From changing how planes take off to the replanting of Acacia trees in milder areas of the desert, five departments from across Saudi Aramco that went the extra mile to put the environment first in their daily operations were honoured recently at a ceremony in Dhahran.
Saudi Aramco and SABIC note recent speculative news reports about the possibility of merging their petrochemicals businesses. The companies wish to clarify that they have no plans to pursue this option.
The 2016 Aramco Annuitant's Hafla Reunion held at Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa on October 24 - 26, 2016. Hosted by Chistien & Bob Petrie.
Contrary to general perception, the century-old Sykes-Picot Agreement should not be held responsible for the failure of many Arab states. Those failures are caused mainly by poor governance, poor utilization of natural resources, social inequality, weak education system and unnecessarily protracted conflicts.
After 5 years being in the US, I have finally decided to complete the book I have been working on since I left Arabia in 2010. It seems like so many memories are fading and so in an effort to capture those, plus the vast experiences that so many of us had, I am winding up the writing and getting ready to publish “Life in the Camel Lane: Life is Portable – Live It Everywhere You Go!”
Ali Al-Yousef, Reservoir Engineering chief technologist with the EXPEC Advanced Research Center (EXPEC ARC), was in the spotlight at the recent Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Improved Oil Recovery (IOR) international conference where he was recognized with the IOR Pioneer Award.
The petrochemical sector and Saudi Aramco’s continued growth of its downstream business have the potential to play a pivotal role in the Kingdom’s 2030 Vision for a diversified and sustainable economic future, according to Saudi Aramco’s vice president of Chemicals.
As I have mentioned before in our town hall meetings, there are many hard working people here at the U.S. Embassy ready to help you with your needs and concerns. I hope your life has been made easier by our efforts to provide quality customer service and keep you informed about events in the country.
Countries face many challenges to achieve its development goals. Some of those challenges are tangible and could be overcome by putting in a little extra effort. But there are some challenges that take time and need collective efforts to overcome.
Browsing through a copy of the International New York Times on a flight from Dubai to Jeddah, I read Roger Cohen’s article “The Arab Withering”. He reviews Robert F. Worth’s book “A Rage for Order”.
A scarcity of energy resources, growing energy market volatility, growing concern over the security of future energy supply, and — last but not least — growing concerns over climate change and its negative impacts make the need for energy saving and energy efficiency significant.
In a major move reflective of the wide-ranging Vision 2030 plan announced last month, on Saturday the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz named Saudi Aramco Chairman Khalid Al-Falih as Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources.
Al-Ayyam Al-Jamilah is a twice-yearly magazine distributed to retired employees and adult children of the Saudi Aramco Enterprise.
Aramco World, Saudi Aramco's flagship publication, is widely recognized as a leading source of nonpolitical coverage of the history, geography, arts and cultures of Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and the wider Islamic world., with an emphasis on the interweavings of the plural cultures of East and West, past and present.
The meeting of Saudi Aramco Ex-Employees Association held on May 07, 2016 at SAEEA Coordinator, Mohammad Abdul Matin’s house.
The recently announced Saudi Vision 2030 is creating waves across the world. Every political, social and economic analyst is keenly studying the Vision 2030.
In a sign that Saudi Arabia’s growing culture of innovation is taking hold, the Halliburton R&D Center recently held an entrepreneurship workshop at its facilities in the Dhahran Techno Valley.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman ibn ‘Abd Al-‘Aziz Al Sa’ud delivered a number of Royal Orders on Saturday, May 7, 2016, to support and facilitate the implementation of the ambitious Saudi Vision 2030, an initiative introduced to rapidly transform the Kingdom and diversify its economy.
Three headlines appeared in three different newspapers last week: “Ministry to ensure fair deal for Binladin staff”; “Quit or wait, Binladin tells 17,000 Saudi staff” and “Saudi Arabia lifts project bidding ban on crisis-hit Binladin Group”.
Harvard Business School (HBS) — known for its top tier MBA program — recently brought Saudi Aramco into the classroom, where students engaged in an educational exercise to review and analyze the company’s venture capital initiative.