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Saudi Arabia raised pricing slightly for its flagship crude oil shipped to Asia, the first sign of strength in the physical market after a month and a half of weakness and crashing refining margins. The increase in November pricing marks a change in course for the world’s biggest exporter after …

Saudi Arabia’s Finance Ministry sees oil prices at around $50 a barrel for the next three years, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s analysis of the kingdom’s pre-budget statement. “Using our own estimates for the breakdown of government revenues, we calculate that the numbers presented in the budget statement are …

Saudi Aramco, which made the announcement Sunday, produced the fuel, which it does by converting hydrocarbons into hydrogen and then ammonia, and capturing the carbon dioxide byproduct. Japan will receive 40 tons of blue ammonia in the first shipment, Aramco said. Ammonia can be burned in thermal power stations without …

Energy ministers from the G20 countries under the presidency of Saudi Arabia will meet virtually on Sunday to discuss volatile oil markets and plans for a “green” recovery from the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kingdom is strongly backing a “circular carbon economy” strategy to remove harmful greenhouse …

Saudi energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman delivered yet another warning to OPEC+ compliance laggards, saying at a Sept. 17 monitoring committee meeting that failing to execute pledged production cuts was undermining the alliance’s efforts to rebalance the oil market. “Repeated promises that are not carried through in a timely …

OPEC and allies, led by Russia, are scheduled to hold an online meeting on Thursday to discuss compliance with their agreed output cuts and demand trends amid falling oil prices and a faltering economic recovery outlook. The key OPEC+ panel will be reviewing an internal document which warned that a …

Saudi Arabia has been encouraging members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other producers such as Russia, known as OPEC+, to increase output in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the Financial Times reports on Wednesday. According to report, Saudi Arabia plans to keep oil production …

The world’s biggest oil company is getting squeezed by its main shareholder, the Saudi Arabian government. Even with crude dropping to US$40 a barrel this week and its cash flow plunging, Saudi Aramco is trying to pay a US$75 billion dividend this year, almost all of it to the state. …

In recent months, the world’s biggest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, has lost market share in China to the United States as the world’s top oil importer has boosted imports from America and reduced purchases from the Kingdom. China has imported record volumes of crude oil in recent months, taking advantage …

State oil company Saudi Aramco has discovered two new oil and gas fields in the northern regions, the kingdom’s energy minister said Aug. 30, state news agency SPA reported. The energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud said the new Abraq al-Toloul oil field, which lies to the south east …