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Saudi Aramco building global gas business to cut carbon footprint

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DUBAI: Saudi Aramco, the world’s biggest oil producer, was building an international gas business and converting more crude oil into chemicals in a bid to lessen its carbon footprint, Chief Executive Amin al Nasser said on Tuesday.


Aramco is building “an energy bridge” between Saudi Arabia and China to meet the Asian energy consumer’s increasing need for oil and gas as well as for chemicals and liquefied natural gas (LNG), according to a copy of Nasser’s speech at an industry event in Beijing.


“We need to help our stakeholders — including here in China and the wider Asia region — realise that oil and gas will remain vital to world energy for decades to come,” he said.


“We need to reassure them with our own long-term investments that the safety belt we have always provided is one they can continue to rely on.”


Aramco’s gas expansion strategy needs $150 billion of investment over the next decade as the company plans to increase output and later become a gas exporter, Al Nasser had said in November.


The state-owned company is pushing ahead with its conventional and unconventional gas exploration and production programme to feed its fast-growing industries, freeing up more crude oil to export or turn into chemicals. — Reuters


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