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The world’s largest crude exporter, Saudi Arabia, has raised the price of its flagship grade to Asia by more than expected amid high volatility in international oil prices amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Saudi Aramco in the weekend raised the price of its Arab Light grade loading …

A little under a year before the Russian invasion of February 2022, Saudi Aramco’s chief executive officer, Amin Nasser, had spent several days at the annual China Development Forum hosted in Beijing, during which time he stated: “Ensuring the continuing security of China’s energy needs remains our highest priority – …

Saudi Arabia is expected to increase its crude oil supply to China in October after the world’s top crude exporter cut the prices of the oil it sells in Asia, trade sources told Reuters on Thursday. The Kingdom is set to ship a total of 46 million barrels of its …

Saudi Arabia has long prided itself on being the lowest-cost oil producer in the world—and has taken maximum advantage of this fact. Now, with ambitious spending plans for a diversified economy, that lowest cost is becoming less relevant. It’s the breakeven cost of oil that matters. And that’s going up. …

Saudi Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and commodities trader Trafigura are among the entities vying to acquire Shell’s service stations in South Africa, reported Bloomberg, citing sources. The sale, which could fetch close to $1bn, includes a network of 600 service stations and is part of Shell’s downstream …

Worsening refining margins in China and the wider Asian region and weaker Dubai benchmark prices could make the world’s top crude oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, reduce the price of its crude loading for Asia in October, a Reuters survey of refining industry sources showed on Monday. Saudi Aramco, the world’s …

Saudi Arabia is expected to put less money into the oil industry than initially predicted in its goal to invest $1 trillion in strategic sectors by the end of the decade. The Gulf kingdom will likely direct the majority of its funds, around 73% of total investments, into non-oil sectors …

As many Russian refineries completed planned maintenance, Russia raised its seaborne exports of fuel oil in July, sending a large part of the volumes to China and Saudi Arabia, which were joint top buyers of the Russian oil product, Reuters reported on Friday, citing data from LSEG. Total Russian shipments …

Saudi crude oil exports to China are set to fall in September to about 43 million barrels, several trade sources said on Monday, citing monthly allocations for term buyers. September exports from the world’s top exporter to China are estimated to slip by about 3 million barrels from a revised …

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies will grow at a considerably slower clip in the current year due to the ongoing oil production cuts, with Saudi Arabia’s economy among the hardest hit, a Reuters poll of economists has predicted. A poll of 24 economists taken July 8-22 has predicted that Saudi …