Enjoy this 1958 film produced by the Standard Oil Company of California, one of the founders of Aramco, which explains the discovery of oil in Saudi Arabia and its industrialization by early American oil men and their Saudi hosts under the leadership of King Abdulaziz al Saud.
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.
Aramco hosted the 2024 International Talent Acquisition Partners (TAP) Forum recently, marking the first time the event has been held in Saudi Arabia. Drawing on its success last year in London, this year’s edition brought together thought leaders from 22 Aramco partners from nine countries.
The first EXPEC ARC Symposium, organized by Upstream’s research and development arm, showcased collaborative technology deployment related to sustainability and digital domains. The two-day event attracted more than 500 individuals in-person, and more than 800 virtual attendees.
Aramco is striving to develop technologies that aim to support a lower carbon emissions future through investing in research and technology to support growth and meet global energy demand, while seeking to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net zero by 2050 from its wholly owned operated assets.
Zainab Bahrani of Columbia University photographs ancient statues and reliefs carved into the rocks of remote Iraq to create a database for conservators and scholars. The effort is “decentering Europe from histories of art and histories of archaeology.”
Just as the company’s history continues to grow and change over the coming years, the Aramco Archive & Records Center will grow and change with it. In that sense, the current Memorabilia Campaign is just the beginning of a process of creating and capturing the living memory of what is certainly one of the most important companies of our times.
“Artificial intelligence is more likely to augment employees than to replace them,” Nabeel A. Al-Jama’, executive vice president of Human Resources & Corporate Services, told the Human Capability Initiative (HCI) in Riyadh recently. “Building new capabilities for our people is the top talent issue.”
Aramco today announced its full-year 2023 financial results, reporting a net income of $121.3 billion, its second-highest ever net income. The results, underpinned by Aramco’s unique operational flexibility, reliability and low-cost production base, reflect the company’s ongoing commitment to creating value for its shareholders.
In the second of our series celebrating AramcoWorld’s 75th anniversary year, we highlight “visual vagabonding”— a focus on the photographers and their journeys creating vibrant images over the decades.
Just as the company’s history continues to grow and change over the coming years, the Aramco Archive & Records Center will grow and change with it. In that sense, the current Memorabilia Campaign is just the beginning of a process of creating and capturing the living memory of what is certainly one of the most important companies of our times.
Your Royal Highnesses, Excellencies, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by thanking His Excellency Abdullah Alswaha. Much credit goes to His Excellency, his team and all involved as LEAP has rapidly become one of the world’s leading tech conferences and exhibitions.
Aramco has successfully completed the acquisition of a 100% equity stake in Esmax Distribución SpA (“Esmax”), a leading diversified downstream fuels and lubricants retailer in Chile.
Cursive, vegetal, biomorphic forms predominate in patterns in Malaysia, Indonesia and parts of Thailand. This installment in our six-part series is based on the geometry of leaves and petals. To see how the patterns are drawn from scratch, watch the two videos in this story.
Covers are a magazine’s most valuable way of making an impression. For 75 years, AramcoWorld’s editors have understood that grabbing the reader's interest is important. As part of its efforts to engage and inform, the magazine has always created covers designed to invite readers into myriad cultures.
Just as the company’s history continues to grow and change over the coming years, the Aramco Archive & Records Center will grow and change with it. In that sense, the current Memorabilia Campaign is just the beginning of a process of creating and capturing the living memory of what is certainly one of the most important companies of our times.
Aramco has added significant volumes to the proven gas and condensate reserves at the Jafurah unconventional field. The company has booked 15 trillion standard cubic feet (scf) of raw gas and 2 billion stock tank barrels (STB) of condensate as proven reserves at Jafurah.
Predicting the widespread adoption of quantum computing in the coming years, the Young Leaders Advisory Board (YLAB), with the support of EXPEC ARC, recently organized a speaker panel on the topic as part of the YLAB Café series.
Aramco today advanced its strategic localization program by signing 40 corporate procurement agreements worth $6 billion with suppliers in Saudi Arabia. The agreements aim to strengthen Aramco’s domestic supply chain ecosystem, contributing to the company’s resilience, reliability, and ability to meet the evolving needs of its customers.
Aramco’s ambition to achieve net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions across its wholly owned operated assets by 2050 is embedded throughout the company’s operations, starting with the training opportunities provided for our people.