RIYADHS, 21 Sept. - (ANA) - Saudi Aramco says its investments in artificial intelligence and other technologies are already paying off by cutting costs, boosting efficiency, and enhancing its response to disruptions from the regional war.

 

At Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran this week, Semafor saw how the company is deploying technology across its operations, and was given a glimpse of the quantum computer it plans to use for more complex tasks in the future.

 

The state-controlled oil producer’s “realized value” from technology, its measure of the financial impact of its tech investments, exceeded $5 billion last year. That surpassed Aramco’s targets and should grow further in coming years, senior vice president of digital and information technology Sami Al Ajmi said in an interview.

 

Aramco is using historical data, digital twins, and network monitoring across its facilities to identify problems and speed up recovery times, Al Ajmi said. Technology has helped the producer deal with disruptions to global shipping and restore operations at facilities struck by Iran and its proxies, he added, declining to comment on specific incidents.  - (ANA) - 

 

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