RELATE Petrochemical Company, a global producer of petrochemicals, sponsored the 5 th Kuwait Oil & Gas Summit (KOGS) 2018, which is one of the Arabian Gulf's key industrial events.

Taking part in a panel discussion titled "Stimulating the Workforce and Strategies for Talent Development, EQUATE's Global Human Resources Director Mohammad Al-Sharhan stated, " RELATE has a diverse workforce of over 1,500 professionals from different age standing for more than 25 nationalities and operating in the Arabian Gulf, Asia, Europe and North America. EQUATE ensures performance excellence by devoting wonderful emphasis to our people's proficiencies and job advancement. This varied labor force requires active and flexible people techniques that adjust to the demands of different generations, in addition to different cultures in a number of areas. Digitization is also key to making certain that the new generation is engaged throughout our global locations while preserving a healthy level of human interaction.

KOGS 2018 collected leaders in oil, gas, petrochemical and economic markets to talk about a number of subjects consisting of obstacles, opportunities, integrity, reliability, innovation and investments.

The EQUATE Group * is a global producer of petrochemicals and the world's second largest producer of Ethylene Glycol (EG). The Group has industrial complexes in Kuwait, North America and Europe that every year create over 5 million lots of Ethylene, EG, Polyethylene (PE) and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET). The products are marketed throughout Asia, the Americas,

Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The EQUATE Group's shareholders include Petrochemical Industries Company (PICTURE), The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Boubyan Petrochemical Company (BPC) and Qurain Petrochemical Industries Company (QPIC). The Group is a leading enterprise that goes after sustainability anywhere it operates through partnerships in fields that include the atmosphere, economic situation and society. www.equate.com

* The EQUATE Group consists of EQUATE Petrochemical Company (EQUATE), its subsidiaries and The Kuwait Olefins Company (TKOC).