Saudi Arabia continues to signal to the market that it is not backing down from the oil price war despite the crumbling oil prices amid coronavirus-hit demand and promises of huge extra supply next month. Oil giant Saudi Aramco will proceed with the reduction of its refinery rates in Saudi Arabia in April and May […]
Saudi’s Ramp Up Oil Production to Record Levels…
Saudi Arabia will once more be the world’s biggest producer of crude oil under plans announced Wednesday to further increase the Kingdom’s output to a new record level. Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, the Saudi energy minister, told Saudi Aramco to prepare to increase its maximum sustainable capacity — the limit to the crude it […]
The Reason Why Russia Refused to Cut Oil Production…
OPEC asked Russia to cut an additional 300,000 bpd in oil production at last week’s meeting in Vienna, but according to Russia’s Deputy Energy Minister, this would’ve been ‘technically challenging.’ OPEC asked Russia to add another 300,000 bpd to its production cut quota art the Vienna meeting last week, but it would have been technically […]
Can Saudi Arabia Survive the Oil Price War It Started?…
As the world watches an oil price war unfold between Russia, OPEC, and US shale, another major crisis is looming in the Middle East. Saudi Arabia is facing multiple existential threats as a renewed oil price slump threatens to not only hit the country’s revenues and economic diversification programs but also the already fragile position […]