Tatweer Petroleum, the company that assumed responsibility of the redevelopment of the Bahrain Oil Field in 2009, has been praised by Dr. Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Minister of Energy for achieving a key milestone in training and
developing young Bahrainis.

Tatweer petroleum has invested well over US$13 million in training programs to develop its Bahraini workforce. The programs included formal external/internal courses, workshops, cross postings as well as on-the-job-training. Training hours logged in the past in 5 years are more than 450,000 hours and, as a result, the Bahrainisation rate in Tatweer has been boosted from 60% to over 74%.

This investment in training is essential in order to build a workforce of young Bahrainis able to handle the new technology and Enhanced Oil Recovery processes that Tatweer is implementing in the Bahrain field. "’People’ are at the very heart of Tatweer’s core values. Tatweer provides considerable time, resources and attention for its training program," H.E. Dr.
Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza said during a recent tour of Tatweer Petroleum’s new facilities. "As a Company established just over 5 years ago, Tatweer has managed to sustain a high training budget and to increase its Bahrainisation rate from 60% to over 74%. This is confirmation of the company’s commitment to providing employment and economic growth opportunities to the people of Bahrain."

Working closely with the National Institute of Industrial Training (NIIT) as well as Tamkeen, Tatweer has developed and delivered technical training to 60 Bahrainis. These young people have since graduated their training programs and are employed in oil and gas operations in the Bahrain Field.

Tatweer has a unique company culture in Bahrain and is highly performance driven. It utilizes an active succession planning program to identify high performing employees and seeks to enhance their qualifications to prepare them to fill future leadership positions. In addition to this program, Individual Development Plans are developed for all Tatweer Bahraini staff to help employees focus on their development.