edge equipment and processes in the industry. These include four-dimensional seismic surveys, massively parallel-processing computers to simulate the company's huge reservoirs, and GPS and VSAT systems linking its headquarters to remote operations." “For several years now, geologists working from our offices or even from their homes can guide the directional drilling of a well hundreds of kilometers away to within a few centimeters of its target,” Al-Falih said. He also noted that Saudi Aramco for decades has had close relationships with universities and research institutions, including in Japan, through which useful technologies and processes advance upstream and downstream operations, as well as enhance environmental protection capabilities. --MORE
