Renewable Best Practice

Renewable Best Practice

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Saudi Aramco's Power Systems Renewables Department (PSRD) recently hosted its first engagement workshop with domestic joint ventures and relevant Saudi Aramco departments to identify opportunities and share knowledge about renewables and smart energy solutions.

SAEEA 18th Reunion

SAEEA 18th Reunion

BY Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan / /

Saudi Aramco Ex-Employees Association (SAEEA) celebrated its 18th Reunion on March 03, 2018 at Arena Club, Karachi.

Palestine Olive Harvest Trip

Palestine Olive Harvest Trip

BY Lisa Jacobs and Raidah Ziadeh Hudson / /

In October 2017, a group of Aramco Brats went on an amazing tour of Jordan and Palestine and to visit Daily Hugz, a nonprofit animal sanctuary founded by fellow Aramco Brat, Maad Abu-Ghazalah (DH 1977).

Why Attend a Reunion, You Ask?

Why Attend a Reunion, You Ask?

BY Aramco ExPats / /

All too many years ago, when I was an impressionable freshman struggling to adjust to the demands of college academics, I was told a story about one of my professors noted for his unconventional exams. According to the tale I heard, one of his tests in a previous year consisted of a one-word question, “Why?”

Aramco World - March 2018

Aramco World - March 2018

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Aramco World, 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.

GLOW: New Technology Allows for Safer Measurement of Oil Shipment Purity

GLOW: New Technology Allows for Safer Measurement of Oil Shipment Purity

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Before a single barrel of crude oil is shipped to an awaiting ship at Saudi Aramco’s terminal in Ras Tanura, operators must certify the purity of the crude oil in their tanks. A new technology, called ground level optical water cut (GLOW), allows to check the water content of a crude oil shipment in a safe and timely manner.

Saudi Aramco Honors High Achievers During the Annual Excellence Awards Ceremony

Saudi Aramco Honors High Achievers During the Annual Excellence Awards Ceremony

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Saudi Aramco announced today names of the recipients of its Excellence Award, an award that honors the company’s high-achiever teams and individuals who demonstrated excellence, commitment and determination to make a difference and to realize Saudi Aramco values and strategic objectives.

Saudi Aramco and SABIC Award Project Management Contract to Wood

Saudi Aramco and SABIC Award Project Management Contract to Wood

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

In a significant new step towards the successful implementation of Saudi Aramco and SABIC’s fully integrated, strategic crude oil- to-chemicals (COTC) complex in the Kingdom, the partners today awarded Wood, a leading, global British-owned provider of project management and professional and engineering services in the petrochemicals industrial field, a contract for project management and front-end engineering design (FEED).

Rehmat Ul Alameen Welfare Organization - Tube Well Project

Rehmat Ul Alameen Welfare Organization - Tube Well Project

BY Engr. Iqbal Ahmed Khan / /

Remat Ul Alameen Welfare Organization (RAWO) has taken a bold step in launching a welfare project outside Karachi. A Tube Well (TW) Project has been launched in outskirt of D. I. Khan District. It’s a remote area devoid of all facilities.

Bristol in September: Come Visit a World’s 10 Best

Bristol in September: Come Visit a World’s 10 Best

BY Aramco ExPats / /

If you’re an inveterate world traveler (and what Aramcon worth their salt isn’t?) that’s never visited the United Kingdom city of Bristol, this article may interest you. If you’re also (or instead) one of the growing number of people keeping a bucket list for such things...

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - March 07, 2018

AramcoWorld Reading Selections - March 07, 2018

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Lined up selling fruit and vegetables, street merchants serve Marseille’s southern borough of Noailles, known by locals as the “belly of Marseille,” famous for its culinary kaleidoscope of piquant Moroccan pastillas (pastries), Algerian mahjoubas (crepes) and French baguettes.

Tim Barger: Saudi Aramco-American had a Mission

Tim Barger: Saudi Aramco-American had a Mission

BY The Arabian Sun / /

Tim Barger died Feb. 15 at his home in Vista, California, leaving a legacy of projects to promote an awareness and understanding of the Middle East that grew out of his own deep roots in the Kingdom.

Arabian Return Chapter XLI: My Trip Back to Arabia Alone

Arabian Return Chapter XLI: My Trip Back to Arabia Alone

BY Colleen Wilson / /

So we made arrangements, and on Wednesday, May 31st, 1978, I flew by myself first class on a Swiss Air flight from Dallas toward New York on the first leg of my trip. But we couldn't land in New York because of a storm, so had to fly to Washington, D.C., land, and sit on the plane there until the weather cleared in an hour or so, then flew back to New York City.

Saudi Aramco Urges Industry Transformation at GEO 2018 Conference

Saudi Aramco Urges Industry Transformation at GEO 2018 Conference

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Nearly 4,000 geoscientists and oil and gas professionals from around the globe converged this week at Bahrain’s International Exhibition & Convention Center for the 13th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition (GEO 2018), the region’s largest technical program of its kind, to explore technologies addressing industry challenges.

Saudi Aramco CEO Nasser Addresses the Future of Oil at Annual CeraWeek Conference in Houston

Saudi Aramco CEO Nasser Addresses the Future of Oil at Annual CeraWeek Conference in Houston

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Speaking at the annual CeraWeek conference in Houston, President and CEO Amin H. Nasser said Saudi Aramco is actively pursuing and investing in several innovative and promising new technologies and initiatives, not only in oil, but also in its multiple uses, such as in transportation, petrochemicals, advanced materials, as well as in carbon emissions reduction.

Reflections on the Olympic Games

Reflections on the Olympic Games

BY Aramco ExPats / /

The recently-concluded Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea continued a tradition with roots dating back to the eighth century BCE and perhaps two or three centuries further back than that, depending on whose historical arguments you choose to believe.

A Little Girl from Natoma, Kansas - “A True Story”

A Little Girl from Natoma, Kansas - “A True Story”

BY Duane T. McCarthy / /

On March 13, 1944 a daughter was born to Pauline Maier Albrecht and Dietrich Albrecht. She was the youngest of eight children and the first to be born in a hospital. Her name was Dorothy. As a farmer’s daughter, Dorothy spent much of her childhood feeding chickens, milking cows, tending the garden and helping with other farming chores. More often than not, she was barefoot. 

Saudi Aramco Signs MoU to Pursue Steel Production

Saudi Aramco Signs MoU to Pursue Steel Production

BY Saudi Aramco News / /

Saudi Aramco recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC), Sumitomo Corporation, and Sumitomo Corporation Saudi Arabia to conduct a feasibility study for an integrated steel mill to produce steel plates in the Ras al-Khair area.