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The oil-price drop marks the biggest decline in more than two years and is the second consecutive month Aramco has lowered its prices

Aramco cuts Asia oil prices to four-month low

Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, has slashed crude oil prices for Asian buyers in May to their lowest in four months. This follows a recent shock decision by the Opec+ oil group to speed up oil output hikes. State oil company Saudi Aramco cut the May official selling price (OSP) for flagship Arab […]

China announced that it would impose a 34% tariff on US imports from April 10

Oil prices plummet as trade war raises fears of recession

Oil prices continued to drop on Monday as fears of a global trade war intensified and major producers issued bearish signals. Saudi Arabia cut its crude prices to Asia and Opec+ advanced plans to increase output. Brent crude futures fell $2.28, or 3.5 percent, to $63.30 a barrel on Monday. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) […]

Terra Drone established a subsidiary in Saudi Arabia in 2023 after raising $14 million from Wa'ed Ventures, the venture capital arm of Aramco

Aramco to use Japanese drone startup to inspect facilities

Saudi Aramco has entered into an agreement with Japanese startup Terra Drone to inspect its oil and gas facilities using drones, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI). The memorandum of understanding will advance drone technologies to enhance safety and operational efficiency in the energy sector, Terra Drone said in a statement. In 2023, Terra Drone received […]

Transportation, Truck, Vehicle

Aramco holds LPG prices steady for April

Oil producer Saudi Aramco kept April official selling prices (OSPs) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) unchanged from March, while Algeria’s Sonatrach cut its OSPs by 2-7 percent due to weaker demand in the Mediterranean, traders said on Monday. Aramco’s April OSP for propane was stable at $615 per metric tonne, while butane was $605 per tonne, […]

Industrial pump jack, oil

Saudi Arabia may cut May oil prices for Asia to three-month low

Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia may lower its crude prices for Asian buyers in May to a three-month low, tracking the steep declines in benchmark prices this month, traders said. The May official selling price (OSP) for flagship Arab Light crude may decline by $1.80 to $2 a barrel from April, four Asian refining sources […]

The Bharat Petroleum refinery in Mumbai. Bharat is one of two companies Aramco is looking at

Saudi Aramco considering investment in Indian refineries

Saudi Aramco is in talks to invest in two planned refineries in India as the world’s top oil exporter looks for a stable outlet for its crude in the world’s fastest-growing emerging market, several Indian sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. India, the world’s third-biggest oil consumer and importer, wants to become a […]

aramco blue hydrogen

Aramco buys 50% of local blue hydrogen producer

Saudi Aramco has purchased a 50 percent stake in a low-carbon hydrogen production plant in Jubail, a city on the Gulf, owned by a unit of the Saudi Arabia-based company Air Products Qudra (APQ). The stake buyout will enable Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Company (BHIG), a wholly owned subsidiary of APQ, to provide blue hydrogen […]

Saudi investment minister Khalid Al Falih. International ownership of stock in the Saudi Exchange is at 13%, compared to London's 65%

Riyadh’s financial ambitions bump up against hard reality

Saudi Arabia wants to emulate London or Hong Kong in the international money markets and become a global financial centre, Saudi investment minister Khalid Al-Falih said at a capital markets conference in Riyadh in February. “We need to channel global capital,” he said. “We want to become a regional financial hub.” But judging by the […]