The Egyptian President, Abd El Fattah El Sisi, met with Saudi Arabian King Salman in Riyadh to preserve the security and stability of the Arab states and to combat attempts to drive a wedge between Arab allies.
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, is losing market share to Iraq and Iran as a result of OPEC’s agreement to curb supplies to bolster prices.
Saudi Arabia reduced its oil production last month to the lowest since the beginning of 2017. The country decreased its output by 111,000b/d in March to 9.9mb/d.
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company and Saudi Arabia opened the financial and technical tender for the Saudi-Egypt electricity interconnection project. The applicants include Alstom, ABB, and Siemens.
Saudi Aramco signed two separate memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) and Masdar. The deals cover oil and gas technology and renewable energy development.