Articles Tagged "spend"

Crude oil headed for $71.55 a barrel

Crude oil fell on Tuesday, snapping four days of gains, on concern a U.S. government report will show stockpiles climbed from the highest level since September 1990. Crude oil for June delivery declined as much as 77 cents, or 1.4 per cent, to $53.70 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil is up 21 per cent this year.

Aramco to spend $60 billion

State oil firm Saudi Aramco announced its plans to spend $60 billion on oil and gas projects through 2014. Finance Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf said: Saudi Aramco has informed its large local contractors and agents of global firms that it had allocated a budget reaching $60 billion … to carry out oil and gas projects of [...]