16. Gates
Being apparently the only original equipment manufacturer of drilling hose, and  having the only API 7K-certified manufacturing facility in the region, puts Gates Engineering & Services in a leading position in the oilfield services market. The company’s offering includes a range of Gates Oilfield hose and couplings, which is made of high pressure mud hose, blow out prevention systems and BlackGold hydraulic hose. Besides, Gates is one of the few manufacturers in the region to have an API-certified 16C hose within its portfolio. The company also claims its response time to customer needs is commendable.
17. Rockwell Automation
Digital oilfields is what forms the basis of Rockwell Automation’s portfolio for the oil and gas industry. The American industrial automation services major collaborates with its customers to provide systems to visualise and control production from the wellhead to custody transfer. Rockwell Automation helps customers maximise the recovery of existing reserves, optimise production and reduce downtime. Rockwell Automation is ardently promoting its digital oilfield-based platforms in the regional market, with the ‘ConnectedProduction’ range being the highlight. Rockwell’s open systems technology simplifies integration of equipment from multiple vendors into a single control base for a ConnectedProduction.
18. AlMansoori
With a net investment of over $350mn and a base in Abu Dhabi, AlMansoori Specialized Engineering’s commitment to oilfield services has resulted in the development of capabilities across: production testing and early production facillities; drill stem testing; coiled cubing; slickline and completion activities; logging tubing conveyed perforation; workover drilling: tubular and rig inspection; directional drilling; safety, technical safety training; manpower supply; oilfield manufacturing; and strategic joint ventures. Founded in 1977, AlMansoori Specialized Engineering currently operates in 26 countries across the Middle East, North Africa, East and South East Asia and employs about 3,000 engineering and technical staff. ADNOC and Aramco are its principal customers.
19. SAP
As an enabler of digital transformation and digital oilfields, software systems major SAP’s technology allows its oil and gas clients achieve streamlined production and distribution processes. Vis-à -vis its clientele, the ADNOC Group is using SAP’s digital platforms, as part of a long-term partnership, for the transformation of its IT services and business processes, across exploration, production and other vital aspects. Saudi Aramco is partnering with SAP to implement a digital business marketplace, that pivots on the company’s flagship product Ariba, for thousands of Aramco’s buyers and suppliers. Moreover, SAP is making significant investments in both KSA and the UAE to develop R&D and training centres to assist in boosting the digital capabilities of the local oil and gas industry.
20. Schneider Electric
For E&P companies, performance is correlated to detailed technical, operational and economic knowledge of the assets in their portfolio. To cater to this key upstream need, French industrial automation and digitalisation major Schneider Electric joined hands with Halliburton subsidiary Landmark to connect its IoT-enabled open and interoperable system architecture and platform EcoStruxure with Landmark DecisionSpace, allowing operators to build a real-time digital representation of individual assets and the overall portfolio. Schneider Electric is also keenly promoting its Unit Performance Suite in the Gulf – a software-based system that helps oil and gas players package closed-loop, real-time optimisation with monitoring and workflow in a single solution.
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