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Saudi-Russian cooperation will grow within limits

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SAUDI ARABIA/RUSSIA

The two countries have in recent years intensified cooperation and deepened bilateral ties, after a slow thaw over two decades. The warmth of the relationship between Russian…

Unilateral Saudi oil cuts show foreign policy shift

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SAUDI ARABIA

SAUDI ARABIA: Oil cuts show foreign policy shift

Saudi pressure may fail to curtail Iraqi oil output

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IRAQ

IRAQ: Saudi pressure may fail to curtail oil output

First Saudi royal energy minister faces the OPEC test

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SAUDI ARABIA

The king’s son was appointed energy minister on September 8, just one week before Iranian attacks on two key oil facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais, which temporarily halved Saudi…

More Saudi policy U-turns will worry foreign partners

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SAUDI ARABIA

Both moves reflect the determination of de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to assert his strength. Internally, he renewed his dominance of the ruling family, against…

Saudi-Emirati economic competition will mount further

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SAUDI ARABIA/UAE

This comes amid a growing divergence between the two countries on oil policy, economic diversification and the conduct of regional affairs, including in Yemen. It forms a strong…

Added Saudi risks will fail to deter many investors

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SAUDI ARABIA

This follows the successful issuance of 7.5 billion dollars of bonds by the Saudi government on January 9 -- a signal of confidence from global financial markets after the…

A new OPEC+ deal would not resolve Russia's problems

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RUSSIA

As the COVID-19 pandemic depressed Chinese and global demand for oil, Russia and Saudi Arabia broke off their three-year price management agreement, sending prices tumbling…

Saudi oil policy will hold firm to market-led approach

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SAUDI ARABIA

The decision came three days after Saudi Arabia confirmed during an OPEC meeting that it intends to persist in allowing oil prices to be determined by supply and demand, rather…

Saudi Arabia may prioritise non-OPEC ties

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SAUDI ARABIA

Ministers of OPEC and other oil-producing states are preparing to meet in Vienna. They will decide how to respond to calls -- including from the United States and India -- for…