One of the leading conglomerates in Saudi Arabia, the Al Qahtani Group of Companies is enhancing its technical and technological expertise, building on more than half a century of experience in the oil and gas sector through a policy of strategic partnerships with leading international principals.

The oil and gas division is a three-dimensional operation, which provides technologies and products to the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry.
This model has been followed for more than half a century, enabling Al Qahtani to become one of the leading oilfield services companies in Saudi Arabia. 
The roots of the company date back to the early pioneering days of the oil industry after the discovery of oil in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. 
Sheikh Abdulhadi Abdullah Al Qahtani founded the conglomerate, initially concentrating on oilfield services with the group later expanding and diversifying into a range of activities including chemicals and minerals, communications, real estate, the wholesale and retail sector, soft drinks, and travel.
The company is now spearheading development in each of its business areas and refocusing its proven expertise in oil and gas service ventures.
Al Qahtani Marine and Oilfield Services Company provides a range of oil and gas drilling, water drilling equipment and services. 
These extensive services are provided both onshore and offshore by Al Qahtani Marine and Oilfield Services Company through exclusive alliances with global partners particularly in drilling, support services and equipment provision.  Included in these ties are such multinationals as TIW Corporation, one of the most experienced oilfield manufacturers and renowned for its record for the deepest horizontal completion at 15,357 feet.
The firm also specialises in Kelly products including safety valves, liner hangars, production packers and the latest oilfield equipment.
Other partnerships include Hycalog, the leading quality-driven drilling solutions company that emphasises research and development; Reed, which offers a complete line of drill bits and services including MudPack and high-speed bits; and Top-Co Industries, the primary cement and casing manufacturer established for more than 30 years.
Al Qahtani Marine and Oilfield Services Company is the group's flagship company, specialising in every aspect of oilfield services, from state-of-the-art technology to turnkey projects in the oil, water and gas sectors.
Research and development has also enabled the company to develop and customise technologies to suit local climatic and environmental conditions. The company's policy for success is founded on its partnerships with companies that rank among the top players in their field.
These include Saudi Arabian Saipem Ltd which is one of the largest and most diversified international contractors specialising in oil, gas and water pipelines, and which has operations in more than 50 countries; Dowell Schlumberger Saudi Arabia Ltd, the fluid engineering and industrial services joint venture, whose influential products include pro NET (non-resin propane oil field pipelines and allied services flow-back control technology), DESC (design and evaluation service), Dowell (colt tubing solution) and many others; Sperry - Sun Saudi Arabia, the drilling specialist known worldwide for its directional drilling systems as well as unique multilateral systems such as LTSBC (lateral tieback system) and RMLSC (retrievable multi lateral system); and particularly Fairfield Industries.
Fairfield Industries is a leading edge technology company and a pioneer in seismic acquisition systems, field crews, data processing and non-exclusive data supply.
A world leader in recording and analysing seismic information, Fairfield Industries provides two types of surveys, both onshore and offshore. 
Two-dimensional (2D) surveys are displayed as a single vertical plane which represents a cross section sliced into the earth beneath the seismic line that has been recorded.
Three-dimensional (3D) surveys are the preferred choice of most geophysicists and are displayed as a 3D cube that may be sliced into numerous planes or cross-sections as required to better investigate the potential of a proposed sit. 
Furthermore, if 3D surveys are taken of a site over recorded periods of time, a predictive model can be extrapolated using time as the fourth dimension, hence 4D surveys are also a possibility.
Fairfield Industries is involved in every step of the seismic journey from acquisition to visualisation and is internationally recognised as a world leader in the technology and expertise required to supply the most accurate images available.
Fairfield's System Division pioneers the application of technology for seismic data collection, from the first commercial cable-free acquisition system to today's ground breaking BOX multi-component acquisition system - the first system to allow crews to work on land, transition zone or shallow marine environments using the same acquisition units.
Notably, a new division has been initiated to respond to an ever-changing industry; Dynamic Geoscience Services.
Identifying the need for greater knowledge at the reservoir management end of the oil and gas industry, Fairfield has combined its expertise with the developmental thinking of two of the world's leading Universities in geophysics. Fairfield, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland and Pontifica Universidade Catolica, Brazil have combined knowledge bases to create computational Geoscience Research Laboratories to develop improved solutions for reservoir management and enhanced oil and gas recovery.
The technological innovation of Fairfield reflects the more technologically orientated strategy of Al Qahtani.  These leading edge technologies in partnership with the company provide a formidable platform for further growth and enhance Al Qahtani Marine and Oilfield Services Company's status as one of the Kingdom's leading oil and gas service providers, and to redefine its vision as a global player.