Daleel Petroleum conducts SME mentorship workshop

Muscat: As part of the in-country value development strategy, Daleel Petroleum, one of the leading oil and gas producers in Oman, conducted Daleel SME Mentorship (DPSM) workshop on March 22 at the company head office in Al Athaiba.
As many as10 small and medium enterprises (SMEs), operating in the oil and gas industry, and a mentor for each SME, attended the event. The mentees and mentors participated were assigned through an application process followed by extensive interviews based upon the mentees’ needs and the mentors’ capability to help upgrade their quality and raise their standards by increasing their awareness of oil and gas industry and enhance their skills towards business excellence and improvement.
The orientation workshop was the first step in the interaction between the mentors and the mentees. It included a series of activities that helped break the ice and introduce mentees and mentors to each other that will help them working hand in hand to start developing their specific business goals and priorities to be tackled in the programme over the course of the next 12 months.
Daleel management welcomed the mentors and mentees and expressed their optimism regarding the programme adding value to the Omani workforce in the oil and gas industry.
They also wished the participants a successful and fruitful mentorship journey that aimed at enriching the oil and gas industry by improving and building the capacity, capability and stability of Omani SMEs in order to secure sustainable commercial benefits contributing ultimately to the country’s prosperity.
The SMEs that attended the programme expressed their eagerness about the programme and the potential learning opportunity from their mentors and they expressed their deep gratitude for Daleel’s effort in developing this programme in cooperation with the SME consultancy Inspired Solutions.