Microsoft moves oil, gas leadership to Dubai

Feb. 10, 2009
The leadership for Microsoft's worldwide oil and gas industry business is now located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the company reports.

Offshore staff

HOUSTON -- The leadership for Microsoft's worldwide oil and gas industry business is now located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the company reports.

"Our industry is facing unprecedented challenges that demand a truly borderless response," Albrecht Ferling, managing director of worldwide oil and gas industries for Microsoft Corp. "From Dubai, Microsoft will be centrally located for ready access to our customers in the prevailing and emerging energy centers of the world."

02/10/2009