Saudi Women Vote for First Time
Saudi women headed to the polls in a nationwide municipal election on Saturday, voting and running for office for the first time in their country’s history. Out of 6,900 candidates Continue Reading
McKinsey Says Saudi Arabia Can’t Wait for World to Get Better
Saudi Arabia can’t afford to wait for oil prices to recover and needs to accelerate economic measures to avoid rising unemployment, deficits and debt, McKinsey & Co. Inc. said in Continue Reading
Yamani legacy haunts the oil market: Kemp
Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi attends a meeting at the U.S. Center during the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, December 8, 2015. Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia shipping more Nov-Dec crude to Asia to meet robust demand
Saudi Arabia is shipping more crude oil to Asia over the last two months of the year as strong refining margins boost demand, trade sources said, helping the top oil Continue Reading
Saudi’s Naimi cuts a lonely figure in oil battle
If Ali al-Naimi were to review his time as Saudi oil minister, he might feel events had turned full circle. Two years after the long-serving technocrat’s 1995 promotion to become Continue Reading
Saudi-Iran rivalry sets scene for OPEC showdown over output
It used to be said of OPEC that it was like a teabag – it only worked in hot water. If that is so, conditions on world oil markets could Continue Reading
Oil traders get closer look at what might prompt Saudi rethink
Saudi Arabia has given oil traders the first glimmer of clarity on what it might take to prompt the world’s biggest crude exporter to change course on policy, suggesting that Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia throws down challenge on oil production cuts
Saudi Arabia has challenged other big oil producers to join it in output cuts, saying it will back actions to shore up prices next year if these are mirrored by Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia throws down challenge on oil production cuts
Saudi Arabia has thrown down a challenge to big rival oil producers ahead of this week’s Opec meeting, saying it would back output cuts as long as they were supported Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia, Allies Willing to Cut Oil Production If Others Follow
Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf allies are willing to pull back oil output as crude prices skidded further Wednesday but won’t cut unless other producers like Iran, Iraq and Continue Reading