Saudi Aramco`s Research Center wins New Horizons Idea Award 2 Dhahran

The award was given to “applaud the innovations and innovators of the
global upstream petroleum industry, demonstrating the technological
feats that are the hallmark of our industry.”

"World Oil" is considered the leading oil and gas upstream journal.
It has been published for more than 90 years and has a worldwide
circulation of 35,000 readers. Every year, it bestows its awards on
the top companies in the industry. This is the first time Saudi
Aramco has been recognized by World Oil.

The awards are judged by an independent advisory board composed of
15 leading figures in the industry and academia. Hundreds of industry
leaders celebrated the finalists and winners of the 2008 awards.

According to World Oil, the winner of the New Horizons Idea Award is
“a game-changing company whose product is not necessarily
commercially available at present that could redefine the industry’s
thinking. The winner of this award symbolizes how the industry will
operate in the future and will serve as a guidepost to the next
generation of leadership entering today’s upstream energy sector.”


--SPA