Focused on expansion
SAUDI ARAMCO, the world’s biggest oil company in terms of oil reserves and production, plans to build refineries in China and Indonesia as part of a $200 billion spending...
SAUDI ARAMCO, the world’s biggest oil company in terms of oil reserves and production, plans to build refineries in China and Indonesia as part of a $200 billion spending...
SAUDI ARABIA could raise its crude oil production by 2 mbpd almost immediately, Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi says while describing as “disturbing” Iranian threats that have...
AS SAUDI ARABIA’S industrial base expands, Saudi Aramco is sharply expanding its natural gas production to support future domestic needs for gas to generate electrical...
While responding to challenges and opportunities, Aramco’s oil output rose sharply in 2011 to an average 9.1 mbpd from an...
SAUDI ARAMCO has raised the recovery rate at its Abqaiq oil field, one of the kingdom’s oldest fields, to 68 per cent and plans to start applying a carbon dioxide (CO2...
Satorp has already started testing its planned 400,000 bpd Jubail oil refinery and the company expects the plant to be fully...
The facilities at the mega project are designed to handle non-associated gas from the Karan gas field. Gas will be processed...
BUILT in 2010, DesertRay is the result of pioneering work carried out by laser scientists at Saudi Aramco’s Research and Development Centre (R&DC...
WORK is under way on a new 400,000 barrel per day (bpd) day refinery at Yanbu in Saudi Arabia which is expected to be operational by September 2014...
The project, which will have a capacity of around 1 million metric tonnes, will add value to Aramco’s downstream portfolio to...
SAUDI ARAMCO has been approaching European sellers for 500 parts per million (ppm) gasoil, which could come from Russian Baltics, traders say...
SAUDI ARAMCO’S vice president for northern area oil operations reiterated his company’s commitment to advance artificial lift technologies with funding, facilities and...
Saudi Arabia as a swing producer has ensured that oil prices did not spriral out of control by monitoring and ensuring stable...
In 2009, the Powers team broke through the billion-cell, or giga-cell threshold. That advancement is already delivering results...
Saudi Aramco’s new Upstream Professional Development Centre has been redesigned to combine technical depth and breadth with...
THREE high-profile Research and Development Centre (R&DC) projects and technologies represent the innovation and dedication to breakthrough science that have made...
SAUDI ARABIA wants to transform Aramco from a leading oil and gas company into a fully integrated, truly global energy and chemicals enterprise with extensive operations...
SAUDI ARAMCO has set in motion an ambitious plan to plant more than 1 million mangroves along the kingdom’s shores during the...
SAUDI ARABIA may raise the number of its drilling rigs to a record high above 150 next year as the state oil giant ramps up exploration for unconventional gas. Boosting...
Aramco has tried to lobby for a change in gas price, particularly as it develops non-associated gas fields, but the government...
SAUDI ARAMCO president and CEO Khalid A Al Falih and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) president Susan Hockfield have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU...
Marking a departure from the norm, the new Saudi company, Aramco Trading, is venturing into derivatives such as futures and...
TESTING of an amine-regeneration technology at two natural gas processing plants owned and operated by Saudi Aramco revealed an improvement in amine performance and...
HIGHLIGHTING the need for change in the way the kingdom approaches education, Khalid A Al Falih, president and CEO of Saudi Aramco, has announced the company’s launching...
SPRUNG Instant Structures located in Manama, Bahrain, is a member of the Sprung Group of Companies which has been in business since 1887 and has achieved international...
The Saudi-based specialised engineering and contracting company has built its reputation by specialisation and operating...
The electrical and mechanical solutions provider is clocking a growth rate of 18-20 per cent annually and is now working on...
AKHC has grown and diversified over the years and is planning to embark on new ventures for the manufacture of valves and...
The firm has introduced SmartPlant Enterprise for Owner Operators (SPO), which offers preconfigured work processes and supports...
Founded primarily to provide offshore support vessels to Saudi Aramco in 1977, Zamil Offshore Services today is the oldest and...
The 100,000-tonne per annum plant, being constructed by EPC firm eTEC E&C under Sipchem’s phase III expansion programme...
A key manufacturer of structural steel, pressure vessels, storage tanks and pipe spools, the firm plans to launch new products...
HVAC leader continually pushes the envelope to create energy efficient, environmentally responsible products for both...
PROCEQ – the inventor of Leeb rebound hardness testing – has applied its many years of experience to produce a new instrument...
The division has helped broaden Asry’s scope from a ship-specific operation to a maritime industry repair complex, prompting...
Al Qahtani Maritime (AQM), one of the leading Saudi companies providing oil, gas and water drilling equipment and services...
The multi-billion joint venture project is part of Saudi Aramco’s plans to become an energy firm focusing on chemicals...
SAUDI ARAMCO has launched an investment arm to buy into companies that have developed technologies of strategic importance to Saudi Arabia and speed their deployment in...
SAUDI ARABIA is beginning an oil exploration push that it says is expected to turn up 100 billion barrels of new oil in existing fields in the kingdom and in unexplored...
The company announced only one oil discovery, Wedyan-1, a wildcat well located 450 km southeast of Dammam in the Empty Quarter...
SAUDI ARABIA has more spare oil production capacity than is required by government directive and has no immediate plans to raise capacity beyond the current 12.5 million...
Although Aramco has conceptual estimates of its shale gas reserves it will not start working on it until an assessment of its...
Aramco has established a Math E-Portal website with an Arabic interface, based on Saudi Arabian math curricula, to facilitate...
The Motiva refinery’s older 275,000-bpd crude unit is operating normally as were all seven of its other expansion units, though...
The technology can produce lower-cost heavy fuel oil, made when high-sulphur tarry residue left after the distillation of crude...
Saudi Aramco has in the past managed crises which were equally, if not more dangerous, such as the foiled terror attack on...
At the core of Saudi Aramco is a corporate culture of life-long learning. Throughout its history, Aramco has been developing...
Bahrain-based Ahmed Mansoor Al-A’ali is forging strategic tie-ups to ensure that it participates in many of the large-scale...
The company is a leading car rental and transportation solutions provider in Saudi Arabia, with over 40 branches and rental...
The company, which has a proven track record of reliability in oil and gas applications with installations in the desert, on...
The group sees great opportunity for delivering a range of specialist services and has concentrated on building competencies in...
In a bid to keep maximum spare crude capacity, Saudi Arabia is seeking to minimise its domestic crude burning for power generation even as it sharply cut fuel oil exports...
The versatile tool has the potential to change the way downhole data is acquired. Such data can help drillers more readily...
THE King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and Saudi Aramco have inked a deal to establish a sophisticated centre for conducting nondestructive tests in...
At the heart of Aramco’s operations, Ospas monitors all aspects of the oil giant’s operations and any impact on supply of...
SINO SAUDI GAS, a joint venture between China’s Sinopec and Saudi Aramco, will delay drilling in the kingdom’s Empty Quarter as the evaluation of the well is still...
The province had not been seen as a potential hydrocarbon hub offshore, but began to be recognised as Egypt made big...
WITH nearly 4 billion people, almost 60 per cent of the world’s population, Asia consumes 31 percent of global oil demand, and that figure is rising...
Energy division at the pioneering legal firm offers expert advice on issues related to electricity and water, project...
The leading manufacturer of mineral and chemicals says its main...
SAUDI ARAMCO and the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to pursue the merger of the fleets and...
AS THE world’s largest petroleum company, Saudi Aramco is always being asked about the future of oil and the role of renewable energy...
THE Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of Saudi Aramco has introduced the Environmental Management System (EMS) for implementation at the company’s operating...
OFFSHORE Solutions BV (OSBV), the joint venture between AMEC and Cofely Nederland NV, is holding the third in a series of Marine Access Seminars in Doha, Qatar on...
AES Arabia, a total water and waste water management and solutions provider, is in the process of implementing an aggressive expansion plan for its business in the Mena...
AceCad’s StruM.I.S is a steel fabrication management software which harnesses work processes for engineering and fabrication...
CPS-Arabia has gained wide acceptance in the Saudi market and counts leading organisations such as Saudi Electricity Company (...
The Shell Eco-Marathon, which started as a small contest among Shell scientists to see who can travel furthest on a single...
Saudi Aramco plans to increase its focus on petrochemicals by converting refinery products into aromatics, as ethane...
CTS Middle East, which specialises in products used for aboveground storage tanks, has been selected by Saudi Aramco as the supplier of choice for the design, manufacture...
The company employs nearly 10,000 engineering specialists in 200 offices in 19 countries. A high level of specialist knowledge...
One of the leading design and engineering consultancy firms in the region, Dar has witnessed over 100 per cent growth in the...
With mega projects like Sadara spurring industry demand in the kingdom, a leading Saudi Arabian welding electrodes factory...
Engineering solutions and speciality products provider helps customers conserve energy and operate efficiently through a range...
The joint venture company between the Saudi-based Olayan Group and the UK-based Weir Group has more than doubled its size and...