By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Sept. 24 -- Saudi Aramco has made three new appointments. Effective Sept. 1, Dawood M. Al-Dawood became executive director of marketing supply and joint venture coordination, Mohammed Y. Al-Qahtani was appointed chief petroleum engineer, and Mohammad G. Al-Zahrani was designated general manager of drilling.
Al-Dawood joined the company in August 1982 as an engineering aide in the petroleum engineering administrative and planning services division on the company's "Fast-track" program. He most recently served as acting president and chief executive officer of Vela International Marine Ltd.
Al-Qahtani started his career in 1983 as an engineering aide in the the company's planning and administrative services division. He then began work as a petroleum engineer in reservoir engineering. He served as acting chief petroleum engineer in 2007 and became president and chief executive officer of Aramco Services Co. in Houston before returning to petroleum engineering to become chief petroleum engineer.
Al-Zahrani is a 34-year veteran of the company. He began his career with Saudi Aramco as an operator and later a supervising operator in the Abqaiq producing division, Shedgum producing division, and Ain Dar GOSP No. 1 and pump station. He most recently served as president and chief executive officer of Aramco subsidiary Aramco Gulf Operations Co. in Khafji.
