If Aramco goes ahead with an international bond, the sale would force it to disclose its accounts to investors for the 1st time since nationalization 4 decades ago. (Bloomberg) — Saudi Aramco is weighing tapping the international bond market for the first time to finance the acquisition of petrochemical giant Sabic, a move into global capital markets that could offer an alternative to an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the talks. If Aramco goes ahead with an international bond — potentially among the biggest ever done by a corporate issuer — the sale would force the world’s largest oil producer to disclose its accounts to investors for the first time since nationalization four decades ago as well as many other details about oil reserves and operations. The plans for a bond, likely to be combined with banks loans, are very preliminary but would allow the state-owned […]