HEMPEL Paints is the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of high performance coatings for the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry.

The company has been working across multiple oil and gas applications since 1915 – and its coatings are known to provide extensive corrosion protection, even in the world’s harshest environments.

Hempel’s service concept includes a superior product assortment, world-wide availability, tailor-made specifications, on-site technical service and customer training, required to protect assets.

Its global operation and efficient technical services and supply chain capabilities also meet the industry standards and project schedule.

Hempel works with many of Saudi Arabia’s leading companies, including Saudi Aramco, Sabic, SEC and SWCC. “We work closely with each customer to develop the best solutions for each project – and our customers have access to a worldwide network of coating advisors, consulting engineers and contractors. From oil refineries and chemical plants to pipelines, our coatings protect many structures around the country,” says a company spokesperson.

The company has a worldwide presence with 23 factories, 48 sales offices, three main and seven regional research and development (R&D) centres and 400-plus qualified coating advisers and more than 150 stock points strategically located around the world.

In the Middle East, Hempel has six factories, 15 sales offices, a regional R&D centre and qualified coating advisors and strategic stock points meet the project supply requirements. With Hempel, customers get:

• A global supplier with an extensive track-record of protecting oil and gas assets, even in the toughest conditions;

• Proven products that have undergone comprehensive testing in-house and at independent laboratories; and

• Added value at all levels of the value chain, starting at new construction and continuing through the entire life of an asset.