President and CEO Abdallah S.Jumah will head Saudi Aramco's delegation at the Fifth Forum of CEOs of national oil companies (NOC), starting its three-day deliberations in Beijing on November 7. The CEOs will gather to network and discuss issues relating to oil and gas operation and management, according to a report carried by Saudi Aramco's web-site. Jum‘ah will deliver the keynote speech at the opening ceremony and later chair the Energy Security session. Saudi Aramco's delegation will also include the vice president for Corporate Planning, Ali A. Al-Muhareb; and the members of the three technical working groups: Omar S. Abdulhamid, manager of Saudi Aramco's Research and Development Center; Hesham A. Musaiid, manager of the Environmental Protection Department; and Mohammad I. Assaf; manager of the Gas and NGL Planning Domestic Marketing Department. The event is organized by a different host company or group of companies every 18 months. The Fourth NOC Forum, in 2006, was hosted by Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, where 21 CEOs attended the three-day gathering. --MORE