As The Economist is reporting in its upcoming January 9th print edition that Saudi Aramco, the Saudi state-owned oil company believed to be the world’s most valuable company, might issue shares for the first time in its history.

Aramco is a monster.

As The Economist notes, the company produces 10 million barrels of oil each day, a number equivalent to the US’s entire daily output, and has ten times more oil reserves than Exxon.

Aramco is also very good at what it does: Saudi Arabia’s break-even price for oil production is a mere $15 a barrel, second-lowest only to Kuwait and well read more >>>

Source : BusinessInsider.Com