Aramco to Enter Global LNG With Stake in MidOcean Energy

  • 📰 YahooFinanceCA
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 12 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 8%
  • Publisher: 63%

Canada Canada Headlines News

Canada Canada Latest News,Canada Canada Headlines

(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Aramco agreed to buy a stake in MidOcean Energy for $500 million, its first investment in liquefied natural gas as the company seeks to diversify beyond its core oil business. Most Read from BloombergChina Puts Evergrande’s Billionaire Founder Under Police ControlElon Musk Wins US Space Force Contract for StarshieldPeloton Soars After Deal With Lululemon to Share Fitness ContentCitadel Is Ready to Fight With SEC Over WhatsApp ProbeOil Touches $95 With Shrinking Inventories F

Aramco is bringing its financial heft to LNG at a time when global demand for the fuel has surged, particularly in Europe which is replacing reduced pipeline supplies from Russia. The deal underscores an ambitious push to buy stakes in companies globally alongside efforts to branch out from oil under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 development plan.

Aramco has been trying to set up LNG operations for a few years after hiring traders in Singapore. It had also negotiated with Russia’s Novatek PJSC as a potential partner for one of its liquefaction projects five years ago.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 47. in CA

Canada Canada Latest News, Canada Canada Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Aramco to Enter Global LNG With Stake in MidOcean EnergySaudi Aramco agreed to buy a stake in MidOcean Energy for $500 million, its first investment in a liquefied natural gas project as the company seeks to diversify beyond its core oil business.
Source: BNNBloomberg - 🏆 83. / 50 Read more »

Bitter legacy hangs over today's energy discussions between Quebec and N.L. premiersAs Quebec Premier François Legault seeks a new energy deal with Newfoundland and Labrador, he faces a public in the Atlantic province scarred by the legacy of a pair of hydroelectric projects mired in missteps.
Source: BNNBloomberg - 🏆 83. / 50 Read more »

Boost in solar energy and electric vehicle sales gives hope for climate goals, report saysThe window to limit human-caused warming to a globally agreed goal is narrowing but still open because of the huge growth of solar energy and electric vehicles sales worldwide, a report said Tuesday. For the last two years, the rate of the build up of solar energy and electric vehicle sales were in line with achieving emissions reductions targets that will help cap warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, the Paris-based International Energy Agency sai
Source: YahooFinanceCA - 🏆 47. / 63 Read more »

South African Coal Heartland Is Ill-Prepared for Energy TransitionSouth Africa’s main coal producing province of Mpumalanga, the focus of the country’s $8.5 billion Just Energy Transition Partnership, has received no government funding to help workers and communities find alternative livelihoods, a new study shows.
Source: BNNBloomberg - 🏆 83. / 50 Read more »

Rise of solar energy, electric vehicle sales gives hope for climate goals, report saysThe rapid growth in clean energy technologies means our global climate goals are still possible, and that fossil fuel demand will peak this decade, a report from the International Energy Agency says.
Source: CBCNews - 🏆 2. / 99 Read more »

Climate change and the shift to cleaner energy push Southeast Asia to finally start sharing powerHanoi, VIETNAM (AP) — The urgency for Southeast Asian nations to switch to clean energy to combat climate change is reinvigorating a 20-year-old plan for the region to share power. Malaysia and Indonesia inked a deal in Bali, Indonesia last month to study 18 potential locations where cross-border transmission lines can be set up. Those links could eventually generate power roughly equivalent to what 33 nuclear power plants would produce in a year. They are economically and technically feasible,
Source: YahooFinanceCA - 🏆 47. / 63 Read more »