Saudi oil giant Aramco is proceeding with plans to boost its downstream presence in its most important export market, China, with discussions to buy a minority stake in a Chinese petrochemical company. Aramco has entered into discussions with Hengli Group Co., Ltd. regarding the potential acquisition of a 10% stake …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Suspends Two Oil Contractors
Aramco has served notices of temporary suspension to two oilfield service contractors, Zawya has reported, citing the companies. According to one of them, Borr Drilling Limited, the suspension will begin this month and last for a year, the report said. Borr Drilling operates the Arabia I rig in Saudi Arabia …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Hikes 2023 Dividend to $98 Billion despite Lower Profit
Saudi Arabia is receiving record income from its cash cow, the state oil giant Aramco, which raised its total 2023 dividend payment by 30% to nearly $98 billion. Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil firm by both production and market capitalization, reported on Sunday a 25% drop in earnings for …
Read More »Aramco Sees China Demand Growing, Eyes more Investments
Saudi Aramco 2223.SE Chief Executive Amin Nasser said on Sunday the oil giant was looking at further opportunities to invest in China, where he said oil demand was robust and growing. State-owned Aramco has been ramping up its China presence in a string of deals in refining and petrochemicals, some …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Confirms Additional Gas Reserves at Aramco’s Jafurah Field
The Saudi Ministry of Energy has announced a substantial increase in gas reserves at the Jafurah field, operated by state-owned Aramco, marking a significant boost for the country’s energy sector. As per the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the additional reserves comprise 15 trillion standard cubic feet of gas and two …
Read More »Saudi Oil Giant Aramco could Issue Long-Term Bond this Year
Saudi state oil giant Aramco may issue a new bond this year to optimize its capital structure, according to its chief financial officer Ziad Al-Murshed. In the bond issue, Saudi Aramco would be looking at longer bond terms of up to 50 years, the executive said at the Saudi Capital …
Read More »Aramco’s CEO Says Shareholders to Decide on Further Stock Sale
Shareholders in Saudi Aramco will decide whether the world’s largest oil firm will proceed with a new share offering this year, Aramco’s chief executive Amin Nasser said on Monday, as carried by Reuters. Currently, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia owns just over 98% of Aramco after selling 1.7% in the …
Read More »Aramco Says It will not Increase Oil Production beyond 12m Barrels per Day
Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry instructed the oil giant to increase production to 13 million barrels per day on Tuesday. Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Saudi Aramco said on Tuesday that it will not try to increase its maximum daily oil production to 13 million barrels a day after receiving an order …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Boosts Venture Capital Arm with $4 Billion New Funds
Saudi Aramco is more than doubling funding to its venture capital arm by injecting an additional $4 billion funding, the Saudi state oil giant said on Wednesday. The fresh funding will raise Aramco’s total investment allocation to its unit Aramco Ventures from $3 billion to $7 billion. The decision to …
Read More »Aramco Turns to Big Data to Shape M&A and Boost Profit
Saudi oil giant Aramco is boosting its big data and artificial intelligence unit that links up its assets to help maximise profit, assisting on decisions from trading to acquisitions, a senior executive told Reuters. “We have 70 people working on this, we’re still adding more,” Yasser Mufti, Aramco’s executive vice …
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