Saudi Aramco has awarded Halliburton a multi-year contract to provide integrated stimulation and completion services for unconventional gas development in Saudi Arabia, Halliburton said.
The award forms part of a broader multi-billion-dollar contract supporting one of the world’s largest unconventional gas development programmes, the company said. Halliburton did not disclose the value of its contract.
Halliburton said the agreement expands its work on Aramco’s unconventional gas programme and covers a range of drilling and completion services.
The contract includes the deployment of intelligent automation technologies for hydraulic fracturing, including Halliburton’s OCTIV Auto Frac platform and Sensori fracturing monitoring services, beginning in the third quarter of 2026, the company said.
“Beginning in the third quarter of 2026, Halliburton will deploy the Kingdom’s first fully integrated intelligent fracturing platform … for one of the world’s largest unconventional fields,” Rami Yassine, Halliburton’s president for the Eastern Hemisphere, said in a statement.
Halliburton said the technologies are designed to optimise fracturing operations in real time, improve operational efficiency and support multi-well development campaigns.
Development of the Jafurah unconventional gas basin is already under way. Halliburton said it plans to expand local manufacturing, strengthen its supply chain and increase workforce development in Saudi Arabia to support the project’s growth.
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