Saipem-NSH venture wins Uthmaniyah gas compression EPC contract
Saipem's share is approximately €900 million in the roughly 42-month Saudi onshore project.
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Saipem announced an onshore engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Uthmaniyah Gas Compression Plant in Saudi Arabia on 10 June 2026. The contract was signed by Saipem Nasser Saeed Al-Hajri Contracting Company, known as SNSH. Saipem said its own share was approximately €900 million and gave an expected contract duration of about 42 months. The value is specifically the share attributable to Saipem, rather than a separately disclosed total for every venture participant.
SNSH is jointly controlled by Saipem and Nasser Saeed Al-Hajri and Partners Company for Contracting, or NSH. The partnership combines Saipem's engineering and project management capabilities with NSH's construction experience in Saudi Arabia. The announcement identifies the local joint company as the contracting vehicle. That delivery structure is part of the project's industrial organisation, rather than a statement that the two partners are performing unrelated plant projects under the same announcement.
The scope concerns a new compression plant serving the Uthmaniyah non-associated gas field. According to Saipem, the plant is intended to extend the field's production life and support Saudi Arabia's growing energy requirements. These are the stated purposes of the development. The release does not announce a new gas discovery or provide an independently measured increase in production that has already resulted from the planned compression facilities.
Saipem describes Uthmaniyah as the first EPC project awarded under the National EPC Champion Program. The programme is intended to develop a Saudi delivery organisation capable of performing the full range of onshore EPC activities while making greater use of local resources and expertise. Formation of SNSH and the award of this package are presented as connected steps in that approach, linking international engineering and management experience with local construction execution.
For project tracking, the announcement establishes the contracting venture, the contractor's stated economic share, the approximate duration and the purpose of the new plant. The 42-month period is an execution expectation rather than evidence that the facilities were operating at the time of award. The project's eventual contribution will depend on completing the engineering, procurement and construction activities identified in the contract. The June disclosure records that delivery commitment and the associated local partnership model, while keeping future operational effects separate from the contract award itself.
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