Saudi Arabia has sent shockwaves through the oil and gas industry by revealing that it is set to consider a stock market listing of state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producer and exporter.
Many observers are sceptical about whether the Saudis would ever follow through on such a radical idea that would imply giving investors a share in the state operator’s massive oil reserves and see downstream sales as far more likely.
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