The world’s biggest crude oil exporter, Saudi Aramco, bought this week its first cargo of U.S. WTI Midland, the crude grade which is now part of the dated Brent benchmark, S&P Global Commodity Insights told Reuters. The Saudi oil giant, which is also the world’s biggest oil company, bought the …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Sees Oil Demand Growth at 1.3 Million Bpd in 2025
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil exporter, expects global oil demand to grow by a steady 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) this year compared to 2024, the chief executive of the biggest oil firm in the world told Reuters. Oil demand is set to hit nearly 106 million bpd …
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 Aramco Plans Regular Debt Issues
Saudi Aramco plans to regularly tap the bond market for debt issuance as it looks to optimize capital structure and widen its investor base, Ziad Al-Murshed, chief financial officer of the world’s biggest oil firm, told Bloomberg in an interview. “You’ll see us do a couple of things. One is, …
Read More »Sinopec, Aramco Start Building Petrochemical Complex in China’s Fujian
Sinopec Corp said on Monday that the company and Saudi Aramco have started constructing a refinery and petrochemical complex in southeast China’s Fujian province. The new venture includes a 16 million metric ton-per-year (tpy), or 320,000 barrels per day refinery, a 1.5 million tpy ethylene plant, a 2 million paraxylene …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Reports 15pc Drop in Q3 Profit but Maintains Dividend
Saudi oil giant Aramco on Tuesday reported a 15.4% drop in third-quarter profit due to lower crude prices and weaker refining margins, but maintained its generous dividend at $31.1 billion for the quarter. Aramco posted net income of $27.6 billion in the three months to Sept. 30, which still beat …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Keeps Huge Dividend despite Lower Profit
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company by production and market value, reported on Tuesday a 15.4% annual decline in third-quarter earnings, due to lower oil prices and weaker refining margins, but maintained its $31.1 billion quarterly dividend, most of which goes to the Kingdom. Aramco, which is also the …
Read More »Aramco CEO Calls for Energy Transition Reset in Developing World
Saudi Aramco’s chief executive Amin Nasser has called for what he dubbed a reset in the transition plans for developing countries, citing strong projected growth in oil demand for the Global South. Developing economies are growing and living standards are rising, Nasser said today at the Singapore International Energy Week, …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Looks to Raise $3 Billion from New Bond Issue
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, is looking to raise up to $3 billion from U.S.-dollar denominated Islamic bonds, Reuters reported on Tuesday, quoting sources with direct knowledge of the plans. Aramco, which is also the world’s single biggest crude oil exporter, plans to issue Islamic bonds, the so-called …
Read More »Aramco’s New Deals with China Signal a Further Deepening of Sino-Saudi Relations
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 – …
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