1. Thailand Crude Imports Slump, Mideast Share Down

    ...*Thailand’s crude imports slumped to 938,000 b/d in 2019, down 16% (183,000 b/d) from 2018’s record 1.12mn b/d and the lowest since 2011 (see table & chart).   *The country’s oil output and demand are steady at around 500,000 b/d (half crude, half NGLs) and 1.5mn b/d respectively. The sl...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 05
    Published at Fri, 31 Jan 2020
  2. Saudi Net Foreign Assets Stabilize At $500bn In 2019 But Government Reserves Fall To New Multi-Year Low Of $125bn

    ...RESERVES FIGURES ARE END-YEAR, OIL PRICE ANNUAL AVERAGE. *GOVERNMENT RESERVES FIGURES PRE-2012 ARE NOT DIRECTLY COMPARABLE DUE TO CHANGES IN METHODOLOGY. HOWEVER UNDER THE OLD METHODOLOGY 2011 WAS LEVEL WITH 2012. SOURCE: SAMA, MEES.  ...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 05
    Published at Fri, 31 Jan 2020
  3. Saudi PIF Eyes Premier League

    ...wcastle United for around £350mn ($454mn). Riyadh would be following in the footsteps of Qatar’s state Sports Investment which bought French football club Paris Saint-Germain in 2011 and the UAE’s Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan who acquired Manchester City in 2008. PIF wouldn’t even be the first Sa...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 05
    Published at Fri, 31 Jan 2020