Aramco ADNOC QatarEnergy CompEx Specs 2026
How GCC Oil & Gas Operators Specify IECEx and CompEx in 2026 Tenders (Saudi Aramco, ADNOC, QatarEnergy Examples) Every contractor bidding GCC energy projects faces the critical question: what exactly do operators require for hazardous area personnel certification, and how strictly will they enforce these requirements? The answer proves more complex than simple "CompEx or IECEx" generalizations suggest because major operators approach these specifications through varied requirement stringency, equivalency language, verification procedures, and enforcement mechanisms that create substantially different practical compliance obligations despite superficially similar baseline requirements. Understanding operator-specific specification patterns—Saudi Aramco's explicit CompEx preference, ADNOC's flexible yet rigorous verification, QatarEnergy's international standardization approach—determines contractor competitiveness, influences workforce certification strategy,...