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Saudi Aramco 2021 Profit Soars, Plans Capex Boost in 2022

Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco on Sunday reported a more than doubling of annual net profit in 2021, boosted by higher oil prices, and announced plans to sharply lift capital expenditure in 2022. The oil giant has benefited from a more than 50% rise in crude prices last year,…

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Saudi Aramco Awards Schlumberger Gas Drilling Project

Schlumberger announced on Tuesday a major contract award by Saudi Aramco for integrated drilling and well construction services in a gas drilling project. The integrated project scope encompasses drilling rigs and technologies and services, including drill bits, measurement while drilling (MWD) and logging while drilling (LWD), drilling fluids, cementing, and…

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Aramco Is Fast Closing In for Top Market Cap Spot

Oil giant Saudi Aramco is narrowing the gap with Apple Inc. for the title of the world’s most valuable company. Benefiting from oil prices hitting the highest since 2008, Aramco shares have jumped 15% in less than three weeks, giving it a market capitalization of over $2.3 trillion, Bloomberg reported.…

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Saudi Stocks Rise after Kingdom Lifts COVID-19 Restrictions

Saudi Arabian shares closed higher on Sunday, tracking a rise in oil prices as the Kingdom lifted all COVID-19 restrictions, and the conflict in Ukraine intensified. Saudi Arabia's benchmark index ended up on a 0.4 percent rise, the highest peak recorded in July 2006, buoyed by petrochemical and energy stocks,…

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Saudi Aramco Discovers Some New Natural Gas Fields

Saudi Aramco has discovered several new natural gas fields, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday, citing Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman. The fields were found in the central area of the kingdom, in the Empty Quarter region, near northern border and in the eastern region, he said, according…

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Global Consortium Acquires 49% of Aramco

Saudi Aramco announced that an international investor consortium, led by affiliates of BlackRock and Hassana, acquired a 49 percent stake in Aramco Gas Pipelines Company, a subsidiary of Aramco, for $15.5 billion. The consortium comprises leading institutional investors, including, amongst others, Keppel Infrastructure Trust, Silk Road Fund, and China Merchants…

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Saudi Aramco Shares Soar Over 4%

Shares in Saudi Aramco soared over 4 percent to an all-time closing high in Monday’s trading session on the Saudi stock exchange. Saudi Aramco rose 4.1 percent to a record closing high of 39.25 riyals ($10.4). Its market cap exceeded 7.8 trillion riyals ($2.1 trillion). Last week, Crown Prince Mohammed…

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Saudi Aramco in Talks on More Investments in China

Oil giant Saudi Aramco is in talks with partners in China about further investments in the country, CEO Amin Nasser said on Monday. "China is an important part of Aramco's base," Nasser told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Saudi Arabia. "And we are currently in discussions with…

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Saudi Crown Prince Says 4% of Aramco Shares Moved to Sovereign Wealth Fund

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the transfer of 4% of Saudi Aramco shares to the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, state news agency SPA reported on Sunday. The Crown Prince said the state remains the largest shareholder in Saudi Aramco after the transfer process,…

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Saudi Sukuk Issuance to Increase by 37 Percent

Saudi sukuk issuances increased by 37 percent during the past year on an annual basis, according to S&P Global Ratings. The announcement was made as the global credit rating agency, Moody’s, assigned the Public Investment Fund (PIF) with a first-time issuer rating of A1 and a scorecard indicated rating of…

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Saudi Arabia Raises March Crude Prices to Asia

Saudi Aramco has raised prices for all crude grades it sells to Asia in March from February, in line with market expectations. The world's top oil exporter increased its March price for its Arab Light crude grade for Asian customers by 60 cents a barrel versus February to a premium…

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Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil company, eyes London for $50 billion IPO

Saudi Arabia has restarted plans to list more shares of Aramco, according to people familiar with the company's strategy, with an ambition to sell as much as a $50 billion stake, which at current valuations would be 2.5% of the company.

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Saudi Aramco Buys 7.4% Stake in Norwegian Software Firm Cognite

Saudi Aramco has bought a 7.4% stake in Norwegian industrial software group Cognite from oil firm Aker BP, Cognite said on Wednesday. The price for the stake was "around 1 billion Norwegian crowns," or about $113 million, an Aker BP spokesperson told Reuters, valuing Cognite at just over $1.5 billion.…

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Aramco CEO Says Energy Transition ‘Not Going Smoothly’

Saudi Aramco Chief Executive Amin Nasser said on Thursday that investment in oil and gas was needed to run alongside new energy investments until the latter can realistically support rising consumption. “We all agree that to move towards a sustainable energy future, a smooth energy transition is absolutely essential, but…

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Saudi Joint Team to Ensure Implementation of Industrial, Energy Projects

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef revealed that the Ministry of Energy and Saudi Aramco are working closely to create a joint team and ensure that related projects are progressing appropriately, including those of the “In Kingdom Total Value Add” (IKTVA) program for the supply sector.…

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Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC Forms Unit to Issue Debt, Explore Funding

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) has set up a subsidiary, ADNOC Murban, to issue primary debt and explore new funding opportunities. ADNOC Murban will become the primary debt capital markets issuing and rating entity for the ADNOC Group, the Abu Dhabi state oil giant said in a statement. Named…

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Aramco Says Oil Demand is Nearing Pre-COVID Levels

Saudi Aramco said oil demand is nearing pre-COVID levels and reiterated that producers globally are investing too little in supply. "We are getting very close to pre-pandemic levels," CEO Amin Nasser according to Bloomberg.

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Special Saudi Committee Aims to Support Localization of Energy Sector

Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman revealed the imminent formation of a committee to localize the energy sector in the country under the umbrella of the Supreme Committee for Energy Mix Affairs for Electricity Production and Enabling Renewable Energy Sector, with the aim to achieve greater cohesion and…

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IKTVA Forum Kicks Off to Discuss Developing Energy Supply Chain Sector in Saudi Arabia

The In-Kingdom Total Value Add (IKTVA 2022) has kicked off on Monday, highlighting the oil giant’s role in boosting local opportunities in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco organized the three-day event, held at the Dhahran Expo Center in the Kingdom’s Eastern Province, to allow business partners to meet and discuss the…

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