Company Profiles

Lujayn Al Sayoof joined Bapco in 2015 as a Process Engineer in the Technical Services Department Planning Section and was promoted in 2020 to a Senior Process Engineer. Lujayn is responsible for the optimisation and evaluation of the Refinery process units and provides technical support to Bapco Management and the Supply Chain Planning team.

Lujayn attended the University of Bahrain, where she graduated with a BEng in Chemical Engineering in 2015 Based on her academic performance, she received Bapco local scholarship when she was in her second year. She also earned her MSc in Chemical Engineering in 2021.

Lujayn is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience, she volunteers to mentor and support students at the University of Bahrain, and she is a regular volunteer with Injaz in Bahrain. In 2019, Lujayn won the Rising Stars Middle East Award at the Middle East Refining Technologies Conference.

Lujayn comments that Bapco has provided her with support and encouragement throughout her education and career. This has helped her to enhance her confidence, develop presentation skills, lead initiatives and projects and provide training and mentoring.

Ammar Al Mutawa is currently a Shift Supervisor for the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) Section in the Oil Processing Department and is nearing completion of his IDP. Ammar expects to move to BMP by the end of the year. In preparation for his move to BMP Ammar has spent two months at the Madrid Operating Centre to understand BMP process technologies.

Ammar holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bahrain, where he graduated in 2018 and subsequently joined Bapco. His initial position was as Area Outside Operator, responsible for field measurements, sampling and equipment isolation. Ammar then moved to Control Operator and after that Head Operator. The latter positions included responsibility for process optimisation to meet a given product specification, as well issuing of work permits for controlled activities such as ‘hot works’ - work that generates a source of ignition and is therefore carefully controlled using Process Safety Management processes.

Ammar was involved in the 55 day FCCU shutdown that occurred whilst COVID-19 restrictions were in place. At that time Ammar was a Head Operator and had responsibility for coordinating the safe work of his team. Ammar comments that the shutdown required long periods of hard work with significant responsibility, and he is very proud of his contribution.

Ammar has additionally been attending monthly coaching and mentoring sessions to further develop his skills and leadership capabilities.

Ammar comments that working at Bapco is like ‘working with your family’. Ammar describes Bapco as a Madrassa (school) with continuous learning for your career.