# ARO Drilling awarded six three-year drilling contracts by Saudi Aramco

ARO Drilling, a joint venture between Rowan Companies and Saudi Aramco, was awarded six three-year contracts by Saudi Aramco for Rowan jack-up rigs operating in Saudi Arabia.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-07-31
- Where: Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
- Status: announced
- Products: offshore drilling services
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [ARO Drilling](https://endata.com/companies/33446.md)
- [Saudi Aramco](https://endata.com/companies/304.md) (customer)
- [Rowan Companies](https://endata.com/companies/18568.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [prnewswire.com](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/aro-drilling-awarded-six-three-year-drilling-contracts-from-saudi-aramco-for-rowan-jack-ups-300689535.html), 2018-07-31: "Our partnership with Saudi Aramco in ARO Drilling and our operational track record in the Middle East have paved the way for this award of eighteen years of jack-up backlog."
- [offshore-technology.com](https://www.offshore-technology.com/news/aro-saudi-arabian-drilling-contracts/), 2018-08-01: "We believe these six three-year contract awards, and the five three-year contracts awarded earlier this year, continue to demonstrate the value ARO Drilling will create over the coming years."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.