World’s largest oil company Aramco remains committed on its investment plan in India, including a $15 billion deal with Reliance Industries, even though Covid-19 pandemic has made life difficult for oil companies with suppressed demand and falling oil prices and wide scale erosion in valuations. Replying to a query from …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Puts $10bn China Oil Refinery Deal on Ice
Saudi Arabia’s state oil company has suspended a deal to build a $10 billion refining and petrochemicals complex in China, according to people familiar with the matter, as the company slashes spending to cope with low oil prices. Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Aramco, decided to stop investing in the …
Read More »Major Gulf Markets Mixed, Aramco’s Q2 Profit Declines
Dubai’s stock market traded lower early on Sunday, hurt by losses at financials and property shares, while other major bourses in the Gulf were little changed. Saudi Arabia’s benchmark index rose 0.3pc, with Al Rajhi Bank gaining 0.7pc, while oil giant Saudi Aramco was up 0.3pc despite reporting a fall …
Read More »Apple Surpasses Saudi Aramco as World’s most Valuable Company
Apple Inc’s gains surged over 10% to a record high on Friday after reporting blockbuster quarterly results, helping the iPhone maker eclipse Saudi Aramco to become the world’s most valuable publicly listed company. Apple’s stock ended the session at $425.04, putting its market capitalization at $1.82 trillion, according to the …
Read More »Reliance Industries Overtakes Exxon as Second Most Valuable Energy Firm
India’s oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Reliance Industries surpassed on Friday Exxon as the world’s second most valuable firm doing business in energy after Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco. Reliance Industries is the most valuable company in India and has diversified operations, including oil refining. Its market capitalization hit US$189 billion (14.1 trillion …
Read More »Aramco Completes Its Acquisition of a 70% Stake in SABIC
Aramco on Wednesday announced the successful completion of its share acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, SABIC, from the Public Investment Fund, PIF, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, for a total purchase price of SAR 259.125 billion (US$ 69.1 billion), equating to …
Read More »Aramco Is First Oil Major to Regain Pre-Price-War Share Price
Saudi Aramco is the first major global oil producer to see its stock recover to the level it traded at before the price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Aramco climbed 3.1% in Riyadh on Tuesday, advancing for a record sixth day alongside an extended increase in the price of …
Read More »Saudis Send Less Oil to Asia
Saudi Arabia stood by its pledge to curtail oil output under the OPEC+ deal, reducing shipments to the prized Asian market. Saudi Aramco cut contractual volumes for June loading to at least seven Asian customers, according to traders notified by the state-owned company. Three other regional buyers received what they …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Says Acquisition of SABIC Stake on Track to Close in Second Quarter
Saudi Aramco said on Tuesday its planned acquisition of a 70% equity stake in petrochemical maker SABIC from the Public Investment Fund (PIF), the kingdom’s wealth fund, is on track to close in the second quarter. The statement by the state oil giant was made in response to a Reuters …
Read More »Aramco Seeks to Restructure $69.1 Billion Sabic Deal
Saudi Aramco is in early talks about further staggering payments for a controlling stake in local petrochemical giant Saudi Basic Industries Corp. as the collapse in oil prices puts pressure on its finances. State-owned Aramco is weighing pushing out payments for the 70% holding in the petrochemicals maker and reducing …
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