Saudi Aramco and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) recently signed a framework agreement in support of a new Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences college program.
Jazan City, in the south-western Province of Jazan in Saudi Arabia, will host the Jazan Economic Forum on February 25-26, 2015 to discuss the investment opportunities and development potential of the Jazan Economic City, a multi-billion dollar investment project aligned to the Kingdom’s national balanced economic development objectives.
Saudi Aramco recently inaugurated its first Production Operations Surveillance Hub (POSH) at Ju’aymah Industrial Complex in the Northern Area.
The heavy lift barge Lan Jing completed the installation of the Hasbah tie-in platform (TP) using its 7,500-ton crane, carrying weight that reached about 5,000 tons – a new record for Saudi Aramco’s heavy lift operation.
Four engineers from Saudi Aramco have been elected board members on the Saudi Council of Engineers (SCE) following a vote held by the national organization last month.
Saudi Aramco continues to pursue its long term strategy to become the world’s leading integrated energy enterprise despite the current downturn in the global oil industry, Khalid A. Al-Falih, President and CEO, Saudi Aramco reiterated at the 8th Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) in Riyadh.
Khalid A. Al Falih, Saudi Aramco President and CEO, participated on January 21 in a panel discussion entitled The Geo-Economics of Energy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Two Saudi Aramco projects were recently selected as among the top hydrocarbon processing projects worldwide in 2014 in a poll conducted by Hydrocarbon Processing (HP) magazine.
Aramco Service Company’s (ASC) flagship publication, AramcoWorld recently received nine awards in an international magazine competition sponsored by FOLIO Magazine.
“Play’s the Thing”: Dhahran Theatre Group members stage an impromptu performance in honor of the 29th Annuitants Reunion on the steps of the reunion venue in Asheville, N.C.
When ‘Udhailiyah’s Wadi Al-Saeed Golf Club vice president Josh Olson contacted Oliver Horovitz about coming to Saudi Arabia, Horovitz’s first thought was, “There’s golf there?” His second thought was, “I want to play golf there.”
The ’Udhailiyah School K3 class visited the site of the future Ladies Health and Fitness Center as part of their current studies on buildings. Their teacher, Candice Jensen, came up with the idea of a field trip to an actual construction site to show her students how buildings are made.
“Seize the day!” signals retiree Adrianus Verhoeven, now 77. As a Tapline employee, he cycled 3,730 miles home to Holland in 1960; in 2012, he topped that with a 3,872-mile ride across the United States.
Do you know where to find the only house to be built in Dhahran with a chimney? Or in which residential garden the first grass was grown? Or maybe you would like to find out which public building has a secret door into its roof or the location of the first dedicated training center for Saudi women.
More than 600 delegates traveled to the Royal Commission in Yanbu’ to attended the annual Saudi Downstream Conference held March 4 and 5. The conference brought together key stakeholders and businesses from throughout the region to discuss how to maximize opportunities from the Saudi downstream sector of petrochemicals and renewables.
Perfect weather conditions greeted the 65 runners competing in the first ever half marathon held Feb. 7 in ’Udhailiyah. In addition to his responsibilities as race organizer, ’Udhailiyah Recreation consultant Steve Chard was also competing as a warm-up to his attempt at the London Marathon.
Saudi Aramco, GE and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced today the launch of the first all-female business process services center in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Like a modern-day Pied Piper, Kinda Hibrawi greets children at Camp Zeitouna in northern Syria. Her project is one of three involving individuals with company connections that are profiled in “Changing Lives, One at a Time.” Photograph by Mohammed Ojjeh.
Former Dhahran Consulate Deputy Principal Officer Colbert Held chats with Baylor University graduate student Corrine Peters at his exhibition of 250 photographs focusing on the Middle East, which runs through May 15 at the Waco, Texas, school. Photograph by Arthur Clark.
Thousands of runners crowded the start lines of both the full marathon and half marathon on race day, Jan. 13, to fulfill their dream of participating in one of the most celebrated running events in the United States — and indeed around the world — despite bouts of pouring rain that continued to drench the streets of Houston.