Week 47 in Review: CEO energized by Aramco youth, Drilling and Workover break ground at SPARK, and more

Here are some of the top articles over the past week. 

CEO at Nikkei: Aramco’s young leaders key to its bright future 

"My personal passion” is how president and CEO Amin Nasser described preparing the company’s young workforce for their, and the company’s future ambitions. 

“We have a lot of young people, preparing them for the company, and in the other direction, preparing the company for them, are my personal passion.” 

Nasser touched on a wide variety of topics at the Nikkei Global Forum, from young employees and Saudi Vision 2030 to net-zero ambitions and green technologies. 

Drilling and Workover buys in big at SPARK 

King Salman Energy Park (SPARK), the world-class energy and industrial city, marked another significant milestone recently as Aramco and the Horizon Project Company Ltd. broke ground on a 277,000 m2 drilling and workover site. 

Construction is scheduled to be completed by the second quarter of 2023.  

The project will strategically situate new facilities for the Drilling and Workover Services Department at one city with centralized drilling services and operations. 

The project will strategically situate new facilities for the Drilling and Workover Services Department at one city with centralized drilling services and operations.
— Nasir K. Al-Naimi, Aramco senior vice president of Upstream

Aramco unveils Central Park in the heart of Dhahran 

At north east of Dhahran Golf Course, the new Central Park was inaugurated by Aramco's Community Services (CS). 

As part of its quest to improve the quality and well-being of Aramco employees and their families, CS envisioned developing an exceptional attraction that will further promote environmental sustainability for the Dhahran Community, the Dhahran Central Park promises to provide an appealing social atmosphere combined with a deep sense for the environment stewardship and a self-sustainable natural park.  

The biodiversity of Dhahran Central Park features local fauna of turtles, frogs, in addition to Genus Gambusia and Tilapia fish that are fed with mosquitos and aquatic insects – promoting biological balance in water. Over 250,000 m2 of rugged landscape was transformed using state-of-the-art xeriscaping techniques that conserve irrigation resources while expanding vegetation and maintaining aesthetic appeal. 

With over 17,000 native trees and shrubs planted in the park, there are between 10-12 native flower varieties from the Arabian Peninsula. The park helps minimize carbon emissions and is an educational resource for employees and their dependents on the plant varieties. 

Emily Kristine Pedersen triumphs yet again with team victory in Aramco Team Series – Jiddah 

Saudi Arabia has become persistent in its push to break boundaries in sports, as exemplified by the uniquely formatted Aramco Team Series (ATS), which recently held its last golf tournament of the year from Nov. 10-12, at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City.  

Building on the company’s sponsorship of Saudi Arabia’s first-ever women’s golf tournament last year, the launch of ATS underscores the Kingdom’s efforts toward gender equality and female empowerment in the world of golf, by providing an exciting new platform through which women can excel in this global sport. 

Team Pedersen consisting of Emily K. Pedersen, Hannah Burke, Krista Bakker, and Ahmed A. Al-Subaey, the team’s amateur player, was the teams’ champion. Teenager Pia Babnik, 17, was the individuals’ champion.  

NGL: Decades of greenhouse gas mitigation in our operational DNA

The penultimate entry in the ongoing series featuring how employees and operations address greenhouse gas mitigation as part of their day-to-day work travels to Hawiyah and its processing of Natural Gas Liquids.

Reductions in flaring and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be achieved when industrial plants are efficient in the production of energy. 

Prominent at most Aramco oil and gas plants is the whir of gas turbines, creating power for machinery like generators, pumps, compressors, and processing trains.

Reducing GHG emissions from gas turbines, and increasing their operational flexibility, are among key ongoing Aramco operational targets. 

Hawiyah is also home to the Middle East’s most advanced large-scale CO₂ capture and reinjection project.