In a bid to secure a substantial supply of steel pipes, Saudi oil giant Aramco has signed three contracts estimated at around $493 million with the Kingdom’s leading steel pipe manufacturers. East Pipes Integrated Co. has been awarded a contract to manufacture and supply steel pipes to the oil company, following a deal worth SR1.8 billion ($479.9 million), according to a bourse filing. The financial impact of the 12-month agreement is likely to be felt in the third and fourth quarters of the current fiscal year as well as in the first quarter of the next financial year.
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