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  • Aramco to become majority shareholder in Petro Rabigh, an integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia

    Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire an additional stake of approximately 22.5% in Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co. (“Petro Rabigh”), the refining and petrochemical complex located on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s west coast, from Sumitomo Chemical for $702 million.

  • Saudi Aramco’s Production Policy Is Weighing on Its Stock Price

    The report noted, however, that Aramco is a very different company from either Exxon or Shell because it is still majority-owned by the Saudi state, which can direct corporate strategy and is indeed doing just that. It’s worth noting that from a certain perspective, Aramco’s production cuts helped keep prices above a certain level, helping Exxon, Shell, and the rest of Big Oil keep posting higher results.

  • Saudi Aramco Q2 profit drops 3.4 percent on lower volumes, refining margins

    Oil giant Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported a 3.4 percent fall in second-quarter profit on lower crude volumes and softer refining margins. Aramco posted second-quarter net income of 109.01 billion riyals ($29.03 billion) in the three months to June 30, beating a company-provided median estimate from 15 analysts of $27.7 billion.

  • Saudi Arabia’s Aramco reports lower half-year profits as economic worries dampen energy prices

    Saudi oil giant Aramco reported half-year profits Tuesday of $56.3 billion, down from the year before amid worries about a slowing global economy. Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said its overall revenue for the half-year was $220.7 billion, up from $218.6 billion the year before. Profits in 2023 were $61.9 billion, nearly $5 billion higher.

  • Saudi Aramco Hikes Oil Prices for First Time in Months

    Saudi Aramco raised the official selling prices of its light crude for Asian clients for the first time in three months, with the September price for flagship Arab Light up by $0.20 per barrel for September delivery. Aramco kept Arab Medium and Arab Heavy crude prices unchanged for Asian buyers. With the hike, Arab Light will cost $2 per barrel over the Oman/Dubai average next month for Asian buyers, although the increase was smaller than the amount analysts expected, which was 50%. The September price for the flagship blend will be the highest in two months.

  • Aramco and PIF invest in Saudi-Chinese steel venture

    Saudi Aramco and the Public Investment Fund have doubled their investment in a steel plate joint venture with a Chinese company to $500 million. The two Saudi companies each own 25 percent shares in the new venture in Ras Al Khair industrial city, Bloomberg reported, quoting a statement published on the Chinese stock exchange. Chinese state-backed Baoshan Iron & Steel has doubled its investment in the venture to $1 billion. The Shanghai-listed producer holds the remaining 50 percent stake.

  • Aramco’s Venture Arm Backs South Korea’s AI Chipmaker Rebellions

    Rebellions is working with Samsung Electronics Co. to develop its proprietary chip to serve the generative artificial intelligence market. The startup in June agreed to combine its business with rival Sapeon Korea Inc., a unit of SK Telecom Co., and has said it’s looking at a possible initial public offering in South Korea.

  • Saudi Aramco backs AI startup

    A venture unit of Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco is making its first U.S. AI-related investment, backing a pre-Series A round for San Francisco-based AiXplain, AiXplain is one of a growing number of startups that aim to transform generative AI from chatbots into agents who can take action. The startup also wants to ensure that Arabic languages are better represented.

  • Aramco to acquire 50% stake in Air Products Qudra’s Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company

    Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, has signed definitive agreements to acquire an equity interest in the Jubail-based Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company (BHIG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air Products Qudra (APQ). The transaction, which is subject to standard closing conditions, will also include options for Aramco to offtake hydrogen and nitrogen.

  • Saudi Arabia Nets $12.35 Billion From Aramco Share Offering

    The final proceeds for Saudi Arabia from the secondary sale of shares in its oil giant Aramco came in at $12.35 billion after the exercising of an over-allotment option, boosting the Kingdom’s total gain from the sale by $1 billion. Saudi Aramco sold last month a 0.64% stake in a secondary offering. Aramco priced 1.545 billion shares on offer in its latest share sale at $7.27 (27.25 Saudi riyals) apiece, based on the results of the book-building process. That was a discount of 6% compared to the closing price of Aramco’s shares on the Saudi stock exchange, Tadawul, on the day before the secondary offering was announced at the end of May. This sale raised $11.2 billion for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.