A consultancy THAT GOES THE EXTRA MILE

bespoke, dynamic advice and solutions

Sahra Consulting FZCO provides a wide range of specialist consulting and advisory services across the legal, technical and financial sectors of petroleum, minerals, power, and other related industries.

Our services include

  • Technical support and advice
  • Legal guidance
  • Negotiation management
  • Contract preparation
  • Business consultancy and support
  • Identification of mergers and acquisitions
  • Corporate strategy
  • Company restructuring
  • Financial advice
  • Public relations support

Technical & Business

CONSULTANCY SUPPORT & ADVICE

Our expert team prepares strategies and business plans, conducts risk analysis, and identifies investment opportunities.
To support robust business growth, we provide project development support, contract drafting and negotiation, and the identification and completion of mergers and acquisitions.

Our full list of services encompasses:

  • Acquisition of licenses/blocks
  • Business and corporate strategies
  • Business plans
  • CDM projects
  • Company restructuring
  • Investment opportunities
  • Joint ventures/consortia
  • Contract preparation and negotiation
  • Project development
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Risk analysis

financial

CONSULTANCY & ADVICE

Working with our associates, we assist companies with financial advice and consultancy services including; accounting, book-keeping, tax preparation, payroll services, and auditing.

INTEGRITY

AND RELIABILITY

We offer clients dynamic, bespoke solutions to meet their business needs. our trusted, professional and reliable team draws on the knowledge and experience of shareholders, partners and associates within the global natural resources development industry, and pays close attention to detail to ensure the best result for clients.

Vision
We are dedicated to our vision of being the leading consulting company in the country, providing a wide range of high-quality specialist consulting and advisory services across the legal, technical and financial sectors of petroleum, minerals, power and related industries.

Mission
Sahra Consulting FZCO has just one mission – to provide its clients with the very highest calibre of services at all times.

Our Values
Professionalism – Integrity – Reliability

KNOWLEDGE

THROUGH EXPERIENCE

The expertise of our specialist team of advisors spans the fields of geology, geophysics, petroleum, engineering, business administration, business management, law, and finance, with particular in-depth knowledge of applications within the oil, gas, energy, and mining industries. In addition to our senior team, we work closely with a hand-picked group of professional associates of the highest caliber. The expertise of these specialists within their fields enables us to offer the most targeted, creative, and effective advice to our clients.

the success we enjoy at Sahra is principally due to the creativity, enthusiasm and expertise of our team."

Jamal AlkafManaging Director

Rashid Alkaff

As founder and chairman of Sahra, Rashid Alkaff is the head of our technical and strategic teams.

He possesses a wealth of experience garnered from more than 40 years experience in the oil and gas industry, and has a wide range of top-level contacts worldwide, particularly in the middle east and north Africa. he was minister of oil and minerals of the ministry of oil and minerals of Yemen, CEO of Nimir petroleum, and chairman and founder of Yemen company for investment in oil and minerals.

He has worked as an independent international oil and gas consultant advising governments and private industries. Rashid Alkaff holds a BSc in Geology from the American University of Beirut and a postgraduate degree in exploration economics from the university of mining and metallurgy in Austria.

Mr. Madhav Desai

He has over 24 years of wide international experience working within multi-cultural and multi-discipline teams in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industries.

A Chemical Engineer by background, he specializes in Field Development Planning, Process Design, and Techno-Economic Feasibility Studies. Madhav is experienced in acting as a Client Representative, having commissioned and managed Conceptual, Pre-FEED, and feasibility studies on behalf of small and large IOCs. He has managed several oil and gas field development programs through various stages of planning; from prospect development through Conceptual and Pre-FEED Engineering Design stages.
Madhav has worked on defining the specifications of modular early production systems for both onshore and offshore fields, liaising with vendors to refine the technical scope and CAPEX estimates. In Oman, he developed cost-effective solutions for hooking up smaller discoveries to existing facilities.

Jamal Alkaf

Jamal Alkaf is the managing director of Sahra, with particular responsibility for the legal and finance divisions of the company.

During his many years working in the oil and gas industry, he was legal advisor to the national oil company and the ministry of oil and minerals of Yemen, where he helped draft and negotiate the production sharing agreements for Yemen's third international bid Round. he was also part of various committees at high levels of government on issues concerning oil and gas. he is a member of the chartered institute of arbitrators, among other institutions and professional societies.

Simon Binks

Is Sahra’s commercial and business development leader.

His 30-year career in the oil and gas industry has given him a wealth of experience in managing multi-disciplined teams from deal concept and structuring through to completion, and in negotiation in emerging markets. He also has extensive knowledge of corporate functions, particularly project finance.

G L Heard

Provides consultant technical and commercial advisory services to the upstream oil and gas business for various clients since retiring as Exploration and Technical Director of Northern Petroleum in December 2014.

He was formally the Exploration Manager of Northern for the previous four and a half years. He is former Chairman of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain and has over 40 years of experience as a petroleum geologist. Graham began his career with Arco and subsequently gained extensive international experience with independents Siebens Oil and Quintana Petroleum. Graham has held various executive positions with Sovereign Oil & Gas Plc, Neste Production Limited, and Sands Oil & Gas Plc.

Among many other advisors and team members.

Rashid Alkaff

As founder and chairman of Sahra, Rashid Alkaff is the head of our technical and strategic teams.

He possesses a wealth of experience garnered from more than 40 years experience in the oil and gas industry, and has a wide range of top-level contacts worldwide, particularly in the middle east and north Africa. he was minister of oil and minerals of the ministry of oil and minerals of Yemen, CEO of Nimir petroleum, and chairman and founder of Yemen company for investment in oil and minerals.

He has worked as an independent international oil and gas consultant advising governments and private industries. Rashid Alkaff holds a BSc in Geology from the American University of Beirut and a postgraduate degree in exploration economics from the university of mining and metallurgy in Austria.

Jamal Alkaf

Jamal Alkaf is the managing director of Sahra, with particular responsibility for the legal and finance divisions of the company.

During his many years working in the oil and gas industry, he was legal advisor to the national oil company and the ministry of oil and minerals of Yemen, where he helped draft and negotiate the production sharing agreements for Yemen's third international bid Round. he was also part of various committees at high levels of government on issues concerning oil and gas. he is a member of the chartered institute of arbitrators, among other institutions and professional societies.

G L Heard

Provides consultant technical and commercial advisory services to the upstream oil and gas business for various clients since retiring as Exploration and Technical Director of Northern Petroleum in December 2014.

He was formally the Exploration Manager of Northern for the previous four and a half years. He is former Chairman of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain and has over 40 years of experience as a petroleum geologist. Graham began his career with Arco and subsequently gained extensive international experience with independents Siebens Oil and Quintana Petroleum. Graham has held various executive positions with Sovereign Oil & Gas Plc, Neste Production Limited, and Sands Oil & Gas Plc.

Mr. Madhav Desai

He has over 24 years of wide international experience working within multi-cultural and multi-discipline teams in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industries.

A Chemical Engineer by background, he specializes in Field Development Planning, Process Design, and Techno-Economic Feasibility Studies. Madhav is experienced in acting as a Client Representative, having commissioned and managed Conceptual, Pre-FEED, and feasibility studies on behalf of small and large IOCs. He has managed several oil and gas field development programs through various stages of planning; from prospect development through Conceptual and Pre-FEED Engineering Design stages.
Madhav has worked on defining the specifications of modular early production systems for both onshore and offshore fields, liaising with vendors to refine the technical scope and CAPEX estimates. In Oman, he developed cost-effective solutions for hooking up smaller discoveries to existing facilities.

Simon Binks

Is Sahra’s commercial and business development leader.

His 30-year career in the oil and gas industry has given him a wealth of experience in managing multi-disciplined teams from deal concept and structuring through to completion, and in negotiation in emerging markets. He also has extensive knowledge of corporate functions, particularly project finance.

Among many other advisors and team members.