Route Mobile incorporates SMS services business in Saudi Arabia

Route Mobile incorporates SMS services business in Saudi Arabia

Route Mobile Limited, an Indian cloud communication platform service provider, said that it has incorporated a subsidiary in Saudi Arabia called Route Mobile Arabia Telecom. According to Route Mobile, its Saudi Arabian subsidiary will be an omni-channel communication services provider, which will undertake the business of providing SMS services. Route Mobile said that the formation […]

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to begin construction on Jeddah solar power plant

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to begin construction on Jeddah solar power plant

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said that it has been given the go-ahead to start construction on the 300MW Jeddah solar power plant in Saudi Arabia. The Indian company’s power transmission and distribution business was given a turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction contract from the consortium of Masdar, EDF Renewables, and Nesma. The go-ahead to Larsen […]

Saudi Aramco to sell 49% stake in new oil pipelines subsidiary for $12.4bn to EIG-led consortium

Saudi Aramco to sell 49% stake in new oil pipelines subsidiary for $12.4bn to EIG-led consortium

Saudi Aramco has signed a deal worth around $12.4 billion with a consortium led by energy infrastructure investor EIG Global Energy Partners to sell a 49% stake in Aramco Oil Pipelines Company, which will hold its crude oil pipeline assets. The Saudi Arabian national oil company said that the deal further consolidates its balance sheet […]

Saudi Aramco, Baker Hughes launch non-metallics joint venture in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco, Baker Hughes launch non-metallics joint venture in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco and Baker Hughes have launched a 50:50 joint venture (JV) called Novel Non-Metallic Solutions Manufacturing (Novel) for developing and commercializing a variety of non-metallic products for multiple applications in the energy industry. The parties inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for creating the non-metallics JV in July 2019. Ahmad Al Sa’adi – Saudi […]

Crédit Agricole CIB sells remaining stake in Banque Saudi Fransi for €332m

Crédit Agricole CIB sells remaining stake in Banque Saudi Fransi for €332m

Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB) has completed the sale of its remaining 4% stake in Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) for SAR1.45 billion (€332m) to a couple of Saudi Arabian government-related institutional investors. The deal was closed after the French bank secured all the regulatory approvals. The two Saudi investors paid SAR30 […]

McDermott wins technology contract from APC for Jubail PDH plant

McDermott wins technology contract from APC for Jubail PDH plant

McDermott International has won a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology contract from Advanced Global Investment Company, a fully-owned subsidiary of Advanced Petrochemical (APC) for a new petrochemical complex in Jubail in Saudi Arabia. As per the contract, McDermott’s Lummus Technology will give the license and basic engineering package of a C3 CATOFIN unit to the new […]

EC approves Saudi Aramco’s $69bn stake acquisition in SABIC

EC approves Saudi Aramco’s $69bn stake acquisition in SABIC

Saudi Aramco has obtained unconditional approval from the European Commission (EC) for its previously announced acquisition of a 70% stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) from the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia for SAR 259.12 billion ($69 billion). The acquisition, which was announced a year ago, has all the unconditional approvals in […]

Italian contractor Saipem bags $500m worth offshore contracts

Italian contractor Saipem bags $500m worth offshore contracts

Italian oilfield services company Saipem said that it has bagged various engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contracts worth over $500 million in various parts of the world. The first of the EPCI contracts was given by Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia as part of the long-term agreement signed by the parties, which will be […]