Chairman of Saudi Aramco Khalid Al Falih attends college football game at Texas A&M University

Saudi Arabia energy minister joins fellow Texas A&M alumni Rick Perry on the field at Kyle Field ahead of defeat to Crimson Tigers

Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia May 25, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
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Khalid Al Falih, the Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources for Saudi Arabia, joined the US Secretary of Energy and former governor of Texas Rick Perry at a college football game on Saturday.

"It was great to join a few world energy leaders and fellow Aggies, @Khalid_AlFalih and Darren Woods, on Kyle Field for the @TAMU football game tonight," Mr Perry wrote on Twitter  during the match between Texas A&M University and Clemson Tigers. Clemson won the match 28-26.

Mr Al Falih, chairman of Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producing company, obtained a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M in 1982 and in 1991 completed an MBA at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.

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