(Investing) – Crude futures tumbled 1.4% today as market participants reacted to a report by Bloomberg indicating that Saudi Arabia is advocating for more aggressive oil supply increases by OPEC+. The kingdom’s push for regaining market share is driving its desire to accelerate production hikes in the upcoming months. According to sources familiar with the matter, Saudi Arabia, which exerts
(Oil Price) – It is highly unlikely that anyone with even a modicum of intelligence has lost money in the past ten years or so by trading against the predictable thinking of those in charge of Saudi Arabia’s oil policy. Quite the reverse, in fact, with enormous profits available from the failures of the enormously well-flagged and exceptionally predictable strategy of
(BOE Report) – Saudi Arabia has been cranking up oil refining operations to capture strong profit margins, helping the kingdom offset revenue lost from declining crude prices and exports. The world’s top oil exporter has in recent years invested heavily in expanding and modernizing its refining and petrochemical capacity at home and overseas to meet growing demand for fuel and
(Oil Price) – OPEC+ served two surprises to the oil trading world in a matter of weeks. First, it said it would bring back three times the amount of oil supply it planned to originally in May. Then, it said it would repeat the exercise in June. And then it emerged that Saudi Arabia is raising selling prices for Asia when
(Oil Price) – Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude oil exporter, is expected to slash the price of its oil loading for Asia in May to the lowest level in three months amid a slide in regional benchmarks, a Reuters survey of Asian refining and trading sources showed on Friday. Saudi oil giant Aramco is set to slash its official selling price (OSP)
(BOE Report) – U.S. and Russian officials began talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday aimed at making progress towards a broad ceasefire in Ukraine with Washington eyeing a separate Black Sea maritime ceasefire deal before securing a wider agreement. The talks, which followed U.S. negotiations with Ukraine in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, come as U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies his
(World Oil) – EDF Saudi Arabia and TAQA Geothermal Energy Company have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on geothermal energy technologies including power generation and HVAC applications as well as Compressed Air Energy Storage in Saudi Arabia. The agreement was formalized during the third edition of the PIF Private Sector Forum, held at the King Abdul
(Oil & Gas 360)- It was Thanksgiving Day 2014 when the U.S. oil industry was confronted with its biggest challenge in decades following Saudi Arabia’s attempt to leverage an oil glut of the time to preserve market share while squeezing American oil producers with their higher cost structure. The ploy worked…for a while. Not only did oil prices fall more
(Oil Price) – Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports increased by 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 5.75 million bpd in September—the highest in three months, the latest data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Monday. The September crude exports were the highest since June, likely due to the lower direct crude burning for power generation as the hottest months in
(World Oil) – Saudi Aramco’s venture arm has earmarked $100 million to invest in artificial intelligence startups as it looks to accelerate Saudi Arabia’s push to become a more competitive force in global AI. Wa’ed Ventures has appointed an advisory board made up of former employees from companies including Meta Platforms Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. to explore early-stage investments in
(Oil Price) – Brent crude and the U.S. benchmark shed well over 2% on Thursday on mainstream media rumors that Saudi Arabia is planning to unleash more oil on the market, with the Kingdom willing to give up its $100-per-barrel price target. According to a Financial Times report earlier in the day citing unnamed sources, Saudi Arabia is willing to reduce its $100 price target
World Oil (Bloomberg) – The selloff in global oil markets on perceived bad economic news was overdone because demand remains strong, according to top crude exporter Saudi Aramco. Brent crude dropped to almost $75 a barrel on Monday, alongside a rout in global stock markets, after a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report sparked fears of a recession. Prices stabilized on Tuesday
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