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Introduction

The United Arab Emirates petroleum reserves are ranked as the world’s seventh largest (97 billion barrels) [1]. Also, the UAE is considered as one of the most developed economies in west Asia. Since discovery of oil in 1960s, the UAE’s economy growths rapidly because the demand of oil and natural gas increases over the world. They play an active role as a source for power generation and petrochemicals industry. As the oil industry expands rapidly, there is a need for more cadres.

Petroleum Industry in the UAE

The United Arab Emirates’ economy is based on oil exporting (more than 85% of the UAE’s economy [2]). In order to maintain the production and to expand of the oil and natural gas industry in the UAE, more employees are required. ADNOC leads several companies like ADCO, GASCO, BOROUGE, ADMA, etc. These companies need lots of engineers to operate their plants.

Chemical Engineering

Chemical engineers are very important to operate the plant because they are responsible for the processing and operating the equipments. BOROUGE and TAKREER will be discussed to show the need for more chemical engineers.

BOROUGE

BOROUGE produces several types of polymers such as polyolefin, Polyethylene, PolyPropane and Low Density Polyethylene Plants. All these polymers can be used to manufacture plastic, film, cables, fibers, etc. The table below shows the current opportunities for chemical engineers in BOROUGE Company [3].

Position Title	Location	Deadline
Start-up Engineer (Utilities & Offsite)	UAE - Ruwais	31-Jul-2012
Operator (XLPE)	UAE - Ruwais	30-Jun-2012
Operator (LDPE)	UAE - Ruwais	31-Jul-2012
Process Engineer (LDPE)	UAE - Ruwais	30-Jun-2012
Operations Engineer (Polyolefins)	UAE - Ruwais	30-Jun-2012
Process Engineer (PE/PP)	UAE - Ruwais	30-Jun-2012
Laboratory Technician	UAE - Ruwais	30-Sep-2012
Process Operator (PE/PP)	UAE - Ruwais	30-Jun-2012
Supervisor (PE/PP)	UAE - Ruwais	30-Jun-2012

TAKREER

TAKREER produces several products out of the crude oil such as petrol, Diesel, tar, etc. It has several distillation columns to separate the mixture into its component parts depending on the differences in their volatilities. This process needs chemical engineer to operate the distillation column. The company requires more chemical engineers as it is mentioned in their website [4].

Need in other fields

There are enormous expansions in Al-Ruwis for the ADNOC companies such as TAKREER, BOROUGE and GASCO. These companies will need more chemical, electrical and mechanical engineers to achieve their goals. As a consequence of the expansions in ADNOC companies, expansions in other fields are required. The employees will live in Al-Ruwis so they need homes which will be built by civil engineers. The residents of Al-Ruwis will need food so there should be restaurants and supermarkets. In addition, they need hospitals and pharmacists. Indubitably, employees will bring their family and children so there should be schools and teachers. As a result of the needs, there should be businessmen to manage the businesses over there.  In order to keep the safe and security, police station is required. These days, if someone visits Al-Ruwis, he will see how it changed over the last ten years.

Obviously, the development in oil industry will lead to develop in other fields as mentioned before which looks like a chain. Also, this speech emphasize the needs of more cadres “Without a cadre of mathematicians, the industrial companies can’t function. What the country needs is a cadre of young Emirati engineers, scientists and mathematicians who can defend their country” said Kevin Massengill, vice-president of Middle East and North Africa, Raytheon Company [5].

References

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/United_Arab_Emirate

[2] “Oil and Gas in the UAE”, Gerald Butt, geopowers.com

[3] http://www.borougecareers.com

[4] http://careers.takreer.com/careers/index.aspx

[5] Newspaper: khaleejtimes, 11 November 2010, written by Olivia Olarte

Task #6

Portfolio task #6

                                  Every country these days has a different currency. But maybe there are a few countries who have the same currency. Some people think that making a single global currency is an excellent ideal to work towards. However other people disagree with his statement. I’m going to discuss both statements. There are some advantages and disadvantages about this topic.

                                First of all, there are some benefits of making a single currency. For example, people who travel outside between countries using the same currency will need to exchange the money. Another advantage is the trade between countries will be much easier. For instance, the business does not need to worry about exchange rates. The traveling between countries will be much easier because you just take your money to use it everywhere. The money will be accepted in all countries.

                                On the other hand I believe that it would cause problems today. Many people who get a good salary may find it decreasing. Many countries have a good economy.

                                In conclusion, I think making a single global currency will cause many problems between countries. But the trade and travel will be much easier.

Task #5

Portfolio task #5

  Two figures are shown. The given line graph illustrates information about the number of overseas visitors to Australia between 1975 and 2005, in millions of people. The second is a table that represents the number of visitors to Australia in millions of people. The piece of writing will analyse the important information.

                                     Firstly, according to the line graph there were 5 million more visitors to Australia in 1985 than in 1975. From 1985 to 1995 the number of visitors to Australia by overseas residents increased dramatically from about 15 to 24 respectively. In2005 the number of visitors went up to reach about 30 million people.

                                    Secondly, the table shows the countries who visited Australia. The biggest number of visitors to Australia came from Japan from 1975 to 2005, about 3.2 to 12.0 million of people respectively. Following this country was South Korea, Europe and Britain.

                                  In conclusion, the number of visitors from different countries who went to Australia increased dramatically every year. Japanese people made up the highest percentage of people who went to Australia.