Saudi Aramco profits drop 12 percent on lower prices, volumes.
The world’s biggest crude exporter said profits were down more than 12 percent to $106.25 billion in 2024, the second annual drop following a surge in oil prices in 2022.
Expected dividends for 2025 also fell heavily to $85.4 billion, down from $124.3 billion announced for last year by the mainly state-owned company.
Aramco is the chief source of revenue for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 reform agenda, which aims to remodel the Gulf kingdom’s crude-reliant economy.
Soaring energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine allowed Aramco to post record profits in 2022, before they dipped by 25 percent in 2023.
In an attempt to prop up prices, Aramco slashed production by 500,000 barrels per day in April 2023 as part of a joint move with the OPEC+ oil producers’ alliance.
Source: FRANCE24
