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Saudi Arabia Launches First Electric Vehicle Company

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The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has launched Ceer, the first Saudi electric vehicle brand, as part of a push to diversify the economy of the oil rich country.

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Saudi Arabia Pursues Lithium to Fuel EV Ambitions – ET Auto

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Saudi Arabia is focused on obtaining lithium from abroad for its electric vehicle (EV) ambitions, according to a senior minister. The kingdom, heavily reliant on oil for its economy, has invested billions to become a hub for EV manufacturing as part of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s economic diversification efforts.

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Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium – ET Auto

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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates’ national oil companies plan to extract lithium from brine in their oilfields, in line with efforts to diversify their economies and profit from the shift to electric vehicles (EVs), three sources told Reuters.

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Oil Is At The Mercy Of Financial Markets

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Oil prices regained more ground on Wednesday, pushed higher after equity markets rebounded from an initial selloff at the start of 2019 trading. WTI and Brent posted strong gains, each up more than 3 percent by midday in New York, but come largely after U.S. Still, the cuts could put a floor beneath oil prices. “A Trump said.

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Oil price tumbles after OPEC releases 2015 forecast

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The demand for oil in 2015 will drop to its lowest level since 2002 because of an oversupply of crude and stagnant economies in China and Europe, according to OPEC’s latest forecast. OPEC’s monthly report said demand for the cartel’s oil will fall to 28.9 Abhishek Deshpande, an oil market analyst at Natixis, agreed.

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The Oil War Is Only Just Getting Started

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The Oil War Is Only Just Getting Started. It’s been a month now that investors and analysts have been closely watching two main drivers for oil prices: how OPEC is doing with the supply-cut deal, and how US shale is responding to fifty-plus-dollar oil with rebounding drilling activity. by Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com.

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Oil is cheap, so Kuwait raised its own gas price to compensate

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Cheap gasoline is good news for the economies of most countries, but not those that rely on oil exports. The sustained fall in global prices has led oil-producing countries to search for ways to keep their revenues up. DON'T MISS: Even Saudi Arabia vows to end its.