09 November 2005
CALGARY - Canada's leading energy city, Calgary, recently honored a select group of Saudi Aramco representatives whose collaboration with Canadian contractors is helping advance important oil and gas development projects in the Kingdom. In a ceremony akin to being granted "keys to the city," a dozen senior company officials were awarded White Hats - traditional Western-style headwear that signifies Calgary's frontier heritage. The gifts confer honorary citizenship from federal, provincial or municipal governments to distinguished guests and international business leaders.
Saudi Aramco received the honors through its association with SNC-Lavalin, whose Calgary office is engaged in advance engineering work on major infrastructure projects at Khurais and Shaybah. The project management team in Calgary includes a core group of specialists from Saudi Aramco with support from Aramco Services Co. (ASC). Officiating at the Sept. 28 ceremony was Calgary mayor Dave Bronconnier, who presented the hats and noted the significance of the city's long-standing ties with Dhahran, both vital centers in the petroleum industry. Mohammed Al-Rabeh, manager of the Khurais Projects Department, addressed the gathering following remarks by Mazen I. Snobar, president and CEO of ASC. Also speaking at the ceremony was Abdullah Al-Awwad, charg d'affaires of the Saudi Embassy in Ottawa. Snobar cited ASC's task of providing Saudi Aramco with critical support services, such as purchasing and logistics, engineering and technical expertise. "One of the most important of these is securing project management support. For that we rely not only on our own staff but the consulting power of trusted firms like SNV-Lavalin," he said. "For some 10 years now, we've worked closely with Lavalin to source expertise in engineering - the 'front end' phases so necessary to fit the pieces of Saudi Aramco's massive mosaic of large projects." Also referring to the scope of expansion, Al-Rabeh underscored the role of valued contractors. "Today, we are again engaged in projects of monumental proportions," he said. "With global demand for crude oil products rising higher and higher," he added, "Saudi Aramco is busy out in the field and on the drawing boards ... conducting multiple projects to maximize our productivity from the most prolific fields in the world. Technologies unknown a generation ago are helping, but it still takes a lot of human talent and teamwork."
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CALGARY - Canada's leading energy city, Calgary, recently honored a select group of Saudi Aramco representatives whose collaboration with Canadian contractors is helping advance important oil and gas development projects in the Kingdom. In a ceremony akin to being granted "keys to the city," a dozen senior company officials were awarded White Hats - traditional Western-style headwear that signifies Calgary's frontier heritage. The gifts confer honorary citizenship from federal, provincial or municipal governments to distinguished guests and international business leaders.
Saudi Aramco received the honors through its association with SNC-Lavalin, whose Calgary office is engaged in advance engineering work on major infrastructure projects at Khurais and Shaybah. The project management team in Calgary includes a core group of specialists from Saudi Aramco with support from Aramco Services Co. (ASC). Officiating at the Sept. 28 ceremony was Calgary mayor Dave Bronconnier, who presented the hats and noted the significance of the city's long-standing ties with Dhahran, both vital centers in the petroleum industry. Mohammed Al-Rabeh, manager of the Khurais Projects Department, addressed the gathering following remarks by Mazen I. Snobar, president and CEO of ASC. Also speaking at the ceremony was Abdullah Al-Awwad, charg d'affaires of the Saudi Embassy in Ottawa. Snobar cited ASC's task of providing Saudi Aramco with critical support services, such as purchasing and logistics, engineering and technical expertise. "One of the most important of these is securing project management support. For that we rely not only on our own staff but the consulting power of trusted firms like SNV-Lavalin," he said. "For some 10 years now, we've worked closely with Lavalin to source expertise in engineering - the 'front end' phases so necessary to fit the pieces of Saudi Aramco's massive mosaic of large projects." Also referring to the scope of expansion, Al-Rabeh underscored the role of valued contractors. "Today, we are again engaged in projects of monumental proportions," he said. "With global demand for crude oil products rising higher and higher," he added, "Saudi Aramco is busy out in the field and on the drawing boards ... conducting multiple projects to maximize our productivity from the most prolific fields in the world. Technologies unknown a generation ago are helping, but it still takes a lot of human talent and teamwork."
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By Stephen R. Sawyer
© Press Release 2006
