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 – …
Read More »Aramco Launches New Initiatives to Advance Digital Solutions and AI in Operations
Saudi Arabian energy giant Aramco has announced a series of new initiatives aimed at bolstering digital development within its operations. These initiatives, unveiled at the Global AI Summit in Riyadh, include partnerships and the deployment of an AI supercomputer. At the summit, Aramco signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Cerebras …
Read More »Aramco to Invest $100MM in University Research Projects
Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) is partnering with a Saudi-based research university and investing millions of dollars in future projects. The national oil company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) to support research that aims to deliver environmental and commercial benefits, …
Read More »Saudi Aramco’s Profit Slides as Economic Woes Dampen Energy Prices
Saudi oil giant Aramco on Tuesday reported $56.3 billion in profits for the first half of the year, down from the year before due to weakening volumes sold amid worries about the global economy. Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said its overall revenue for the half-year …
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