Analysis

SAUDI ARAMCO

Saudi Aramco Reports $47 Billion in Earnings; Plans to Buy Reliance Refining Stake

• SUSTG Team
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• 8. 12. 2019

In its first-ever half-year earnings report, Saudi Aramco said the company had earned a net income of $46.9 billion in the first half of 2019, a 12 percent decrease from $53 billion in the period a year earlier, when oil prices were higher.

• U.S.-Saudi Relations

  

  Senate Fails to Override Trump’s Veto of Saudi and UAE Defense Sale Bans

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 30. 2019

  The U.S. Senate failed to override President Donald Trump’s vetoes of legislation passed by Congress that would have blocked the sales of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, meaning the transactions may proceed forward.

• U.S.-Saudi Relations

  

  Trump Vetoes Three Bills Limiting U.S. Military Sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 25. 2019

  President Trump vetoed three congressional resolutions aimed at blocking his administration from selling billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

• Seven Wonders of Arabia

  

  Aramco Expats’ The Seven Wonders of Arabia, a Tribute to the Kingdom’s Remarkable Heritage Sites – Part 4: The Rock Art of the Ha’il Region

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 19. 2019

  Aramco Expats, an online blog that is a resource for current and former Saudi Aramco expatriates and their families, recently published a series of excellent blog posts on the seven wonders of the Arabia – the best heritage sites and historical places in the Kingdom.

• Tenders and Procurement

  

  Saudi Arabia approves new tendering and procurement law – report

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 17. 2019

  Saudi Arabia’s government has approved a law to improve the way it procures contracts and services "by saving money, making the process fairer, and boosting local bidders," Reuters reports, citing information from the Ministry of Finance.

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  Dates Set for Saudi Arabia’s Future Investment Initiative 2019

  SUSTG Team  |  7. 5. 2019

• SEVEN WONDERS OF ARABIA

  

  Aramco Expats’ The Seven Wonders of Arabia, a Tribute to the Kingdom’s Remarkable Heritage Sites – Part 3: Ad Diriyah

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 28. 2019

  For the third wonder of Arabia, we travel to Riyadh to the birthplace of the modern Saudi state, Ad Diriyah, the sprawling fortified complex of mud brick/adobe mosques, palaces, battlements, and various other clay-colored structures located 12 miles (20 kilometers) west of Riyadh.

• Saudi-Korea

  

  Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Visits South Korea ahead of G20 Summit in Japan

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 27. 2019

  Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, en route to the G20 meetings in Japan this weekend, made an official and high-level visit to South Korea in a sign of strong ties between the two nations.

• Women Drivers

  

  Saudis Celebrate One Year Anniversary of Women Drivers in the Kingdom

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 24. 2019

  One year ago today, women in Saudi Arabia were legally allowed to drive on the Kingdom's roads for the first time, a landmark and life-changing event for many Saudi women and an undeniable leap forward for Saudi Arabia's ongoing economic and social reforms.

• Security

  

  Houthis Strike Abha International Airport in Saudi as Fears of Widening Conflict Grow

  SUSTG Team  |  6. 13. 2019

  Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked an airport in southern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, wounding 26 people, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) and other reports confirmed.