In September 1979, Mark Lowey completed a two-year stint working in the oil fields of the Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia. Before returning home to the U.S., Mark spent the next three months as a solo backpacker exploring Nepal and India, and then headed to Sri Lanka, the island nation below the southern tip of India.
Ahmad O. Al Khowaiter has been appointed executive vice president of Technology & Innovation, effective April 1, 2023. Prior to this role he served as senior vice president and chief technology officer, a role he undertook in May 2015. He continues as chief technology officer.
Ashraf A. Al Ghazzawi has been appointed executive vice president of Strategy and Corporate Development effective April 1, 2023. Prior to this he had served in the same role in an acting capacity. In April 2022, Al Ghazzawi had been appointed senior vice president of Strategy & Market Analysis, following his assignment as executive director in the same role since July 2021.
From the April 12, 1967 edition of Sun and Flare. Ten members of the British House of Commons were in Saudi Arabia from March 29 through April 5 as guests of the Ministry of Information, and spent the last day of their week-long stay visiting some of Aramco’s operations and the men who run them.
Digital transformation is reshaping the way business is done, in almost every industry. The power of Fourth Industrial Revolution technology — which enables such transformation — has streamlined processes that were previously considered essential.
Hooriya Naushad Shah, daughter of Engr. Syed Naushad Shah, celebrated her 11th birthday on April 5th. Hooriya is the granddaughter of the late Syed Yousaf Shah, Aramco Badge ID 71533.
The inception of Saaf Paani took place during the “Golden Jubilee Function” of NED69ers in February 2019 in Karachi, Pakistan. As soon as the Saaf Paani was launched, Abdul Majid Adam received 1.1 Million US Dollars as donations from NED69ers, their families, and friends through donation appeals to various Masjids.
In the last two weeks, I got to experience my first Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C, a hallmark feature of D.C.’s culture and vibrancy. Seeing the cherry blossoms at their peak was an engagement with the concept of mono-no-aware, a Japanese expression for being deeply immersed in the sentimentality of an object; a sight, an emotion; a feeling.
Hello, My name is Martin Armstrong. I am a senior researcher at Barker Langham, a cultural consultancy currently undertaking collections research for several museum projects in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
During Ramadan, generosity can be shown in many different ways, from sharing kind words to volunteering for charity work. The holy month encourages all who engage to do the best for themselves and for others around them, as it purifies hearts and souls from greed and selfishness.
Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan, along with his daughter Erum Imran, his nieces Saira and Anum Aftab Khan, and Anum’s husband Taimur Barlas went to perform Umrah in the month of February 2023. The plan was quite spontaneous and unplanned. On a normal evening, Iqbal received a phone call from Saira, asking him to accompany her as her mahram on her first Umrah.
Reigning Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen overcame the early threat of a resurgent Mercedes team and the excitement of three red flags and two restarts to win a spectacular Australian Grand Prix for Red Bull.
Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare (JHAH) supports you and your family to remain healthy during Ramadan. The following information can help manage your fast. If you have any further questions, please talk to your doctor.
Aramco chairman HE Yasir O. Al-Rumayyan recently participated in a panel session titled “In Conversation: A Dream Reimagined” at the PRIORITY summit in Miami, organized by the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute.
The merger of two major events — the Middle East Oil & Gas Show (MEOS) and the Middle East Geosciences Conference & Exhibition (GEO) — has resulted in one of the world’s most important energy industry conferences: MEOS-GEO 2023.
The Khursaniyah Gas Plant Department (KGPD) recently hosted its service awards ceremony to celebrate its employees who have completed 25 and 30 years of service in their career at Saudi Aramco.
In northwest Saudi Arabia, scattered across an area twice the size of Portugal, archeologists and aerial surveyors have identified more than 1,000 roughly built, low, rectangular stone structures that date back 7,000 years to an era when today’s deserts were savannas.
I have just spent nine weeks in Oman and had the opportunity to catch up with many friends not seen since before the pandemic. One of those was Mark Evans, who had just completed the second part of his Heart of Arabia expedition from Riyadh to Jeddah.
A 3D painting highlighting Aramco’s work to protect mangroves has been created outside the al-Mujamma’ center in Dhahran. Artist Afaf A. Salman, a graphic designer in the Office Services Department, started working on the piece — which is called “Lake of Mangrove” — on Saudi Arabia’s Founding Day, Feb. 22, with it taking 17 hours to complete.
Aramco’s Board of Directors recently held meetings in South Korea (Republic of Korea), a strategically important partner country, and utilized the opportunity to further strengthen relationships and gain greater insights into affiliated projects.