Baker Hughes, an energy technology company based in Houston, Texas, has received a major order to supply gas technology equipment for the third phase of Saudi Arabia’s Master Gas System (MGS3) project.

The new 4,000-kilometre pipeline system is vital to the kingdom’s energy transition, as it will increase domestic gas distribution and contribute to a reduction of carbon emissions and oil consumption.

Under the contract, which Saudi Aramco awarded via consultancy Worley, the US firm will supply 17 pipeline centrifugal compressors driven by state-of-the-art aeroderivative gas turbines for the project. This follows its delivery of 18 similar equipment for Phases 1 and 2 of the Master Gas System.

Nasdaq-listed Baker Hughes is also expanding its manufacturing site in Modon, Saudi Arabia. In addition to doubling the capacity of its workforce, the upgraded site will further support the delivery of projects in the country, including MGS3, with localized testing and packaging solutions.

In February, the company announced the delivery of the first two trains of advanced hydrogen compression solutions for a green hydrogen system for the kingdom’s Neom mega city project.