ARO Drilling
Abdullah Al-Omari currently serves as the Chief Information Officer and Head of Information Technology at ARO Drilling since November 2023. Prior to this role, Abdullah was the General Manager of Digital Infrastructure at Advanced Electronics Company and the Middle East Global IT Director at Raytheon Technologies. With extensive experience in IT management roles, Abdullah has held positions such as Senior Director of IT Services at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Manager of IT Computing Infrastructure at Sadara Chemical Company, and Infrastructure Services Manager at Accenture. Abdullah's career began with roles at Saudi Aramco Total Refining and Petrochemicals and SATORP, focusing on server administration and applications management. Abdullah holds a Master of Architecture & Engineering degree in Cybersecurity from Al Yamamah University, a B.S. in Information Technology & Computing from Arab Open University, and an Associate's degree in Applied Computer Systems from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals.
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ARO Drilling
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ARO Drilling is a world-class offshore drilling contractor that owns, operates, and manages a fleet of high-specification and premium jack-up rigs in Saudi Arabia. ARO Drilling is a joint venture between Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil and gas company, and Valaris Companies, an industry-leading, global drilling contractor. This joint venture marks a major milestone towards the development of a competitive Saudi energy sector, as encapsulated in Saudi Aramco’s In-Kingdom Total Value Add (iktva) program and Saudi Vision 2030. Saudi Aramco and Valaris Companies have worked together continuously in the Saudi Arabian market since 2006, and this strengthened partnership will ensure increased collaboration between the partners, increased efficiency of drilling operations, improved localization of the drilling industry in Saudi Arabia, and best-in-class drilling performance. The offshore drilling market in Saudi Arabia is expected to expand, creating considerable demand for drilling services. We are committed to purchasing up to 20 newbuild jack-up rigs over 10 years, taking delivery of the first rig as early as 2022, in order to meet Saudi Aramco’s offshore drilling requirements in the Kingdom. For more information on our shareholders: https://www.valaris.com https://www.saudiaramco.com