RT Crawler Technique Gets Saudi Aramco's Nod: A Game-Changer for Pipeline Radiography
TCR Arabia's RT Crawler Technique approved by Saudi Aramco. Faster pipeline weld inspection with digitalized film storage across all diamete…
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Headquartered at the King Abdulaziz Seaport Facility in Dammam, the company is sixty percent TCR Engineering and forty percent GAS Arabian Services, chaired by Khalid A. Al-Dabal. The in-Kingdom practice is published at tcr-arabia.com.
TCR Arabia Company Limited is the group’s Saudi joint venture, headquartered at the King Abdulaziz Seaport Facility, Dammam, with branches at Jubail and Yanbu. It delivers materials testing, non-destructive testing, asset integrity and training across the Kingdom, with its laboratory accredited by IAS to ISO/IEC 17025 (TL-783, 24 test methods).
TCR Arabia was established 2007. The joint venture pairs TCR Engineering's technical depth with GAS Arabian Services's local market access, regulatory presence, and Saudisation track record. GAS Arabian Services is publicly listed on Tadawul (4146).
TCR Arabia Company Limited is one of the leading providers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of conventional and advanced non-destructive testing, heat treatment, welder qualification, and mechanical and metallurgical materials testing in ISO-accredited laboratories, from Dammam, Jubail and Yanbu since 2007. English on the left, Arabic on the right.
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| Who we are. TCR Arabia Company Limited is the TCR group's Saudi joint venture, established 2007. TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. holds 60 percent and GAS Arabian Services, listed on Tadawul (4146), holds 40 percent. Headquarters at the King Abdulaziz Seaport Facility, Dammam, with branches at Jubail and Yanbu. The laboratory is accredited by IAS to ISO/IEC 17025 (TL-783, 24 test methods). Chairman: Khalid A. Al-Dabal. Managing Director: Khalid J. Al-Dabal. | من نحن. شركة TCR العربية المحدودة هي المشروع المشترك السعودي لمجموعة TCR، وقد تأسّست عام 2007. تملك شركة TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. نسبة 60٪ منها، وتملك شركة الغاز العربية للخدمات المدرجة في السوق المالية السعودية (تداول: 4146) نسبة 40٪. يقع المقر الرئيسي في مرفق ميناء الملك عبدالعزيز بالدمام، ولها فرعان في الجبيل وينبع. المختبر معتمد من IAS وفق المواصفة ISO/IEC 17025 (شهادة TL-783، 24 طريقة اختبار). رئيس مجلس الإدارة: خالد أ. الدبل. العضو المنتدب: خالد ج. الدبل. |
| What we do. TCR Arabia is one of the leading providers in the Kingdom of a wide range of conventional and advanced NDT services, heat treatment, welder qualification, and mechanical and metallurgical materials testing in ISO-accredited laboratories, alongside a broader inspection and integrity range. | ماذا نقدّم. تُعدّ TCR العربية من الشركات الرائدة في المملكة في تقديم نطاق واسع من خدمات الاختبارات غير الإتلافية التقليدية والمتقدمة، والمعالجة الحرارية، وتأهيل اللحّامين، واختبارات المواد الميكانيكية والمعدنية في مختبرات معتمدة وفق المواصفات الدولية ISO، إلى جانب نطاق أوسع من خدمات التفتيش وسلامة الأصول. |
| The service range. Conventional NDT (RT, SAFERAD, computed radiography, RT pipeline crawler, UT, MT, PT, VT). Advanced NDT (PAUT, TOFD, HTHA by AUBT, ECA, LRUT, PECT, IRIS, MFL tank-floor scanning, corrosion mapping including high temperature, thermography, helium leak testing, PMI). Materials testing, mechanical and corrosion. Welder qualification (WPS, PQR, WQT). Heat treatment (PWHT and pre-heating). Metallurgical services (in-situ metallography, failure investigation, RLA, FFS). Inspection manpower. RBI and damage-mechanism studies. Robotic and coke-drum inspection. Civil field inspection. Training. | نطاق الخدمات. الاختبارات غير الإتلافية التقليدية (التصوير الشعاعي RT، وSAFERAD، والتصوير الشعاعي الرقمي، وزاحف الأنابيب الشعاعي، وUT وMT وPT وVT). والاختبارات غير الإتلافية المتقدمة (PAUT وTOFD، وفحص هجوم الهيدروجين عند الحرارة العالية HTHA بتقنية AUBT، وECA وLRUT وPECT وIRIS، ومسح أرضيات الخزانات MFL، ورسم خرائط التآكل بما في ذلك الحرارة العالية، والتصوير الحراري، واختبار التسرب بالهيليوم، وتحديد المواد إيجابياً PMI). واختبارات المواد الميكانيكية والتآكلية. وتأهيل اللحّامين (WPS وPQR وWQT). والمعالجة الحرارية (PWHT والتسخين المسبق). والخدمات المعدنية (الميتالوغرافيا الموقعية، وتحقيقات الأعطال، وتقييم العمر المتبقي RLA، والملاءمة للخدمة FFS). وتوفير كوادر التفتيش. والفحص القائم على المخاطر RBI ودراسات آليات التلف. والفحص بالروبوت وفحص أبراج الكوك. والفحص المدني الميداني. والتدريب. |
| Approvals and affiliations. Saudi Aramco and SABIC approved since 2007. SAGIA-approved entity. ASNT Corporate Partner. A documented Saudisation record through the GAS Arabian Services joint venture. | الاعتمادات والعضويات. معتمدة لدى أرامكو السعودية وسابك منذ عام 2007. ومنشأة معتمدة من الهيئة العامة للاستثمار (SAGIA). وشريك مؤسسي في الجمعية الأمريكية للاختبارات غير الإتلافية (ASNT Corporate Partner). ولديها سجل موثّق في السعودة عبر الشراكة مع شركة الغاز العربية للخدمات. |
| Contact. TCR Arabia Company Limited, P.O. Box 8143, Dammam 32224, King Abdulaziz Seaport Facility, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Telephone +966-13-8475784 / 85. Email sales@tcr-arabia.com. Web www.tcr-arabia.com. | التواصل. شركة TCR العربية المحدودة، ص.ب 8143، الدمام 32224، مرفق ميناء الملك عبدالعزيز، الدمام، المملكة العربية السعودية. الهاتف: +966-13-8475784 / 85. البريد الإلكتروني: sales@tcr-arabia.com. الموقع: www.tcr-arabia.com. |
The TCR Arabia capabilities presentation, the 2026 services range and the ROV underwater inspection brochure are published here and in the site document library.
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| Flagship credential | Saudi Aramco ANDT Contract 6601000141, with approved Radiographic Standard Procedure TCR.QCP.REV-02 conformant with SAEP-1143 |
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Eight photographs from the joint venture’s own record, 2008 to 2022: the board meeting that set the venture’s direction, the mechanical testing laboratory on its first day, the V.K. Bafna Conference Room, and the signing of the joint-venture agreement on 7 April 2022.
TCR publishes its own work on YouTube. 8 films are below, recorded on the bench, in the field and at the plant. Each one loads only when you press play: nothing is requested from Google before that.
TCR Arabia runs its own website at www.tcr-arabia.com. TCR Arabia runs its own site covering the in-Kingdom scope delivered from Dammam, Al-Jubail and Yanbu: NDT, materials testing, heat treatment, welder qualification and asset integrity, with the Saudi Aramco and SABIC approvals held since 2007.
These published insights record TCR Arabia's work inside the Kingdom: the Saudi Aramco and SABIC approvals, the advanced NDT and corrosion-mapping contracts, and the milestones of the joint venture since 2007. 35 published insights on this site record TCR Arabia work. The 6 most recent are below.
TCR Arabia's RT Crawler Technique approved by Saudi Aramco. Faster pipeline weld inspection with digitalized film storage across all diamete…
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TCR Arabia is now officially ISO-9001 (2015) certified.…
Salute outstanding performance of TCR Arabia team members in Basketball tournament.…
TCR Arabia Company Limited is a joint venture established in 2007, held 60 percent by TCR Engineering as technical and operational lead and 40 percent by GAS Arabian Services, listed on Tadawul (4146). It is headquartered at the King Abdulaziz Seaport Facility, Dammam, with branches at Jubail and Yanbu.
TCR Arabia has been Saudi Aramco and SABIC approved since 2007, and its laboratory is IAS accredited to ISO/IEC 17025 under certificate TL-783 covering 24 test methods. It is SAGIA approved, an ASNT Corporate Partner, and registered with SABIC, Saudi Electricity Company, MAADEN, TASNEE, SATORP and other major KSA operators.
From Dammam, Jubail and Yanbu, TCR Arabia delivers materials testing, conventional and advanced non-destructive testing, asset integrity services and training with more than 150 professionals. SAER-13115, dated 8 September 2025, names TCR as the technology provider for Saudi Aramco's Internal RT Crawler programme.
Write to sales@tcr-arabia.com or telephone +966-13-8475784 or 85. The head office is at P.O. Box 8143, Dammam 32224, King Abdulaziz Seaport Facility, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the full in-Kingdom scope, approvals and careers are published at tcr-arabia.com.