Via Middle East Eye, an article on Saudi Arabia’s plan to ramp up oil investments in China as it competes with Russia: Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company, Aramco, will plough ahead with new investments in China, despite posting a 38 percent drop in profit as lower oil prices and production cuts bite. Aramco announced on Monday […]
Read more »Via Al Monitor, a report that the world’s biggest oil exporter is making further inroads in China, Saudi Arabia’s top customer for crude: Saudi Aramco has acquired a 10% stake in China’s Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. for 24.6 billion renminbi ($3.4 billion), through its subsidiary Aramco Overseas Company BV, based in the Netherlands, the world’s biggest […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how – while some western energy companies prepare for a future less reliant on fossil fuels – Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest supplier is doubling down: In Abqaiq, the biggest oil processing facility on the planet, there is no sense the world may be coming to the […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Financial Times, a report on deals announced by Saudi Arabia as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Seoul recently: Saudi Aramco has announced a $7bn investment in a petrochemical factory in South Korea, as part of a $30bn package of agreements between Riyadh and Seoul as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman forges […]
Read more »Via Bloomberg, an article on the Kingdom’s economy, which is the fastest growing in the Group of 20: The more than 300 apartments in Almajdiah Residence’s new Riyadh complex sold in just a month for cash, without the company even having to advertise. This is Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest exporter of oil, so it’s […]
Read more »Courtesy of The Economist, a report on how state-run oil giants will make or break the energy transition: Climate activists love to vilify ExxonMobil and Shell. These and other private-sector energy companies have been on the receiving end of proxy battles, legal challenges and other forms of pressure to force them to dump oil and […]
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