Saudi Aramco and the Yokogawa Electric Corporation, a Japanese pioneer in distributed control systems, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will have Yokogawa spearheading a proactive Saudization policy— thereby contributing to the Saudi economy whilst providing high-quality local services in Saudi Arabia. The leading distribution control systems company monitors and controls processes in
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. This commitment has led the EXPEC Advanced Research Center (EXPEC ARC) to establish the Upstream High-Power Laser Laboratory — a state-of-the-art and cross-disciplinary research facility for subsurface
It’s fast, it’s cost-effective, and it has revolutionized the delivery of rig crews working on some of the world’s biggest offshore oil fields. The new Sea Bus service introduced last year by Saudi Aramco’s Marine Department at Tanajib marks yet another major initiative undertaken as part of an ongoing marine business transformation. The new offshore
Seeking an innovative way to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) by using a new battery setup is the goal of Cornell University doctoral candidate and Saudi Aramcon Wajdi Al Sadat, who gained special recognition from the prestigious journal, Scientific American, for his idea. Describing the idea as “carbon-breathing batteries,” the magazine recently named his proposal as the first
Saudi Aramco’s Drilling and Workover (D&WO) marked a major turning point in late 2016 with the signing of two new drilling joint ventures (JVs) with Nabors and Rowan. Within a few months, the JVs — an onshore JV between Nabors and Saudi Aramco, and an offshore JV with Rowan — will become fully operational, providing
The search for oil and gas requires geologists and explorationists to conduct studies on outcrops of rock layers that hold hydrocarbon. Understanding the characteristics of such layers is essential in assessing their potential to hold and produce oil and gas. There are many difficulties that explorationists face in the field. Accessing steep, rocky outcrops in
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) today signed a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA), allowing Saudi Aramco’s equity participation in PETRONAS’ Refinery & Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project in the southern Malaysian state of Johor. Witnessed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud