''Aramco World'' (formerly ''Saudi Aramco World'') is a bi-monthly magazine published by Aramco Services Company, a US-based subsidiary of

Saudi Aramco Saudi Aramco ( ar, أرامكو السعودية '), officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (formerly Arabian-American Oil Company) or simply Aramco, is a Saudi Arabian public petroleum and natural gas company based in Dhahran. , it is one of ...

, the state-owned oil company of the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

. The first issue of the magazine appeared in November 1949. The bimonthly magazine is published in

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. While Saudi Arabia is still frequently the main feature of articles, the magazine also covers the wider Arabic and Muslim world, and is aimed at both company employees and other interested readers. The website also allows free access to back issues going back to the early 1960s, including photography.Saudi Aramco World
(from Intute, Retrieved 12 May 2007) In 2004, the magazine's website was awarded "Best Magazine Website" by the

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* Bimonthly magazines published in the United States Business magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1949 Magazines published in Saudi Arabia Magazines published in Texas Mass media in Houston Petroleum magazines Saudi American Saudi Aramco {{trade-mag-stub