Kamal Al-Yahya

Kamal M. Al-Yahya, Ph.D is a geophysicist and an oil company executive. [1]

Kamal Al-Yahya
Chief Executive Officer of SRAK
In office
August 2008 – August 2011
President and CEO of Petron Corporation
In office
September 2007 – August 2008
Preceded byKhalid D. Al-Faddagh
Succeeded byEric Recto
Personal details
BornQatif, Saudi Arabia
Spouse(s)Maha Al Zayer Al Yahya
ChildrenBasma Al Yahya
Nasir Al Yahya
Zaina Al Yahya
Alma materKing Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
UC Berkeley
Stanford University
ProfessionGeophysicist

He is currently a senior VP in CGG. Prior to assuming his job at CGG, Mr. Al Yahya was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of South Rub Al-Khali (SRAK) Company, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Royal Dutch Shell, operating in the Al-Shaiba region, on the eastern edge of the vast Rub Al-Khali desert.

Education

Kamal Al-Yahya graduated at the top of his class form Qatif Secondary School in 1974, earning a government scholarship to study medicine in the United Kingdom.

Two years later, he quit his studies and returned to Saudi Arabia to take care of his mother and younger siblings when his father, Mansoor Al-Yahya, died of cancer at a relatively young age. In order to stay close to home, he opted out of his medical scholarship in favor of pursuing a degree in physics at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

He received his bachelor of science degree in 1979.[2] Upon graduation, he joined Saudi Aramco. In 1981, he was granted a scholarship to study geoscience engineering at UC Berkeley, where he received his masters degree in 1983. This was immediately followed by a scholarship to pursue a doctorate degree in geophysics at Stanford University, which he completed in 1987. The title of his dissertation was "Velocity Analysis by Iterative Profile Migration."[3]

Work

Dr. Al-Yahya has been working with Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the world, since 1979. From September 2007 to August 2008, he was the CEO and President of Petron Corporation, the largest oil refiner in the Philippines and a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and the Philippine government.[4] He also concurrently served as a Director on Petron's Board of Directors, succeeding Khalid D. Al-Faddagh in that capacity.

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References
  1. "CGG's Dan Hampson, Brian Russell honored at the GSH-SEG Spring Symposium". www.worldoil.com. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  2. "Kamal Mansour Al-Yahya (779300)" Archived January 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Velocity Analysis by Iterative Profile Migration"
  4. "New president takes Petron helm" Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
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