Oil and Natural Gas in
Saudi Arabia
Amirah Farzan
Bachelor degree in English
Master in Educational Technology
My purpose
This presentation is about oil and natural gas in
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I choose my country to be
my area of study because we have many things to share with
the world. All the world know our business through our
Oil. Saudi Arabia is one of the largest cities that produce
oil. It involves in many organizations for oil and have the
largest company of oil.
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is located in the middle east with
870,000 sq. mile. The population is 16 million citizens, 9
million registered foreign, and 2 million illegal immigrants.
The main language is Arabic and they use English as a
second language. The country is ruled by a royal family AlSaud. Saudi Arabia is Islamic and one of the gulf
countries. The economic is based on oil and natural
resources. It is one of the rich oil countries in the world.
History of Oil
The oil industry started in the late of 1970s and the
beginning of 1980s.
King Abdul-Aziz and oil.
The natural oil development in the east of Saudi
Arabia.
Official company for oil producer is Aramco.
One of the wealthy country.
Max Steinke and Saudi Oil.
MGS
The start of Master Gas System.
The system of MGS.
The establish of MGS.
The impact of the MGS to the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia.
Aramco and the MGS.
OPEC
It started in 1960.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries beginning.
Its members.
Controlled the oil price.
Aramco
The history of Aramco company in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia.
Aramco and the United States and Saudi Arabia.
Its located and its employees in Saudi Arabia.
The mount of gas per day.
The gas cost according to Aramco.
The mount of gas per day.
Jim Crow system in Aramco.
Oil and Other Countries
Agreement with other countries.
Japan and Saudi Arabia agreements.
The United States and Saudi Arabia’s agreement of oil.
Saudi Arabia and its position with Iran and Kuwait for
producing oil to other countries.
Oil Policy
Controlled by the royal family.
The need for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the
other countries needs.
The price of oil depends on political and economic
forces.
Schools
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
King Abdullah Economic City.
International schools.
Society
Citizens will have many options for jobs.
Introduce them to different cultures.
Services in Aramco compounds.
The education curriculum in Aramco schools.
Hiring process.
Salaries for employees.
Saudi Arabia in the future
Modern education and health system.
Improve the economy from other fields rather than oil.
Established many international schools and university.
Give citizens scholarship to study inside and outside
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Scholarship for both male and female with different
rules.
Aramco in the future
New projects for the next five years.
New investment in Indonesia and China.
The company expend its factory.
The Pipelines.
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