Saudis eye turnkey drilling deals as rig count declines

摘要

Rabigh, Saudi Arabia-Saudi Arabia's award of a turnkey drilling contract for its massive Ghawar oilfield to US oil services company Halliburton is a pilot project that may be extended to other fields operated by Saudi Aramco, a senior company official said November 8. He said this would save Saudi Aramco renting rigs by the hour and hand the responsibility over to the contractor.