Tag: Saudi Arabia

Energy, Oil & Gas

Wood secures long-term Aramco engineering deal

Wood has secured a five-year Long-Term Agreement with Aramco, extendable by three years, to provide engineering, design and project management services for oil, gas, refining, petrochemical and lower-carbon hydrogen projects in Saudi Arabia....

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Aramco ecosystem SMEs to access $400m in funding

SME Bank, Aramco Taleed and fintech firm Manafa have launched new financing solutions for SMEs in Saudi Arabia’s industrial sector and Aramco ecosystem, aiming to improve funding access, liquidity and growth, with opportunities expected to reach SAR1.5 billion ($400 million) over five years....

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Saudi Arabia, Korea deepen energy ties with new agreement

Saudi Arabia and South Korea signed an MoU to expand oil and gas cooperation, covering petroleum, petrochemicals, crude storage, pipeline infrastructure, technology, and sustainability initiatives, as the two countries seek to strengthen energy security and investment ties. ...

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Saudi Arabia, Yemen sign $150m petroleum supply deal

Saudi Arabia and Yemen have signed a $150 million agreement to supply fuel for power plants across multiple Yemeni governorates, strengthening electricity services and supporting energy stability under the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Programme for Yemen (SDRPY)....

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Saudi Energy Ministry allocates new LPG filling, storage contracts

The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Energy announced the winning bidders for eight licenses covering the establishment, development, operation, and maintenance of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) filling and storage facilities, as well as the wholesale distribution of LPG to consumers....

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Saipem seals $1bn EPC contract for Saudi gas compression plant

Saipem has announced that its joint venture with Nasser Saeed Al Hajri has secured a key engineering, procurement and construction services contract worth €900 million ($1.03 billion) for the Uthmaniyah Gas Compression Plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The entire work will be completed within 42 months. ...

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Aramco, Pasqal launch Saudi Arabia’s first quantum computer

Aramco, one of the world's leading energy and chemicals companies, in partnership with Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, on Monday officially inaugurated Saudi Arabia’s first quantum computer. ...

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Tarshid signs solar agreement with Talco

Tarshid, the Saudi Arabia national energy services company, has signed an agreement with Al Taiseer Group Talco Industrial Company to study the development of a solar photovoltaic system for Talco’s Riyadh facilities to support clean, sustainable energy supply....

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Saudi Arabia launches prequalification for CNG distribution projects

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy announced the launch of the prequalification process for tenders related to the development, ownership, and operation of tanker-based compressed natural gas (CNG) distribution projects in the Riyadh and Eastern regions....

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Aramco Q1 net income rises to $33.6bn despite disruptions

Oil giant Saudi Aramco reported a sharp rise in first-quarter profit on Sunday, citing strong operational resilience and the ability to maintain exports despite disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz....

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IBM, Aramco explore AI collaboration in Saudi Arabia

Aramco and IBM announced their intended collaboration on opportunities to advance AI, agentic AI, automation, material science and other mutually agreed domains in the industrial sector. ...

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Chapman Freeborn moves oilfield equipment from China to KSA

Chapman Freeborn, part of Avia Solutions Group, completed a time-critical charter moving 90 tonnes of oilfield equipment from China to Saudi Arabia, including pumps and oversized parts up to 8 metres, using a Boeing 747 freighter....

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Saudi Gasco gets approval to acquire 50pc stake in Jacko Gases

Saudi Arabia's National Gas and Industrialisation Holding Company (Gasco), a leading company in LPG solutions industry, said it has secured the go-ahead from the General Authority for Competition (GAC) to proceed with its planned acquisition of a 50% stake in Jacko Gases, a key provider of gas requirement service in the kingdom. ...

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UAE exit from OPEC 'will have limited immediate impact on oil market'

The United Arab Emirates’ planned exit from OPEC and OPEC+ from May 2026 is expected to have limited immediate impact on oil markets in the near term but could weaken the group’s supply management over time, HSBC said, while OPEC+ sources signalled the alliance would remain broadly intact....

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Nearly half of Gulf O&G assets beyond design life: IGS research

Integrated Global Services (IGS) research shows 46 per cent of oil and gas assets in Saudi Arabia and UAE operate beyond design life, with 83 per cent still confident in performance despite downtime losses and growing focus on efficiency and reliability. ...

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Saipem secures two offshore contracts in Saudi Arabia

Saipem secured two offshore EPCI contracts from Aramco in Saudi Arabia for Safaniya field water injection platforms, wellheads, pipelines, and cables, using regional vessels and local fabrication at its Saudi yard to support industrial development....

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Elsewedy Electric powers ahead with six HV substations in Saudi Arabia

Elsewedy Electric Power Systems Projects said it is implementing a portfolio of six high voltage power substations across various the kingdom in collaboration with Saudi Electricity Company and National Grid Company. These projects have a voltage levels ranging between 110 and 115 kilovolts. ...

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Attacks disrupt East-West pipeline, cut oil output, says Saudi Arabia

Attacks on Saudi energy facilities have cut the kingdom's oil production capacity by around 600,000 barrels per ​day and throughput on its East-West Pipeline by about 700,000 bpd, Saudi Press Agency reported, citing an official source ‌at the Ministry of Energy....

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Black Gold Museum opens at KAPSARC, Riyadh

The Black Gold Museum at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) in Riyadh was inaugurated on Tuesday, marking a significant milestone in Saudi Arabia’s cultural landscape....