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Worley announces Aramco project management consultancy deal

7 July 2026

Australian engineering firm Worley has announced it has been awarded a long-term agreement (LTA) by Saudi Aramco to support its projects within Saudi Arabia, mainly by providing project management consultancy (PMC) services.

The five-year agreement is intended to support Aramco’s extensive capital programme – one of the largest sources of project investment globally, across the energy, chemicals and resources sectors, Worley said in a statement.

Under the LTA, Worley will provide PMC services, including engineering and design, project development studies, detailed engineering, procurement support, project and construction management and technical expertise. It will also support capability building for local talent in Saudi Arabia.

Worley was one of 11 local and foreign engineering firms selected by Aramco to create a new pool of PMC service providers, MEED reported in May.

The Saudi energy giant signed LTAs with several companies for the PMC service providers pool at a ceremony at its Dhahran headquarters on 30 April. The agreements have a duration of five years, with an option to extend for a further three years. These companies were:

  • Engineers India (India)
  • Fluor (US)
  • IDOM (Spain)
  • KBR (US)
  • Kent (UAE)
  • Sinopec (China) / Sinopec Nanjing Engineering Company (China)
  • SNC Lavalin Fayez Engineering (Saudi Arabia) + McDermott (US)
  • Technip Energies (France)
  • Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain) / TR Saudia (local branch)
  • Wood (UAE)
  • Worley (Australia)

“Importantly, this agreement supports Aramco to ensure critical infrastructure for ongoing energy, chemicals and resources supply for the domestic market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as global markets,” Sydney-headquartered Worley said in a statement.

Services will be delivered through Worley’s offices in Saudi Arabia and the UK, with support from global offices including the Global Integrated Delivery team.

“The agreement requires Worley to leverage its digital capabilities, including artificial intelligence, augmented and virtual reality, digital twins, robotics and automation, digital scanning, and smart energy solutions, to improve engineering delivery efficiency in compliance with Aramco’s engineering and information security standards,” the Australian Securities Exchange-listed company added.

Pool of brownfield EPC contractors

In addition to selecting firms for its PMC services pool, Aramco also created a group of brownfield engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors.

Aramco awarded LTAs to the following 18 contractors for the brownfield EPC services at the same ceremony in Dhahran on 30 April:

  • Abdulhasan Group (Saudi Arabia)
  • Archirodon (Greece)
  • Bin Quraya (Saudi Arabia)
  • China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corporation (China)
  • Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries (Egypt)
  • Engineering Procurement & Project Management (Tunisia)
  • Gas Arabian Services (Saudi Arabia)
  • GS Engineering & Construction (South Korea) / GS Construction Arabia (local branch)
  • Kalpataru Projects International (India)
  • Kent (UAE)
  • Larsen & Toubro Energy Hydrocarbon (India)
  • M R Al-Khathlan Company for Contracting (Saudi Arabia)
  • Max Streicher (Germany/Italy)
  • National Basics Company (Saudi Arabia)
  • New Horizons Contracting & Maintenance Company (Saudi Arabia)
  • Sinopec (China) / Sinopec Nanjing Engineering Company (China)
  • Technip Energies (France)
  • Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain) / TR Saudia (local branch)

The scope of services covered under the LTA for brownfield EPC contractors includes the following activities across the kingdom’s Eastern Province and Shaybah areas:

  • Onshore oil/gas/water well tie-ins and hookups
  • Miscellaneous and capital projects
  • Site preparation
  • Power, communication, control, and security projects including Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (Scada) systems and remote terminal units (RTUs)
  • Project management, engineering, fabrication, coating, procurement, material management and direct construction services
  • Testing, pre-commissioning, commissioning and mechanical completion
  • Camp and office construction, operations and maintenance
  • Modifications, improvements and upgrades to existing onshore facilities
  • Fencing and general onshore civil and structural works

The LTAs for brownfield EPC works span seven geographical zones:

  1. Northern Area Zone NA-1: Includes plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Manifa, Safaniyah, Wasit, Abu Hadriyah, Fadhili and Khursaniyah.
  2. Northern Area Zone NA-2: Encompasses plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Berri, Abu Ali Island and Qatif.
  3. Southern Area Zone SA-1: Covers plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Dammam, Abqaiq, Aindar, Shedgum and Farzan.
  4. Southern Area Zone SA-2: Comprises plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Haradh and Harmaliyah.
  5. Southern Area Zone SA-3: Spans plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Khurais/Mazalij/Abu Zifan, Central Arabia/Hawtah/Layl, and Nuayyim.
  6. Southern Area Zone SA-4: Incorporates plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Hawiyah and Uthmaniyah.
  7. Shaybah Area Zone SHYB-1: Focuses on plants, pipelines, wells and miscellaneous projects in Shaybah.

In addition to the newly created LTA pools for PMC services and brownfield EPC works – and excluding the GES+ engineering group – Aramco maintains two LTA contractor groupings for offshore and onshore oil and gas capital projects.

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