26 May 2026, the MOIG Management Committee Members were very pleased to welcome Moncef CHEBBI (pictured left) as the new ETAP representative on the Management Committee, succeeding Hatem BEN KHELIL (pictured right), who has retired.
The Management Committee expressed its sincere appreciation to Hatem BEN KHELIL for his valuable contributions and dedication throughout his tenure and warmly welcomed Moncef CHEBBI, looking forward to his active engagement in supporting MOIG’s mission and future initiatives.
Born in Tunisia at Ksour-Essaf in 1962 (Tunisian Nationality), he achieved secondary school with Math Technical Baccalaureate at Mahdia Governorate in June 1981. Graduated with Master degree in petroleum engineering from former USSR, he joined ETAP (Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Petrolières) in October 1st, 1993 as a production engineer.
In 1997, he was specialized in drilling and work-over activities till October 30th, 2004. He was in charge of reviewing and commenting drilling & WO programs and related technical parts of tendering process provided by operators. During this period, he was often seconded to operators as supervisor at onshore & offshore fields.
In November 1st, 2004 he was seconded to the ATCT (Agence Tunisienne de la Copération Technique) to work in Kazakhstan with several companies as Consultant onshore drilling Supervisor than Head of Drilling Department at Emir Oil company.
In 2012, he rejoined ETAP and he was in charge of Drilling & WO Department, Deputy Operation Manager and then Operation Manager.
In November 1st, 2018, he was seconded as Operation Manager to APO (Amilcar Petroleum Operations) the operator of Hasdrubal offshore field owned by ETAP &STU (Shell Tunisia Upstream), in June 9th, 2022 Miskar offshore field owned by STU was transferred to ETAP and also was operated by APO.
In February 1st, 2024, he rejoined ETAP till today, he’s in charge of the Production Central Direction, in parallel, he’s the Chaal Project Manager, with high HSSE skills in oil & natural gas industry.