Watching World Energy: Getting at Oman’s tight gas

Essam Zaghloul knows his business. As Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Oman Oil Co for Exploration and Production (OOCEP), Zaghloul brings a wealth of knowledge to the job and years of experience – 37 years altogether.

“I worked in several large and small oil and gas companies in technical and managerial positions in companies such as Shell, Husky, Canadian Occidental (now Nexen) Gulf Canada, Tanganyika/Dublin/Sinopec and in my own personal and family companies,” said  Zaghloul, a Canadian citizen.

But Zaghloul’s knowledge and experience also include one critical area needed by OOCEP: tight gas. MORE