SAUDI ARAMCO-SABIC

Issue Brief Explores Saudi Aramco-SABIC Merger, SABIC’s ‘Importance to Energy and Chemical Businesses Worldwide’

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A new issue brief written by Jean-François Seznec for the Atlantic Council explores the Saudi Aramco-SABIC merger and Aramco's strategy to make the Saudi oil giant "like most other large international oil companies, except much bigger."

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FII 2019

Wall St. and Washington to Return to Saudi Investment Meeting

“People in the business world want to do business with Saudi Arabia. They never really stopped; they just kept a low profile,” said Steven Cook...

 

U.S.-Saudi Relations

Esper Tours Saudi Military Site as U.S. Readies Troop Buildup

Defense Secretary Mark Esper met Tuesday with the king of Saudi Arabia during a tour of the kingdom’s military facilities as the U.S. pursues its...

 

Aramco-Sabic

The Saudi Aramco-SABIC merger: How acquiring SABIC fits into Aramco’s long-term diversification strategy

There has been a division of labor in the kingdom’s chemical industry between Aramco and SABIC. Aramco mostly produces chemicals from the liquid products obtained...

 

Saudi Aramco IPO

Aramco listing was delayed to rope in anchor investors: sources

Oil giant Saudi Aramco’s much-vaunted stock market listing was delayed after deal advisers said they need more time to lock in cornerstone investors, three sources...

 

Public Investment Fund

Saudi Arabia Has Lost Over $1 Billion on Its Uber Stock Investment

Public Investment Fund, or PIF, as Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund is known, has seen the value of its Uber stock investment fall by $1.1...

 

Debt Finance

Investors Lap Up Saudi Arabia’s First Bond Since Drone Attacks

Saudi Arabia raised $2.5 billion of Islamic bonds in its first international debt sale since a missile and drone attack on its oil industry. The Gulf...

 

Adel Al-Jubeir

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Policy Priorities: Video

The Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs discusses his country’s foreign policy positions and priorities....

 

Women

Saudi Women’s Driving School Documents The Lives Of The Kingdom’s First Female Drivers

HBO was there to capture the first moments of it in the new documentary Saudi Women’s Driving School, which will debut on October 24....

 

NPT

Saudi Cabinet calls to make region free of nuclear arms

Saudi Cabinet on Tuesday reiterated its stance over the Iranian nuclear issue and also condemned the continued refusal of Israel to join the treaty on...

 

Neom

Neom, the futuristic city coming to Saudi Arabia

“It will be a kind of post-industrial city, zero emission transportation, very heavy use of robotics, etc. The idea is to have a regulatory and...

 

Art and Culture

Saudi Museum of Modern Art to open in Ad Diriyah

Situated in the town of Ad Diriyah, the neighbourhood of Bujairi boasts palm plantations and traditional mud-brick architecture. Recently, the kingdom has launched a series...

 

Investment

Why every investor should be looking at Saudi Arabia

Rarely are investors offered transformative opportunities to unlock incalculable value while improving lives for generations to come. A newly accessible Saudi Arabia offers just such...

 

Saudi Grain Imports

Saudi Arabia’s SALIC says looking at Black Sea grain terminal

SALIC, the Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co, was formed in 2011 to secure food supplies for the desert kingdom, the world’s top oil exporter,...

 

Natural Gas

Russia’s Lukoil to Abandon Saudi Arabia Gas Project

Russian energy giant Lukoil will drop-out of a significant gas exploration project with Saudia Arabia’s state oil company by the end of the year, its...

 

WWE in KSA

Vince McMahon And The Undertaker Visit Saudi Arabia, WWE Notes From Riyadh Parade

The Saudis are holding 11 festivals during the two months, as a way to boost domestic and international tourism in the country. WWE and Crown...

 

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Syria

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U.S. Foreign Policy

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