Saudi Aramco Extends $800 Mn Contracts for Arabian Drilling

A drilling rig belonging to Arabian Drilling (Arabian Drilling's website)
A drilling rig belonging to Arabian Drilling (Arabian Drilling's website)
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Saudi Aramco Extends $800 Mn Contracts for Arabian Drilling

A drilling rig belonging to Arabian Drilling (Arabian Drilling's website)
A drilling rig belonging to Arabian Drilling (Arabian Drilling's website)

Saudi Aramco extended several contracts worth close to $800 million with the Arabian Drilling Company (ADC) that were due to expire in 2023.

The contracts have been extended from three to ten years, the company said in a statement.

The company noted that the financial impact of this extension is expected to be reflected in the results of the third quarter of the fiscal year 2023.

The Arabian Drilling, listed on Tadawul, specializes in onshore and offshore drilling activities in the Kingdom.

It announced in July that it had signed long-term contracts with Aramco to provide it with ten new-build land rigs with full crews to conduct drilling and exploration operations within Aramco's unconventional program.

The ADC signed a similar contract with the Saudi oil giant in January for five years to provide it with one offshore drilling platform exceeding SR650 million.

The company's profits grew 36 percent in the first half of this year to reach SR282 million, after it increased by 23 percent in the second quarter to SR140 million.



Syria to Receive Electricity-generating Ships from Qatar, Türkiye

FILE PHOTO: A view shows electricity pylons in Kiswah, Damascus suburbs, Syria September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A view shows electricity pylons in Kiswah, Damascus suburbs, Syria September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar/File Photo
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Syria to Receive Electricity-generating Ships from Qatar, Türkiye

FILE PHOTO: A view shows electricity pylons in Kiswah, Damascus suburbs, Syria September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A view shows electricity pylons in Kiswah, Damascus suburbs, Syria September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar/File Photo

Syria will receive two electricity-generating ships from Türkiye and Qatar to boost energy supplies hit by damage to infrastructure during President Bashar al-Assad's rule, state news agency SANA quoted an official as saying on Tuesday.
Khaled Abu Dai, director general of the General Establishment for Electricity Transmission and Distribution, told SANA the ships would provide a total of 800 megawatts of electricity but did not say over what period.
"The extent of damage to the generation and transformation stations and electrical connection lines during the period of the former regime is very large, we are seeking to rehabilitate (them) in order to transmit energy,” Abu Dai said.
According to Reuters, he did not say when Syria would receive the two ships.
The United States on Monday issued a sanctions exemption for transactions with governing institutions in Syria for six months after the end of Assad's rule to try to increase the flow of humanitarian assistance.
The exemption allows some energy transactions and personal remittances to Syria until July 7. The action did not remove any sanctions.
Syria suffers from severe power shortages, with state-supplied electricity available just two or three hours a day in most areas. The caretaker government says it aims within two months to provide electricity up to eight hours a day.