World Oil (WO) – Aramco has appointed Nasir K. Al-Naimi as President of its Upstream business, and Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani as President of its Downstream business, both reporting along with Aramco’s Executive Vice Presidents to the company’s President & CEO. The newly created positions and appointments, approved by the Board of Directors, will be effective from July 1, 2023
Nasdaq RIYADH – Saudi Aramco 2222.SE has seen progress slow for the planned initial public offering (IPO) of its energy trading unit, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. Bloomberg earlier reported the oil giant would postpone the IPO, citing people with knowledge of the matter. Reuters reported in June last year that Aramco would merge Aramco Trading with Motiva
Oil Price TotalEnergies, along with Italy’s Eni and the UK’s BP and Shell, have been at the vanguard of securing new oil and gas supplies for Europe to substitute for lost energy supplies from Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The focus of these efforts has been on liquefied natural gas (LNG), as it can be bought
CNBC DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — State oil giant Saudi Aramco on Tuesday reported a 19% drop in its first-quarter earnings, recording net income of $31.9 billion down from $39.5 billion the previous year amid falling oil prices. Analysts expected to see a dip in net profit in its most recent quarter compared with the previous year, as inflation and
Oil Price A tanker carrying crude oil destined for Chevron has been seized by the Iranian Navy, the United States Navy said on Thursday. The tanker had reportedly been involved in a collision with an Iranian vessel in the Gulf of Oman. Iran’s Navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker, Advantage Sweet, in the Gulf of Oman shortly after the
Oil Price Saudi Aramco plans to build a $10-billion refining and petrochemical complex in China over the next three years, taking advantage of the country’s growing demand for energy. The complex will have a capacity of 300,000 barrels of crude daily, Aramco said in a news release. The Saudi major will supply 201,000 barrels per day to the facility. The
Oil Price Iran would welcome any new investment in its oil industry, especially from OPEC+ producers, the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum said this weekend, days after Saudi Arabia signaled that the Kingdom could start investing “very quickly” in Iran. Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to resume diplomatic relations and re-open embassies and missions, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and China said in a joint
CNBC DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — When arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran announced they were restoring diplomatic relations, much of the world was stunned — not only because of the breakthrough after years of mutual animosity, suspected attacks and espionage between the two countries, but because of who brokered the deal: China. Taking up a specific role that the U.S. could
Oil Price 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, moving the crude blend from a discount to the Oman/Dubai
Oil Price Saudi Arabia received as much as $326 billion in oil revenues for 2022, its biggest oil sales haul in the era of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, although monthly revenues have been lower in recent months after oil prices slid to around $80 per barrel at the end of last year. Saudi Arabia recorded its highest-ever oil revenues back in
World Oil Bloomberg) — The OPEC+ alliance plans to stick with an oil deal agreed in late 2022 for the rest of the year, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said, reinforcing earlier signals from the group. In October, OPEC and its partners took the unusual step of assigning fixed production targets for a full year ahead. Key officials have
Oil Price The world’s largest crude importer and main customer of Iranian oil, China, is seeking increasingly closer ties with Iran while the United States steps up pressure on the Islamic Republic’s oil exports. Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to continue to develop “friendly cooperation” with Iran during a visit of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to Beijing this week. “Xi stressed that
