Aramco contracted Halliburton to perform stimulation, fracturing and well completion services within its unconventional gas program in Saudi Arabia.
The award is multi-year and part of a broader contractual framework valued at billions of dollars. The agreement aims to support the growth of the Kingdom’s unconventional operations and accelerate the execution of multi-well campaigns.
Halliburton will deploy smart fracturing
Starting in the third quarter of 2026, Halliburton plans to deploy Saudi Arabia’s first fully integrated smart fracturing platform.
The solution will combine OCTIV Auto Frac and Sensori services to automate treatment stages, monitor fracture behavior, and adjust operating parameters in real time.
According to the company, this integration will improve the accuracy of treatments and maintain a more uniform execution during development campaigns.
In addition, the platform will facilitate the exchange of data between field teams and digital systems, allowing for the identification of operational variations and the application of adjustments during each stage of stimulation.
This award highlights our long-standing collaboration with Aramco and is based on more than 80 years of presence in the Kingdom, said Rami Yassine, Halliburton’s president for the Eastern Hemisphere.
The contract will support the development of Jafurah
The program is related to the expansion of the Jafurah field, considered the largest liquid-rich shale gas formation in the Middle East.
The area covers approximately 17,000 square kilometers and contains estimated resources of 229 trillion cubic feet of gross gas. It is also estimated to contain about 75 billion standard barrels of condensate.
Aramco began unconventional gas production at Jafurah in December 2025; the company expects the development to reach 2 billion cubic feet per day of marketable gas by 2030.
Likewise, the project could produce 420 million standard cubic feet per day of ethane and about 630,000 barrels per day of high-value liquids. These figures make Jafurah a central piece of Aramco’s strategy to increase its natural gas supply capacity.
Aramco seeks to expand its gas production
The Saudi company aims to increase its marketable gas production capacity by about 80% by 2030 compared to the levels recorded in 2021.
The increased supply will serve to meet the demand for electricity generation, energy-intensive industries, and petrochemical projects within Saudi Arabia.
Furthermore, greater gas availability could free up volumes of crude oil that are currently used for electricity generation.
In this context, Halliburton’s services will play a relevant technical role in well productivity and the continuity of fracturing campaigns.
Halliburton will expand its local operations
To meet the anticipated increase in activity, Halliburton plans to strengthen its manufacturing capacity within the Kingdom.
The company will also expand its supply chain and staff training programs. These measures aim to reduce response times and increase equipment availability for field operations.
Furthermore, the integrated model will allow for the coordination of drilling, stimulation, and completion services under a single operational strategy.
The contract strengthens Halliburton’s involvement in one of the world’s largest unconventional gas programs and adds technological capability to the development of Jafurah.
Source: Ogj
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