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Saudi Arabia expects to have freed up to 1 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil for exports by 2030 by cutting its direct oil use in power generation as it looks to replace petroleum liquids with gas-powered generation and renewables, Energy Intelligence reports, quoting industry sources. Saudi Arabia relies …

Saudi Arabia and Iraq are helping Europe wean off of Russian crude, which is increasingly headed to Asia, as Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine reshuffles the global energy market. Europe has imported more than 1 million barrels per day via the SuMed pipeline in the first three weeks of July, …

Saudi Arabia has limited additional crude oil production capacity, Wall Street Journal sources revealed on Wednesday. The sources, who are said to be familiar with Saudi Arabia’s oil production capabilities, were not named. The mystery surrounding Saudi Arabia’s crude production capabilities has grown in recent weeks amid a tight oil …

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud said that oil was not discussed at a U.S.-Arab summit held on Saturday, and that OPEC+ would continue to assess market conditions and act as necessary. “There was no oil discussion at the summit,” Prince Faisal told a news conference, adding …

Russian fuel oil exports to Saudi Arabia rose almost twofold during the second quarter as the Saudis sought to free up more local crude for export while using the discount imports for power generation. According to Reuters data, Saudi Arabia imported some 647,000 tons of Russian fuel oil between April …

The U.S. said it expects further oil supply increases from Saudi Arabia after President Joe Biden met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Salman. The White House on Friday welcomed the increase in production levels 50 percent above what was planned for July and August. It added these and other …

Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir has said Saudi Arabia will boost oil production only in case of a supply shortage in the market. Speaking to the media early Saturday, Al-Jubeir said the decisions on production will be made in coordination with members of OPEC and OPEC+ …

Ever since China gave Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) the opportunity to save face after his many unsuccessful attempts to float Saudi Aramco in what was supposed to be a glorious initial public offering (IPO), MbS has been in Beijing’s debt and Saudi Arabia has appeared to drift …

Saudi Arabia’s Finance Minister has called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to fund more green transformation projects, in the wake of oil giant Aramco pushing ahead with solar and wind energy developments. Speaking at the ministerial meeting of the OPEC Fund for International Development in Austria, Mohammed …

Saudi Aramco’s plan to invest in 12,000MW of renewable energy by 2030 entails investing in the kingdom’s national renewable energy programme as well as through affiliate investments in renewables and purchase of renewable energy certificates. “Those will likely primarily come in the form of investments in Public Investment Fund’s (PIF’s) …