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Arabian Drilling seals $533m offshore contract with KJO

Arabian Drilling, a leading Saudi oil and gas drilling contractor, said it has signed a SAR2 billion ($528 million) deal with Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) to provide four high-specification offshore jack-up drilling rigs. This four-year contract is the largest single offshore drilling award KJO has made to Arabian Drilling....

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EDF, Kepco, Acwa in race for third round of Saudi CCGT power projects

The Saudi Power Procurement Company has prequalified 13 utility project developers including global players EDF, Kepco, Mitsubishi and Sumitomo as well as regional heavyweights Acwa and Taqa for the third round of Conventional Independent Power Producer (IPP) projects based on CCGT technology. ...

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Oil slips despite Saudi-Houthi escalation as supply fears ease

Oil prices fell about 1% on Friday, extending losses for a third consecutive session, even as Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes and a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, with markets focusing instead on efforts to restore Saudi oil flows and alternative routes for Gulf exports....

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Unigaz Arabia in deal to develop integrated Saudi gas storage plant

Saudi authorities have announced the signing of a key investment contract with Unigaz Arabia for the development of an integrated gas storage, filling and distribution plant coming up on a 200,000-sq-m site in the kingdom's Hail region, said a report. ...

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Oil holds around $108 as Saudi pipeline shutdown erodes global supply buffer

Oil prices held around $108 a barrel on Wednesday, near a four-month high, as markets grappled with mounting concerns over global energy supplies following the shutdown of Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline and continuing attacks on key oil and shipping routes in the Middle East....

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Saudi tech firm Cashin signs deal with Syria to develop national fuel platform

Saudi technology company Cashin has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Syrian government to help develop and operate a national digital platform for petroleum derivatives. The platform will integrate operational and financial processes across the petroleum derivatives value chain....

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Harbin Electric completes key Saudi gas turbine unit installation work

Chinese group Harbin Electric International is delivering the Rumah-2 Combined-Cycle Power Plant in Saudi Arabia as part of the kingdom's efforts to advance its energy transition under Vision 2030. The company recently hoisted the Gas Turbine Unit 1 into position, thus kicking off the project's installation work. ...

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Saudi economy contracts 4.8% in Q2 as oil output slumps

Saudi Arabia’s real gross domestic product contracted 4.8% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2026, said a report, as a 24.7% decline in oil activity outweighed growth in non-oil activities and government output. Non-oil activity grew 0.6% in the quarter, while government activity rose 0.9%. ...

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Arabian Drilling expands GCC footprint with new offshore contract

Saudi-based Arabian Drilling has announced that it has signed a contract with a new client in the GCC, thus marking its entry into a new Gulf market. The deal follows the early completion of its first international offshore drilling contract and the redeployment of the jack-up rig to another GCC country. ...

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Acwa completes work on $8.5bn green hydrogen project at NEOM

A consortium of Saudi utility giant Acwa Power and US group Air Products has completed construction work on the $8.5-billion green hydrogen project at Oxagon within Saudi Arabia’s mega futuristic city NEOM, and commercial operations are set to begin next year, said a report. ...

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Acwa Power revenue soars to $1.2bn in H1; net profit plunges 28pc

Saudi utility giant Acwa Power has reported mixed first-half results, with its revenue soaring to SAR4 billion ($1.2 billion) mainly driven by higher energy sales and increased O&M services earnings, while its net profit for the six-month period fell 28% to SAR653.2 million ($174.2 million). ...

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Tarshid completes energy retrofit covering 43 Madinah university buildings

Saudi energy services company Tarshid has completed the second phase of an energy efficiency retrofit project at the Islamic University of Madinah, covering 43 buildings and facilities. It involved upgrades to cooling, AC and lighting systems aimed at improving energy efficiency. ...

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Almar lands $940m Aramco Zuluf water treatment expansion deal

Almar Water Solutions, a part of Jameel Environmental Services and a global leader in water infrastructure development and services, has secured a $940 million contract from Saudi oil giant Aramco to expand its Zuluf Water Treatment Project, thus increasing its treatment capacity to 308,000 cu m/day. ...

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Halliburton wins multi-year Aramco gas development contract

Halliburton has won a multi-year contract from Saudi oil giant Aramco to deliver integrated stimulation and completion services for unconventional gas development in the kingdom. It builds on the US energy company’s established portfolio backing Aramco’s unconventional programme. ...

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Mitsubishi Power lands boiler supply contract for key Saudi project

Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of leading industrial group Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has announced that it has secured a contract to supply key boiler components for the conversion of heavy oil-fired boilers into dual-fuel boilers at the Jeddah South Power Plant and Shuqaiq Power Plant in Saudi Arabia. ...

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EDF, Marubeni, Acwa, Masdar in race for 12,000 MWh Saudi BESS projects

The Saudi Power Procurement Company (Principal Buyer) has prequalified 27 leading developers including global utility majors EDF, Kepco and Marubeni as well as regional heavyweights Masdar and Acwa for its second group of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects with a total capacity of 12,000 MWh....

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Kepco secures $1.4bn Saudi cogeneration project from Aramco

Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) has announced that it has secured contracts worth $1.4 billion from Saudi oil giant Aramco for the construction and operation of the second phase of the kingdom’s Jafurah cogeneration power plant which, on completion, will boast a 331MW capacity. ...

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Rawasi, Saudi Energy ink power network upgrade deal

Saudi-based Rawasi Al Bina Investment Company has signed a framework agreement with Saudi Energy Company for the execution of installation, replacement and maintenance works related to low- and medium-voltage overhead and underground distribution networks in the Qassim region. ...

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Shuaa joins Gate Capital to set up first Saudi fuel retail platform

Shuaa Capital Saudi Arabia has joined hands with Gate Capital Financial Services, an established financial advisory firm, for launch the first of its kind alternative investment fund dedicated to the consolidation of the fuel retail sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). ...

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Saudi announces full pumping capacity through 7m bpd East–West pipeline

Saudi Ministry of Energy has announced that it has successfully restored the full pumping capacity through the East-West pipeline, amounting to 7 million barrels per day (bpd), and recovering the affected volumes from the Manifa field production of 300,000 bpd, said a report. ...