Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil producer, is embarking on its most ambitious privatization and asset monetization drive in its 93-year history. The company aims to raise up to $35 billion by opening midstream, downstream, and non-core assets to Wall Street investors through sale-leaseback deals, minority stake sales, and infrastructure partnerships. This move is explicitly […]
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This means restoring normal supply-demand equilibrium, rebuilding severely depleted global inventories, repositioning tankers and supply chains, restarting/rebalancing production flows, ending demand rationing/destruction, and removing the geopolitical risk premium that has driven price volatility and tightness. Nasser emphasized that simply reopening shipping routes (like the Strait of Hormuz) is not the same as market normalization, due […]
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This ~1,200 km (745-mile) pipeline, operated by Saudi Aramco, runs from the major eastern oil fields (near Abqaiq) across Saudi Arabia to export terminals at Yanbu on the Red Sea coast. It has a maximum capacity of about 5–7 million barrels per day (bpd) after upgrades and has served as a critical bypass for oil […]
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In a remarkable display of strategic foresight and engineering resilience, Saudi Arabia has ramped its East-West Pipeline—also known as the Petroline—to full capacity of 7 million barrels per day (bpd), fully bypassing the disrupted Strait of Hormuz. This milestone comes at a critical moment. The ongoing Iran conflict has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz […]
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In a strategic move amid escalating geopolitical tensions, Saudi Arabia is ramping up efforts to bypass the disrupted Strait of Hormuz by utilizing its East-West Pipeline, also known as Petroline. This backup infrastructure allows the kingdom to redirect crude oil from its eastern fields to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, avoiding the chokepoint that\’s […]
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In the midst of escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia\’s long-term investments in pipeline infrastructure are proving to be a critical lifeline for global energy markets. With the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut down due to the ongoing conflict with Iran, the Kingdom\’s East-West Pipeline—often referred to as Petroline—has emerged as a […]
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In a bold projection that underscores the enduring role of fossil fuels in the global energy landscape, Saudi Aramco has forecasted a 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd) increase in global oil demand for 2026, pushing consumption to unprecedented levels. This announcement, made by the world\’s largest oil exporter, comes amid ongoing debates about energy […]
Continue ReadingIn a strategic move amid persistently low oil prices and the looming specter of a global oil glut, Saudi Aramco has successfully raised $4 billion through a four-tranche bond issuance, marking its first entry into the global debt markets this year. The state-owned oil giant, the world\’s largest crude exporter, issued bonds with maturities of […]
Continue ReadingOr is this about the Monroe Doctrine? 1. The Trump administration’s actions against Venezuela, including the capture of a “dark fleet” oil tanker. We discuss whether this is more about oil or a show of force against the Venezuelan government. Stu chimes in that Panama is not renewing their “Belt and Road” initiative with China, […]
Continue ReadingENB Pub Note: This article was originally published on Bison Insights by Josh Young. We highly recommend subscribing to his Substack at Bison Inights. Saudi Aramco recently brought the first phase of its Jafurah gas development online, a $100 billion project that is expected to reach 2 billion cubic feet per day of sustainable production by […]
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