and has been continuously developing its operations and launching pioneering initiatives to enhance its production. One of these initiatives is the Kuwait Integrated Digital Field project (KwIDF), which the Company uses for digital oilfield operations. KwIDF is one of the key strategic projects KOC relying on in support of oil and gas production in Kuwait. All the aforementioned efforts and the developments resulting from them and others have made KOC one of the most prominent international companies in its field. It has also won many prestigious awards, honors, and recognition of its growing role in the global market. The Company is also a regular guest and an active participant in the most prominent regional and international high-level events and conferences. Former chairmen Ahmad Al-Eidan 2022-Present Emad Sultan 2019–2022 Jamal Abdulaziz Ja'far 2016–2019 Hashim Sayed Hashim 2013–2016 Sami Al-Rushaid 2007–2013 Farouk Al-Zanki 2004–2007 Ahmad Al-Arbeed 2001–2004 Abdullatif Al-Tourah 1998–2001 Khalid Al-Fulaij 1992–1998 Abdulmalik Al-Gharabally 1984–1992 Ahmad Jaafar 1975-1983 James A. Strand 1972-1975 M. L. Ralston 1969-1972 James E. Lee 1966-1969 H.L. Scott 1965-1966 D.E.C. Steel 1962-1965 E. Boaden 1961-1962 L.T. Jordan 1948-1960 Hon. W. Fraser 1959-1962 Sir Philip Southwell 1946-1959 See also Petroleum industry in Kuwait References External links Oil and gas companies of Kuwait Non-renewable resource companies established in 1934 1934 establishments in Kuwait