Word: aramco
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...they don't have access to them." Only 7% of the world's estimated oil and gas reserves are in countries that allow companies like ExxonMobil free rein, according to consulting firm PFC Energy. Fully 65% are in the hands of state-owned companies such as Saudi Aramco, and the rest are in the likes of Russia and Venezuela, where Western companies can get a foothold one day but lose it the next...
...strips as productive instruments of cultural change.Combining Western looks—think Spider-Man and Batman—with regional and Islamic lore, these panels are designed to provide entertainment and education for youths both in the Arab world and abroad. SECRET ORIGINSThe January/February 2007 issue of magazine Saudi Aramco World contains a feature article entitled “The Next Generation of Superheroes,” a piece which focuses on the efforts of writer Naif Al-Mutawa to rectify “the lack of heroes” in the Arab world. Al-Mutawa has established the Kuwait...
...company predicted an increasing dependence on fossil fuels despite the emergence of alternative energy sources in a talk yesterday sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment. At the standing-room only event, Abdallah S. Jum’ah, the president and CEO of oil producer Saudi Aramco, attributed this growing demand for oil to the rising global population and better living standards in the developing world. “Over the next several decades, we must substantially increase the amount of energy available to consumers around the world,” he said...
...INDICATORS Piping In New Money Oil giants Royal Dutch/Shell and Total agreed to a joint venture with Saudi Aramco to exploit natural-gas reserves in Saudi Arabia, the first such exploration involving outside firms in about 25 years...
Clandestine Iraqi radio broadcasts have recently begun calling on the Shi'ites to rise up -- so far, to no avail. "The Iraqis have very good intelligence," says one U.S. official. "They've already focused on the discrimination at Saudi Aramco." Says another official: "The Shi'a have a grievance, and if they are ignored, it will probably grow...