A $12.5 billion deal shows Saudi oil still eclipses all else
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Last Updated: Apr 14, 2021, 03:19 PM IST
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Last week’s sale of the stake to EIG Global Energy Partners LLC shows how reliant Saudi Arabia is on its traditional mainstay and the challenges Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman faces in diversifying the country away from oil and gas to achieve his Vision 2030 goal.
Reuters
In selling assets of its main state-owned energy explorer, Saudi Arabia is following a model successfully implemented by neighbouring Abu Dhabi.
Saudi Arabia is celebrating one of the biggest foreign-investment windfalls in its history after netting more than $12 billion by selling off a stake in the oil pipelines that traverse the desert kingdom.