ABB and Samsung Engineering are collaborating on gas analysers for Saudi Arabia’s energy industries.

Swedish-Swiss engineering group ABB has signed a framework agreement with South Korea’s Samsung Engineering to collaborate in engineering and procurement activities in Saudi Arabia. With this agreement, ABB becomes a single-source vendor for gas analyser system integration for Samsung in Saudi Arabia.

Together, the two companies plan to explore business opportunities and provide complete analytical options for the Saudi oil and gas market. Effective measurement of gas quality is key to safety and reliability, decreasing the environmental footprint and increasing profitability of the production process. ABB’s technology supports demanding applications. 

“ABB is committed to helping customers in the energy transition,” said Javier Suárez Díez, system integration manager at ABB. “Between ABB and Samsung Engineering, we have an impressive portfolio that demonstrates technology expertise and technical capability. With this agreement, we are capable and ready to serve customers in Saudi Arabia.”

ABB’s analytical portfolio includes direct-read continuous gas analysers, online gas analysers using laser analytical techniques, and rapid response process gas chromatographs. In addition to analytical systems, ABB provides gas analyser integration with fully customised analytical systems from initial engineering through fabrication, testing, field start-up and support.

ABB’s 10,000 square metre integration facility for analytical systems, which the company is building in Dammam, will support the collaboration. The factory is expected to become a major producer of analytical systems in the region.

ABB and Samsung have worked together on several occasions, including on the Aramco Jafurah phase-one project.

ABB’s process automation business automates, electrifies and digitalises industrial operations that address a wide range of needs from supplying energy, water and materials, to producing goods and transporting them to market. It helps the process, hybrid and maritime industries improve performance and safety of operation.

Building on more than 130 years of excellence, ABB (www.abb.com) has 105,000 employees. Samsung Engineering (www.samsungengineering.com) is a Korean construction and project management company that provides an engineering services including feasibility studies, design, procurement, construction and commissioning.