I remember well going down to the Dhahran International Airport (DHA) when the Concorde SST visited back in June of 1972. It was a sales call with Concorde and Rolls Royce executives hoping to sell a few planes to Saudi Arabian Airlines. In the end, Saudia declined to place any orders.
Help identify a member of the 1974 Dhahran Summer Student Recreation Advisory Committee.
Just as the company’s history continues to grow and change over the coming years, the Aramco Archive & Records Center will grow and change with it. In that sense, the current Memorabilia Campaign is just the beginning of a process of creating and capturing the living memory of what is certainly one of the most important companies of our times.
Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by thanking His Excellency Abdullah Alswaha. Much credit goes to His Excellency, his team and all involved as LEAP has rapidly become one of the world’s leading tech conferences and exhibitions.
Aramco has successfully completed the acquisition of a 100% equity stake in Esmax Distribución SpA (“Esmax”), a leading diversified downstream fuels and lubricants retailer in Chile.
Peter Dewhurst spent 10 years in Dhahran working in Community Services as Financial Controller. The family spent many happy years travelling out to be with him during holidays. Margaret and Neil spent the last 3 years living in Dhahran.
I, Mohammed Ifteqaruddin Badge #140948, Technical Advisor Mechanical Services, Ras Tanura Refinery Maintenance Department, based on the following invitation, attended the Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA) Trade Meet in Association with the Federation of Telangana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FTCCI).
Cursive, vegetal, biomorphic forms predominate in patterns in Malaysia, Indonesia and parts of Thailand. This installment in our six-part series is based on the geometry of leaves and petals. To see how the patterns are drawn from scratch, watch the two videos in this story.
Covers are a magazine’s most valuable way of making an impression. For 75 years, AramcoWorld’s editors have understood that grabbing the reader's interest is important. As part of its efforts to engage and inform, the magazine has always created covers designed to invite readers into myriad cultures.
Just as the company’s history continues to grow and change over the coming years, the Aramco Archive & Records Center will grow and change with it. In that sense, the current Memorabilia Campaign is just the beginning of a process of creating and capturing the living memory of what is certainly one of the most important companies of our times.
Aramco has added significant volumes to the proven gas and condensate reserves at the Jafurah unconventional field. The company has booked 15 trillion standard cubic feet (scf) of raw gas and 2 billion stock tank barrels (STB) of condensate as proven reserves at Jafurah.
Predicting the widespread adoption of quantum computing in the coming years, the Young Leaders Advisory Board (YLAB), with the support of EXPEC ARC, recently organized a speaker panel on the topic as part of the YLAB Café series.
Aramco today advanced its strategic localization program by signing 40 corporate procurement agreements worth $6 billion with suppliers in Saudi Arabia. The agreements aim to strengthen Aramco’s domestic supply chain ecosystem, contributing to the company’s resilience, reliability, and ability to meet the evolving needs of its customers.
Mr. and Mrs. Farouq Ibrahim extended a personal lunch invitation to the Executive Committee (ExCom) of Aramco Retirees Association Pakistan (ARAP) and other friends during the dinner at Defence J Club Lahore on January 26, 2024.
Aramco’s ambition to achieve net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions across its wholly owned operated assets by 2050 is embedded throughout the company’s operations, starting with the training opportunities provided for our people.
Yasir Ahmed Shaikh, son of Manzoor Ahmed Shaikh, Saudi Aramco Badge #72818 and former Saudi Aramco employee of Medical Services, has authored a novel titled The Call of Annihilation. "If you crave an adrenaline-fueled, action-packed journey that will keep you rooted to your seats, then don't miss out on The Call of Annihilation, and grab your copy now!"
Peter Sanders’ exhibition, “Searching for Light,” recently opened at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) in Dhahran. I was fortunate enough to attend the opening and hear what Sanders, the leading photographer of the Muslim world, had to say about the work in his first retrospective in Saudi Arabia.
No two people have the same opinion about attending Saudi Aramco reunions so it’s hard to put into words what people feel like when they attend. The time that we all spent in Arabia is special and unique, unique to us. If you’ve never attended a reunion, you cannot know the feeling that comes over people as they begin to see friends or just others milling around wearing name tags.
This year, Aramco is launching a campaign, seeking donations of company related assets from current and former employees. These donations could include old photographs, medals, documents, or equipment, and will form part of the collections maintained by the company’s central corporate archive, the Aramco Archive & Records Center.
Join the 2024 Aramco Hafla Reunion Facebook page and check out the new auction page!