Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s crude exports are at their lowest level since August 2014 as the kingdom deals with the double-whammy of increased summer demand and reduced output in accordance with last November’s Opec agreement.

• Opec kingpin Saudi Arabia saw its rig count fall to a 30-month low of 115 in August; those...

The Saudi energy ministry’s renewables unit Repdo has qualified 25 bidders for the kingdom’s first utility-scale wind project. Riyadh has meanwhile inked deals with China for a wind turbine factory and nuclear cooperation.

Latest US data show imports of just 774,000 b/d from Saudi Arabia over the four weeks to 25 August. At...

Tentative moves towards improved Saudi-Iraqi relations raise the possibility of Iraq regaining access to a 1.6mn b/d export pipeline through the kingdom. This could prove a win-win for both.

Dow is buying an extra 15% of its $20bn Sadara petchems JV with Aramco putting ownership on a 50:50 footing.

Saudi Arabia and China have signed an MoU to launch a $20bn investment fund to finance joint projects, Saudi Energy...

Aramco plans to add 1.3bn cfd of capacity at Hawiyah, as part of a program to support an almost doubling of gas production capacity to 23bn cfd.

Saudi Arabia’s second domestic sukuk has raised SR13bn ($3.5bn), slightly less than the first sukuk issue of $4.5bn sold last...