Parvin Faghfouri Azar

Saudi’s Aramco Sees Profits Fall By $22 Billion

Saudi Aramco reported a net profit of $88.2 billion for 2019, down from $111.1 billion a year earlier as low oil prices and production curbs took their toll on the world’s largest oil company. Free cash flow was also lower, at $78.3 billion, down from $85.8 billion in 2018, but …

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Oil Crisis Too Large for SPR Fix

On March 13, President Trump proposed using the Department of Energy to buy oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in a bid to soak up some surplus oil from the market. Oil prices received a jolt on the news just before the close of trading on Friday. However, the …

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World Is Heading for Biggest Ever Oil Surplus

After a dizzying drop in demand and an about-face in Saudi Arabian production policy, global oil markets face the possibility of the biggest crude surplus ever recorded, according to IHS Markit.Should the price war between the kingdom and Russia persist and the world tip into recession due to the coronavirus, …

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