Relations Officer

RCA Root Cause Analysis

RO Reverse Osmosis

Rusail Rusail Power Plant

SAPSoftware supporting Cumputorised Maintenance Management

SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SDI Silt Density Index

SMART Package

A software tool for reporting financial parameters

SMNSMN Power Holding Company (Owner of Barka II and Rusail Power Plant)

Sohar I Sohar I Power & Desalination Plant

Sohar II Sohar II Power Plant

SOMC Sohar Operation & Maintenance Company

SPCSohar Power Company (Owner of Sohar I Power and Desalination Plant)

ST Steam Turbine

STG Steam Turbine Generator

STOMOSuez Tractebel Operation & Maintenance Oman LLC

T&A Time & Attendance

t/h Tons per hour

UPCUnited Power Company (Owner of Manah Power Plant)

UPS Uninterrupted Power Supply

USD United States Dollars

% Percentage

GDF SUEZ Rassembleurs d’Energies continues its commitment to fight against energy poverty with its investment in “Les Toits de l’Espoir,” a cooperative enterprise (Scop) that renovates and improves the energy efficiency of social housing for very low-income renters. This is the third social enterprise investment in France by GDF SUEZ Rassembleurs d’Energies, thanks to which it is strengthening its coverage of the country. A first investment was made in 2012, in Foncière Chênelet. That enterprise has historically been active in the Pas-de-Calais region where it builds high energy performance social housing. In December 2013, a second investment was concluded with the property company “Habitat et Humanisme,” which is a major player in the Rhône-Alpes region involved in energy renovation of very low-income social housing.

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Words of

wisdom

Birthdays

Name Date Of BirthRiaz Ahmed 1 JanM Jalil Khan 1 JanSaif Ahmed Nagais Al Hashmi 1 JanSulaiman Amur 1 JanMohammed Ali Rashid Al Reesi 1 JanIssa Nasser Hashil Al Siyabi 1 JanAbdullah Khalfan Nasser Al Siyabi 1 JanNasser Salim Nasser Al Rahbi 1 JanQasim Ali Khamis Al Azri 1 JanAmjad Shaheen 1 JanHamad Masoud Said Al Mamari 1 JanMirza Jawad Baig 1 JanNasser Ali Khamis Al Azri 1 JanSalim Abdullah Sulayaim Al Sheriff 1 JanMohammed Matar Al Mahrooqi 1 JanSalim Hamed Abdullah Al Barashdi 1 JanAhmed Sulaiman Ali Al Ajmi 3 JanKhalid Suleiman Said Al Maqbali 3 JanKumaraguru Sangaraguru 3 JanGanesh Sah 4 JanNarayana Rao Gattu 4 JanIvan Joseph Andrew Dsouza 5 JanYounis Said Salim Al Rawahi 6 JanSaeed Abdullah Saeed Al Sooti 8 JanYasser Mohammed Mubarak Al Nahdi 10 JanHilal Ali Sulaiman Al Tamimi 12 JanM Muralimanokaran 12 JanBadar Khalfan Ambu Saidi 12 JanAhmed Said Khamis Al Hanei 12 JanAlex Manoj 14 JanAli Said Ali Al Ruyami 14 JanJuma Saleh Issa Al Maskri 14 JanMuhammad Aslam K V 18 JanSaid Al Riyami 18 JanAnupam Kunwar 19 JanR Chinnathambi 20 JanSyed Aleem Ahmed 20 JanAmitkumar Mohanbhai Chaudhari 22 JanMohammed Abdullah Hamed Al Sinani 22 JanHariharan Sachidanandam 24 JanZayana Yousuf Sulaiman Al Yahmadi 25 JanK V S Sarma 26 JanSolairaja B Vijay Kumar 27 JanAbdulghani Abdulrahman Guloom Al Farsi 27 JanSalim Juma Khamis Al Hakmani 30 Jan

Mohammed Zubair 3 FebMohammed Mohtashim Khan 3 Feb

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today - James Dean

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Birthdays

Name Date Of BirthIssa Humaid Said Al Jalandani 6 Feb Mohammed Ali Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Al Balushi 7 Feb Abdul Majeed Abdullah Al Rawahi 7 FebSaid Abdullah Said Al Alawi 8 FebMohammed Khalifa Said Al Souli 8 FebSathianesan Gopi 11 FebKhalid Said Mohammed Al Zaabi 16 FebHamdan Salim Hamdan Al Balushi 17 FebIssa Mubarak Abdul Al Balushi 17 FebMahmood Ali Mohammed Al Balushi 17 FebMohammed Jane Alam 18 FebSaif Nasser Abdullah Al Husaini 20 FebAmeer Abdulrasool Ali Al Balushi 22 FebGhanim Hamed Al Harassi 23 FebJuma Khamis Harib Al Balushi 23 FebOmar Khalifa Ali Al Hakmani 25 FebGopinath Subramanian 27 FebK P John Reji 27 Feb

Ibtisam Nasser Mohammed Al Akhzami 2 MarKeerthi Kumar T K 3 MarNassar Mohammed Ali Al Hadi 3 MarIbrahim Nasser Salim Al Busaidi 5 MarKallada Roopesh 6 MarKhalil Ahmed Sulaiman Al Azizi 7 MarSalem Khalfan Salem Al Amri 8 MarAsokan Ramalingam 9 MarAli Mubarak Amur Al Musalami 11 Mar Sohaib Abdullah Mohammed Al Rawahi 11 MarMohammed Tanveer 13 MarMurugaiah Rajkumar 13 MarSaid Khalfan Said Al Mashari 13 MarN Harisubramani 14 MarMohammed Nasser Yunis Al Naabi 15 MarRajakumar Rajangam 16 MarMichaelraj Arockiasamy 21 MarPrabhunath Singh 21 MarSami Said Nasser Al Azri 22 MarAjith Thaliyarath 22 MarMohammed Khamis Salim Al Shahi 23 MarMusa Karim Baksh Dad Karim Al Balushi 23 MarKarunakaran Prabhu 24 MarSatheesan Moothedath 25 MarRaya Said Mubarak Al Maqbali 27 MarSultan Saif Masood Al Bahri 28 MarHazim Sulaiman Dawood Al Balushi 28 MarSaud Hamed Ahmed Al Waili 30 Mar

An Eiffage-led consortium including Egis and GDF SUEZ has been selected to carry out a “sustainable city simulator” for Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan following a tender procedure launched by the French Foreign Trade Ministry and the General Treasury Department (DGT).This ground-breaking project, named Astainable® (after the city of Astana and the word sustainable) entails:• Assessing Astana’s needs for sustainable development in the fields of ecomobility, the provision of a local energy mix, sustainable construction and the urban ecosystem (as regards water, waste and environmental restoration);• Identifying and proposing suitable French technical and technological solutions for a sustainable city;• Producing a 3D demonstration model illustrating all these solutions.

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Q1) What is the name of this

monument?

A1) Brandenburg Gate

Q2) Which city and

country will you find this

monument?

A2) City: Berlin

Country: Germany

Q3) Who commissioned this

monument?

Hamed Said – ManahAzzan Khamis – ManahJothi Kumar – HOHilal Al Harthy – Barka II Basma Khamis Salim – Barka IIAbdulsalam Salem – Barka III K. Palani Kumar – Barka IIIJagadeesh – Barka IIIKumaraguru – Barka IIIA. Kesavan – Barka III

Congratulations !STOMO would like to thank everyone who attempted.

Good Effort!!

A3) King Frederick William II of

Prussia

Q4) By building this

monument it was a sign

of ____________ What is the

missing word?

A4) Peace

Q5) Who originally built

this monument from 1788-

1791?

A5) Carl Gotthard Langhans

Q6) How many states does

this country have?

A6) 16

Q7) What is the capital of

this country which is also the

largest city?

A7) Berlin

Q8) In 2013 what was the

approx. population count?

A8) 80,585,700

Q9) What is the currency in

this country?

A9) Euros

Q10) Who is the president of

this country?

A10) Joachim Gauck

Solutions of the fourth quarter

Winners

Quiz

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STOMO would like to thank everyone who attempted.

Good Effort!!

Quiz

Please fill out your name, plant (or office) and

contact details and tear the page out. Either

hand your solutions to the plant secretary who

will arrange for it to get to the editor or scan a

copy of the page and email it to editorial@stomo.

com.om by the 14th August 2014. (Please send

your answers one of the two ways mentioned

and only send it once). The winners (max 10) will

be announced in the following quarterly Gazette

and will each receive a gift! Please note that only

English solutions will be taken in consideration.

Good Luck !

Name:

Plant/Office:

STO No:

Email:

Mobile:

Q1. What are these large stones called? A1.

Q2. Which Island will you find these

stones on?A1.

Q3. How many monolithic stone statues

have been inventoried on the island and in

museum collections so far?A1.

Q4. What type of Island is this? A1.

Q5. Administratively, this Island belongs to

which region?A1.

Q6. This Island is a special territory of which

country?A1.

Q7. True or false: UNESCO named this Island

a World Heritage Site?A1.

Q8. Approx. how many residents lived on

this Island according to the 2012 census?A1.

Q9. What language do they speak on this

Island?A1.

Q10. What currency do they use on this

Island?A1.

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Documents

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