Petroleum Development Oman celebrates graduation event

Muscat: Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) celebrated the graduation of its 100th sponsored PhD scholar at an official ceremony at the Ministry of Oil and Gas yesterday under the auspices of Eng. Salim bin Nasser Al Oufi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil and Gas.
PDO External Affairs and Value Creation Director Abdul-Amir Abdul Hussein Al Ajmi hailed the ‘30 years of excellence in the higher education field for Oman’. He added: “We congratulate all the successful scholars on these outstanding academic
achievements”.
“PDO’s corporate vision is to be renowned and respected for the excellence of our people and the value we create for Oman and all our shareholders. And all those who have graduated are living embodiments of that vision, he said. Waleed bin Khamis Al Busaidi entered the Company’s history books after successfully completing his Doctor of Philosophy postgraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at Cranfield University in the United
Kingdom (UK).
The university also awarded him the Lefebvre Prize for the “best outstanding thesis” at its School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing.