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2015 Aramco Annual Review Highlights Record Year of Production
Saudi Aramco’s recently released Annual Review 2015 confirms that the state-owned company produced at record levels last year – averaging 10.2 million barrels per day. The report, which features highlights of the company’s 2015 performance, also said total refining capacity stood at 3.1 million barrels per day, “reflecting successful rapid expansion downstream, optimizing the overall […]
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Graphic: A Capital Punishment Uptick in Saudi Arabia; Kingdom Trails China and Iran
Saudi Arabia may put more than 100 people to death in the first six months of this year and is on pace for a record-setting year after a dramatic surge in executions in 2015, according to reports. Saudi Arabia has executed 95 people this year, with about half of that figure resulting from the execution of […]
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Mine Kills Saudi Border Guard, Wounds Three Others on Yemen Border as Peace Talks Flail
A Saudi border guard was killed and three others were wounded by a land mine that exploded while on patrol alongside the border with Yemen on Monday, according to reports. According to the Saudi Press Agency, the blast injured the soldiers in Saudi Arabia’s southern Jazan Province on the border with Yemen. Reuters reports that it was not immediately […]
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G.E. Jumps Into Saudi Economic Reforms with $1.4b in Deals, Doubled Workforce
General Electric (G.E.) has won a series of deals in Saudi Arabia worth $1.4 billion and said it would double its workforce in the Kingdom from 2,000 to 4,000 by 2020, according to reports. The deals amount to “support” for Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” reform plan, according to Reuters, and were announced by the company’s […]
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Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures Steps Up Investments in U.S.
Saudi Aramco ventures, the venture capital arm of the state-owned Saudi oil giant, has increased its investments in early stage and high growth companies in energy, petrochemicals, and renewables recently with two investments into U.S. companies, according to Forbes. The Dhahran, Saudi Arabia-based VC can is looking to invest $1 million and $30 million per […]
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How Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District’s Future Has Shifted
Riyadh’s unfinished King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) located halfway between downtown Riyadh and King Fahd International Airport is headed for new ownership and a revised master plan. KAFD – the city within a city that was originally designed to be home to the Kingdom’s banks and international financial houses – will soon be owned by […]
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Ahead of ‘Vision 2030’, Saudi Arabia Tested Foreign Lending Appetite
Ahead of Saudi Arabia’s landmark Vision 2030 announcement, the Kingdom tested its credit-worthiness from international lenders by raising $10 billion, despite downgrades by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s (S&P) earlier this year. Not only was Saudi Arabia able to easily raise the funding, the issuance was oversubscribed – so much so that the Kingdom increased […]
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Jadwa Investment: ‘Vision 2030’ Plan May Help Saudi Avoid Significant Fiscal Deficit
Jadwa Investment’s recently released economic analysis on Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’ finds that Saudi Arabia’s new plan to move toward sustainability may help it avoid a looming fiscal crisis. Calling the plan “major and ambitious,” the Riyadh-based Jadwa looks at what might hypothetically happen if Saudi Arabia were to do nothing about the harsh fiscal […]
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Mining in Focus for ‘Vision 2030’ as Ma’aden Appoints Health Minister Khalid al-Falih Chairman, Reshuffles Board
Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’ plan to diversify its economy identifies the mining and minerals sector as one of the top non-oil growth sectors for the Kingdom. Days after the Vision 2030 plan was announced the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) reshuffled the board of the Saudi Arabian Mining Company – known as Ma’aden – and […]
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Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’: What Does Success Look Like?
The recently released ‘Vision 2030’ is notable in many ways; not the least for the scope and ambition of the plan’s goals. As SUSTG has documented this week through a series of infographics, ‘Vision 2030’ is organized around three main themes and calls for the implementation of 13 separate ‘programs’ in support of the plan’s goals. […]
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Saudi Arabia’s UK ambassador warns Israeli war with Lebanon would quickly turn global
A Saudi Arabian diplomat has warned Israel against a war in Lebanon, insisting that the kingdom will not normalise relations without justice for the Palestinian people.
Israel and Hezbollah have both claimed they are ready to go to war this week, raising fears of a regional spillover of the Israel-Gaza war, which is entering its ninth month.
Prince Khaled bin Bandar Bin Saud, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UK, called on Israel and the international community to “recognise the danger that lies ahead”.
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Too early for Saudi oil to be priced in renminbi, analyst says
Jean-Michel Saliba of BofA Global Research says U.S.-Saudi relations have been around for many years, and “it’s not only about economics, there’s very deep political ties.”
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How to apply for a U.S. visa in Saudi Arabia: A comprehensive guide
If you are living in Saudi Arabia and plan to visit the United States soon, you will need to apply for a visa at the U.S. embassy in Riyadh or at the consulates in Jeddah or Dhahran. The required documents and types of visas to the U.S. are many and might get confusing. Therefore, here is a comprehensive guide to everything you need to know about applying for a U.S. visa in Saudi Arabia.
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What the end of petrodollars means
Let’s take a look back to the Nixon administration. America was beset by high inflation and large current-account deficits amid an ongoing war in Vietnam, putting downward pressure on the dollar and threatening a run on US gold reserves. In 1971, the US ended the dollar’s convertibility to gold — which had been the lynchpin of the Bretton Woods international monetary system of fixed exchange rates. Major currencies began to float against each other in 1973. Then came the oil shock that fall, when the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cut oil production and embargoed shipments to the US during the Yom Kippur war.
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Saudi Designers Take to the Runway in Paris
“They are defining it the way they want to, they have no limitations on what is expected of them,” he explained. “They are introducing something new first and foremost for the Saudi customer base, something that’s fun, colorful and interesting, very focused on occasionwear,” he said, given the country’s dynamic social scene. “But there is an appeal to discover new shapes and cuts all over the world. The younger generation especially is not interested only in brands, but for unique looks.”
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What the West gets wrong about Saudi Arabia.
On this episode of the Al-Ma'idah initiative we talk to Dr. Abullrahman Bin Nooh, a Saudi GP who spent his youngest years in America, then lived in Saudi Arabia from the age of twelve. We discuss the ways the West misunderstands Saudi, the historic problems in Saudi, the ways Saudi culture has grown, areas it still needs to grow in and what the future looks like for the country.
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Saudi to keep July crude steady to Asia, U.S. – sources
Saudi Arabia, the world's top crude exporter, will maintain steady oil supplies to major Asian and U.S. buyers in July, sources said on Monday.Saudi Arabia has notified five Asian term buyers in Northeast Asia it would keep curbs on contracted volumes of crude oil in July at 7-14 percent, steady from June, industry sources said.Allotments to the U.S. market, the world's largest consumer market, also will remain unchanged for July, U.S. refining sources said.
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PIF announces the establishment of the Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company
The Public Investment Fund (“PIF” or the “Fund”) announced today the establishment of the Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company, where PIF holds an 80% stake and Saudi Tadawul Group Holding Company (“Saudi Tadawul Group”) holds a 20% stake in the company. The company will offer guidance and resourcing to support businesses and industry in the region as they play their part in the global transition to net zero, ensuring that carbon credit purchases go above and beyond meaningful emission reductions in value chains.
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Why the concept of the Saudi Arabia-funded boxing league is great in theory, skepticism remains high
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia's public investment fund, which has already dominated boxing headlines over the past year due to its massive financial commitment to the heavyweight division, is reportedly in discussions with nearly every major promoter about a deal valued between $4-5 billion that would combine stakeholders into a league beginning in 2025, according to Reuters.
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What Japan wants from Saudi Arabia
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) of Saudi Arabia was last month slated to visit Japan for the first time in five years. However, he canceled the trip due to concerns about King Salman’s health, with Japan announcing that it would be rescheduled. Although details of the planned visit are unclear, there is clarity about the motives for engagement on both sides. While most analysis focuses on the Gulf Arab perspective, it is useful to also consider the driving factors on the Japanese side—including the challenges and opportunities ahead.
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