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Saudi Arabia’s Shareek program outlines $51 billion projects

Saudi Arabia outlined plans for $51 billion of investments by local companies including Saudi Aramco and mining giant Maaden under a government incentive program as it seeks to accelerate a plan to diversify its economy away from oil. Speaking on the occasion, Amin Al-Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, said, “The Shareek program accelerates the projects […]

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Aramco signs pact with Renault, Geely for engine venture

Aramco has signed a letter of intent with Renault and Geely to become a potential minority stakeholder in a new powertrain technology company, Aramco announced today. The new company will be dedicated to internal combustion and hybrid powertrain technologies. Aramco’s investment would support the growth of the company, and contribute to key research and development […]

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Subsea7 wins ‘large’ contract for offshore Angola project

London-headquartered Subsea 7, a subsea engineering, construction and services company, announced on Monday that it secured a large contract from an independent oil and gas producer Azule Energy for the Agogo Integrated West Hub Development Project, offshore Angola.   Subsea7 defines a large contract as being between $300 million and $500 million, the company said. […]

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Aramco’s refining unit awards $148 million EPC contract for Yanbu Growth II Expansion project

Saudi Aramco Base Oil Co (Luberef) has awarded a $148.55 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Egypt’s Petrojet for Yanbu growth II expansion project. The project will expand the Yanbu facility’s base oils (Group II and Group III) production capacity to 1.3 million Metric Tonnes (MT) per annum by 2025, the company said […]

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New Shell CEO makes major change to top management

Shell’s new CEO Wael Sawan, who took office on January 1, has created a senior role of chief of staff as part of a management overhaul to improve performance after technical problems and other disruption, Reuters reported, citing three company sources. The chief of staff, the first in Shell’s 115-year-old history, is the biggest change […]