4th Industrial Revolution Workshops
25 - 26 January 2022
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Paving The Way to Economic Success
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Disclaimer
This presentation may contain certain forward-looking statements with respect to Saudi Aramco’s (the “Company”) financial position,
results of operations and business, and certain of the Company’s plans, intentions, expectations, assumptions, goals and beliefs. These
statements include all matters that are not historical fact and generally, but not always, may be identified by the use of words such as
“believes”, “expects”, “are expected to”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “estimates”, “should”, “will”, “shall”, “may”, “is likely to”, “plans” or
similar expressions, including variations and the negatives thereof or comparable terminology.
You should be aware that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that the Company’s actual financial
position, results of operations and business, and the development of the industries in which it operates may differ materially from those
made in or suggested by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company’s
expectations are contained in cautionary statements in the Company’s Prospectus filed with the Saudi Arabian Capital Markets Authority and
available at https://cma.org.sa/en/Market/Prospectuses/Pages/default.aspx (the “Prospectus”) and include, among other things, the following:
• (1) oil and gas supply, demand and price fluctuations; (2) global economic market conditions; (3) competition in the industries in
which the Company operates; (4) conditions affecting the transportation of products; (5) operational risk and hazards common in the
oil and gas, refining and petrochemicals industries; (6) the cyclical nature of the oil and gas, refining and petrochemicals industries;
(7) weather conditions; (8) political and social instability and unrest and actual or potential armed conflicts in the MENA region and
other areas; (9) managing the Company’s growth; (10) risks in connection with projects under development and recent and future
acquisitions and joint ventures, including with respect to SABIC; (11) managing the Company’s subsidiaries, joint operations, joint
ventures, associates and entities in which it holds a minority interest; (12) the Company’s exposure to interest rate risk and foreign
exchange risk; (13) risks related to operating in a regulated industry and changes to oil, gas, environmental or other regulations that
impact the industries in which the Company operates; and (14) international trade litigation, disputes or agreements.
The Prospectus contains a more complete discussion of the factors that could affect the Company’s future performance and the
industries in which it operates. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the
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IR 4.0 Session Outline
11 Investments Opportunities
Each will Provide:
Anticipated Market Size
Focus Areas
Connectivity/ Infrastructure Support
Hardware Hosting/System Platforms & Services
Integration Software
Value Chain Mapping
3 Investment opportunities will be covered in this presentation which are Robotics, Artificial
Intelligence & Big Data Analytics.
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iktva Program Overview
The IN-KINGDOM TOTAL VALUE ADD (iktva) Program
• Drives domestic value creation by
working with suppliers for mutual
benefits
• Envisions to improve investment, and
maximize long term economic
growth and diversification
• Focuses on delivering quality jobs,
70% THOUSANDS INCREASE advancing innovation and enhancing
LOCAL CONTENT OF JOBS EXPORTS global competitiveness
iktva is designed to reward Saudi Aramco’s suppliers for the use and development of local labor and
sub-suppliers
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Robotics & Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle
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Drivers
Environment Gas detection | Wild life
Resolve
Robotics Challenges &
Safety & Security Emergency Responses | Surveillance
Solutions Create
Opportunities
Operational Efficiency Cost Avoidance| Agility| Automation
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Focus Areas
Robotics
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Saudi Aramco Robotics Program
Procedure &
Technology Governance
UAV
&
Robotics
Workforce
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UAV & Robotics Forecast
KSA Projected Spend in Robotics & UAV
USD Millions
1400
(% per year)
• Smart city initiatives, such as
NEOM, will drive the growth of
1100
robotics at 30% CAGR, compared to
20% globally.
• Robotics are expected to increase
800
in spend, especially with
advancements in AI.
600
• Healthcare has been a leader in
500
adopting robotics in KSA, from
surgical to physiotherapy
applications. Manufacturing is
expected to drive growth to enable
digital workforce.
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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Offshore Robots for Assets Integrity Assessment
Key Benefits
Description
• Cost reduction
• Enhances Safety Health and Environment
• Utilizing robotic technologies to enhance • Saves time
and automate offshore inspections
• The large and increasing number offshore Key Users
assets requires periodic inspection
• Conventional methods require extended
offshore vessels hours Project Management Team Maintenance Organization Marine Operations
Key Technologies
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Robots for Repair, Maintenance and Fabrication
Key Benefits
Description
• Enhance assets integrity
• Enhance safety of fabricators
• Reduce time
• Leverage robotic technologies to
automate the repair and maintenance
activities. Key Users
• Opportunities for applications in
welding, cutting , grinding, blasting
and coating
Project Management Team Fabrication Shops
Key Technologies
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Inline Inspection (ILI) Robots
Key Benefits
Description
• Optimize T&I Activities
• Enhance Operation Efficiency
• Improve Environmental Protection
• LIL is a non-destructive testing (NDT)
method used to assess pipes using
robotic crawlers (Pigs) Key Users
• Utilizing robots for non-intrusive an
inspections.
NDT Coordinator Plant Inspector
• Implementation in scrapable and non-
scrapable pipes. Key Technologies
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Value Chain Mapping Analysis
Connectivity/ Software/
Hardware Support Services
System Integration Platform
• Establish a world- • Drone and Robotics
class Robotics • Fleet Management services
manufacturing facility • System integration platforms
in-Kingdom, serving for customized • Training and
Saudi Aramco as well robotic solution • Inspection Data certifications
as other domestic and Management Software
regional industries • Repair & maintenance
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AI & Big Data Analytics
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AI & Analytics
Descriptive Visualization,
What
Performance Reports Expert Systems, &
Basic Statistics Happened?
Analytics KPIs
Diagnostic Correlations &
Simulation Models Why it
Alarms
Happened?
Feedback
Advanced
Analytics
Big Data Predictive Optimization &
What Will
Monitoring Machine Learning
Happen?
Fault Prediction
Prescriptive
Scheduling What To Do?
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AI Techniques
AI Technique
Solutions
Prediction Analytics Optimization Computer Vision Natural Language Processing
Uses machine learning to The process of setting Enables computers to derive The ability of a computer
predict outcomes using decision variable to find meaningful information from program to understand
historical data the optimal solution while digital images, videos and human language as it is
satisfying the constraints. other visual inputs spoken and written
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AI Pipeline
AI Implementation Lifecyle
Use Case Data AI & ML Solution
Scoping Engineering Modeling Deployment
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AI Focus Areas
AI AI AI AI AI
for Compliance for For Energy for Supply Chain for Operational
and HS&E Sustainability Transition Efficiency &
Excellence
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AI and Bid Data Analytics are Forecasted to be
the Main Driver of IR 4.0 Tech Spend
KSA Projected Spend in AI, Big Data Analytics & Modeling
USD Millions
3000
(% per year)
• Artificial Intelligence and Advanced
2200
Analytics is set to become the
technology domain in Aramco with
the second highest spend by 2025.
1700
• AI will also boost growth across all
1300
IR4.0 technologies with the increase
1000
in AI adoption growing spend on
cloud, IoT, robotics, etc.
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Corrosion Risk Classification Solution
Key Benefits
Description
• Proactively identify high-risk flowlines prone to corrosion
• Minimize production losses
• Empower engineers to unlock valuable
• Reduce maintenance / inspection costs
operational insights on different factors that
can potentially lead to the corrosion build-up
on gas flowlines.
Key Users
• The insights include susceptibility, the risk
profile, and several operating condition
observations.
Engineer Operator
Key Technologies
Analytics Intel. Sensing AI
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Community Services Maintenance Solutions
Key Benefits
Description
• Reduce maintenance time
• Improve maintenance planning
• Identifies trending maintenance topics by
analyzing and classifying the text description
of maintenance tickets.
Key Users
• Provides a list of top trends per craft.
Engineer Planner Operator
Key Technologies
Analytics AI
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Well Completion Advisory Solution
Key Benefits
Description
• Reduce cost and time of well completion activities
• Reduce risk when performing well completion activities
• Ingests and analyzes well completion
historical records of challenges, mitigation
actions, and lessons learned
Key Users
• Provides recommendations for planned well
completion jobs.
Engineer Operator
Key Technologies
Analytics Intel. Sensing AI
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Energy Demand Forecasting: Deploy advanced
analytics and modeling approach to Forecast
Corporate Energy Targets
Key Benefits
Description
• Enhance planning and demand forecasting for fuel gas resulting in cost
savings
• Improve operational efficiency by optimal process operations
• Energy demand forecasting is an AI-driven
solution based on advanced analytics (& models) • Higher profitability through accurate predictions of fuel gas target and
to predict fuel demand optimum operations
• The state of the art solution generates a Key Users
forecasted plan for the fuel gas demand at
corporate level – it is based on mathematical
models incorporating process & operational
factors (e.g. historical process data, etc.)
• The solution will help in reduction of GHG Engineer Operator
Emissions through optimized process operations
and fuel gas
Key Technologies
• Improved process safety by real time process
monitoring for plant operators
Analytics Intel. Sensing Modeling
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Real-Time Optimization: Automates the production
planning process to generate plant-specific
production plans in real-time
Key Benefits
Description
• Increase Plant Profitability
• A solution that maximizes economic • Improve Operations Performance and Product Yields
performance on a real time basis.
• Automates the refinery production planning
process considering process constraints. Key Users
• Capitalizes on digital twin to optimize
operations and timely adjust process
parameters.
Engineer Operator
• In case of an unplanned event (e.g.
unplanned plant shutdown), the solution Key Technologies
automatically updates the production plans
accordingly.
Analytics Intel. Sensing Modeling
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Flare Image Analytics: Predict Flaring Volumes
Through Machine Vision
Key Benefits
Description
• Environmental compliance
• Reduce flaring volumes
• A machine vision based solution using • Revalidation of conventional instrumentation readings
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to
analyze flare video footage in real-time.
• Analyzes flare properties such as flare
Key Users
height, and smoke to estimate flared
volume.
• Based on edge computing to enable real-time
decision making deployed on mobiles. Engineer Operator
Key Technologies
Analytics AI
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HSE Risks Analytics: Leverages Text Analytics to
Classify Incidents and Severity Risks
Key Benefits
Description
• Improve safety Compliance
• Reduce safety incidents
• Uses Text Analytics and Deep Learning
models to cleanse database for HSE Risks
Management.
• Classify incidents by adding hazard type and
Key Users
reclassify severity risks
• Automate the process by making the task less
intensive and eliminate manual input via text
analytics. Engineer Operator
Key Technologies
Analytics AI
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Localization Potential of AI and Big Data
Connectivity/ Software/
Hardware Support Services
System Integration Platform
• Servers • System integration • Advanced Analytics • Development and
and AI Software and deployment of
• Storage units • System connectivity and Platforms. advanced data
networks analytics solutions
• Sensors • Computer Vision
Solutions. • Upskilling/Training
• High Performance
Computing (HPC) • Edge AI • Data Labeling
• Support &
• Graphics Processing
Maintenance
Units (GPU)
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Localization Potential of AI and Big Data
Support/Maintenance/Training Services
• Provide on-site support to ensure
solutions/applications/systems integrity and health
• Provide needed maintenance and fine-tuning
services to models, solutions, and systems
• Provide standard and customized training
• Develop user capabilities to utilize the solutions
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Please direct all inquiries to:
In case you are interested in discussing these opportunities further,
please contact:
Hiba A. AlAjeeb Fares B. AlOtaibi Fatima E. Momen
Local Business Development Local Business Development Local Business Development
Saudi Aramco Saudi Aramco Saudi Aramco
hiba.alajeeb.1@aramco.com fares.alotaibi.4@aramco.com fatima.momen@aramco.com
For more business development and market
information, please visit:
Website: www.iktva.sa/opportunities
Email: local-content@Aramco.com
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