
Eyes on IPTC 2022
International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC) Fueling Global Recovery Through Sustainable Energy 21st to 23rd of February, 2022 In late February…

SPE-KSA SandRose Member Spotlight
Member Spotlight Questionnaire In this section, we select a distinguished member of the SPE-KSA community to highlight each issue.

Decoding the Future of Energy: Exploring the Nexus Between the Tech and Oil and Gas Industry
Outlook & Future Opportunities In the oil and gas industry ML alone has been an enabler of significant cost avoidance…

SPE-KSA Wins the SPE Biannual Membership Competition
SPE-KSA Wins the SPE Biannual Membership Competition By Akram Al-Barghouti, Membership Chairperson SPE-KSA is delighted to announce that the section…

Esports: The Next Frontier
An interview with Vanguard CEO, Hiba Almubayedh By SPE-KSA SandRose Editorial Team In March of 2020, the global economy came…

SPE-KSA D&I: Celebrating International Women’s Day
Celebrating International Women’s Day: Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow By Mustafa Kidwai, SPE-KSA D&I Publications Team Editor SPE-KSA’s…

SPE-KSA T&PP Introduces New Roundtable Series NMO
By SandRose Editorial Team SPE-KSA’s Technical and Professionals Program (T&PP) officially introduced NMO derived from the Arabic word for growth…

SPE-KSA Diversity & Inclusion: Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disability
SPE-KSA Diversity & Inclusion Team Celebrating International Day of Persons with Disability: Towards a more Inclusive and Sustainable Environment By…

International Women’s Day: Celebrating the Women of SPE-KSA
By Danna Khattab, SPE-KSA D&I Team Member Women are challenge driven. Being a woman in the oil & gas industry…

SPE-KSA Student Outreach Activities
Student Outreach Hosts the Third Energy4Me Train the Trainer Workshop By Zainab Albaharna and Mohammed Alatigue, Student Outreach Team Members…

SPE-KSA’s YP Team Relaunches ELEV8
By Fawaz Al-Boghail, SPE-KSA University Outreach Team Lead SPE-KSA Young Professionals launched “ELEV8”, a virtual program, targeting young professionals and…

Sync: Ithra’s Answer to Promoting Digital Wellbeing
DHAHRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, JANUARY, 2022 – From smart homes to autonomous vehicles, we are closer than ever to living in…

The Basic Elements of Artificial Intelligence
By Fatai Anifowose, Research Scientist, EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we…

SandRose Technical Paper Digest
Curated by Nora Hamidaddin, Associate Editor SandRose Magazine In this section, we curate a number of recommendations for technical papers…

AI For Energy Efficiency: How Google Applied Reinforcement Learning to Reduce Energy Spending
The growing demand for cloud services is leading to an increased usage of data centers. For modern data centers, dealing…

SandRose Reader Lens
In this section we share photo submissions from our readers, sharing their unique ability to capture images that speak to…

Automatic Generation of Drilling Schedules Using Machine Learning: A Paradigm Shift in Planning and Resource Allocation
Automatic Generation of Drilling Schedules Using Machine Learning: A Paradigm Shift in Planning and Resource Allocation Hasan Nooruddin, Petroleum Engineering…

Why Should Sign language be Taught in Schools?
People with no hearing problems frequently underestimate how different the world may seem to a deaf person, and the COVID…