The year was 1941. War was raging across Europe. The United States was preparing to enter the conflict. And in the deserts of Saudi Arabia, a young oil industry was beginning to transform the future of a kingdom. That year, Schlumberger, now SLB, performed its first well log in Saudi Arabia. Eighty-five years is an impressive amount of time to operate in one country. It means ge...

Across the oil and gas, energy and utilities sectors, the height of summer is never a time to relax — even when global heatwaves dominate the headlines and temperatures are breaking records. For operational leaders, summer is the season of preparation. Winter is when networks, assets and people are pushed to their limits, and the organizations that perform best in the cold are the ones t...

The World Cup is among the biggest sporting events on the planet — nations competing for one of sport’s richest prizes and generating extraordinary excitement wherever it’s played. Few countries feel that intensity more than Saudi Arabia, where soccer — or football, as they call it — is a dominant national passion. The Kingdom is already looking ahead to hosting the 2034 tournament. ...