Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil and gas company, Abacic Oil, operates an oil-processing facility in Saudi Arabia. Stanislav Krasilnikov | TASS | Getty Images Oil giant Saudi Aramco reported a 44% drop in 2020 results, but retained its billion 1 trillion dividend payments, with CEO Amin Nasser calling the last 12 …
Read More »Saudi Arabia, Qatar to sign US-brokered deal to ease Gulf crisis
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Gulf states are expected to sign an agreement on Tuesday after six years to end the diplomatic crisis in the Gulf. Big picture: The Saudi-led coalition has closed its airports and sea routes to Qatari planes and ships, citing Qatar’s support for Qatari militant groups …
Read More »Saudi Arabia has a new crop of lobbyists before the Biden administration
Saudi Arabia hires a Kingdom lobbyist, President-elect Joe Biden, who has indicated he is taking a hard line with the nation as he prepares to take office. U.S. With the prospect of more turbulent relations, Saudi Arabia has hired some lobbyists with ties to Republican Congress leaders. This lobbyist should …
Read More »Oil tanker attacked in Saudi port by “booby-trapped boat” amid ongoing war in Yemen
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – An oil tanker in the Saudi port city of Jeddah was attacked on Monday by a small “boobit-trapped boat” loaded with explosives, causing a small fire on the ship, Saudi state TV quoted an official from the state’s energy ministry as saying. The anonymous official …
Read More »Trump aide Jared Kushner and team head to Saudi Arabia, Qatar
Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is among Saudi officials as President Donald Trump spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting at the Oval Office Feet at the White House in Washington DC on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. W. Washington Post | W. Washington Post | …
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