Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude oil exporter, is expected to slash the price of its oil loading for Asia in May to the lowest level in three months amid a slide in regional benchmarks, a Reuters survey of Asian refining and trading sources showed on Friday. Saudi oil giant …
Read More »Saudi Crude Supply to China Set for One Year Low in April
Despite the expected rise in OPEC+ production in April, Saudi Arabia is set to ship significantly lower crude oil volumes to China next month to levels not seen in over a year, Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting trade and industry sources. Spring maintenance at some large state-controlled refineries in the …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices for Asia as OPEC+ Output Inches up
Saudi Arabia just dialed back its crude prices for Asia, according to Aramco’s just-published rate sheet. The company has trimmed official selling prices (OSPs) for the first time in three months, with Aramco’s April price sheet now showing Arab Light at $3.50 per barrel over Oman/Dubai, a 40-cent cut. That’s …
Read More »Saudi Crude Oil Exports Dropped in December from 7-Month High
Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports fell in December by 60,000 barrels per day (bpd) from the seven-month high in November, the latest data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Tuesday. In November, Saudi crude oil exports jumped by 281,000 bpd to 6.21 million bpd—a seven-month high, according …
Read More »Saudi Arabia to Become Global Data Hub Exporting Data
Saudi Arabia plans to treat data centers within the Kingdom with the same level of protection as embassies, Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan said, as the kingdom seeks to position itself as a global hub for data exports rather than oil. Al Jadaan highlighted concerns from European and American stakeholders …
Read More »Saudi Oil Giant Aramco to Invest in Lithium Production
The world’s top crude oil exporter, Saudi Aramco, is set to announce on Wednesday a push to invest in lithium production and developments to capture part of the supply chain and diversify from oil, sources close to the largest oil firm globally told the Financial Times. The move to boost …
Read More »Saudi Arabia will Eventually have Increase Oil Production
OPEC decided on December 5 to kick the can down the road yet again, postponing the timeframe for putting additional barrels back into the market until April 2025 and slowing the pace of the notional tapering so that the cuts will not unwind until the end of 2026. This avoids …
Read More »Saudi Minister: OPEC+ Move to Delay Output Hike was a Reality Check
The OPEC+ group faced a “reality check” in discussions about its production policy and had the double task of attending to fundamentals and at the same time putting together something to assuage the negative market sentiment, Saudi Energy Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, told CNBC in an exclusive interview on …
Read More »Saudi Arabia may Slash January Crude Prices for Asia
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is expected to slash crude prices for Asian buyers in January to the lowest in years, largely tracking a slump in Middle East benchmark prices last month, traders said on Monday. The January official selling price (OSP) for flagship Arab Light may fall by 70 …
Read More »Will Saudi Arabia’s Trillion-Dollar Desert Dream ever become a Reality?
Saudi Arabia’s Neom is perhaps the world’s most controversial architectural project at present, covering 10,200 square miles – almost the size of Belgium – and incorporating renewable energy projects and advanced smart technologies in the middle of the desert. Following several construction delays, rising costs, and criticism over structural aspects …
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