The world’s largest crude oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, left the official selling price of its flagship Arab Light grade unchanged for November loadings compared to October, sources familiar with the latest pricing told Reuters on Thursday. Saudi Arabia’s Arab Light will sell in November to Asia at a premium of …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Is Seen Planning Budget around Sub-$80 Oil for 2023
Saudi Arabia is budgeting for Brent oil at around $76 a barrel next year, according to Al Rajhi Capital, an outlook in line with current forward prices but far more bearish than expected by analysts. The Finance Ministry said in a preliminary budget statement on Friday that it projects revenues …
Read More »Saudi Oil Driller Hires Goldman, HSBC, SNB Capital for IPO
Arabian Drilling Co., a Saudi oilfield-services firm partly held by Schlumberger NV, hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc, HSBC Holdings Plc and SNB Capital to manage its IPO in Riyadh, seeking to join a steady stream of Gulf firms tapping equity markets. The firm will sell 26.7 million shares, or a …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Prices for Asia and Europe as Demand Cools
Saudi Arabia cut oil prices for customers in Asia and Europe as coronavirus lockdowns and sagging economies cool energy demand in the two regions. State-controlled Saudi Aramco lowered its key Arab Light grade for next month’s shipments to Asian refineries from a record to $5.85 a barrel above the Middle …
Read More »OPEC Deepens Support for Saudi Call to Consider Action
OPEC’s united front on possible action grew stronger, as more nations endorsed Saudi Arabia’s view that supply curbs may be needed to stabilize world oil markets. Within 48 hours of comments from Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman that OPEC might have to curtail production, fellow members Iraq, …
Read More »OPEC+ has Means to Deal with Oil Volatility
OPEC leader Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has said that the oil cartel and its allies have the means to deal with market challenges – including by “cutting production”. “OPEC+ has the commitment, the flexibility, and the means within the existing mechanisms to deal with such challenges including cutting production at …
Read More »Saudi Arabia is Planning to Build the World’s Largest Wind Farm in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan’s president has returned from a trip to Saudi Arabia with $14 billion in promised investments, his office says. Of that, $12 billion is earmarked to address chronic energy shortages. The agreements include a pledge for Saudi firm ACWA Power to build a 1.5 GW wind farm in Karakalpakstan. Uzbekistan’s …
Read More »Oil Rises as Saudi Arabia Says OPEC+ can Cut Output to Counter Volatility in Prices
Oil prices rose on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest exporter of crude, said the OPEC+ group can cut output if required to deal with the current volatility in oil markets. Brent, the global benchmark for two-thirds of the world’s oil, was trading 0.51 per cent higher at $96.97 …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Economy is Booming, and It’s not Just because of Oil
The more than 300 apartments in Abdulsalam Almajed’s new Riyadh complex sold in just a month for cash, without him even having to advertise. This is Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest exporter of oil, so it’s no surprise the property market is red-hot as income from a spike in energy …
Read More »China and Saudi Arabia Intensify Energy Cooperation with Critical Deal
The signing last week of a multi-pronged memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Saudi Arabian Oil Company – formerly the Arabian American Oil Company – (Aramco) and the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) is a critical step in China’s ongoing strategy to secure Saudi Arabia as a client state. …
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