With oil prices slowly recovering from the dramatic fall last summer, chief financial officers (CFOs) working in the sector can galvanise the finance function in the fight to future-proof their business
Abu Dhabi's state-owned International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC) reported on Wednesday a 37% drop in net attributable profit for 2014 as low oil prices hurt earnings.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia continue to witness growth despite lower oil prices, a report said, noting that the UAE even recorded high levels of job creation during May, while Saudi Arabia’s output and new orders expanded.
“Oil subsidies during the current FY (to end June 30) amounted to 70 billion EGP, down from an estimated 100 billion EGP in the state budget,” Molla said.
Saudi Arabia is likely to bridge its widening fiscal gap by resorting to domestic borrowing in the near future, according to economists and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).