China State Engineering Corp is eyeing all kinds of contracts including, civil construction, road building, groundworks, oilfields pipeline work. An executive from China State Engineering Corp stated, it is eyeing more opportunities for oil projects in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s budget airline Flydeal opts for Airbus 320 over Boeing 737 MAX
Boeing appears to be steadily losing market share over the 737 MAX fiasco. In a significant development, Saudi Arabia’s budget airline, Flyadeal stated, it has opted for a fleet of Airbus A320 jets rather than buy more Boeing 737 MAX… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia’s SAMI inks defense deal with South Africa’s Paramount Group
Saudi Arabia, the world’s third largest defense spender, aims to cut its defense import bill by 50% by 2030. In an effort aimed at developing Saudi Arabia’s domestic defense industry, Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) and South Africa’s Paramount Group… Read More ›
Qatar purchased $500 million Lebanese government bonds
Qatar’s move is probably aimed at increasing its traction in the Middle East and comes in the wake of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cutting diplomatic ties with it since June 2017 and have accused Doha… Read More ›
Attacks placing oil supplies security at risk: Saudi Energy Minister
Ever since Trump re-clamped sanctions on Iran, tension in the gulf region has steadily heated up. Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih stated, although the recent attacks on its energy assets had put the security of oil supply at risk,… Read More ›
Siemens well placed to win majority of contracts for rebuilding Iraq’s power infrastructure
Since the defeat of ISIS in Syria in March, Iraq has become an investment opportunity for countries, including Saudi Arabia and the United States, as they seek to counter Iran’s growing influence in the region. At a joint press conference… Read More ›
U.S. to further choke Iran’s oil exports
The shortfall in the global oil pool as a result of this potential fall in supply from Iran, is likely to be met by increased production from Saudi Arabia. On Monday, oil prices surged to $74 a barrel, their highest… Read More ›
Saudi Aramco’s dollar denominated bonds inch up on early trade
The price wasn’t all that great since it was a bit inflated given the hype over the issue. Many buyers may have flipped it in the market. Incidentally, Aramco chose to only issue $12 billion of debt given its focus… Read More ›
Kingdom Holding Co did not purchase Saudi Aramco bonds
Kingdom Holding Co is Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s firm. Interestingly, as per a statement by Aramco’s CEO Talal Ibrahim al-Maiman, Saudi Arabia’s Prince’s firm Kingdom Holding Co did not purchase its bonds. Talal Ibrahim al-Maiman went on to add,… Read More ›
Demand for Aramco’s international bond exceeds $30 billion
Saudi Arabia’s Aramco debut bond, which opened on Monday, will close on Wednesday. Saudi Aramco has opened the books for its first international bond issue, which took place on Monday, said sources familiar with the matter at hand. Aramco did… Read More ›