Aramco has appointed Nasir Al-Naimi as President of its Upstream business reporting along with Aramco’s Executive Vice-President to the company’s President & CEO. 

 

The newly created position and appointment, approved by the Board of Directors, will be effective from July 1, 2023 and will replace the previous Upstream Executive Vice-President positions, respectively. 

 

These appointment will help drive the company’s long-term strategy across its global portfolio and value chain, it said.

 

Amin Nasser, Aramco President and CEO, said: “I am delighted to announce these appointments, which demonstrate our emphasis on the upstream and downstream components of our business as Aramco continues to transform to meet the world’s energy demand. 

 

"We expect this decision to help drive operational and financial performance, supporting our upstream capacity growth and our downstream expansion, together with our ambition to achieve net-zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions across wholly-owned operated assets by 2050. We continue to identify ways to further optimize and innovate across the Aramco group, and I am confident these newly created roles will help us deliver on our objectives,” he said.

 

Al-Naimi has held the position of Upstream Executive Vice President since April 1, 2021. --OGN