Saudi Arabian oil official on Saturday refuted the conclusion of an analytics firm that the country’s oil exports to the US dramatically increased in the last month. TankerTrackers.com said on Thursday that Saudi Arabian oil exports to the US more than doubled from February to March as oil prices crashed. …
Read More »Saudis Slashing Oil Prices to Asia Shows Supply War Isn’t Over
Saudi Arabia might have just signed off on one of the most notable oil output deals in history, but challenges lie ahead as the kingdom faces keen competition from rival suppliers to the prized Asian market. That perhaps explains why the de-facto leader of OPEC slashed its official selling prices …
Read More »Saudi Aramco’s Share Continues Decline despite Historic OPEC+ Deal
Saudi Aramco’s shares continued to decline during trading yesterday, despite Sunday’s historic agreement to reduce oil production that was reached by OPEC and the major oil producers in the world. Aramco shares were down 1.7 per cent by the end of trading yesterday having dropped 1.25 per cent on Sunday. …
Read More »Aramco Expected to Price Oil at Deepest Discount in Decades
Traders and refiners expect Saudi Aramco to cut pricing for its flagship crude to the lowest in at least two decades, escalating a price war with rival suppliers even as the coronavirus throttles global demand. The world’s biggest oil exporter is expected to slash its official pricing for May sales …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Develops Contingency Plans to Meet Client Demand
Saudi Aramco’s reliable production and supply of energy is the cornerstone of the company, Amin Nasser, president and chief executive officer, said in a statement. “At all our sites, we have in place on-going, active prevention programs as well as detailed contingency plans and leading medical support services to minimize …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Unveils $32 Billion Stimulus to Save Economy From COVID-19
Immense damage to its revenue streams by the raging COVID-19 pandemic and an ill-timed oil price war has forced Saudi Arabia to unleash a massive emergency stimulus package worth $32 billion to succor its slowing economy. Saudi Arabia has 344 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of Saturday but no deaths. The …
Read More »Saudi’s Aramco Sees Profits Fall By $22 Billion
Saudi Aramco reported a net profit of $88.2 billion for 2019, down from $111.1 billion a year earlier as low oil prices and production curbs took their toll on the world’s largest oil company. Free cash flow was also lower, at $78.3 billion, down from $85.8 billion in 2018, but …
Read More »Saudis Pledge Huge Oil Supply Increases to European Refiners
Saudi Arabia is unleashing a wave of crude toward Europe, traditionally the backyard for Russian oil sales, pledging to supply regional refineries with as much as triple their usual intake from the kingdom. The Saudi shipments, coupled with unprecedented discounts, are turning the European oil market into the most bitterly …
Read More »Saudis Plan Crude Oil Output Increase, Begin Price War
Saudi Arabia plans to increase its crude oil output next month to more than 10 million barrels a day in response to the collapse of its OPEC+ alliance with Russia, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday. Brent slid to its biggest daily loss in more than 11 years on Friday after …
Read More »Middle Eastern Stocks Plunge as Oil Gets Hammered by Coronavirus
Equity markets across the Middle East slumped after the worst week for oil prices since 2008 and as more cases of the coronavirus were announced in the region.
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