OUR HISTORY

Where We Come from

In 2004, after graduating as a Chemical Engineer from Russia, Dr. Moghales envisioned an environmental firm that could help build a cleaner environment and cleaner industries in Yemen—something no other company had done before.

He began his engineering career with HoodOil Ltd. on its planned Ras Issa Refinery Project (RIRCO), where he worked alongside international EPC contractors such as Hyundai. During this time, he also gained valuable experience contributing to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies carried out by the international consultancy HMR in 2005/2006.

Driven by his passion for the environment, Dr. Moghales started offering voluntary environmental consulting services to small local authorities and companies, covering specific aspects of EIA studies for projects such as stone crushing plants, local disposal networks, and private power generation facilities. Alongside his engineering career with companies like HoodOil, ANSAN/Staroil, and SEPOC, he continued to nurture his “hobby” in environmental consulting.

By 2009, he had successfully built a small but capable local team dedicated to field services, enabling CES to deliver full-scale EIAs and environmental studies for international petroleum companies operating in Yemen.

​​In 2011, Dr. Moghales expanded CES’s expertise by partnering with some of Yemen’s finest scientists and professionals—many of them his former classmates from Russia, all PhD holders. Together, they built a strong local team with in-house expertise in  a wide range of the environmental aspects.

​By 2012, CORAL for Environmental Services (CES) consolidated its resources, personnel, and expertise with a single goal: to provide innovative environmental and energy solutions that meet international standards.

CES Today

Today, CES is more than just an environmental consulting firm. We combine the strength of our dedicated local staff and renowned national experts with an extended network of international professionals contracted on a project basis when needed. This unique blend of expertise covers technical, legislative, financial, and sustainable development dimensions.

As a result, CES is able to deliver not only high-quality environmental services—such as EIAs, environmental surveys, and pollution prevention—but also engineering and techno-commercial consultancy services in the fields of energy and climate change, spanning the upstream, midstream, and downstream petroleum sectors, as well as industrial and renewable energy projects.

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