Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) delivered record financial performance in 2022 as oil prices strengthened due to increased global demand, said President and CEO Amin Nasser. In a statement, Nasser said Aramco continues to focus on its long-term strategy, building both capacity and capability across the value chain with …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Hikes Oil Prices once again
Saudi Aramco raised the official selling price for the crude oil it exports to Asia and Europe for yet another month, with the flagship Arab Light to sell in April for $0.50 more than in March. The price hike for Arab Heavy was even more pronounced, at $2.50 per barrel, …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Inches Closer to Joining Renault-Geely Car Venture
Saudi Aramco signed a letter of intent to potentially acquire a minority stake in Renault SA and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co.’s planned combustion-engine venture as the oil behemoth seeks to expand into transport technologies. French carmaker Renault and China-based Geely would retain equal equity stakes in the new project, …
Read More »Saudi Arabia may Lower Crude Prices to Asia for 4th Straight Month
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, may trim prices for crude grades sold to Asia for a fourth straight month in March, amid low physical oil premiums, as oversupply worries linger despite expectations of demand recovery in China. State oil company Saudi Aramco may lower the official selling price …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Combines Trading Units before Potential Listing
Saudi Aramco has combined its main trading unit with that of US refiner Motiva Enterprises, as the oil giant consolidates its dealing operations before potentially listing them. Aramco has set up a new entity, Houston-based Aramco Trading Americas LLC, which will be the regional office for the Saudi company’s broader …
Read More »SABIC Signs MoU with Aramco, Sinopec to Develop Petchem Complex in Yanbu
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) to assess the economic and technical feasibility of developing an integrated petrochemical complex with a local refinery in Yanbu Industrial City. The MoU is valid …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Seeks Investors for $110 Billion Unconventional Gas Project
Saudi Aramco is in early-stage talks with potential equity investors that would help fund a huge $110 billion unconventional gas field development in the Kingdom, sources with knowledge of the negotiations told Bloomberg on Monday. Aramco is seeking investors to back the field development of Jafurah, the largest non-associated gas …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Base Oil Gets Nod for $1bn IPO
Saudi Aramco Base Oil Co., a unit of the state-owned oil producer, has received regulatory approval for an initial public offering in Riyadh, as the world’s biggest crude producer looks to list some of its subsidiaries. The IPO will consist of the sale of 50mn shares – a 29.7% stake …
Read More »Aramco’s S-OIL to Build SAR 26 bln Petrochemical Cracker in South Korea
Saudi Aramco announced its biggest ever investment in South Korea to develop one of the world’s largest refinery-integrated petrochemical steam crackers through its S-OIL affiliate. In a statement received by Argaam Aramco said, the SAR 26 billion ($7 billion) Shaheen project aims to convert crude oil into petrochemical feedstock. This …
Read More »Aramco, IBM to Set up Innovation Hub in Saudi Arabia
Aramco and IBM have announced preliminary plans for a strategic collaboration to establish an Innovation Hub in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The collaboration aims to support high-tech driven economic growth in Saudi Arabia, leveraging emerging technologies in hybrid cloud, AI, and quantum computing to address objectives including circular economy, materials science, …
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