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Research & development

Our business is built on innovation. For upstream, every percentage increase in recovery rates adds millions of barrels of oil to our reserves. Every gain in operating efficiency expands our ability to provide more energy at lower costs. And more reserves and more sustainable production means more energy to power people’s lives in Saudi Arabia and around the world.

jobs in research & development

Join us here and you’ll be joining some of the world’s most talented scientists and researchers, working with the latest technologies to produce industry-changing discoveries.

Join us at the heart of innovation.

Our upstream research focuses on reservoir engineering, computational modeling, production, drilling, geophysics, and geology. It’s our Exploration and Petroleum Engineering Center – Advanced Research Center (EXPEC ARC) that makes it happen – delivering significant breakthroughs in seismic measurement, simulation, and visualization to increase our ability to recover precious hydrocarbon resources.

Meanwhile, in downstream we deliver cutting-edge technology to improve the production value chain – from discovery and recovery to processing and delivery. Our state-of-the-art R&D Center is a playground for our professionals’ imaginations. Exploring improved energy efficiency, cleaner fuels, and reduced carbon emissions, the team develops new processes and applications to improve carbon utilization, such as low-cost technologies for CO2 capture and new methods to convert CO2 into valuable chemical intermediates.

What’s more, we maintain a network of partnerships and dedicated offices around the world to make blue-sky thinking a reality – so your career could take you anywhere.

Global research network

Achieving global leadership in energy-related technologies and supporting the creation of a knowledge economy in the Kingdom

Boston Det r oit Houston Delft Beijing Daejeon (KAIST) Thuwal (KAUST) Paris Aberdeen Dhahran (R&DC, EXPEC ARC)

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