SANAD to start 3 additional newbuild rigs in the remainder of 2025

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Apr.2025) — Nabors Industries Ltd., through its 50/50 joint venture in Saudi Aramco Nabors Drilling Company (SANAD) with Saudi Aramco, expects 3 newbuild rigs to commence operations during the balance of 2025. This, after SANAD began operating its tenth newbuild rig during […]

Saipem Awarded Offshore Contract in Saudi Arabia Worth$2bn

(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Sep.2024) — Saipem has been awarded a new offshore contract worth $2bn, under the existing Long-Term Agreement (LTA) with Saudi Aramco, for the development of the Marjan field in Saudi Arabia. The award follows the completion of the bidding procedure, and the occurrence of the usual preliminary […]

Saudi Aramco Reports 1Q:23 Earnings of $31.9bn [PDF Download]

(Saudi Aramco, 9.May.2023) — Global crude oil prices declined in the first quarter of 2023 mainly driven by macroeconomic events contributing to market volatility. Aramco believes it is well positioned to withstand fluctuating commodity prices through its low-cost upstream production and strategically integrated downstream operations, and continued to deliver robust […]

Saudi Aramco Unit Wins Guyana Oil Tender

(Reuters, 7.Sep.2021) — Guyana awarded a unit of Saudi Aramco a tender to purchase a portion of the country’s oil production, and the two parties will likely enter into a one-year marketing deal, an official said on Tuesday. ____________________ Reporting by Neil Marks in Georgetown. Writing by Luc Cohen; Editing […]

Saudi Aramco Announces Two New Fields

(JPT, 31.Aug.2020) — Saudi Aramco announced this week the startup of two exploratory fields, one oil and one gas, in the northern region of the country. Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman shared the news while adding that future drilling plans for the two areas will be needed to […]

Petrobras Refinery Sale Draws PetroChina

(Reuters, Tatiana Bautzer and Rodrigo Viga Gaier, 26.Aug.2019) — Brazil’s planned privatization of eight Petroleo Brasileiro SA refineries has lured several of the world’s largest trading and oil companies as prospective bidders, two sources with knowledge of the matter said. Around 20 companies have signed non-disclosure agreements granting them access […]

Saudi Aramco And Sempra Energy Ink Largest LNG Deal For 6 Years

(WoodMac, 22.May.2019) — Sempra Energy and Saudi Aramco today announced their respective subsidiaries, Sempra LNG and Aramco Services Company, have signed a heads of agreement (HOA), which anticipates the negotiation and finalisation of a definitive 20-year sale-and-purchase agreement covering 5 million metric tons each year from the Port Arthur LNG […]