Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), is involved in exploration, drilling and the production of oil and gas. The issue of waste management in KOC represents a more in-depth account of the field and covers conceptual analyses of different types of waste streams (solid, liquid, and sludge), the activity upon waste, and a holistic view of the goals of waste management. The increasing amount of waste generated, which is exacerbated by a lack of proper waste management, is of growing concern worldwide and in the main cities in developing countries due to its social, economic and environmental implications. Waste management practices are founded on the expectation that waste management is to prevent waste causing harm to human health and the environment. KOC always ensures that the generated waste be managed effectively in compliance with applicable regulations of Kuwait Environment Public Authority and KOC HSE management system (HSEMS) procedures implemented for KOC facilities. Also, KOC plays an active role in facing the adverse effects of waste through the implementation of many of the services and development new projects in the areas of collection and recycling, waste treatment and by focusing on the development of long-term waste management strategy for all over the company areas. This study was conducted to analysis and improvement possibilities on waste management at KOC. In addition, in this paper we will discuss various processes used in KOC areas indicating how waste is being managed.

This paper describes integrated solution that leverages Industrial Revolution 4.0 to sustain crude quality specifications for Saudi Aramco supply chain covering more than 50 GOSPs (Gas Oil Separation Plants), Pipelines, and Terminals. Sustaining crude quality specifications such water content (BS&W), salt content, etc. for the Arabian Crudes (Arab light, Arab Extra Light etc.) requires big data analysis across the supply chain. To address this challenge, Saudi Aramco developed a customized solution called Crude Quality Monitoring Solution (CQMS) which leverages 800+ critical data streams every minute (PI values), classifies the data according to the risk level impacting crude quality specifications. Three developed risk levels are leading proactive, lagging proactive, and lagging reactive, each of which has a defined acceptable risk matrix. Each risk matrix initiates automated notifications for corrective actions proactively. Moreover, patterns and operational events can be easily recognized in the solution visually. The paper also describes several examples where the solution notifications have proactively remediated process disturbances by up to 20% at upstream and downstream facilities while ensuring asset integrity. The solution deployment has also substantially improved the operational efficiency across the network by benchmarking critical data streams. Saudi Aramco is continuing to enhance the solution capabilities to ensure maximization of the crude network.

This paper describes Saudi Aramco's efforts in conserving groundwater in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Driving corporate-wide water conservation initiatives, Saudi Aramco has identified several technologies to pilot test and deploy. One of these initiatives involves the unique idea of treating relatively low salinity produced water, from crude oil desalters at Gas Oil Separation Plants, for use as a wash water stream for crude oil desalting. The concept, known as Desalter Effluent Reuse Technology (DERT), was successfully field-tested and is now being deployed on a commercial scale. The idea of treating & reusing desalter effluent water as desalter wash water and thereby conserving groundwater, was submitted for US patent on September 29, 2017, and assigned a Serial No. 15/719,884 by the US Patent and Trademark office. Saudi Aramco prepared a roadmap to pilot test several Desalter Effluent and produced water-based water conservation technologies, to deploy at GOSPs where seawater is not economically accessible.