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Obaid Alnaqbi

Vice President Asset Management at ADNOC Group
14.8 yrs experienceOil & Energy
Nov 2025

The move

MoveADNOC Refinery → ADNOC Group
TitleManager Maintenace RR1, Ruwais Refinery West → Vice President Asset Management
LocationAbu Dhabi → United Arab Emirates
Career arcBoomerang (UAE-educated, foreign stint)★
First time at this levelYes ★
Cross-border moveNo — same country
UAE federal / sovereign destinationYes ★
Years in UAE10.3
Total experience14.8 years
ADNOC Group headcount10,001+ employees
ADNOC Group industryOil and Gas
ADNOC Group HQAbu Dhabi
ADNOC Group founded1971
ADNOC Group typeGovernment Agency

Career arc

  1. Vice President Asset ManagementNov 2025 — Present
    ADNOC Group· Full-time
  2. Manager Maintenace RR1, Ruwais Refinery WestSep 2022 — Nov 2025
    ADNOC Refinery· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  3. Manager Central MaintenanceMar 2021 — Sep 2022
    ADNOC Group· Ruwais· Full-time
  4. Team Leader Central MaintenanceJul 2019 — Mar 2021
    ADNOC Group· Al Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  5. Section LeaderJul 2019 — Mar 2021
    ADNOC Group· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  6. Senior Reliability EngineerDec 2017 — Jul 2019
    Borouge· Al Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  7. Senior Mechanical EngineerSep 2015 — Dec 2017
    Borouge· Al Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  8. Lead Mechanical Engineer at BorougeSep 2014 — Aug 2015
    Borouge
  9. Mechanical EngineerJan 2012 — Sep 2014
    Borouge
  10. Inspection EngineerJun 2011 — Dec 2011
    Borouge

Education

Top skills

Project PlanningPipingEngineeringFEEDProcess EngineeringEngineering Design

About

An individual who strives to bring his team and organization to excellence, through transferring my well gained knowhow, hands-on experience, and pursued education. A person in his mid-career level seeking to meet organizational targets through my technical skills, fulfil work and community requirements, and gladly accept challenges. To develop the best performance in the organization by implementing innovative, creative, and strategic ideas and methodologies to efficiently accomplish projects and secure an effective business run. A talented and skilled leading mind-set full with self-confidence and a critical thinker who provides and promotes solutions and problem solving techniques pushing his organization to merit. A high calibre adopting best practices philosophies and a professional t

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