Schlumberger opens manufacturing center in SPARK

US-based oilfield services firm, Schlumberger, announced the opening of a manufacturing center in King Salman Energy Park (SPARK), which is operated by Saudi Aramco.

The center will manufacture various technologies including liner hangers and packers and valve technologies, such as GROVE valves and ORBIT rising stem ball valves, to help improve the efficiency of oil and gas operations in the Kingdom and neighboring countries.

“As the first upstream services company to establish a manufacturing center in SPARK, we are enabling an agile fit-for-basin capability that links research, product development and manufacturing to the needs of the local market,” Ziad Jeha, president Saudi Arabia & Bahrain, Schlumberger, said.

The first phase of the manufacturing center, spanning across 105,000 square meters, will create more than 200 new jobs over the next few years and develop a high-skilled manufacturing and supply chain workforce for oil and gas products and services within the region.

“The center and SPARK will accelerate solutions across the value-chain for the Saudi energy sector that will create opportunities for local men and women in a sustainable way,” Mohammed Al Qahtani, upstream senior vice president, Saudi Aramco, said.