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Energy, Oil & Gas

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%. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

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. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

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. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

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). ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

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. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

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. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

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. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

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. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

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....

Energy, Oil & Gas

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. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

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. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

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). ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

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. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

OPEC+ adjusts oil output by 206,000 bpd from May, says report

The eight OPEC+ countries, namely the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman, have announced an adjustment to oil production levels, reaffirming their joint commitment to supporting stability in global oil markets, said a report. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

Kingdom Holding acquires key stake in Breakthrough Energy Ventures

Saudi-based Kingdom Holding Company has announced that it has acquired a stake in US-based Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), a key investor in innovative clean-energy and sustainability technologies, from Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz AlSaud for SAR255 million ($68 million). ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

Aramco-Dow Chemicals JV shuts down production at Saudi plant

Sadara Chemical, a joint venture between Saudi oil ​giant Aramco and US chemicals firm Dow, has announced that it has temporarily shut down production at its parent-operated plant. Sadara Chemical operates a ‌complex in Jubail with an ​annual production ⁠capacity of 3 million MT of chemicals and plastics. ...

Energy, Oil & Gas

KBR lands Saudi petchem complex maintenance contract

SATORP, a joint venture between Saudi oil giant Aramco and French multinational integrated energy TotalEnergies, has signed up KBR, a leading technology and engineering solutions company, to provide comprehensive maintenance services for its petrochemical complex in Jubail for the next seven years....

Energy, Oil & Gas

Acwa's 2025 revenue soars to $1.97bn; net profit up 60pc

Saudi utility major Acwa has reported solid results for FY 2025 with its revenue soaring to hit SAR7.41 billion ($1.97 billion) and its net profit recording a 60% growth over the previous year as higher operating income and stronger contributions from operating assets lifted earnings. ...

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