Saudi Aramco, through its Dutch-based affiliate Aramco Overseas Co. B.V. (AOC), announced recently it has joined the Energy Institute (EI) as one of its new technical partners. The partnership, means Saudi Aramco will become involved in and support the work of EI in developing industry standards, guidance and codes of practice. As an international petroleum company with the world's largest oil reserves, Saudi Aramco has a stake in the continuous improvement of industry practices. "Our partnership with EI will give the global Saudi Aramco enterprise access to a wealth of expertise, education programs in energy matters and a technical reservoir of information," said Abdalhafidh M. Naqshabandi, managing director of AOC. "We are also enthusiastic about contributing our unique knowledge and experience to EI in support of its mission and goals." Martin Maeso, EI technical director, said, "The EI very much welcomes the involvement of Saudi Aramco in the EI technical program and looks forward to working together in the future. As one of our technical partners, they will be contributing to the production of guidance documents on behalf of the international energy industry responding to health, safety and environmental issues." --MORE
