Tag Archives: Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud

Saudi Wealth Fund Buys Stakes in European Energy Companies

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has built up stakes in European oil firms, including about $200 million in Equinor ASA, as the kingdom navigates the coronavirus pandemic and plummeting crude prices. The Public Investment Fund amassed shares in Norway’s largest producer mostly through the open market last week, according to …

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Saudi Arabia’s Terrible Decision

Those with a functioning memory may have thought that last week’s decision by Saudi Arabia to maximize oil production to crash oil prices and bankrupt U.S. shale producers was an early April Fool’s Day joke. Apparently, though, it is not, and collective amnesia seems to have gripped senior Saudis and …

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