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Courtesy of GE
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| (L-R) Ferdinando ‘Nani’
Beccalli, President and CEO of GE International;
US Secretary of Energy, Samuel W. Bodman; HE
Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, Qatar’s
Minister of Energy; Chase Untermeyer, US Ambassador
to the State of Qatar; Nabil Habayeb, President
and CEO, GE Middle East & Africa; and Claudi
Santiago, GE’s Oil & Gas President.
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"Being a total solutions company, we hope
to play a key role in Qatar’s infrastructure
development including power generation, oil and
gas, healthcare, security and aviation" declared
Nabil Habayeb, General Electric CEO for the Middle
East and Africa, at the grand opening of General
Electric’s (GE) new Doha headquarters. The
event was attended by Qatar’s Minister of Energy
and Industry HE Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, US
Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman, and US Ambassador
to Qatar Chase Untermeyer.
The American global conglomerate, which provides
technology, media, and financial services, has a
proud history in the Middle East. Since the 1930s,
the company and all of its businesses have been
catering to the numerous and diverse needs of the
Middle East market. Within this market, Qatar has
emerged as one of most important countries for GE
to do business.
Late last year, GE announced an investment of over
US $30M over the next five years to further expand
the company’s on-the-ground presence and operations
in Qatar, bolstering GE’s commitment to its
partners and customers. GE’s new Doha headquarters
will house the company’s wide range of businesses
from energy, water technologies and security to
advanced materials, healthcare, as well as GE staples
such as appliances and lighting.
Ferdinando Nani Beccalli, President and CEO of
GE International stated, "GE’s portfolio
of innovative products and services puts the company
in a unique position to provide infrastructure,
industrial and healthcare solutions for Qatar, a
country with tremendous growth potential, and the
company is looking forward to tapping into those
opportunities."
"Witnessing Qatar’s spectacular growth
over the past few years, we look forward to further
expanding our roots here and be present with our
entire portfolio of innovative products and services,"
Mr. Hebayeb said.
GE has supplied gas turbines, compressors and other
equipment to support Qatar’s natural gas and
LNG industries for more than 35 years. GE’s
oil and gas service center is designed to support
the maintenance of GE gas turbines and compressors,
installed in Qatar, and will be a GE "Center
of Excellence" for service activities across
the Middle East and other regions.
The new GE service center will include a repair
shop, offices, a warehouse and auxiliary facilities.
More than 100 people will work in the Qatar service
center over the next few years, including engineers,
project managers, workshop technicians, technical
advisors, supervisors, and commercial and finance
managers.
"Most importantly, the new center will introduce
Qatar to new high-technology capabilities for the
inspection and repair of rotating equipment. It
provides a focal point for GE’s state-of-the-art
repair technologies in the region," said Claudi
Santiago, president of GE’s oil and gas division.
Reflecting on GE’s increased presence in Qatar,
Mr. Hebayeb concluded, "Qatar provides the
ideal opportunity to demonstrate the essence of
what we believe in, to provide market-driven, customer-focused
innovations that deliver total solutions for our
customers. Customers can see first-hand the wide
range of our portfolio and how our businesses offer
innovative integrated solutions."
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