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  • Issue Brief Explores Saudi Aramco-SABIC Merger, SABIC’s ‘Importance to Energy and Chemical Businesses Worldwide’
     

    A new issue brief written by Jean-François Seznec for the Atlantic Council explores the Saudi Aramco-SABIC merger and Aramco’s strategy to make the Saudi oil giant “like most other large international oil companies, except much bigger.” This issue brief studies “SABIC’s importance to energy and chemical businesses worldwide, and it raises questions about whether the merger […]

     
  • Houthis attack Saudi oilfield with drone, but output ‘unaffected’
     

    Oil prices rose for the second straight day as a drone attack launched by Yemen’s Houthi group on an oilfield in eastern Saudi Arabia on Saturday caused a fire at a gas plant, Reuters reports, but the attack “had no impact on oil production.” Energy Minister and Chairman of Saudi Aramco Khalid Al-Falih said the targeted […]

     
  • UK Petrochemical Company INEOS will Invest $2bn to Build Three Plants in Saudi Arabia
     

    INEOS, one of the world’s largest chemical producers and oil and gas companies, is a privately owned company based in London. “On top of a combined $4bn investment recently announced in the UK and Europe, this is part of a wider Group strategy of globalisation that will stimulate growth and jobs worldwide,” the company said on Twitter. […]

     
  • Vision 2030 economic reforms ‘have started to yield positive results’ in Saudi Arabia, IMF says
     

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 economic and social reform plan was starting to pay off for the Kingdom, according to a report issued by the fund after a mission visit. “Economic reforms have started to yield positive results. Non-oil growth has picked-up, female labor force participation and employment have […]

     
  • Saudi Aramco to Acquire Stake in South Korean Hyundai Oilbank for $1.2 billion
     

    Saudi Aramco says it has reached an agreement to acquire a $1.25 billion stake in South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank that would provide it with “a dedicated outlet for its crude to South Korea.” The deal was struck between Aramco and Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings for Saudi Aramco’s subsidiary, Aramco Overseas Company B.V (AOC), to […]

     
  • Large Quantities of Natural Gas Discovered in Red Sea, Al-Falih Says
     

    Large quantities of gas have been discovered in the Red Sea, the official Saudi Press Agency said, citing comments made by Minister of Energy Khalid Al-Falih. Al-Falih said that Saudi Aramco will intensify exploration work over the next two years after completion of a feasibility study. Falih also said Saudi Aramco was studying possible Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) project […]

     
  • Al-Falih: ‘Going forward the world is going to be Saudi Aramco’s playground’
     

    In a new interview with the Financial Times, Saudi Arabia’s powerful minister of energy, industry, and mineral resources Khalid Al-Falih indicated that Saudi Aramco would take on an active position as investor in resource opportunities outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia’s state-owned energy company, Saudi Aramco, will seek to develop an international energy […]

     
  • Saudi Arabia Explores Interconnected Gas Grid for Region
     

    Saudi Arabia may pursue an interconnected natural gas grid in the region that would link together the Kingdom with Oman, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, according to reports. “I am talking to my colleagues in Oman, Kuwait, UAE, about extending a gas grid in the region and we hope to exchange gas and we also have […]

     
  • Reports: Potential Deal for New Saudi Investment in U.S. Energy Sector
     

    Saudi Arabia is reportedly eyeing an investment in U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) in what would mark a “sea change in the energy flows between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia,” the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday citing unnamed sources. The WSJ reports the “landmark decision” would mark a shift for Saudi Arabia, which in the past has been an energy […]

     
  • Saudi Aramco Aims to Invest $150b to Become Gas Exporter – CEO
     

    Saudi Aramco’s gas expansion strategy needs $150 billion (117.55 billion pounds) worth of investments over the next decade as the company plans to increase output and become an exporter, Reuters reports, citing CEO Amin Nasser’s comments at an industry event in Dubai. Aramco is pushing ahead with its conventional and unconventional gas exploration and production program […]

     

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