Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al Qahtani Group of Companies, established in 1940s, has expanded to cover various activities.

“We are focusing our activities to achieve sustainable improvements in the earning power and value of the group,” says chairman Tariq A H Al Qahtani.
It is considered to be one of the largest and most reputable privately owned companies in Saudi Arabia with excellent relationships in both government and commercial sectors.
The Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al Qahtani Group (AHQ) of companies headquarters are in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
The group aims to become an excellent player and contractor of high-quality products and pilot projects.
It was one of the major participants in the Pipeline Rehabilitation and Maintenance Conference and Exhibition held in Bahrain.
The organisers announced 675 registrations with 47 exhibitors from 48 countries taking part in the event.
Participation in such events helps group to find new business opportunities, according to Fahad Al Aameri, in charge of public relations and media.
With five decades of experience, the group has established itself as a reliable supplier of materials, equipment, engineering services and other products to the major players in the oil, gas, construction, petrochemical, water and power industries in Saudi Arabia and the other GCC member countries.
“The skills and talents of our management and employees coupled with our strategy to date, gives me confidence that we will further develop new opportunities for the group which is proud of its history, but looks forward to a great future,” says the chairman.
Other directors in the group are Salah Abdel Hadi Al Qahtani (executive vice-president) and Abdullah Abdel Hadi Al Qahtani (vice-president).
The group’s oil and gas procurement/supplies division is involved in the business since the late 40s – early days of oil revolution in Saudi Arabia.
The division is involved in the procurement and supply of wide range of oil and gas related products to oil and gas industry, petrochemical industry, water and power, various government establishments and private sector.
In addition to the procurement and supply of oil and gas products, the division also provides services related with turbine and compressor overhauling, restoration and cleaning of heat exchangers, hot tapping and line-stopping services, risk based inspection services etc.
The main products include: casing/tubing drill pipes, line pipes (saw/spiral and seamless), valves (ball, gate, globe, check, butterfly, plug), pipes fittings, flanges, pipe bends, turbine, compressors, pumps, chemical injection skids, hot tapping materials, scrappers, scrapper traps, stoppers, expansion joints, marine products, centrifuges, exchangers and process equipment, machinery, machine tools, hydraulic torque wrenches, medical and lab equipments fire and safety equipment, systems.
Besides, the oil and gas supplies and services division, the group’s trading and contracting operations include the following units: construction and engineering division, environmental services division, pipe and well services division, IT division, food division, real estate investment division and vehicles and machinery division.
AHQ, along with international companies, has created an engineering, procurement, construction and installation company in order to give its clients in the GCC states high-quality work for up coming projects.
“Our goal is to extend our expertise from the simple to the complex, from onshore to offshore, from design through construction,” said a spokesperson.
AHQ has experienced engineers, project managers, surveyors and inspectors who bring their expertise to their client’s programmes.
Their work is supported by purchasing, project controls, drafting and construction management personnel and backed with the most current systems.
It can offer the following to clients: feasibility studies, engineering and design, procurement, field services, surveying and mapping and inspection services
Backing its engineering effort with experts in design, drafting and procurement, AHQ relies on sophisticated, next-generation tools.
A sample of the various projects AHQ can undertake includes: onshore and offshore pipelines, pipeline rehabilitation, compressor stations, gas storage facilities, Scada systems, liquid handling facilities, metering and regulating stations, information technology projects, fibre optics and telecommunications
AHQ have certified inspectors who are highly experienced, bringing a wealth of knowledge in multiple disciplines, industry codes and current quality standards to assure the ultimate quality and integrity for the project.
Their inspectors are carefully selected for each project according to the scope of work.
AHQ operates according to all comprehensive environmental, health and safety management systems.
It is the policy of the company to take measures to provide and maintain a good working environment for its employees and to make sure that the health, safety and environment is not put under any danger as a result of their work.
A systematic inspection and maintenance plan helps oil and gas producers prolong the useful life of their tubular goods.
Costly down-hole failures can be avoided by the use of a reliable inspection service company.
And in Saudi Arabia, AHQ Pipe and Well Services has gained the trust of Aramco to provide inspection services to meet the most demanding standards.
Skilled technicians and state-of-the-art equipment allow Pipe and Well Services to offer world-class inspection services.
The Al Qahtani Pipe Coating Terminal, established in 1962, is another key facility of the group.
It has successfully completed projects in the Middle East, North Africa and South East Asia.
The business has grown and prospered over the years and now has three permanent facilities, two terminals in Dammam and one in Yanbu.
The plants are among the largest and most technically advanced pipe coating facilities in the world.
Each facility has a number of production lines and can perform various coating applications simultaneously.
Services include multiple coating processes which are performed for a wide variety of clients.
Fusion bonded epoxy and three layer polyethylene coating are just two of many coating systems available.