As the ink dries on the contract between ARO Drilling and International Maritime Industries (IMI), it marks the opening of the construction chapter for a third in a series of 20 planned newbuild Saudi-operated and manufactured offshore jack-up rigs, which the offshore drilling player intends to deploy to meet Aramco’s drilling demands.

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