Saudi Arabia
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November 05, 2019
Saudi Arabia has priced its lighter crude at the widest premium to heavier oil in almost two years as new rules mandating cleaner shipping fuels drive demand for less-sulfurous grades.
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October 31, 2019
Oil slid the most in two weeks after Saudi Arabia boosted crude output by more than a million barrels a day against the backdrop of renewed worldwide trade woes.
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October 30, 2019
The Saudi offer highlights Brazil’s growing importance as an oil producer as well as the challenge it poses to the producer group’s influence on crude markets.
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October 29, 2019
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz said his country is ready to make deeper cuts in oil output than it agreed to with other global producers, according to Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva.
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October 21, 2019
At a meeting to give a green light for a deal, bankers made clear that international investors had little appetite to buy at a $2 trillion valuation, according to people familiar with the matter.
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October 14, 2019
Saudi Aramco says it’s currently pumping 9.9 MMbpd, the same as before the Sept. 14 attacks at Abqaiq, the world’s biggest oil-processing facility, and the field at Khurais.
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October 11, 2019
The Islamic Republic’s tanker company initially said the attacks probably came from Saudi Arabia, but later withdrew the claim.
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October 03, 2019
Saudi Arabia raised all pricing for November oil sales to Asia as refining margins rose and the country’s state oil producer pulled out the stops to maintain supply after aerial attacks briefly knocked out half its output last month.
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October 02, 2019
This year, the oil market has faced some of the worst supply disruptions in recent times and yet prices remain stuck in the $60s.
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September 27, 2019
A blizzard of data on Saudi Arabia’s oil production, production capacity and exports has painted a picture of an industry that is almost back to normal after the Sept. 14 attacks. That view may be too simplistic, though.
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September 27, 2019
Futures declined as much as 2.9% in New York, erasing all the gains made since attacks on Saudi Arabia earlier this month. The Saudis have agreed to a limited cease-fire in several areas of Yemen including the capital Sana’a, which is controlled by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, a Yemeni government official said.
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September 26, 2019
Saudi Aramco is wasting no time pushing ahead with its initial public offering, leaving legions of analysts scrambling to prepare research that will help investors decide whether to buy into one of the world’s biggest ever share sales.
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September 25, 2019
The state-run company plans to announce its intention to float around Oct. 20, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The firm, which is holding analyst meetings from Wednesday, is targeting a valuation of at least $2 trillion -- more than double that of Apple Inc.
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September 25, 2019
Saudi Arabia is recovering faster than expected from the attacks on its oil industry, with total production capacity restored to more than 11 MMbpd about a week ahead of schedule, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
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September 24, 2019
Saudi Arabia will waive the controversial fees it requires industrial companies to pay for their foreign workers for a period of five years, lightening a burden on the private sector.
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September 23, 2019
Oil stabilized as traders weighed conflicting reports on how quickly Saudi Arabia will be able to restore its lost production.
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September 23, 2019
“We are still in a frantic search for spare parts,” an anonymous Saudi official was quoted as saying. The situation is not “as rosy as you might think,” the official said.
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September 20, 2019
Saudi Aramco revealed the significant damage caused by aerial strikes on its Khurais oil field and Abqaiq crude-processing plant last weekend, and insisted that the sites will be back to pre-attack output levels by the end of the month.
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September 20, 2019
Consultants caution that Saudi Arabia's recovery could take longer than expected, and the kingdom’s resort to sourcing refined fuels and condensates from the market is fanning concerns about the length of the disruption.
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September 19, 2019
Saudi Arabia’s pledge to fulfill all commitments to oil buyers after a strike on the giant processing plant at Abqaiq means the world’s largest crude exporter must continue to draw heavily on its inventories until production capacity returns.
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September 19, 2019
Oil rose amid doubts about the speed of Saudi Arabia’s recovery from the weekend’s attack on its facilities that knocked out a large chunk of its production.
