Saudi Arabia
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April 07, 2024
Valaris Limited announced that ARO Drilling, its joint venture in Saudi Arabia, received a notice of suspension from Aramco for one of its 19 contracted rigs, jackup VALARIS 143. The rig’s contract was previously scheduled to end in December 2024.
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April 04, 2024
In March, Saudi Aramco announced plans to reduce capital investment by roughly $40 billion between 2024 and 2028. This was mostly due to the Kingdom’s decision to maintain productive capacity at 12 MMbpd. As part of the decision, Aramco has suspended 17 rigs to date, with a potential for additional releases in the near term.
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February 2024
Saudi Arabia suspends oil expansion as neighboring producers plan to raise output
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March 05, 2024
The MGS‐3 aims to expand the existing natural gas network in order to provide gas supply to various industrial consumers in the region. This expansion of the natural gas network is expected to enhance the ability to meet the growing energy demand in Saudi Arabia and replace liquid fuel burning, contributing to Saudi Arabia’s drive towards a diverse energy mix.
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February 27, 2024
The company has booked 15 Tcf of raw gas and 2 Bbbl of condensate as proven reserves at Jafurah. It now estimates that Jafurah contains a total resource of 229 Tcf of raw gas, alongside an estimated 75 Bbbl of condensate.
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January 31, 2024
State-run Aramco announced on Tuesday that it’s pausing a 1 MMbpd capacity expansion scheduled for 2027, without providing any explanation. With a constrained outlook for oil demand and swelling oil-service expenses, the decision makes sense, Wood Mackenzie said.
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January 30, 2024
The surprise move comes after the world’s biggest oil exporter had said in November that it was progressing “very well” with a multibillion-dollar project to boost capacity to 13 MMbpd by 2027 as demand in China and India continues to grow.
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December 06, 2023
At the center of discussions in Riyadh will be Russia’s role in OPEC+, the Saudi-led alliance between the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other major oil producers, which last week agreed to extend and deepen production cuts to bolster prices.
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December 05, 2023
OPEC+ could take further measures if last week’s production cuts agreement isn’t enough to balance the oil market, said Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.
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November 27, 2023
The OPEC leader has been making a largely unilateral production cutback of 1 MMbpd since July, and is now seeking further support from across OPEC and its partners, said the delegates, asking not to be identified because the information is private.
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November 07, 2023
Delivery of the contract includes the design and manufacture of top drives from Kenera’s rig equipment business, Bentec.
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October 05, 2023
“The 2023 forecast has been further revised downward in the past 12 months following the oil-production cuts announced by OPEC+ in October 2022 and April 2023, and the additional cuts announced by Saudi Arabia in June 2023,” according to the report.
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October 04, 2023
The leaders of the OPEC+ coalition announced the plans in separate official statements on Wednesday. Riyadh has slashed crude oil production by 1 MMbpd, and Moscow is curbing exports by 300,000 bpd, on top of earlier cuts made with fellow OPEC+ nations.
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September 05, 2023
The leader of OPEC will continue its production cutback of 1 MMbpd until December, according to a statement published by the state Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday. Russia’s export reduction of 300,000 bpd will be extended for the same duration, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said in a separate statement.
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August 30, 2023
The Saudis introduced the additional production curb in July — on top of cutbacks it’s already made with partners in the OPEC alliance — and has been reviewing its extension on a monthly basis.
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July 26, 2023
Riyadh introduced the additional cutback this month — on top of output curbs it’s already making with fellow OPEC+ producers — to shore up oil markets against a fragile economic backdrop.
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June 14, 2023
Sarens/ANPC was responsible for transporting heavy equipment from the supplier's facility in Rabiq (western Saudi Arabia) to Marjan's facility near Safanya (northeastern Saudi Arabia) via several multi-axle vehicles.
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June 13, 2023
Even before the kingdom announced its surprise new measures just over a week ago, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries expected that world inventories would deplete rapidly in the second half amid a post-pandemic recovery in fuel demand.
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June 05, 2023
Global oil demand is forecast to hit a record high this year, but the additional cuts announced on Sunday will bring Saudi production to about 9 MMbpd in July, the lowest since June 2021 when output was still recovering from the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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May 02, 2023
The Offshore Technology Conference, taking place in Houston, Texas, sees oil and gas companies answering one very important question: what are they doing to advance the global energy transition? In a session titled “Accelerating the energy transition in Saudi Arabia: Oil and gas sector decarbonization and the path to hydrogen,” industry leaders gathered to discuss emerging technologies and exciting opportunities that will help Saudi Arabia and other countries meet net-zero by 2050.
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May 02, 2023
The Chinese and French energy giants are in separate discussions with Saudi Aramco about the plans that may include the construction of facilities to export the fuel as liquefied natural gas (LNG), some of the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private.
