Royal Dutch Shell has asked Saudi Aramco for up to $2b as part of the breakup of their giant Motiva Enterprises refining joint venture (JV) in the United States.
Saudi Aramco announced its entry into the Baltic market after signing a contract with Poland's biggest refiner, PKN Orlen, for Aramco to supply PKN with 50,000bp/d starting in June.
Saudi Aramco has started to send liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to the Chinese chemical producer Wanhua Chemical Group, entering a first annual supply contract worth about $200m.
State oil giant Saudi Aramco has awarded a contract of more than $1b to India's Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Singapore-based Emas AMC for the expansion of the offshore Hasbah sour gas field.
National oil giant Saudi Aramco expects a huge ship repair and shipbuilding complex that it is developing at Ras al-Khair on the Kingdom's east coast to be fully operational by 2021.