Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 5

1-Feb-2010

SAUDI ARABIA

SPC Approves Saudi Aramco Finances

Saudi monarch King 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz presided over a meeting of the Kingdoms Supreme Petroleum Council on 24 January, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. Crown Prince and Defense Minister Prince Sultan ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz, who has been seriously ill recently, also attended. The council reviewed the situation in the oil market, and the Kingdoms keenness on the interests...