Aramco Beijing Research Center recognized for promoting cooperative research with Chinese partners

• The award demonstrates Aramco’s commitment to promote joint research and the development of solutions in the fields of petroleum and chemical industries with Chinese universities and research institutions.

Beijing, China, December 10, 2019 – The Aramco Beijing Research Center (BRC) received the International Science and Technology Cooperation Award for Petroleum and Chemical Industries from the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation (CPCIF). This award recognizes the promotion of cooperative research in the fields of petroleum and chemical industries with China’s universities and research institutions.

BRC Director Abdulaziz Al Muhaidib received the award on behalf of Aramco Asia during a ceremony held today at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

Commenting on the award, Aramco Asia President Anwar Al Hejazi noted, “We are proud of this achievement which demonstrates our commitment to working with partners in China to develop high impact technologies that reduce cost and create significant environmental advantages.”

The BRC, established in 2015, is part of Saudi Aramco's global network of research centers and offices working on developing solutions to address challenges in the oil & gas industry.

Al Muhaidib on his part noted: “Since its inauguration in 2015, the Beijing Research Center has worked diligently to build stronger research ties with experts in China and form strategic collaborations with top research institutions and industrial partners to develop cutting-edge solutions to Upstream and Downstream challenges. This award demonstrates the quality of our research collaborations, as well as the capability of our scientists and researchers.”

Furthermore, the BRC has completed multiple research projects with leading universities and industry partners, in addition to hosting numerous graduate students for summer internships. Earlier this year, the following researchers were recognized for research and technical excellence, including:

• Xuekai Sun awarded the Northern Asia Pacific Region prize in Formation Evaluation by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

• Yujin Liu was awarded the Northern Asia Pacific Region prize in Drilling Engineering by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)

• Lu Liu's paper “Improving seismic image using common-horizon panel” was selected as one of the Bright Spots in Geophysics and included in The Leading Edge

• The paper, jointly developed by Lu Liu, Song Han, and Yi Luo, “Near-surface velocity estimation using source-domain full traveltime inversion and early arrival waveform inversion”, was selected to receive the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) 2018 Honorable Mention of Best Paper in GEOPHYSICS. Only 4 out of more than 400 published papers in GEOPHYSICS every year receive this recognition from SEG.

• Ziyuan Qi was awarded the Chinese Chemical Society Excellent Poster Award at the 17th National Symposium of Colloids and Interfaces.