AramcoWorld 75th Series - Reflection on Connections

AramcoWorld 75th Series - Reflection on Connections

BY The Arabian Sun / /

In 2024 AramcoWorld is marking 75 years of transcending cultural barriers. From its early days as an intra-company newsletter seeking to enrich understanding between employees in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and the original Aramco headquarters in New York, it evolved into a contemporary cultural magazine focused on engaging with external audiences globally. The first story in this series shares the stories of some of those closest to the publication.

SPARK: A Growing Industrial Hub in The Desert

SPARK: A Growing Industrial Hub in The Desert

BY The Arabian Sun / /

The vast Arabian desert covers almost the whole of the Arabian Peninsula. Sweeping through its sunbaked center is Saudi Arabia’s ad-Dahna Desert, forming a mighty vertical arc that connects the Kingdoms’ northern an-Nafud and southern Rub’al-Khali deserts.

Amin Nasser Talks Demand and Sustainability at World Economic Forum

Amin Nasser Talks Demand and Sustainability at World Economic Forum

BY The Arabian Sun / /

In the eight years since becoming president and CEO of Aramco, Amin Nasser has seen a lot of changes. Social, environmental, and technological advancements have changed the face of the industry, but one thing has remained the same: the demand of hydrocarbons.

King Faisal University Celebrates 50th Anniversary

King Faisal University Celebrates 50th Anniversary

BY The Arabian Sun / /

King Faisal University has celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding under the theme “Fifty Years of Growth and Giving” in the presence of royalty, excellencies, senior officials, university and media professionals, and members of the local community.

Aramco, DHL Supply Chain Launch ASMO

Aramco, DHL Supply Chain Launch ASMO

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Aramco and DHL Supply Chain (DHL), a global leader in contract logistics, have formed a joint venture (JV) company, Advanced Supply Management Operations (ASMO). The company will be a new procurement and logistics services hub in Saudi Arabia.

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - January 31, 2024

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - January 31, 2024

BY AramcoWorld / /

Beckles Willson’s own skillful playing won her a place at the Royal Academy of Music studying piano performance, and she later became a concert pianist. By the time Beckles Willson obtained her doctorate from London’s King’s College in 2003, she chose to focus on academia, hoping to balance performance and research.

A Deep Dive Into Aramco's Ocean Data

A Deep Dive Into Aramco's Ocean Data

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Operating in the Arabian Gulf for more than 80 years, with some of the world’s largest offshore oil and gas fields, Aramco has learned a lot about the waters in which we work. Extracting energy from the deep waters, safely and reliably, is a serious business — and the company has been collecting data for decades to set a benchmark for its activities.

AramcoWorld - January 2024

AramcoWorld - January 2024

BY AramcoWorld / /

AramcoWorld, 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.

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - January 17, 2024

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - January 17, 2024

BY AramcoWorld / /

After decades of decline under communist rule, food enthusiasts— including brother chef and baker Bledar and Nikolin Kola—are pioneering the return of the country’s traditional dishes. Chefs and other culinary aficionados are drawing on Albania’s 500-plus years of culinary heritage to reinterpret the foods of their ancestors. Their efforts are re-establishing traditions that were feared lost.

2024 Calendar: Celebrating 75 Years of Connections

2024 Calendar: Celebrating 75 Years of Connections

BY AramcoWorld / /

As part of our yearlong celebration, we are launching a new biweekly newsletter that will transport you back through the decades of our global connections. To kick things off, we highlight our 2024 calendar, with 12 months of friendly faces from AramcoWorld stories...

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - January 04, 2024

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - January 04, 2024

BY AramcoWorld / /

Dozens of volunteers joined together in Houston, Texas, to construct a mudhif, a reed structure dating back 5,000 years to the Mesopotamian marshes of southern Iraq. The hut served as a meeting place—for some of the city’s 4,000 Iraqis and their fellow Houstonians to share insights into an ancient society and gain a sense of community.

Chairman at Saudi Green Initiative: Action Instead of Lofty Goals

Chairman at Saudi Green Initiative: Action Instead of Lofty Goals

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Aramco and Saudi Arabia are taking steps to aid the global effort to reduce emissions from the operations of the energy industry, said H.E. Yasir O. Al-Rumayyan, chairman of Aramco’s Board of Directors and governor of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), during a discussion at the Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) forum in Dubai recently.

Ithraeyat: Simplicity in Colors

Ithraeyat: Simplicity in Colors

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Abdullah Hammas was born in the city of Abha and grew up moving with his family between the cities of the Kingdom. He studied at the Institute of Art Education and graduated as a teacher in 1973.

President and CEO: Oil and Gas Investment Must Not Be Overlooked

President and CEO: Oil and Gas Investment Must Not Be Overlooked

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Speaking at the 2023 Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) Forum in Dubai, Amin Nasser, Aramco president and CEO, outlined the pivotal role that oil and gas will continue to play in powering the global economy as part of the energy mix of the future, stating that the industry requires continued and effective strategic investment to do so.