Saudi Aramco

A Leading Partner in the

Global Energy World
Kamal Garatli
Saudi Aramco

July 4, 2007

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Outline

Introduction To Saudi Aramco

Company Operations

Relationship With Yokogawa

Automation Technology and Innovation

Challenges

Strategies

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 Photo of RT Terminal

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 Outline

Introduction To Saudi Aramco

Company Operations

Relationship With Yokogawa

Automation Technology and Innovation

Challenges

Strategies

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 OSPAS

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REFINING & MARKETING

2.2 MMBD total
refining capacity
World’s 9th largest
refiner
1.5 MMBD In-Kingdom Jubail Ras Tanura
refining capacity and
0.7 MMBD Arabian
Gulf
international capacity Yanbu Riyadh
Rabigh

Five wholly owned Jiddah

refineries
Seven refining joint Red
ventures* Sea

– Two domestic with Arabian

Sea
Shell and Saudi Aramco
ExxonMobil Domestic Refinery
Domestic Joint
– Five international Venture Refinery

* Excludes interest in two lubricant refineries

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 JOINT VENTURE REFINERIES

Showa Shell

Qingdao
Fujian

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 Outline

Introduction To Saudi Aramco

Company Operations

Relationship With Yokogawa

Automation Technology and Innovation

Challenges

Strategies

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Relationship with Yokogawa

Started in 1996

Completed 12 projects

17 projects under execution

Installed Base; 125,000 I/O

Projected for JV; 80,000 I/O

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Introduction To Saudi Aramco

Company Operations

Relationship With Yokogawa

Automation Technology and Innovation

Challenges

Strategies

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Automation Technology and Innovation

Actively Participated in the Team Assembled by FF To Develop

FF SIS ( Safety Instrumented Systems (ESD))

Efforts Began in January 2003

TUV Approval in 2005

Evaluation at Shell Global Solutions in NL, BP in Germany,

Chevron in USA and Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia

Partnership with Yokogawa Offering Evaluation; Late 2007

All Grass-Roots Projects are FF, Since 2001, More 30,000

Devices

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Deploy APC and Plant Optimization

Performance and Monitoring for APC

Sustain Benefits and Keep Plants at Peak Performance

Other Application; Asset Management, Alarm Management and

Decision Support Systems.

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Automation Technology and Innovation

PA in SA Continues to Contribute Corporate Innovation

Program

Focus on Innovative Technologies That Contribute to:

Production and Project Excellence

Develop Innovations Into Commercial Products

Technologies Focus; Wireless, Smart Wells, FF SIS, Simulation

and Modeling

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SA Took a Leadership Role in the Development of

Instrumentation Technologies

Smart ZV, or Smart EIV

Partial Stroke Testing

More Than 2500 EIV

Next Generation; Local Valve Self-Diagnostics Indicator

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Automation Technology and Innovation

Developing a Hydrocarbon Planning Model That integrates The

Process Simulation Model for SA Processing Facilities:

55 GOSPs

3 Stabilization Facilities

5 Gas Plants and

3 NGL Plants

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Introduction To Saudi Aramco

Company Operations

Relationship With Yokogawa

Automation Technology and Innovation

Challenges

Strategies

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Challenges

Asset
Management Performance
Monitoring

Process Plant
Simulation Optimization
Wireless

Data
Planning &
Reconciliation Scheduling

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Introduction To Saudi Aramco

Company Operations

Relationship With Yokogawa

Automation Technology and Innovation

Challenges

Strategies

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Strategies

Technology Exploitation

Strategic Relationships

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