Year: 2017

flynas, the national carrier of Saudi Arabia, announced the launch of a new direct air route linking Abha and Cairo, the capital of the Republic of Egypt, starting August 30, 2017. flynas started offering tickets through its website, smartphone application and sales agents, starting yesterday, July 31, at competitive and exclusive prices that include economy

flynas, the leading low-cost carrier in the Middle East, has affirmed its commitment to growth and expansion plans, led by the modernization of its fleet of aircraft, to provide its customers with a comfortable and safe travel experience. In this context, flynas received the ninth A320neo on October 3, and comes two months after receiving

Southern Area Oil Operations has successfully completed the world’s first pilot project to implement Advanced Process Control (APC) technology in the Khurais oil field to reduce power consumption by efficiently managing electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) that are located inside the well. This cutting-edge technology positions Saudi Aramco as a leader of automation technology in conventional oil fields.

Professor Daniele Daffonchio and research scientist Dr. Ramona Marasco of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) recently spent three days in Shaybah undertaking deep desert ecological fieldwork, which formally commences the collaborative biodiversity research within Saudi Aramco’s newly created Shaybah Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS). Deep within the Rub’ al-Khali (Empty Quarter) desert, unusual plant

Saudi Aramco, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and ANSYS (a global leader in engineering simulation) have set a new supercomputing milestone by scaling ANSYS® Fluent® to nearly 200,000 processor cores — enabling organizations to make critical and cost-effective decisions faster and increase the overall efficiency of oil and gas production facilities. This supercomputing record represents a

Scientists from Saudi Aramco’s Fuel Technology Program (FUELCOM) recently won the prestigious 2017 Harry L. Horning Memorial Award, a sign that the company’s Research and Development Center (R&DC) is well on its way toward changing the way automakers design future car engines and the fuels they use. At the award ceremony, held recently at the