(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 It is not certain that global oil demand is rising fast enough to allow the market to absorb the OPEC+ group’s planned increase in supply from October, analysts and industry sources have told Reuters. Concerns about an underwhelming demand in China amid sluggish economic growth below expectations and fears of a recession in the U.S. have weighed on the
Oil Price The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has downgraded its growth forecast for the Saudi economy due to ongoing oil production cuts by OPEC+. The IMF now sees 2024 growth clocking in at just 1.7%, nearly a percentage point lower than its earlier projection of 2.6%. The effects of the cuts are expected to spill over into the coming year,
Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabia raised $1 billion more than previously expected from the sale of a stake in oil producer Aramco after a so-called stabilization period of the company’s shares ended. The government netted a total of $12.35 billion from the secondary offering, according to a statement. It sold a 0.64% stake in Aramco at 27.25 riyals a
CNBC Saudi Arabia is set to raise more than $11.2 billion from its secondary public share offering in state-controlled oil giant Aramco, after the stock was priced at the lower end of its expected range. The company on Friday said it will price the 1.545 billion of shares on offer at 27.25 Saudi riyal ($7.27) apiece, with the sale expected
Oil Price The $12-billion secondary share offering of Saudi oil giant Aramco has drawn strong demand from foreign investors, sources with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg on Thursday. Saudi Aramco launched on Sunday a secondary public offering of 1.545 billion shares of the company, representing approximately 0.64% of the company’s issued shares. Aramcos’s share offer sold out in hours after opening
World Oil (Bloomberg) – Saudi Aramco’s $12 billion share sale sold out shortly after the deal opened on Sunday, in a boon to the government that’s seeking funds to help pay for a massive economic transformation plan. The government had demand for all shares on offer in a few hours after books opened, according to terms of the deal seen
Oil Price Saudi Arabia is expected to launch as soon as Sunday a secondary share sale in its oil giant Aramco, Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting sources familiar with the plans. The landmark new share offering needs final approval from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to Reuters’ sources. Last week, reports started emerging that Saudi Aramco planned to sell more shares as
Oil Price In a strategic move to bolster its commitment to sustainable energy, Saudi Aramco (2223.SE) has entered into three significant memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with U.S. companies Aeroseal, Spiritus, and Rondo. The agreements aim to explore and develop lower-carbon energy solutions, as detailed in an official statement released on Friday. Improving Pipeline Integrity The MOU with Aeroseal—an energy efficiency
Oil Price Saudi oil giant Aramco, the world’s top crude oil exporter, hiked on Friday the prices of most of its crude grades for May, as Middle Eastern benchmarks are strengthening in a market that looks increasingly tight. For a second consecutive month, Saudi Arabia raised the price of Arab Light, its flagship grade selling in Asia, by more than
Nasdaq LONDON/DUBAI – Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ national oil companies plan to extract lithium from brine in their oilfields, in line with efforts to diversify their economies and profit from the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), three sources told Reuters. Other oil companies, including Exxon MobilXOM.N and Occidental PetroleumOXY.N, plan to take advantage of emerging technologies to filter lithium from
Nasdaq LONDON – Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco 2222.SE and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) ADNOC.UL are in talks to invest in U.S. liquefied natural gas projects, as they step up competition with oil majors and regional rival Qatar in the booming super-chilled gas market, sources aware of the matter said. The two energy giants are trying to exploit their fossil fuel
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