Recently, Christiane Amanpour interviewed Saudi-led Arab coalition spokesman Maj. Gen. Ahmed Al-Asiri. During the interview, she showed him a heart-wrenching photo of a starving Yemeni woman without providing any details about the picture, like where and when was it taken.
If you're an Aramco annuitant, it's pretty much guaranteed that you like to travel. It's likewise pretty much guaranteed that you've discovered a local eatery or two in your various stops along the way that you welcome an excuse to return to whenever your journey takes you near.
Since the 1940s, the company has employed a team of anthropologists, linguists, and cultural experts to help gather and preserve information about the history of the Kingdom and its people, publishing some of their findings in early editions of the Aramco Employee Handbook.
In the pursuit of promoting a collaborative, free-thinking environment that encourages brainstorming and pushes creativity, Saudi Aramco’s EXPEC Advanced Research Center (EXPEC ARC) members recently participated in a competition to present the “MADdest” idea.
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has announced a $1 billion investment over the next ten years, with each of its ten member companies, including Saudi Aramco, pledging investments of $100m to develop and accelerate the commercial deployment of innovative low emissions technologies.
In 48 hours Americans go to the polls and the new entrant to the White House will be packing his or her personal belongings for a four-year stay. Also in the next 48 hours, many Arabs will be sitting around their TV screens or following on social media the course of events in America.
Generations School has organized Generian Lego League (GLL) on October 27 2016, held at South Campus. This event was organized by Ibn-e-Rushd Society Senior Section. Participation in this event was a spectacular experience for all. Preparation for the event had been in process from mid-September & all the teams had been working hard while spending extra time after school.
Before we knew it, it was March 21, 1953, and we were arriving at the Dhahran Airport. To say we were excited would be an understatement. We had to bring a ton of stuff for Keith, 12 bottles of sterile water and powdered SMA milk, a supply of disposable diapers, which we could get then in our canteen, the snowsuit and a lot of changes of clothes, but it was worth it.
Saudi Aramco recently hosted a symposium in Paris to promote its In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA) program, a corporate initiative to increase the localization of goods and services into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Aramco has acquired the Converge® product line and associated operations and technologies from U.S.-based Novomer Inc. The transaction was valued at up to US$100 Million.
Many people over the years have asked what made me decide to launch AramcoExPats. The simplest answer is, To promote greater mutual understanding between the Kingdom and people of Saudi Arabia on the one hand and the people of the world outside the Peninsula on the other hand.
This was one of the questions I often asked myself as I followed the path of the film Kurmanjan Dakta: Queen of the Mountains and its historical heroine over one partly snowy, partly sweltering week in April across the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan.
Are we, the Saudis, too obsessed with Iran? Or should we be too obsessed or be annoyed with Iran? During the past many decades, we have tried several times to extend our hands toward Iran seeking better and stable relations with a neighbor with whom we have many things in common.
At Saudi Aramco facilities around the Kingdom, thousands of talented young employees are making an impact on the company, taking on crucial projects and positions of great responsibility. With a large percentage of the current workforce now young employees, this influx of boundless energy and fresh perspectives have presented the company with an incredible opportunity.
Reconciling the priorities of supplying reliable energy to the world while also addressing climate change was the focus of a keynote speech by Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin H. Nasser today at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) Energy Dialogue Conference in Riyadh.
In the 10th century, herders fled drought in Arabia, but the sultan of Egypt used them against his rivals. Their story went viral—oral-folklore style—as Sirat Bani Hilal, or the Romance of the People of the Crescent Moon.
The weather continued to be mild and pleasant, as well, in January 1953, so we took Keith outside more. The first time, we went into the front yard of the apartment, which was bigger and had small trees and plants. He was put on a blanket on the grass, but sat there only a few minutes, then crawled onto the grass.
In order to plan a future SAEEA picnic/reunion, on October 20, 2016, SAEEA Office bearers visited a Farm House located at Gharo (50 kilometers away from Karachi). After reaching the place, we had brunch at a local restaurant and then reached the destination at 11:30 am. The area of farm house is approximately 15+ Acres.
The meeting of Saudi Aramco Ex-Employees Association (SAEEA) held on October 29, 2016 at Pavilion End Club, Karachi.
There have recently been many discussions about the productivity of Saudi employees, especially those in the public sector. This subject became more intense after the former Minister of Civil Service Khaled Al-Araj claimed that government workers put in barely an hour a day at the office.