SLB, USA announced that it has awarded contracts across the Middle East as part of its first quarter 2025 results.
SLB continues to win new contract awards that align with SLB’s strengths at the SLB core. Notable highlights include:
In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, SLB was awarded a significant enterprise purchase contract for Aramco drilling fluids chemicals. The award encompasses a broad portfolio of innovative drilling fluid technologies and pioneering sustainable practices, including switching from wood-based pallets to reusable plastic pallets and introducing reusable bags for supplies.
Notable technology launches and applications during the quarter include:
In the UAE, ADNOC has begun its electric completion campaign in partnership with SLB at its offshore fields. The campaign is a joint commitment to expand installations and address drilling challenges, improve water management, monitoring, control, data exchange and production optimization, and enable higher utilization. Following the successful installation of six electric gap control valves by ADNOC Onshore in the Bu Hasa field, the campaign will continue to evaluate the value of this technology with additional wells.
In Egypt, SLB and ExxonMobil Egypt (Upstream) Limited identified a significant natural gas discovery in the offshore Mediterranean using the Quanta Geo™ photorealistic reservoir geology service. With this fast and accurate logging technology, SLB provided the ExxonMobil team with critical real-time and post-operational insights to complement the discovery.
In the Burgan Field in Kuwait, SLB and Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) reduced costs and significantly increased production using the SLB Hi-Ex™ cement platform. The solution provided permanent zone isolation, eliminated 94% of water outages, and increased productivity by 198% after reconfiguration. This success represents a major step forward in production improvement and is transforming KOC’s work scheduling. The cost-effective approach reduces intervention time and costs by eliminating the need for a rig to service similar wells in the field.
SLB leverages digital technology at scale, partnering with clients to help them migrate their technology and workflows to the cloud, adopt new AI-enabled capabilities, and leverage insights to drive their performance. Notable highlights include:
In Kuwait, KOC has awarded SLB a five-year contract to support its Kuwait Integrated Digital Field Program. The initiative aims to create a unified digital infrastructure that connects all parties and phases, from planning to execution, using advanced workflows and automation. SLB will use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to provide trend recognition and diagnostic automation. The Pipesim™ steady-state multiphase flow simulator will provide real-time rate estimation and evaluate production optimization scenarios.
SLB has announced a partnership with Shell, which uses Petrel™ subsurface software on its assets around the world. The adoption of Petrel software is designed to increase digital capabilities and improve operating cost efficiency. Shell will use Petrel software powered by advanced AI to deliver vibration interpretation workflows. The deployment aims to standardize infrastructure and workflows and accelerate scalable digital solutions, helping to improve operating cost efficiency.
In Egypt, SLB has signed a flagship agreement with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) to introduce intelligent DrillOps™ targeted well distribution solutions and well analytics. Under the agreement, SLB will provide EGPC and operators in Egypt with a suite of advanced digital solutions. These solutions are designed to improve well delivery by leveraging real-time data and AI-driven insights to improve decision-making processes, increase efficiency, and reduce downtime.
In the United Arab Emirates, Dragon Oil Holdings Limited has signed an agreement with SLB to implement the Dataiku AI platform across its global operations. Leveraging SLB’s deep domain expertise and the platform’s advanced capabilities, the collaboration will enable production optimization, cost reduction, and cost savings across all managed assets.
