Arriving at the Al Haditha border crossing at 07.15, we find few houses but lots of trucks and confusion. There is even greater confusion at the customs post, as no one can find the fax that was supposed to have been sent by the police in Dammam to allow us to export the Discovery Land Rover.
Aramco researchers in the U.S. shared their work in innovation with HE Yasir O. Al-Rumayyan, Aramco’s Chairman of the Board, when he visited the Detroit Research Center recently. Globally, and in the U.S., the company’s research network is making significant contributions to the company’s value creation and sustainability initiatives.
Researchers from the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Team based at the Aramco Research Center-Houston won first place at the recent Google Cloud Emissions Hackathon held in Houston. This industry first award illustrates the company’s strength in developing and commercializing AI technology solutions for energy industry challenges. The Hackathon win complements Aramco’s recently announced Global AI Corridor project.
My feet and my heart, Scattered across airplanes and airports, Across mountains and oceans that feed the distance between where I come from, And where I go. My heart longing for the goodbyes said, Through warm hugs and teary eyes, Goodbyes to the homes that built me, The walls that hold the memories that changed me.
Reilly Financial Advisors has partnered with employees of Saudi Aramco for almost five decades, bringing comprehensive wealth management and financial planning strategies customized to your unique situation as an employee of Aramco right to your door. We’re thrilled to continue this legacy as a part of Creative Planning.
Attention all Hafla cruisers: the Celebrity Summit has a wonderful app you won’t want to miss. You will be able to check in much faster when you board the ship after entering your personal information and photo, see the deck plans and map of the ship, manage your reservations, see dining and entertainment opportunities, and communicate with each other from mobile devices even when you’re not on your own stateroom WIFI.
It is no surprise that UNESCO added historical Jiddah to its World Heritage Sites in 2014. According to UNESCO, the area was cited as “an outstanding reflection of the Red Sea architectural tradition.” Founded in the 7th century on a beautiful costal land...
At an award ceremony held in Atlanta, Georgia, Aramco’s Engineering Services team received the Innovative Energy Project of the Year Award for the Middle East Region. The award was given by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), U.S. as part of the events leading to the 2022 AEE Energy Conference and Exposition.
Here’s a scattershot glance back at the past 70 years through the lens of The Arabian Sun (and Flare) publication. Eight players represented Aramco at the Second Annual Persian Gulf Tennis Tournament in September.
The Tuwaiq Drones Challenge 2022, which began on Sept. 27, with Aramco as its strategic sponsor, will highlight how drone technology can transform a range of businesses, creating efficiencies and improving safety in the process.
Aramco recently participated in the third edition of the Saudi Maritime Congress as a Strategic Sponsor, one of the largest global shipping and logistics events in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The two-day exhibition and conference, held on Sept. 28 and 29 at the Dhahran Expo...
The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) welcomed more than 90,000 visitors to celebrate the 92nd Saudi National Day. Visitors were charmed by the National Day Moment on Friday and Saturday, with artists Muath Bugnah and Joury Kattan embracing the sky on the elevated stage which was suspended as high as the Ithra building to perform a collection of national songs for the enthusiastic audience.
Aramco geoscientists turned out in large numbers at the 2022 International Meeting for Applied Geosciences and Energy (IMAGE) event in Houston put on by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG).
The ‘Uthmaniyah Gas Plant, one of the world’s largest gas processing plants, was recognized by the GPA Midstream Association with its prestigious Environmental Excellence Award during its annual convention in San Antonio, Texas.
With their mild year-round climate, Saudi Arabia’s Jazan and Asir regions are ideal environments for growing coffee beans in the Kingdom. Southern farmers, with their strength and determination, have a long history of nurturing what they call “the pampered plant.”
Shabeel Ahmed Khan married Sahrish Tabassum Saleem on Friday 27th December 2019 in Karachi, Pakistan. Shabeel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Shafiq Ahmed Khan, Badge No. 73789, who is the Joint Secretary of Saudi Aramco Ex-Employees Association (SAEEA). Sahrish is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Muhammad Saleem.
Shafiq Ahmed Khan, Saudi Aramco Ex-employee badge number 73789, celebrated his 75th Happy Birthday in Karachi along with his granddaughter baby Armeen Khan who also celebrated her 11th Happy Birthday along with her grandfather on August 15, 2022.
While portable and usually wooden mancala boards have rows of scooped-out circles in which players place and move their tokens—seeds, pebbles, shells, beads or what have you—the game’s origins likely hark back to roots as an East African analog for agriculture. Here, girls play in the Acowa refugee camp in northeast Uganda, where the game is sometimes called giuthi, meaning “to distribute” or “to place.”
Something very special is happening in March 2023. From March 1 – 14 hundreds of retired Aramco expatriate employees, and adults whose childhoods were spent in Aramco communities, will be coming to the 2023 KSA Expat Reunion being held in Dhahran in their honor.
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