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Saudi Aramco considers a gas spinoff

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Saudi Aramco is exploring plans to spin off its natural gas business into a separate division and list part of it publicly, according to Reuters. The company faces pressure to raise funds for the Saudi government and attract foreign investment. Alongside its existing upstream and downstream segments, this new division would help Aramco finance its $100 billion project to develop the Jafurah gas field, aiming to increase overall gas production by over 80% by 2030.

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Saudi Aramco, the state-controlled Saudi Arabian oil giant, is contemplating spinning off its expanding natural gas business into a separate division and partially listing it on the stock market. This move aims to raise capital for the government and attract foreign investment in the kingdom. Reuters reported that Aramco plans to create a third business segment dedicated to gas, alongside its existing upstream and downstream operations. Bloomberg previously noted that Aramco had been exploring strategies to generate up to $35 billion by monetizing other assets, including considering spinoffs of its trading unit, insurance arm, and airline. The company is currently leading a $100 billion initiative to develop the Jafurah field, part of an ambitious plan to increase gas production by more than 80% by 2030. Gulf energy companies are focusing on natural gas as a key fuel expected to remain in demand for decades beyond peak oil sales.

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Saudi Aramco is considering spinning off its growing gas business into a new division and listing part of it, a sign of the pressure the company faces to raise cash for the government and draw foreign investment into the kingdom.

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Saudi Aramco considers a gas spinoff · assertive framing

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company → consider → kingdom

The state-controlled oil producer plans to create a third business segment for gas, alongside its upstream and downstream operations, Reuters reported. asserted

Reuters → control → operations

The firm has also been working on plans to raise as much as $35 billion by monetizing other assets, Bloomberg reported earlier this year. asserted

Bloomberg → work → assets

It has previously weighed spinning off its trading unit, insurance arm, and airline. asserted

It → weigh → unit

Aramco is in the midst of a $100 billion push to develop the Jafurah field, part of a plan to boost its gas output by more than 80% by 2030, and is also looking to buy stakes in gas assets abroad. asserted

Aramco → develop → assets

Gas has become a major focus for Gulf energy companies, which expect demand for the fuel to last for decades beyond peak sales of oil. asserted

demand → become → oil