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Antiquities Homecoming Project sees Artifacts Returned, Donors Honored

Antiquities Homecoming Project sees Artifacts Returned, Donors Honored

Elinor Nichols could never have guessed nearly half a century ago that a visit with her late husband Roger to a remote sand buffeted fort in the eastern desert of Saudi Arabia would spark a journey that would see her return earlier this month as a guest of royalty. 

Ottice Kelly Thomas

Ottice Kelly Thomas

Ottice Kelly Thomas was born on October 6, 1941, in Elizabeth, LA to Henry King Thomas and Sarah Lawrence Thomas. Ottice Kelly Thomas, AKA Frat, Bruh, OKT, O.K., The Okiedoke, Omar Karim, Abu Yousif and the famous Joker.

Houston Educators' Visit - Day 6

Houston Educators' Visit - Day 6

The Kingdom School is a modern K-12 school designed as a showcase of educational innovation in both the kingdom and the region.  The chief mission for the school is to attract the best and brightest students.  Innovative planning guides the futuristic institution in its physical environment, teaching methods and academic administration.

Houston Educators Teach About Saudi Arabia

Houston Educators Teach About Saudi Arabia

One year ago Saudi Aramco hosted a group of educators from the Houston area for a nine-day tour of the Kingdom which included visits to Dhahran, Dammam, Al Khobar, Riyadh and Jeddah. Participants returned to Houston not only more enriched by their experience but eager to share their deeper understanding of Saudi Arabia with fellow educators and faculty, students, friends and family.

Saudi Aramco, GE and Tata Launch Services Center

Saudi Aramco, GE and Tata Launch Services Center

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.

Innovative Upstream Laser Technology

Innovative Upstream Laser Technology

Saudi Aramco is committed to pursuing solutions that allow the company to unlock resources in new ways, using methods that are flexible, efficient, and help preserve the environment.

Coping With Jet Lag and Sleepiness

Coping With Jet Lag and Sleepiness

Few weeks ago, I planned a short trip to the American capital, Washington, D.C. and just a few days prior to my departure the China Central Television (CCTV) contacted me to participate in a television show to discuss Saudi Arabia.

Waste of Yemeni Talent

Waste of Yemeni Talent

For the past couple of years, Yemen has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Let us for a moment just forget about a coalition trying to pull Yemen out of the dark tunnel of miseries. 

NASA: Science and Hospitality

NASA: Science and Hospitality

In November 2012, Riyadh hosted the 25th annual Association of Space Explorers Congress. The International Aeronautics Technology Conference was organized by King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology.

America’s Need for Speed

America’s Need for Speed

On July 1, 1828 a song was written about the first American passenger train. As time passed, American songwriters and composers wrote countless emotional songs about trains and train rides. 

Ruling The Waters

Ruling The Waters

A few days ago, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is also Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, flew to the United States aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71), which is fourth of the USS Nimitz-class aircraft carriers.

Mr. Netanyahu: Iran is Not Just Your Enemy

Mr. Netanyahu: Iran is Not Just Your Enemy

There is one simple way to better understand the political dynamics of the Middle East: Don’t listen to what people say; watch what they do.

Let’s Hear The Voice of Wisdom

Let’s Hear The Voice of Wisdom

Four prominent Arabs — a Saudi, an Egyptian, a Kuwaiti and a Jordanian — have floated a proposal to resolve the Syrian crisis that has seen over 300,000 innocent people killed and millions displaced.

N-deal: It’s All About Business

N-deal: It’s All About Business

Do people remember the time when the United States or should I say the “Great Satan” moved one of its aircraft carriers with its task force just a few years ago to the Arabian Sea as a warning to the Iranians that America was not fooling around and it really meant business? 

No New Intifada, Please

No New Intifada, Please

Is Palestine undergoing another Intifada? If so, then what could be the origin of this Intifada-III? Who’s responsible, and why now?

Mrs. William Burleigh, Jr.

Mrs. William Burleigh, Jr., died at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, in the New York Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

James W. Rhea

Dr. James W. Rhea of the Aramco Medical Department died on Dec. 10 at the Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., where he had been undergoing medical treatment. He was 58.

John Jacob Kelberer

John Jacob Kelberer

John Jacob Kelberer, the last American to serve as chairman and chief executive of the Arabian American Oil Company, or Aramco, died Wednesday at his home in Austin, Texas.

Eugene “Gene” Gordon Norberg

Eugene “Gene” Gordon Norberg, 78, of Tower, died Wednesday, July 26, 2000, at the Virginia Arrowhead Health Care Center.

Charles W. Armstrong

Charles W. Armstrong (Charlie, Chuck) passed away in his home in Clovis, California, on December 16, 2007, surrounded by family. A graduate of the Dhahran Junior High School in 1961, returning student and later an employee of Aramco, he spent more than thirty years in Abqaiq and Dhahran. Chuck retired from Aramco in 1996 after 18 years of service.