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Saudi Arabia says all options open at OPEC+ meeting, including further cuts
Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud said all options are open at an OPEC+ meeting in March
Saudi Eastern Province to integrate waste management, recycling
Goals include the recycling of 81% of the two million tons of annually produced municipal solid waste
Saudi Arabia Petro Rabigh’s chairman resigns
The company has appointed Ibrahim Al-Buainain as Chairman
Saudi Aramco sells LNG cargo to South Korea's S-Oil - sources
The cargo is for delivery in early March and was traded on a delivered ex-ship (DES) basis
Saudi Electricity Company to implement smart meter project in February
About 3.5mln meters will be purchased from local manufacturers
Major waste management project for Eastern Province in Saudi Arabia
NWMC and SIRC will build state-of-the-art recycling facilities
Energy companies must manage their own transition to lower carbon sources, says Aramco director
The world “could do without” fossil fuels but that energy firms would need help in transitioning to cleaner fuels, says Aramco board member Andrew Liveris
IMF trims 2020 Saudi growth forecast to 1.9% on lower oil output
Economic growth in the kingdom, the world's biggest oil exporter, is expected to improve to 2.2% in 2021, the IMF said.
Saudi Arabia joins club of Middle East’s ‘green energy’ leaders
Value of solar-power projects in the MENA region is estimated at between $5bln and $7.5bln
Saudi SEC to begin installing smart meters in February
Saudi Electricity emphasized clients will not bear extra costs for smart meters
Insights
In Davos, Trump frames climate change as global culture war: Peter Apps
Trump will antagonize his rivals and, he hopes, mobilise his base.
Plunging U.S. gas prices intensify squeeze on coal: Kemp
U.S. coal-fired power plants are facing the perfect storm, with a mild winter and slumping natural gas prices
Mission Impossible: China can't meet its commitments on U.S. crude, LNG, coal: Russell
As part of the "Phase 1" trade truce between Beijing and Washington, China undertook to buy energy over and above a $9.1bln baseline of U.S. imports in 2017