Which country is home to Saudi Aramco's headquarters, the energy company with one of the world's largest market values?

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Saudi Aramco's headquarters are in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Aramco is headquartered in Dhahran, in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. The company is formally known as Saudi Arabian Oil Company and is one of the world's largest integrated energy firms. Its operations include oil and gas exploration, production, refining, chemicals, and distribution.

The company's roots reach back to a 1933 concession granted to Standard Oil of California. Oil was discovered commercially at Dammam Well No. 7 in 1938, and production expanded rapidly after World War II. Saudi Arabia gradually increased its ownership before taking full control of the company in the 1980s.

Saudi Aramco became publicly listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange, Tadawul, in 2019. Its shares trade under the symbol 2222. A frequent confusion is treating Aramco as headquartered in Riyadh, the national capital; the company's headquarters are in Dhahran, a major center of the Saudi petroleum industry.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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