Tag: Aramco

Saudis Said to Hand About 60% of Aramco Offer to Foreigners

(Bloomberg) — Foreign investors were allocated about 60% of the shares on offer in Saudi Aramco’s $11.2 billion stock sale, people familiar with the matter said, marking a turnaround from the oil giant’s 2019 listing that ended up as a largely local affair. Most Read from Bloomberg The deal generated strong demand from the US […]

Aramco Kicks Off Giant Share Sale in Test of Investor Appetite

(Bloomberg) — Aramco will on Sunday kick off a share sale to raise about $12 billion for Saudi Arabia, one of the biggest deals in recent years that will test investor interest in the kingdom’s assets. Most Read from Bloomberg Saudi Arabia is looking to attract more international shareholders after Aramco’s mega IPO five years […]

Saudi Arabia to sell second slice of shares in oil giant Aramco

The Saudi Arabian government is to sell a second sliver of stock worth billions of dollars in state oil giant Aramco. Saudi Aramco, formally known as the Saudi Arabian Oil Company, acknowledged the stock sale in a corporate disclosure online. It put the number of shares being offered at 1.545 billion, priced at between 7.12 […]

Kenya negotiating with Saudi Aramco for floating LPG facility

Kenya is currently in negotiations with Saudi Aramco to secure a floating LPG facility, reported Bloomberg. This move by President William Ruto’s administration aims to increase the supply and lower fuel costs in Kenya. According to state-owned Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) CEO Joe Sang, the floating LPG ship, due to be situated off Mombasa’s port, […]

Aramco hikes dividend 30% to $98 billion despite drop in profit

By Yousef Saba and Maha El Dahan DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant Aramco boosted its dividend despite net profit falling 24.7% to $121.3 billion in 2023 on lower oil prices and volumes, showing the state’s continued reliance on oil revenue as it seeks to diversify. The profit, down from $161.1 billion in 2022, […]

Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium

By Clara Denina, Sarah McFarlane and Maha El Dahan LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) -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 […]