CEO and President of Saudi Aramco Amin Nasser said that the company cannot expand production capacity any faster than promised. “The world is facing a major oil supply crunch as most companies are afraid to invest in the sector as they face green energy pressures,” Nasser said. Aramco is sticking …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Board Approves Capital Increase
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil-producing company, said on Sunday its shareholders have approved a board recommendation to increase capital. The boost will be by way of granting bonus shares through the capitalisation of 15 billion Saudi riyals ($4bn) from the company’s retained profits, Aramco said in a filing to …
Read More »Oil Giant Saudi Aramco Overtakes Apple as World’s most Valuable Company
Saudi Aramco has dethroned Apple as the world’s most valuable company as surging oil prices drive up shares and tech stocks slump. The Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company, billed as the largest oil producing company in the world, was valued at $2.42 trillion based on the price …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Shares Hit Fresh All-Time High
Shares of Saudi Arabian Oil Co. hit their highest level since listing, at SAR 42.25 today, Feb. 24. The stock is trading at an increase of over 3%, with nearly 18 million shares traded so far. Brent crude jumped above $100 a barrel on Thursday’s trading session for the first …
Read More »Saudi Arabia Transfers 4% of Aramco Shares to Sovereign Wealth Fund
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman said 4 per cent of oil giant Saudi Aramco’s shares have been transferred to country’s sovereign wealth fund, known as the Public Investment Fund, to support restructuring the economy. The move is also part of PIF’s plan to raise its assets under management …
Read More »Aramco Hikes Oil Prices for Asia Again
Amid the continued rally in oil prices, Saudi Aramco raised its official selling price for crude exported to Asia, with its flagship Arab Light cargos for March up by $0.60 per barrel to a total $2.80 per barrel premium over the benchmark. According to Bloomberg, this is the highest price …
Read More »Aramco Plans to List Additional $50 Billion in Shares
Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco is dusting off plans to sell more of its shares, aiming for a $50-billion share sale on the domestic stock exchange with a possible secondary listing abroad, in what could be the world’s biggest share sale ever, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, quoting …
Read More »Aramco CEO: Energy Transition “Is not Going Smoothly”
The energy transition “is not going smoothly,” the chief executive of Saudi Aramco, Amin Nasser, said on Thursday, calling for continued investment in oil and gas until low-carbon energy could grow and mature enough to meet rising energy demand. “We have to acknowledge that the current transition is not going …
Read More »Saudi Aramco Signs Contracts with French Companies on Eco-Friendly Business
Saudi Arabia’s state oil and gas corporation Saudi Aramco said that it signed five agreements with leading French companies including a deal on hydrogen-powered vehicles with Gaussin, during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the kingdom. The agreements were concluded in the city of Jeddah during the workshops that were …
Read More »Aramco Awards $10bn Contracts for Jafurah Field Development Project
Saudi Aramco has awarded subsurface and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts worth $10bn for the development of the Jafurah gas field. The contracts have been awarded to 16 undisclosed domestic and international service companies for the Jafurah Gas Plant and gas compression facilities, as well as infrastructure and related …
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