Oil prices have risen by more than $1 dollar after Saudi Arabia raised prices for its crude oil sold to the United States and Asia. Brent crude futures for February gained $1.69 to $71.57 a barrel while U.S. West Texas… Read More ›
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Washington likely to impose sanctions on Iran’s financial sector
According to a Republican congressional aide briefed on the matter at hand, the United States plans on imposing fresh sanctions on Iran’s financial industry. The development comes ahead of a key U.S. election. The move is likely to shut out… Read More ›
Crude oil prices are likely to keep falling despite historic OPEC+ deal: Goldman Sachs
In a statement Goldman Sachs said, in the coming weeks, it sees oil prices continuing their downward fall and that the “historic yet insufficient” deal by major oil producers to trim output is unlikely to offset the coronavirus-led demand rout…. Read More ›
Exxon Mobil’s major oil deal with Iraq delayed by U.S. evacuation
Exxon has a long term contract to improve Iraq’s West Qurna oil field. In a significant development, Iraq’s Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban stated, a major oil deal between Iraq and Exxon Mobil is “very close” in the making; the trajectory… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund takes out its first ever $11 billion international syndicated loan
The development assumes strategic importance since the development is part of a package aimed at diversifying Saudi Arabia’s oil-export driven economy. In a development that marks the first commercial borrowing by Saudi Arabia’s top sovereign wealth fund, the Kingdom’s Public… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia’s PIF raises $11 billion in loans from banks
The development assumes significance because it essentially diversifies PIF’s sources of funds and it provides it with much needed financial muscles in its efforts to bring about Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 plan, which aims to diversify the Kingdom’s markets and… Read More ›
China’s state run Zhenhua Oil clinches oil deal in Iraq
The deal will be formalized today in a ceremony in which Zhenhua Oil is expected to commit to building an “oil residential complex” in Iraq’s East Baghdad oilfield, a super giant. A spokesman for Iraq’s oil ministry disclosed that it… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia’s 2018 budget to focus on economic development and expansion
Saudi Arabia wants to diversify and wean its economy from the singularity of oil exports. Its budget is expected to largely follow this framework. As per a senior official from Saudi Arabia’s Minitry of Finance, the Kingdom’s 2018 budget, scheduled… Read More ›
Germany to help transform Saudi Arabia’s economy
Oil-exports-dependent Saudi Arabia is pushing to diversify its economy. With German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the country, Saudi Arabia has let it be known that it wants to partner German companies, including, Siemens and SAP, to further the kingdom’s… Read More ›
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