ARO Drilling is a world-class offshore drilling contractor that owns, operates, and manages a fleet of high-specification and premium jack-up rigs in Saudi Arabia. ARO Drilling is a joint venture between Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil and gas company, and Valaris Companies, an industry-leading, global drilling contractor. This joint venture marks a major milestone towards the development of a competitive Saudi energy sector, as encapsulated in Saudi Aramco’s In-Kingdom Total Value Add (iktva) program and Saudi Vision 2030.

Saudi Aramco and Valaris Companies have worked together continuously in the Saudi Arabian market since 2006, and this strengthened partnership will ensure increased collaboration between the partners, increased efficiency of drilling operations, improved localization of the drilling industry in Saudi Arabia, and best-in-class drilling performance.

The offshore drilling market in Saudi Arabia is expected to expand, creating considerable demand for drilling services. We are committed to purchasing up to 20 newbuild jack-up rigs over 10 years, taking delivery of the first rig as early as 2022, in order to meet Saudi Aramco’s offshore drilling requirements in the Kingdom.

For more information on our shareholders:
https://www.valaris.com
https://www.saudiaramco.com

ARO Drilling

Mohamed Hegazi

Yazeed Alwuthaynani

Turki Aljuhani

Talib Alsayed

Suryanarayana Murthy Pasumarthi

Sooraj Ramakrishnan

Selvanathan Paramasivan

Sanjeev Sirekar

Saad Aldhafeeri

Muteb Alamri

Mohammed Othman

Mohammad Khory

Mohammad Alqarni

Mohamed Faizal

Khalid al Duways

Faisal Alzahrani

Faisal Alahmari

Dexter Anderson

Claire Tay

Chris Redd (Dickie Lee)

Ali Aldalwi

Abdullah Alzamil

Abdullah al-Saif

Abdullah al Quraisha

Abdullah Aldossary

Abdulelah Almushali

Abdullah Shqdar

Omar Alowaisi

Stephen Wright

Lalit Patil

Feras Salameh

Ahmad al-Bataineh

Manish Parmar

Johnson John

Faten Alsadoun

Christopher Mathieson

Shane Eldridge

Islam Sayed

Frankie Sykes

Asif Pathan

Sangeetha Arun

Prasad Theyyath

Osama al Kuwaiti

Maha M. al-Qahtani

Ali al Mulfi

Saad Mohammed Alshalawi

Ameera al-Balushi

Shafar Fareeth

Vivek Kumar

Ibrahim al-Meshref

The Engineering Team at ARO Drilling is responsible for the design, maintenance, and optimization of the high-specification and premium jack-up rigs utilized in offshore drilling operations. This team ensures that all mechanical, structural, electrical, and instrumentation systems are operating efficiently and safely, supporting consistent and top-tier drilling performance aligned with Saudi Aramco’s requirements and Saudi Vision 2030. Additionally, they contribute to the innovation and localization of the drilling industry in Saudi Arabia by spearheading technical advancements and reliability improvements.

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