27 Apr 2021 - 8:03
Dr. Hanan Farhat during her research work.
The Peninsula
Doha: In less than one year since its opening, the Corrosion Center at Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute is estimated to have saved Qatar’s oil and gas industry millions of US dollars. But this doesn’t feel so big when you look at Qatar’s annual cost of corrosion – estimated at a whopping US $8 billion (National Association of Corrosion Engineering, NACE IMPACT study, 2016), which is approximately five percent of its annual gross domestic product.
“Corrosion costs in Qatar are very high,” said Dr. Hanan Farhat, Senior Research Director of the Corrosion Center at Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute (QEERI), part of Qatar Foundation’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). “A major contributor towards these costs is the underestimation of corrosion phenomena and their impact on businesses – the business interruptions caused due to equipment failure can add up.
Total (NYSE: TOT) has revealed that it has appointed Stephane Michel as its new president of gas, renewables, and power and as a Total Executive Committee member.
Total (NYSE: TOT) has revealed that it has appointed Stephane Michel as its new president of gas, renewables, and power and as a Total Executive Committee member.
The position was previously held by Philippe Sauquet, who has exercised his retirement rights. Since January 2014, Michel had been Total’s senior vice president of the Middle East and North Africa for exploration and production. Laurent Vivier succeeded Michel in this position in January this year.
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TOTAL: Stéphane Michel Appointed President Gas, Renewables & Power at Total
As of March 1, 2021,
Stéphane Michel is President Gas, Renewables Power (GRP) and a Total Executive Committee member, a position previously held by
Philippe Sauquet, who has exercised his retirement rights.
Since January 2014, Stéphane Michel had been SVP Middle East North Africa, Exploration Production.
Laurent Vivier succeeded him in this position in January 2021. The Gas, Renewables Power segment has a key role to play in the growth, value creation and transformation of Total into a broad energy company. We are very pleased to welcome Stéphane Michel to the Executive Committee,