Petro Rabigh, a joint venture between Saudi oil giant Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical, has signed up KBR, a leading technology and engineering solutions company, to provide maintenance services for its polymer plants in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia for a 10-year period.
Aramco’s In-Kingdom Total Value Add (iktva) programme has reached 70 per cent local content and aims for 75 per cent by 2030. Since inception, iktva has contributed over $280 billion to Saudi Arabia’s GDP, driving industrial growth, economic diversification, and long-term fiscal resilience.
Qualcomm Technologies International Limited, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, and Aramco through the Saudi Accelerated Innovation Lab (AramcoSAIL) have completed the inaugural Design in Saudi Arabia with AI (DISAI), an accelerator program aimed to support startups in Saudi Arabia.
ExxonMobil, Aramco and Samref have signed a Venture Framework Agreement (VFA) to evaluate a significant upgrade of the Samref refinery in Yanbu, and an expansion of the facility into an integrated petrochemical complex.
The first phase of Aramco's Jafurah gas plant is complete and production has begun with a capacity of 450 million cubic feet per day, the Saudi finance ministry said. Jafurah is potentially the biggest shale gas project outside the US and is expected to reach sustainable production of 2 billion cubic feet per day by 2030.
Leading Saudi industrial group Bawan Company said one of its key subsidiaries - Petronash Arabia - has received a purchase order for an existing contract with Saudi Aramco to supply modular wellsite packages for their gas wells.
SLB has secured a five-year Aramco contract to provide stimulation, well intervention, frac automation, and digital services for Saudi Arabia’s unconventional gas fields. As part of a multi-billion-dollar programme, it supports Saudi Arabia's energy diversification and global energy transition goals.
Kanoo Energy, a division of Kanoo Industrial & Energy under the Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo Group, has signed a strategic distribution agreement with TECO Motors for electric motor replacement at Aramco and in Bahrain.
The Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects has issued Request for Proposals to qualified bidders for the development of Al Dibdibah Power and Al Shagaya Renewable Energy (Phase III – Zone 2) Solar PV IPP project with a total capacity of 500MW.
Worley Consulting has signed a master services agreement with Aramco Overseas Company BV (Aramco) that will see the duo explore future collaborations in the energy, resources, maritime and infrastructure sectors across the EMEA region.
