From Bloomberg After flooding the U.S. market in recent months, Saudi Arabia plans to slash exports to the world’s largest oil market in the coming weeks, in an effort to dampen visible build-ups in crude inventories. U.S. refineries given notice to expect lower shipments from Saudi in January; cut could test 30-year low American-based oil refiners have been told to
From Bloomberg Saudi Arabia is pumping more crude than at any time since its first barrel was extracted 80 years ago, responding to pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to keep driving oil prices lower. Saudi daily output reached 11.2 million barrels a day, from 10.8-10.9 million barrels earlier this month, according to a person familiar with the matter, who
From The Wall Street Journal Saudi Arabia’s top government-funded think tank is studying the possible effects on oil markets of a breakup of OPEC, a remarkable research effort for a country that has dominated the oil cartel for nearly 60 years. The effort coincides with new pressures on the Saudi government, including from the U.S., where President Trump has accused the
From Bloomberg Total SA boss Patrick Pouyanne proved once again that he’ll go where other business leaders fear to tread. The storm in Saudi Arabia caused by the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was too much for the chief executive officers of Siemens AG and BlackRock Inc., who pulled out of an investment conference in Riyadh this week. But
From Bloomberg Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in an interview with Bloomberg last week, promised that the stalled Aramco IPO will take place by 2021 at a valuation of at least $2 trillion, declared his love of working with Donald Trump, and shrugged off criticism that he’s clamping down on dissent. But no less important were his comments on
Canada ruffles a few feathers From Reuters/Globe and Mail Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister asked Canada to apologise for demanding the release of Saudi women’s rights activists and stop treating the kingdom as “a banana republic” if it wanted to resolve a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. In August, Saudi Arabia froze new trade with Canada, blocked grain imports, expelled
From FreightWaves On Tuesday, Elon Musk tweeted that he was considering taking Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) private at $420 per share, an overall valuation of $82B, which would make the electric car maker the most valuable private company in the world. In a subsequent post on Tesla’s blog, Musk clarified his thinking: “As a public company, we are subject to
From Reuters Oil prices rose about 1 percent on Tuesday as the market shifted focus to the possibility of increased Chinese demand, drawing attention away from trade tensions between that country and the United States after a series of tariffs imposed by both countries. Brent crude was up 76 cents at $73.82 a barrel by 12:27 p.m. EDT (1627 GMT).
Despite the surprise moderate build in U.S. crude oil stockpiles, analysts are worried of an impending price spike to $150 or more. Prices Today Crude oil stocks rose by 1,245 MBBL last week to 417,881 MBBL from 416,636 MBBL. This is 17% below the 502,914 MBBL that was in storage at this point last year, and is 2% below the
From The Houston Chronicle Saudi Arabia and Russia reaffirmed an agreement between OPEC and its allies, which they say will mean increasing oil production by 1 million barrels a day. Their joint announcement came days after U.S. President Donald Trump said he’d received assurances from Saudi Arabia that the kingdom could boost output by double that amount. The White House
From Bloomberg Under U.S. pressure, kingdom boosts production by 330,000 b/d Libyan, Venezuelan losses mean total OPEC output holds steady. Saudi Arabia’s biggest oil-production surge in five years was only enough to keep OPEC’s output steady last month, as losses elsewhere in the group piled up. The kingdom is delivering on its promise to try and tame crude prices, boosting
Saudi Aramco and National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE: NOV) have signed a shareholder agreement to form a joint venture partnership. The JV is to establish an integrated world-class on-shore rig and equipment manufacturing and aftermarket facility in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia. NOV will own a 70% interest in the joint venture, while Saudi Aramco will own 30%. Deals such as
