Aramco sustainability report 2025
Safe operations and people development
Safe operations and people development
People are one of the key enablers of Aramco’s strategy. By maintaining the safety of our workforce, assets, and surrounding communities, and by fostering the well-being and development of our workforce, we are strengthening the foundation for our resilience and success.
In 2025:
- Total recordable case rate (per 200,000 work hours) decreased by 39.1% compared to 2024, despite the tragic loss of four contractor colleagues.
- Lost time injuries/illnesses rate (per 200,000 work hours) declined by 47.6% compared to the previous year.
- Number of Tier 1 process safety events remained the same as in 2024 at nine.
- Compared to 2024, the number of female employees increased by 5.9% and the number of female employees in leadership positions rose by 14.9%.
- Total hours of training and development invested in our employees rose by 20.3% and the average number of hours of training and development per employee increased by 19.3% compared to the previous year.
- All of our sites (100%) have grievance mechanisms in place. The number of grievances raised decreased by 7.1% to 104, compared to 2024.
Our best total recordable case rate since our IPO in 2019
(2024: 0.046)
0.028
Aramco sites with a grievance mechanism in place
(2024: 100%)
100%
Average hours of training and development per employee
(2024: 140)
167
Females in leadership positions
(2024: 308)
354
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What are examples of technological innovations that improve the safety of their workforce?
Technical innovations improve safety
New AI-driven improvements at Berri Gas Plant
In 2025, Berri Gas Plant in Eastern Province deployed two AI-enabled improvements to automate safety and compliance monitoring.
One was an innovative compliance identifier that monitors emergency shutdown bypasses by cross-referencing activities with the database, flagging violations in real time. It provides assurance that all emergency shutdown bypasses are properly controlled, documented, and adhere to safety requirements.
The plant also deployed an AI-enabled worker safety monitoring system that tracks unsafe behaviors, such as the absence of safety gear, and provides assurance for compliance with safety standards.
FalconEye: Reducing well incidents through early risk detection
In gas fields, overpressure can cause fluid influxes, which pose health and safety risks as well as causing environmental damage, including well control incidents. In 2024, we introduced a new AI-based solution called FalconEye that helps predict unexpected overpressure zones in drilling operations and recommends the proper mitigation actions in the planning phase.
As of late 2025, Aramco’s gas drilling operations saw over 50% reduction in well control incidents related to unexpected overpressure, thanks to FalconEye. This is in addition to decreasing the need for drilling fluid and cement additives.
Promoting safety in local communities
Promoting safety in local communities is part of our Safety Management System. Examples of our efforts include:
Enhancing traffic safety in Eastern Province
Aramco continues to play a role in improving traffic safety performance across the Eastern Province (EP), positioning EP at a leading province nationwide through active participation in the development and implementation of the Eastern Province Traffic Safety Strategy. Comprising 91 initiatives planned over a decade, Aramco contributes to the Province’s progress in achieving higher safety standards and reducing traffic-related incidents. This collaborative effort, guided by the Eastern Province Traffic Safety Council, has led to measurable improvements, including notable declines in fatality and serious injury rates.
In addition, Aramco helps strengthen infrastructure support by allocating six strategic truck holding areas, collectively accommodating over 6,000 trucks. These facilities help ease congestion and enhance traffic flow, in response to increased truck volumes due to rerouting from maritime port activities. This reflects Aramco’s proactive approach to fostering safer roads in alignment with Saudi Vision 2030.
Advancing traffic safety through research and training
Since its inception in 2013, the Saudi Aramco Traffic Safety Chair at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU) has conducted more than 70 research studies and delivered 22 specialized training sessions with the aim of improving traffic safety in the Kingdom. As part of its focus on traffic improvement, Aramco will continue to fund the chair at IAU, worth more than $0.5 million annually.
