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New Year Message
I want to thank you for your incredibly We also see our integrated Downstream For example, in the current business Finally, we will never compromise on
hard work last year. While the year ahead operations becoming just as significant environment, success will only be safety or the environment, as they are the
looks set to be challenging, our newly as our Upstream. That includes a world- possible if we all make it a personal bedrock of our global reputation, and
approved 2019-2021 Business Plan class refining business in the largest and priority to focus relentlessly on show we care about our people and the
steers us toward greater resilience, more fastest growing countries in the world; a managing and optimizing our costs. world we live in.
fiscal discipline, and increased flexibility world-class player in trading and retail; What does this all add up to?
— enabling us to effectively respond to becoming a lot stronger in base oils; and It is all a part of being engaged and Taken together, I have no doubt that we
continued oil market challenges and critically, building one of the world’s energized to work at Saudi Aramco. This will see Saudi Aramco increasingly
volatility. largest and high-value adding chemicals company remains at the heart of global recognized as the world’s most important
business, with crude oil at its heart as energy supply. We are also playing a company, in a category of our own, on a
Yet it also supports our clear, long-term feedstock, while also including cutting- pivotal role in the global energy mission you can be proud of.
corporate strategy, which is very edge nonmetallic materials. In fact, our transition (as well as the Kingdom’s Thank you again for all your hard (and
ambitious, and will be an exciting Downstream capital program shows our transformation) currently underway. often historic) work last year. I wish you
journey for all of us. determination to stretch the value of and your families a peaceful and
every barrel of oil we produce, and find There are so many exciting opportunities prosperous 2019.
For decades, we have been known as an additional, reliable destinations for our opening up with a vastly expanded
oil powerhouse. But by 2030, growing production. business scope and rapidly expanding Amin H. Nasser
geographical spread, where we are
instead of being the foremost global Cutting across all of these businesses, we constantly pushing the frontiers of President & CEO
player in one business, we plan to be intend to be a world-leading creator of technology, and needing people with
world leaders in five more. game changing technology, which will skills that are not even known yet, but
help us to solve some of our industry’s will be critical if we are to write a new
We intend to be among the top three (and indeed the world’s) most pressing chapter in our company’s history.
gas producers globally and export gas challenges — especially climate change.
for the first time ever, in a world where So we are determined to increase
the use of clean natural gas is rapidly But the crucial factor to our success, now empowerment, and unlock the talent of
expanding. and in the future, will be how you — our our youth and women at all levels. Above
employees — respond. We can only all, we trust you to give your best and
build this new Saudi Aramco through a have meaningful — as well as rewarding
culture of excellence, resilience, and — careers.
passion for our work.
