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UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan presides over the annual meeting of the Adnoc board of directors in November 2024

Adnoc targets foreign listing of investment arm XRG

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) is considering listing its international investment arm XRG on an exchange outside of the UAE, three people with knowledge of the matter said. This could potentially create one of the largest listed energy companies in the world. The discussions to list a minority stake of XRG, which was established late […]

Aramco rigs in the Hasbah field. The state-owned company has cut the official selling price by 40 cents

UAE and Saudi Arabia cut prices of flagship crude

State-owned oil companies in the UAE and Saudi Arabia have lowered their benchmark crude oil prices. Saudi Aramco, the world’s top oil exporter, lowered crude oil prices for Asian buyers in April for the first time in three months, in line with market expectations and after Opec+ agreed to gradually increase supply in the same […]

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Aramco focuses spending on gas and Jafurah fields

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company by value, has said it is focusing its spending on developing natural gas over oil reserves because of higher returns. The Saudi kingdom, the world’s second-largest oil producer after the US, is developing its gas reserves to supply its petrochemical and fertiliser industries and to power its electricity-generating […]

Saudi Aramco reported a drop in its 2024 profit and signalled it will slash its dividend payouts by nearly a third this year

Aramco explores potential bid for BP’s Castrol unit

Saudi Aramco is in the early stages of considering a potential bid for BP’s lubricant business Castrol, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. BP has been exploring all options around its Castrol business, including a possible sale, as part of a strategic review. The business would be expected to be worth around $6 billion to […]

An Aramco employee is seen at the Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) facility at Aramco's Shaybah oilfield in the Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia May 22, 2018. Picture taken May 22, 2018

Aramco slashes blue ammonia output to reduce costs

Saudi Aramco has scaled down its low carbon ammonia production target by 80 percent because of high costs and low demand. The company has adjusted its production objective from 11 million tonnes per annum (mpta) by 2030 to 2.5 mpta, it has said. The new target is still subject to the availability of commercially viable […]

The King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station in Riyadh. The $5.6bn subway contract accounted for nearly a third of Chinese construction investment in Saudi Arabia

Middle East is top recipient of Chinese Belt and Road deals

The Middle East was the top recipient of construction and investment deals under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2024, with the total value reaching $39 billion.  That may not go down well in Washington. Saudi Arabia and construction topped the list, according to a report by Griffith Asia Institute, based in Queensland, Australia. […]

President Donald Trump, pictured touring an LNG facility in Louisiana in 2019, has lifted a moratorium on LNG export permits

US energy push bodes well for GCC’s LNG interests

Since his return to the Oval Office, Donald Trump has moved aggressively to unleash a new era for the American energy sector.  Last month, he established a National Energy Dominance Council, tasked with expediting projects by cutting red tape and promoting private-sector investment.  He has also lifted a moratorium on liquefied natural gas (LNG) export […]

Aramco is facing a projected 30 percent drop in oil dividends

Saudi deficit to rise after $40bn loss in Aramco oil dividends

A projected 30 percent drop in Saudi Aramco’s oil dividends in 2025 is likely to force the government and state-owned Saudi Public Investment Fund to step up borrowing to fund infrastructure and other projects under the kingdom’s Vision 2030 economic and social strategy, analysts say. The world’s largest oil company intends to cut dividends to […]