DUBAI - Saudi Aramco has awarded Baker Hughes an integrated services contract for its Marjan oilfield, the Saudi state oil giant said in statement on Tuesday.

The oilfield is one of the three major offshore expansion projects in Saudi Arabia, Aramco said, adding that Baker Hughes will provide drilling services, voiled tubing services and drilling fluids engineering services in Marjan.

Under the contract Baker Hughes, a GE company, "will commence work this month with an aim to increase the field's capacity," the statement said.

"Baker Hughes' provision of drilling services will include logging-while-drilling, reservoir navigation services, and rotary steerable services," the statement added.

(Reporting by Saeed Azhar, writing by Hadeel Al Sayegh)

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