Saudi Aramco's senior vice president of Engineering and Operations Services, Salim S. Al-Aydh, has presented the company's prominent role in Saudi Arabia's growing chemicals industry as representing a balanced, intelligent approach to leveraging natural resources, according to a report carried yesterday by the company's web-page. In an address in Manama at the 7th International Conference and Exhibition on Chemistry in Industry (Chemindix 2007), Saudi Aramco's senior vice president of Engineering and Operations Services, Salim S. Al-Aydh, presented the company's prominent role in Saudi Arabia's growing chemicals industry as representing a balanced, intelligent approach to leveraging natural resources. One of the centerpieces of this role is Saudi Aramco's spearheading of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) development. The university, to be located in Rabigh on the Kingdom's west coast, is envisioned to be a global center of excellence in research and education. --MORE
