As we celebrate the 89th National Day in the Kingdom, this is an ideal time to take stock of the country’s progress in pursuing the economic, cultural, and other transformations that lie at the heart of Saudi Vision 2030.
Saudi Aramco and its strategic partners, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) and Dhahran Techno Valley Co. (DTVC), this week celebrated the achievements of the 17 research labs at DTV over the past year.
Saudi Aramco Ex-Employees Association (SAEEA) celebrated its 21st Reunion on August 31, 2019 at Arena Club, Karachi.
Can robots cook? Yes, says Michael Farid, MIT grad and cofounder of Boston’s new eatery Spyce. But does it taste good? Yes, says Daniel Boulud, Michelin-star chef and the culinary brains behind the Spyce menu.
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) has completed the acquisition of Shell Saudi Arabia Refining Limited’s (Shell) 50% interest of the SASREF joint venture in Jubail Industrial City, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for $631 million.
Saudi Aramco President & CEO Amin Nasser said Tuesday that the Company’s production capacity, suspended earlier due to terror attacks on its plants at Abqaiq and Khurais, would be fully restored by the end of September.
After visiting the incident locations, Amin H. Nasser, Saudi Aramco President & CEO, said: “We are gratified that there were no injuries. I would like to thank all teams that responded timely to the incidents and brought the situation under control. Work is underway to restore production and a progress update will be provided in around 48 hours.”
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Kim and Dave Shaner are pleased to announce the birth of their sixth grandchild. Her name is Iris Seraphine Shaner. Iris was born on July 27th, 2019 and is the third little girl of Nico and Monica Shaner.
Reducing sand movement and desertification is a key component to Saudi Aramco’s initiative to plant one million trees, whereas KhPD will plant 15,000 native trees by the end of 2019.
Last month we launched our new series on the Seven Natural Wonders of Arabia with a visit to Elephant Rock near Madâin Sâlih in the Al-’Ula region of northwestern Arabia. The second stop on our tour takes us south-southeast from there in the general direction of Madinah to Jabal Abyad...
On Sept. 7, a Royal Decree was issued appointing His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz ibn Salman ibn ‘Abd Al-’Aziz Al Sa’ud as Minister of Energy for Saudi Arabia.
In 1964 on yet another misguided adventure, my great friend Ben Michaels, his older brother Roger and I decided it would be a great idea to walk to Ras Tanura. We ate a giant dinner at the Dining Hall and set off with one water bottle. The first 10 miles are a breeze as we march through the desert into the dusk.
Deliver on the world’s demand for ultra-clean energy, and there is no limit to our potential was the inspiring call to action made by Saudi Aramco president and CEO Amin Nasser on Tuesday to the world’s oil and gas industry.
Saudi Aramco Technologies Company (AramcoTech), and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on Monday officially opened the Nonmetallic Innovation Center (NIC) — a research center focused on innovation and advancing the use of nonmetallic industrial applications.
Saudi Aramco today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with China’s Zhejiang Free Trade Zone, in which the Zhoushan Government emphasized its support for incentivizing Saudi Aramco’s greater investment in Zhejiang’s future downstream growth.
The next bi-annual Hafla Annuitants Reunion has been slated for September 2020 at Cheyenne Mountain Resort, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Among the many exciting nearby attractions is the magical Garden of the Gods...
Nature being Nurtured in Vast Biodiversity Preserve - A small white shape skillfully descends from the flame-washed summer sky of the Arabian Peninsula’s mighty ad-Dahna desert to elegantly land beside a shimmering pond in the Kingdom’s arid center.
In the 1970s the airports in Saudi Arabia were actually near their cities. Dhahran International was at the airbase a few miles from camp. The Riyadh and Jeddah airports were right in town with their entrances just off the street. After the price of oil quadrupled in 1973 Riyadh was awash in Petrodollars and deluged with thousands of businessmen, contractors, experts, carpet baggers and schemers from all over the world...
Saudi Aramco welcomes H.E. Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan as its new Chairman. H.E. Al-Rumayyan was appointed a member of the Company’s Board of Directors in 2016 and is currently the Governor of the Public Investment Fund.