Arabian Drilling Company sustainability score: 23/100
Arabian Drilling Company operates onshore and offshore drilling rigs in Saudi Arabia, primarily for Saudi Aramco. It drills conventional and unconventional wells, including shale gas at Jafurah.
More about Arabian Drilling Company
Revenue SAR 3.4B (2025); ~5,261 employees. A regional operator dependent on domestic oil and gas exploration.
Head office SAStaff ~5,261 (2025)Revenue SAR 3,433.3M revenue (FY2025)Website ↗
Arabian Drilling runs almost entirely on diesel for rig operations, reports no Scope 3 emissions from the oil and gas it helps produce, and has no interim decarbonisation targets. A 2025 emissions dip reflects lower rig activity, not strategy. External assurance and verified nature impact remain absent.
Arabian Drilling Company scores 23/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Companies can never pay for anything about their own score. Last verified November 2026.
That places Arabian Drilling Company joint 849th of 934 companies scored, and joint 1st of 18 in Oil & Gas.
What is Arabian Drilling Company doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Controversies & Red Flags and Carbon Footprint: Operations (8/10, 6/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Energy Source (1/10, 1/10).
Where Arabian Drilling Company lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
- Emissions from its own operations6/10Its own emissions aren't independently verified or tracked over several years.
- Emissions from its supply chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling4/10No evidence of a year-on-year fall in its total emissions.
- How clean its energy is1/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature2/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste4/10No measurable waste or recycling targets reported publicly.
- Its effect on water5/10No measured water footprint with reduction targets.
- Its climate targets3/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports5/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
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How is Arabian Drilling Company's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleHas Arabian Drilling Company's score changed?
Arabian Drilling Company's score has moved from 17 to 23 across 2 recorded reviews, up 6 points.
- 17 → 23+63 November 2026
Re-scored in agent mode 2026-11-02: Scope 1 and 2 published, no Scope 3, so 0.70x; SCOPE_INCOMPLETE waived on owner ruling 2026-11-03 (quotes 24/24 verbatim); 17 -> 23
- Scored 1714 October 2026
Initial score 17 (score-company publish)
What evidence is Arabian Drilling Company's score based on?
10 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
30% of them were published by Arabian Drilling Company itself; the rest come from independent sources.
Arabian Drilling publishes Scope 1 and 2 emissions (350,535 tCO2e in 2025) but no Scope 3. For an oil and gas company most emissions are Scope 3, from the oil and gas it helps produce, so its total cannot stand for its footprint and we apply the 0.70x adjustment.
“Scope 1 MTCO2e 346,917 368,215 Scope 2 MTCO2e 3,618 3,650”
“Reduction in Scope 1 greenhouse gas”
“ADC plays a key role in the Jafurah field, the largest shale gas field outside the US”
“Arabian Drilling was the first company to name the oil and gas firm outright”
“the offshore segment experienced a 43.2 per cent drop in revenue over the same period”
“some of its offshore rigs in the Persian Gulf have been temporarily suspended”
“The company announced in March a temporary suspension of some offshore drilling rigs in the Arabian Gulf”
“Arabian Drilling, one of the largest national onshore and offshore drilling contractors in Saudi Arabia”
“Driving Excellence Through Digital Innovation”
“305-3 Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG Not Value not”
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How does Arabian Drilling Company compare with other oil & gas companies?
Arabian Drilling Company shares top spot among oil & gas peers.
Among the 18 major oil & gas brands we've scored, Arabian Drilling Company is tied =1st of 18, with 1 other.
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