Saudi Aramco has awarded Baker Hughes a two year contract for two coiled tubing drilling packages designed to re-enter existing wells in the gas fields of southern Saudi Arabia.
Baker Hughes will provide project management and oversight and downhill drilling and completion services.
“This is an important award for Baker Hughes,” notes Khaled Nouh, president of Baker Hughes, Middle East. “The contract will allow us to demonstrate our project management capabilities, both in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in the wider Middle East region, on a very important project for Saudi Aramco. We will be drilling underbalanced dry gas zones, which are in high demand to supply Saudi Arabia’s local gas market.”
The contract has an option for a one year extension and operations are set to begin in the second quarter of 2010.
Rusty McNicoll, Baker Hughes vice president of integrated operations, said: “By integrating Baker Hughes’ technology, as well as other innovations in the market, we were able to offer Saudi Aramco a total technical solution that promises significant efficiency gains.
