MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES ALI BIN IBRAHIM AL-NAIMI AND SCHLUMBERGER COMPANY'S PRESIDENT ANDREW GOLD OPENED HERE TODAY THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF SCHLUMBERGER COMPANY IN DHAHRAN. THE OPENING WAS ATTENDED BY PRINCE FAISAL BIN TURKI BIN ABDULAZIZ, UNDERSECRETARY OF THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES. A SPEECH CEREMONY WAS HELD ON THE OCCASION. SPEAKERS HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING SUCH A CENTER IN THE KINGDOM AND EXPLAINED THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTER BY A MAJOR TECHNOLOGY AND OIL SERVICES COMPANY IS A COMMITMENT TO INVEST IN THE SAUDI OIL SECTOR AND IN THE GULF REGION. THE SPEAKERS SAID THAT THE CENTER WILL LINK THE NETWORK AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTERS OF THE COMPANY WITH RESEARCHERS AND EXPERTS OF KING FAHD UNIVERSITY FOR PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (KFUPM) AND SAUDI ARAMCO COMPANY. THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE DECISION TO ESTABLISH THE CENTER HERE HAS BEEN BASED ON THE KINGDOM'S LEADING ROLE IN OIL PRODUCTION.
