沙特阿拉伯同中日两国商讨能源协议

Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, plans to discuss energy cooperation agreements with China and Japan, the Saudi cabinet said on Monday.”The cabinet has approved to delegate a number of ministers to discuss with the Chinese side the following projects: a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the energy sector; an initial cooperation memorandum in the field of crude storage,” a cabinet statement on state news agency SPA said.Discussions with Japan for an MoU for cooperating in the energy sector were also approved by the cabinet, SPA said.
Saudi Arabia has traditionally accounted for most of the crude imports by Asia, the world’s biggest oil-consuming region.But recently Opec’s top producer has lost ground in a number of major markets including Russia and China, and faces a further threat from Iran, which is ramping up exports after the removal of Western sanctions.The kingdom, however, has responded by pumping and shipping more oil, and with knockdown prices in Asia from state oil giant Saudi Aramco.