Saudi Aramco’s Looming Crisis Explained

[@TLDRbusiness]

Hello - we forgot to include it in the sources, but a lot of the information from this video (especially re: Aramco's origin story) comes from the book "Vision or Mirage" by David Rundell, which we'd really recommend it to anyone interested in Aramco or Saudi Arabia more generally. We're not paid to say this by the way - it's just a great book! Thanks for watching - Zac

[@soul18700]

Hi, is it possible to ask you guys to make a video about the termination of “Petrodollar” in the near future? Thx in advance

[@venanziadorromatagni1641]

@@soul18700Sure. Right after they make a video about the impending bio-engineering of Tyrannosaurus Rexes and Pegasuses.

[@RaviKiran-uq8np]

Whenever a country does not play by USA rules,TLDR says it is going bust.LOL.

[@crashnreset6987]

Regurgitating mainsteam ecconomic propaganda does not make you clever, it makes you a moron. Biden dived into the USA oil reserves straight away while prices were low, at the same time as cutting U.S. oil production, then they had to pay top dollar after that... and gas prices doubled at the pump Biden has wrecked the U.S. ecconomy and you describe him, the blithering moron that he is, as "Clever" What does that make you?

[@-vz-]

@@RaviKiran-uq8np For example, by building "The Line"?

[@agbarugo]

"The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones." goes unnecessarily hard

[@DaddyM7MD]

Frrr

[@JackPaul-vs3bq]

"The Line" is the dumbest thing ever thought up. MBS is just flushing billions down the drains. 😂

[@porkypine602]

I’ve heard a lot of stories of foreign engineers coming into the country to work on the line. Doing the bare minimum and getting paid insane amounts.

[@Hasanaljadid]

It will be a successful project

[@visitante-pc5zc]

Socialists love those huge and useless projects

[@porkyvonchop6458]

no..... theyre preparing for a zombie apocalypse 😆😆😂😂🤣🤣

[@aalhaidari]

The number of times such claims were said about Saudi projects are numerous, but the Saudi government seems to get it right almost all the time. Same claims were said about SABIC, and now it's one of the biggest companies in thr world. Same was said about Saudi budget, and this year oil was 50% of Saudi government income. Same about education moving from simple huts to modern education system in 50 years. Same about war with Iraq and Yemen. Same with Biden's threats. Saudis have a great track recored showing how they successfully achieve what so called experts think are impossible.

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[@edc1569]

Had no idea it was that bad in Saudi Arabia

[@kevinbarry71]

These projects have not been entirely successful? That's a little bit like saying the first voyage of the titanic was a tad uncomfortable.

[@daszieher]

British understatement 😊

[@dmitryburlakov6920]

I mean it was a little humid and cold, quite uncomfortable for sure.

[@Toshinben]

The fact that it didn't quite make the trip was quite a small inconvenience.

[@Secret_Moon]

A bit bumpy. Could use with some less moisture. And heating is not really up to standard.

[@shirolee]

LOL

[@brendansherry8737]

Couple of corrections. The strategic oil reserve is not held in tanks. It's held in what are called Salt Diapirs which are naturally occurring salt caverns. Oil and water don't mix. To empty it up you pump in water and siphon the oil off the top. To fill it up you pump in oil and pump out water. It's always filled with water or oil or a mix. The reserve can be filled and emptied 3 times before it loses structural integrity. That's why it's not supposed to be used to trade. Salt caverns not tanks.

[@smalltime0]

Also I don't believe they're actually pumping this oil. I'm pretty sure its just option trading. The DoE was selling the reserve prior to this refill

[@eudofia]

@@smalltime0 Exactly. Options and futures trading.

[@edc1569]

@@smalltime0that’s very clever, trade with the backing a real oil but don’t pump anything.

[@anonnotyobizness7915]

@@smalltime0 Still they sold like 150 million barrels in 2022 and only bought back a fraction of that.

[@opreadumitru1]

Hello TLDR Business, Can you please provide links to your studies or business / commercial statistics that you used to film your short youtube film about Aramco ? I'm interested to study further this entrepreneurial subject in my spare time after work and during weekends. Thanks in advance TLDR

[@RealUlrichLeland]

In 1000 years time people will joke about the line being the most wasteful and stupid idea in human history. Generations of architects, economists and engineers will fill libraries with books on how dumb it was.

[@getnohappy]

Good new, you don't have to wait that long! Plenty architects, economists and engineers have already released video essays on it ^^

[@Truther945]

@@getnohappy exactly, not sure how he came up with 10 centuries. Yt comments are always entertaining.

[@natsumidesu8019]

1000 years?10 years would be enough time to criticized such descision.

[@freddy4603]

I think the Egyptian pyramids top that, at least when it comes to being a total waste of generations of human resources. But you don't see people complain so much today about it, I guess these things grow on people.

[@BigHotSauceBoss69]

i think you entirely misunderstand the scope of what will be created in 1000 years. the line won't be a joke because it was unfeasible. the line will be a joke because it will a cake walk to create vs the utltramega metropolis cities we will have on earth, the moon, mars, wherever we want. humans have a really bad time understanding perspectives like this, because all we have to go on is the present, and we don't understand how technological advances compound and become exponential. i would bet that in 50 years time, something like the line will exist in several places on earth. no shot that they won't be. AI will be super intelligent by that time. we will have a utopia or all simply be dead.

[@getnohappy]

OPEC is a tale as old as time; a group has a great thing going but gets too greedy and too aggressive, only to undermine the very thing that was working well.

[@eddyr1041]

Yup robbing everyone else esp. Poor country

[@maximusasauluk7359]

Foreshadowing for BRICS aka authoritarian club lmao

[@smalltime0]

Not really. OPEC (and especially OPEC+ and friends) have only ever colluded effectively to not increase output during low prices, a lot of the time most of the members only agree to not increase output and its only Saudi and a couple of others that actually decrease production. They are actually most effective and unified in the opposite case (i.e. agreeing to keep prices lower) by cutting their own stockpiles and opening the taps.

[@keymot1491]

Westerners calling OPEC “cartels” when they are literal colonizers will forever be hilarious

[@juliuszkocinski7478]

1) It is a cartel, by definition. That's not even a subject to debate, it fits definition. 2) The world Cartel isn't even inherently bad, though Cartels usually are trying to achieve oligopoly, which, well - is bad. But it is narco business that made it look so evil

[@FM-kl7oc]

"Our analysis shows that investment in technology education, research and manufacture is the safest bet for the future." -- "No, lets build a long mirror in the desert that upper class people can live in."

[@WheresMyCurryAt]

Isn't that what London is?

[@WhichDoctor1]

@@WheresMyCurryAt Londons not in a desert yet, will be eventually if we dont stop climate change though

[@adamsaciid4919]

@@WhichDoctor1 and neom isn't dessert also

[@dianapennepacker6854]

I was like WTF? Make your country a technology power house. Then I read that the Saudi people don't work. Their government workers on average work and hour a day. This is coming from one of their directors. They also pay little in taxes. The project is so out of the world. It doesn't take a genius it will never happen, and be ten times their estimates. I am hoping it is a laundering scheme. Wonder what the average Saudi thinks.

[@maximusasauluk7359]

@@adamsaciid4919 Here's what the international Köppen climate classification says about the entire area of futurely abandoned The Line project: Arid, desert, hot. Here's another quote: "At the time of high sun (summer), scorching, desiccating heat prevails. Hot-month average temperatures are normally between 29 and 35 °C (84 and 95 °F), and midday readings of 43-46 °C (109-115 °F) are common" Also, there's sand everywhere. I don't know about you, feels like a desert to me.

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[@todo9633]

It's rich for OPEC to complain about other countries manipulating oil prices, when their entire purpose is to maximize revenue by manipulating oil prices.

[@prasant427]

maybe solar panel line would have more worth the try

[@RandomPerson-tz7wk]

Don't need to a line of anything. Hexagon is the best

[@creditiscomplicated-sm3mh]

circle

[@edwxx20001]

@@creditiscomplicated-sm3mh Because solar panels are "mostly" rectangular and need to rotate to chase the sun, most of the time a circle is not the most efficient layout. especially in Saudi Arabia, sand on the panels is a major issue and they need to be cleaned constantly. this makes a standard square or a rectangle as the best layout. sometimes a "solar" power plant dosent use panels but mirrors to concentrate light onto a single point to boil water, this would be the best choice for a circle.

[@azpont7275]

The fecking desert is still an awful location for it. Dust can degrade panels fast.

[@jameschristophercirujano6650]

​@@azpont7275It's not like they can't stabilize the ground with straw grids.

[@VancouverVince]

Saudi Aramco and OPEC is why we need more EVs and charging infrastructure

[@darthjarjar5309]

Or that’s why we need to open the market to Chinese cheap EVs to pave the way. But our leaders would rather make Musk the 1st trillionaire.

[@rami8896]

​@@darthjarjar5309 Moving away from oil also means the US dollar becomes worthless. Thats why they dont want that.

[@Sirbikingviking]

Absolutely no mention of the end of the Petro dollar deal

[@davidadebanjo1277]

How is this relevant to this video?

[@superchimp]

@@davidadebanjo1277 The end of the petro dollar deal is probably one of the biggest bits of economic news around Oil, Saudi Arabia and global trade in the last 50 years. It's definitely surprising to have this omission in a video about Aramco IMO.

[@neilpatton7174]

Seismic changes in monetary regimes are underway. Long BTC

[@user-lq5yx1ke5k]

Exactly. This is nothing more than a western hit piece, nothing of value or substance was said that was not known before

[@NadDew]

lol that what i thought, it's just western propaganda 😂😂

[@Avenger19111]

3:16 Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen and Sudan... Where have I heard this list before??🤔🤔

[@MrCoolubi]

list of countries the west has destroyed.

[@easycompany7463]

That's the CIA's kill list.

[@Boababa-fn3mr]

Iran was also on that list

[@Kirsehirli1453]

Iraq, destroyed check Syria, destroyed check Yemen, destroyed check Sudan, civil war, being destroyed, check

[@Directlite664]

They all ditched dollars for a short period and somehow millions died. Saudi will neve-

[@willardSpirit]

Saudi government and princes should just diversify their economy with renewable energy technology instead wasting probably trillions on Neom 🤨

[@nanoflower1]

What are they going to do with that? They don't have the natural resources that would be need to manufacture the renewable energy tech so they can't do that. There's only so much energy they (or their neighbors need) so where is the long term growth the country needs? I agree they need to diversify but they need something that the country and it's people can develop and keep going for decades/centuries.

[@washimpatwary1446]

@@nanoflower1 Saudi Arabia is a giant desert and has been sparsely populated so they don't have the infrastructure for manufacturing and engineering. But building a new network of transport links and new industries and finding appropriate markets would be much more realistic idea then whatever they are doing now. I personally believe with the unlimited funds of the Al Sauds and very low population density, they could easily build top level research facilities and world class universities making it a tertiary level power house which will also attract investments from major NGos for Research and Development.

[@shuma3401]

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[@nanoflower1]

@@washimpatwary1446 That was my thought to. I know one of their neighbors is doing that but I couldn't remember which one it was. (Qatar?) It's certainly the smartest use of their funds and is something I expect was part of the plan behind Neom.

[@washimpatwary1446]

@@nanoflower1 I am not sure. Well Qatar is doing quite well anyway. They invest their profit in their wealth fund. Considering their very small population, they already have a big enough wealth fund that might be able to run their country from the dividend payments. Well, it's another neighbour UAE became a tourist trap for rich people. Personally it's not my type of thing but it works I guess.

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[@hmoobmikah]

The petrodollar deal also died last week. Since the US keeps manipulating the price of oil, the Saudis started accepting other foreign currencies. The US dollar as the world currency is being challenged.

[@personzorz]

Except that nobody freaking wants any others.

[@petesmitt]

Saudi Riyal is still pegged to the USD though, so those other currencies will be changed to USD..

[@trickyrichard]

two more weeks until the petro dollar dies

[@hmoobmikah]

BRICS(Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) is developing their own block chain currency to trade amongst themselves. It's backed by their own countries currency or resources. Saudi Arabia is joining them soon. The Saudis can trade their oil there. 25 other countries are on the wait list to join BRICS. A couple of years ago, BRICS Nation GDP surpassed the West. This war is about maintaining the current power structure. The West is being challenged.

[@MrCorky911]

Bro OPEC has been manipulating the price of oil for decades

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[@TimothyJevonLieander]

Are you not liking the fact that the Saudis just ditched Petro-dollar?

[@Just4Growers]

Came to the comments specifically to see if anyone had mentioned this; surprised the video omitted this extremely pertinent and timely fact.

[@hmoobmikah]

When the world starts diversifying their currency reserve, all of that US dollars will come back to the US and increase inflation. That's what happened to weimar republic(germany) after WW1. They had all of this money being printed coming back to their economy and it caused everything to skyrocket in price. Remember those wheelbarrow full of money just to buy food?

[@bgandjsco1]

Green energy will not put a DENT in Aramco's profits . There is more demand for oil than production capacity.

[@BoredomIncarnate1]

All that money, all that desert and all that sunshine, maybe build a massive solar farm and battery plant to eletrolyse hydrogen for fuel cells.

[@adamsaciid4919]

actually they are doing now

[@maximusasauluk7359]

@@adamsaciid4919 They are doing as much as France did before surrendering in WW2, aka basically nothing.

[@smalltime0]

you see they start by building a giant mirror in the desert... ??? profit?

[@PhthaloJohnson]

And what are they going to do with that energy exactly? Power their oil refineries? Mine crypto?

[@Toshinben]

@@PhthaloJohnson Power their existing infrastructure. Sell the power to their neighbors.

[@issiewizzie]

my dad's personal close friend, worked for Chevron, he retired, 50 ... They do pay a good wage

[@MultiMenvafan]

If you have no qualms about burning down the planet for money I guess.

[@JoeShmo4]

*did*

[@rusm5710]

Stone age didn't end because we ran out of stone 😂

[@todo9633]

You can only imagine how much financial fraud happens in Saudi Aramco.

[@talal-alqahtani]

Not really. Aramco is efficient in their spending, every cent is accounted for

[@Ammarx1]

Every month they send an update of how many corruptions they've found. I just got the text for last month 5 hours ago. They're investigating 382 government employees, and already found an additional 155 guilty. They crack down on them fast

[@jafaralie683]

@@talal-alqahtaniThese westerners think every other country in the world is corrupted and fraudulent.

[@ArendJanV]

@@talal-alqahtaniI’m sure you’re the accountant of Saudi Aramco.

[@Ammarx1]

damn the channel deleted my comment. i forgot what it was but i did get a reply notification

[@solustv-wow4533]

now the shittalking about saudi arabia begins🤣

[@MultiMenvafan]

Shittalking Saudi is like shittalking a open pit toilet.

[@EPITAPH13]

Yes

[@maximusasauluk7359]

It's an authoritarian state where they use slaves for work, and the second type of slaves (wifes) are worth less than the son's dog, so that's what you get I guess, shittalking well deseved.

[@fredrikbergquist5734]

Dumping petrodollar, what do you expect? US trolls.

[@rimacalid6557]

Petrodollar is over. Invest in Yen

[@martinchristianaguilar5135]

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[@petervince167]

Btw, their recoverable oil reserves will definitely run out in the next 10-15 years. In the late 80s, opec members simply doubled their oil reserves on paper. So about 40% of their reserves don't exist. Plus no giant oilfields have been discovered in the last 50 years or so and exploitation of existing fields has been close to maximum. So it is only a matter of time before production stops for good.

[@deeptoot1453]

Nah

[@johnrose813]

True for all producing oil fields.

[@NuSpirit_]

I mean in my life we were supposed to run of oil in 1999, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025. Yet we are nowhere near running out. Saudi Arabia may run dry the easy-to-drill fields but certainly is very very far from running dry completely.

[@TheDarkOneSC2]

As far as I understand Antarctica holds more oil than what the Saudis ever had to begin with, but even if we don't consider the Antarctica treaties which makes that oil untouchable. The costs of extracting that oil would be astronomical due to the remote and harsh environment. Nevertheless it's there

[@hurrdurrmurrgurr]

@@TheDarkOneSC2 Drilling in Antarctica means either building on an ice sheet which is going to break up, fucking up the rig or waiting for the ice to melt and then starting. But if Antarctica melts we're fucked.

[@amolloh]

Such videos were predictable after Saudi Arabia dropped the petrodollar.

[@coldfura5851]

You forgot to mention climate change....the elephant in the room. These countries may become uninhabitable from heat.

[@mrawesomnable]

The IEA has been claiming that oil demand will peak for over a decade now and it hasn't happened. Oil demand keeps "Exceeding expectations" and will likely continue doing so indefinitely.

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

Oil demand in Europe peaked around 20 years ago.

[@mrawesomnable]

​@@adrianthoroughgood1191 What has the global demand(what we where talking about) done in that timeframe? Also has the quality of living gone up or down for middle class Europeans in this timeframe?

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[@darkfool2000]

Honestly, I think this concern is really overblown. Venezuela oil production is dying out, Russian oil has to take a ridiculously long route to reach its end markets, the green transition is 100% impossible at scale. Obviously the line is a wasteful investment, but Saudi Arabia has nothing if not a extreme amount of money to waste. The economic role for Saudi Arabian oil production will not disappear within the next century. Saudi Arabia's real concerns are security based. If Iran invades or if the next military power to come in force to middle east once America fully withdraws decides that the Saudi government isn't worth the hassle, then they're in trouble

[@saiyedakhtar3931]

Venezuelan oil production is drying up? What are you smoking?

[@FNA27601]

​@saiyedakhtar3931 not drying up so much but dying out as in the entire country has been in complete downfall and the oil rigs and fields are not being maintained well and they don't really have many buyers.

[@maximusasauluk7359]

What makes you think the green transition is impossible at scale? If anything, scale is what makes it possible...thanks to scale, the price of wind and solar power decreased so sharply over just a few years that it's now competing and in many cases cheaper than the cheapest fossil fuels, and this is already reality before the transition even fully accelerated yet. Like the other dude said, what are you smoking?

[@anthonyk423]

@@FNA27601they have buyers they were just dumb enough to think they were gonna be able to have US oil companies build and pay for their oil production just for them to keep all the profits for themselves and kick out the US oil companies with giving them anything.

[@silverianjannvs5315]

​@@FNA27601Venezuela is under sanctions

[@Questioneverything2050]

Once you go against the west, they start speaking against you. 😂

[@rajatdogra96]

Exactly 😂😂

[@blazer9547]

This must be your first video here

[@asaforg]

On the long run, when the world will finally wean off oil, they won't have a chance. They didn't manage to diversify, educate their population (or curb its massive growth), and their rule is ever more autocratic. The vanity projects are ridiculous and aimless - in short, look up what happened to Nauru...

[@polyglot8]

I have a few quibbles with the "origin story" segment, but the main one is the following: The fact that the countries that suddenly nationalized their oil industries and kicked out the Western engineers led to a shambles was not known at the time the Saudi-Aramco deal was done. The consequences of those rash decisions by the other countries took years to unfold, and obviously, Saudi Arabia could not read the future. What Saudi Arabia did have was a balanced, understated - dare I say - Bedouin cultural sensibility - similar to the fact that neighboring Abu Dhabi subsidizes the other Emirates to maintain the harmony of their project. Despite the label of extremism, there is a calm practicality to the Saudis. If I were an anthropologist, I might say that the historical need to conserve water in the desert fomented cultural traits that still serve them well in the modern world. However, part of what made them successful was also the inclusion of competent non-Royals to run things (Al-Naimi, Yamani, Bin Laden's father, etc.). There were always Royal glamour projects (I still remember Jubail), but the non-Royals could kind of keep things real. I fear that with things like NEOM, the royals; who have so many princes to employ now that non-Royals can't rise through the ranks as much anymore like before, will go full bore for these projects and destroy Saudi's wealth.

[@0xCAFEF00D]

3:50 Its tragic how rare examples like these are. It's the Saudis and Norway. It's like somehow all these leaders don't understand that oil companies fight back when there's contract breaches. Perhaps that says something about rule of law issues in these countries. And this should apply to any high-investment resource extraction.

[@ExtraordinaryLiving]

Wait a second! When did Biden replenish our Strategic Oil Reserve?!?!?

[@AdastraRecordings]

Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 is somewhat glossing over the Imperial hand behind the restructuring of Greater Arabia (the Levant).

[@Boababa-fn3mr]

True but not important for this video, there are other videos covering that subject

[@seneca983]

@@Boababa-fn3mr It might have been fair to at least mention the earlier Saudi conquest of Hejaz since this video mentioned the income that Mecca generated.

[@SnazzBot]

When you factor in inflation oil prices are pritty low currently. $50 Got you a lot more in the grocery store in 2000 than now for instance.

[@warriordx5520]

Current oil worth 20$ a barrel compared to 2000.

[@Twystedwhizard]

Just imagine how much food will cost when oil catches up with inflation....

[@kroatoaneight-four]

Chevron only? From Standard Oil? You forgot the other fragments of Standard Oil.

[@AnnieAreYouWokeEh]

*Standard Oil of California

[@chudchadanstud]

buddy you weren't paying attention

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Getty oil were there too.

[@thunder881]

Rockefellers

[@alexvanzijl6796]

The IEA report quoted will be updated and corrected at some point in the future as seems to be the case with all of their recent forecasts. (Please check for yourself.) The IEA are not reporting actual, but much rather ideological scenarios. Much more trustworthy reporting is ironically stemming from OPEC, with their monthly World Oil Outlook free to download for everyone. Adjustments made by them are usually negligible but are still reported. Weaning the world off oil is proving to be very difficult as there are 100's of millions of people entering the middle class and they are starting to consume and travel more which means more consumption of oil derivatives. Don't forget that oil is not only providing us with energy, there are at least 7,000 other basic products that are directly derived from oil that cannot be replaced by electricity. Electricity provides energy, nothing else. It's not a replacement for oil.

[@ViceCoin]

OPEC forecasts peak demand by 2030. Global EV mandates, aging populations, and automation will limit oil consumption.

[@Sirclassic]

Aramco has a ton of money and they could invent a bit of it into solar and then produce liquid hydrogen and sell that

[@Batmanananana]

Saudies didnt renew their petrodollar deal with the US and now they'll get the same fate as the ones who did that in the past (Iran,Irak,Syria,Libya,Venezuela, China). Didnt know the US gov ran YT channels as well...

[@nukiolbartes6279]

Any mention of petrodollar?

[@yodb4l502]

FJB!!! You think the world are going to move away from oil . Not another 100 year plus.

[@saiyedakhtar3931]

It's already happening. Oil demand is dropping

[@Hyperion1040]

The Line is my personal favourite 😂

[@johnrose813]

Completely wrong on the SPR buying and selling prices.

[@j3i2i2yl7]

Explain please.

[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

@@j3i2i2yl7the explaination is that they have not replenished anything and have long lost any effectiveness in controlling oil prices. This is a known from multiple sources. Not sure where they got their info that somehow drawing from emergency reserves was a great idea.

[@abdullahibrahim8938]

It's worth mentioning that Saudi Aramco is still the most profitable company in the world and this is not going to change in the next decade

[@tonycrabtree3416]

Man, ain’t nobody happy about gas prices in the US. 😂😂😂 He’s buying oil at 80$ to refill oil that was bought at 60$ back in the day.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Incorrect, he sold at $98 and is buying it back for less than $80. SuperJoe must have been an oil trader in a previous life.

[@tonycrabtree3416]

@@Kodakcompactdisc Incorrect. Gas prices are still 3.00 for regular. Far more than under Trump. Stop lying.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

@@tonycrabtree3416 and donald will magically bring down the price will he?

[@tonycrabtree3416]

@@Kodakcompactdisc he did it before, didn’t he? US was net exporter.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

@@tonycrabtree3416 it still is, America has never produced more oil than it does now.

[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

6:22 He is not replenishing anything. Where are you getting this from?

[@TomNook.]

The second point - no wonder the Saudi's have just dedollarised just last week.

[@lavaboatcubesupportsukrain7539]

I wonder what effect the new oil pipeline in Canada will have?

[@lepidoptera9337]

None. These are all late-stage investments in an obsolete technology that will hardly amortize themselves.

[@ashaaib]

The shift from fossil fuel is actually a good thing for oil producers. Shifting from oil doesn’t mean the demand for oil will evaporate you still gonna need all kinds of chemicals and plastics that I made using oil. The oil producers will lower the production to increase the price and get to keep their oil or longer.

[@petesmitt]

Oil will still be needed for ships, planes, trains and heavy trucks; only light vehicles are changing.

[@jimpaddy79]

How is it a good thinking, your basically saying when demand drop profit will rise

[@maximusasauluk7359]

@@petesmitt Not necessarily, top research in battery tech is not close to achieving energy densities or prices that are comparable and required for dense fuels used for high energy needs (like the ones you describe) but I follow the news about the edge of this technology closely and it seems to be only a matter of time. It's theoretically feasible, but practically we are not there yet, so research and time is needed, at least 15-20 years until we see a breakthrough for this application from the research I read. Meanwhile the rest of light transportation is already switching, it should accelerate in the coming years as new battery tech (LFP, LMFP, Sodium ion etc) comes to mass market and prices fall.

[@petesmitt]

@@maximusasauluk7359 No chance I'd ever fly on a BE plane..

[@CoraCarr-j2n]

I love all your strategies, I'm a big fan of yours and I'm a member of your private club. thank you for your help

[@goodygoodshoes]

I appreciate the effort put into this video, but I’ve noticed that there might be some inaccuracies in the information presented. Additionally, the references provided do not seem to adequately support the claims made. Could we possibly get more precise data and stronger sources to enhance the credibility of this work?

[@marlinjarv4979]

I've been following your channel for a while now, and I have to say that your strategies are some of the most innovative and effective I've ever come across. Your ability to explain complex concepts in a simple way is truly impressive. Thank you for being such a great teacher and mentor.

[@temper44]

Company makes $150bn profit in a year. KZbinr: Company is in crisis.

[@user-221i]

It's share price today is lower than its IPO.

[@adamsaciid4919]

@@user-221ibut they make a huge profit

[@temper44]

@@user-221i Valued less than its $1.7 trillion IPO price you say? Definitely in crisis!

[@Lifeperhour94]

Aramco isn’t a company it’s a country.

[@FluffyVidz]

4:50 you say oil demand will peak , this will result in higher prices not lower , simple supply and demand

[@robertewalt7789]

Not as demand falls after the peak.

[@Blackridge.]

He probably means AFTER demand peaks, and starts falling, THEN prices will consistently be going lower over the years

[@onyedikachukwumiracle]

Americans are now talking shit about Saudi Arabia because the Petrodollar deal is over, anyway Oil is not the future and will run out in a few centuries from now, the Saudi Government should diversify on Renewable energy sources and stop wasting billions on NEOM

[@lance8080]

Use American produced oil 🇺🇸

[@MultiMenvafan]

I prefer homemade electrons.

[@vgstb]

In a world that is speeding up the energy transitioning, ramping up the maximum pump capacity from 12 to 13 million barrels per day is just nonsensical.

[@miarhpe]

Fox News, CNN, nor MSNBC would never air a story like this!!!!

[@sarwarkhan1185]

Standard oil Isn’t Chevron alone it was split into many companies including Exxon and Mobile which merged later on now Exxon mobile which is even a bigger player than chevron. I feel like you are invested in Chevron . 😂😂😂 . Please correct the info

[@Boababa-fn3mr]

1:11 Wrong flags for Iran and Iraq for the time.

[@abdiazizhamza5866]

I guess it’s time to criticize Saudi oil companies after they dropped the petrodollar

[@wxyzz]

If Iran's oil comes to market price will be halved in a jiffy

[@hasanmatar9017]

Nearby countries Iran Iraq Bahrain not Libya..😅 All the profits are going to the government not Aramco, Aramco takes a little of that plus they have to pay the tax.

[@alhamed93]

The information provided in this video is very limited and seems based on minimal research. I've been following this KZbin channel, believing it to be a reliable source of information, but this video about a company I know well has changed my mind. The research for this video appears biased and superficial. First, the IEA has consistently published misleading numbers, driven by a questionable agenda. A closer look at their reports reveals an overly optimistic portrayal of renewables and a pessimistic view of hydrocarbons, despite the fact that hydrocarbons still account for around 82% of the world's energy consumption. Although investment in renewables is growing, it remains slow and faces many challenges, including global conflicts. Now, regarding Aramco, it's clear that the demand for hydrocarbons will not disappear anytime soon; it may decrease in 5 to 10 years, but the current decline in investment in this sector is likely to cause a supply drop that outpaces the drop in demand, leading to higher commodity prices. This scenario positions Aramco as a strong player in the energy market. Furthermore, Aramco is evolving from an oil company to a comprehensive energy company, investing heavily in solar and hydrogen projects. It's disappointing that this video portrays Aramco as struggling, based on just two to four minutes of weak information.

[@lepidoptera9337]

It's actually the opposite. The IEA has consistently underestimated the growth of renewables and always had to correct itself up. By 2030 most cars sales will be electric vehicles and after that we have a 25 year long phaseout of cars with internal combustion engines. This will demolish the demand for oil by 2050-2060.

[@manhoosnick]

In 50 years we will be having the same convo, don't worry, there is more than enough oil

[@saiyedakhtar3931]

People said that about US oil dominance back in the early 20th century. How things change back and forth is amazing. Now, the US is the largest oil producer in the world.

[@metsfanal]

Electric cars get cheaper every year while gas cars get more expensive. The model y already charges in 15 minutes. In a few years it’ll be 5. Soon nobody is going to want a car that costs 3 times as much to fuel, goes slower, is less reliable, more expensive up front AND to maintain. It’s over for oil. It’s only going to be needed for old cars, planes, and shipping. That is until they figure out how to do those with alternate means as well.

[@Directlite664]

​@@metsfanal the problem is model y needs 60 kg of lithium. Currently its estimated that we have a total of 22 million tons of lithium reserves. So we can only produce 400 million cars max. But 1.2 billion cars are on road currently and will only increase. At current consumption rate, there are 49 years of oil left. You do the math. Oil is here to stay. But usa will run out of its oil in 9 years. So, oil price is going to go even further up.

[@manhoosnick]

@@metsfanal yeah and will take 100 years to get the charging infrastructure ready. Don't get me wrong, I have Tesla shares, not many but I believe in EV

[@metsfanal]

@@Directlite664 lithium is different than oil, once you burn the oil it’s gone, the lithium in car batteries can be used over and over. And they are finding new lithium and new ways to get it, pulling it from Salton seawater for example. Self driving cars will change the whole car paradigm. Many people will do without a car if a computer chauffeur drives them around for the price they’d be paying for gas if they bought their own. If this happens, the number of cars needed would drop dramatically.

[@youtubetim3577]

You all that think oil going any place i laugh at you

[@FinancialLiberties]

Great to see a video explaining the history of Aramco... We wonder about the implications of the end of the Petrodollar for the Saudis and Aramco, it could have long-term effects on profits, as they now trade oil with other nations and receive payment in other currencies (including Gold)?

[@ViceCoin]

At least the Saudis. are preparing for peak oil. Unlike the West.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

They don't even have to build silly projects like Neom, all they have to do is liberalise their laws and tourists and investors will start flowing in

[@arndbrack2339]

i'm not sure it is that simple. and the conclusion to me sounds quite optimistic

[@rami8896]

Thats the problem with dictatorships, that path to them would seem like a step that would remove them from power. So they would rather double down on a sinking ship than switch to a successful plan that could threaten their power. The good news about it is that they will eventually get the Gaddafi treatment once their population starts asking why they dont have free access to school and hospitals anymore like the previous generation

[@CultureCrossed64]

Yes but so do their thoughts and feelings. And authoritarians don't like that.

[@ssejjdelorenz3152]

Nicely cut BUT very sensationalistic

[@loubar8328]

Seems that a certain narrative is being pushed as the Saudis aren't renewing the 50 year or so deal with the USA for oil being sold in USD.

[@jpl9148]

You sound like you are on the side of the states

[@exe4698]

its funny easy come easy go, penniless before 1920s and now they the richest, but they got too greedy and now i hope it backfires.

[@JS-jh4cy]

What a waste of money on the line, no wonder Saudis can no longer afford more vanity projects in us dollars any more

[@sulalasif3267]

Dude, your arguments are against Aramco, but if you research more and make your arguments in favor, you'll see that Saudi is better off now as the petro-dollar agreement has ended.

[@RezaAsghari-jd3sc]

Your guidance has given me the confidence to keep working on my trading skills

[@JoeShmo4]

iraq, yemen, libya, syria. huh. interesting list.

[@TheStonesQT93]

The coverage is surface level. Nothing a lazy Google search wouldn’t cover in the first link that pops up. Not that I’m a fan of what’s going on there. However, it’s very easy and quick to find out that Aramco invests in its evolution. It’s probably one of the few companies in Saudi to take seriously. Do you really think they don’t know all this? Or do you think that the biggest company in the world knows this but just isn’t doing anything about it? Do you think no lessons were learnt when oil prices fell below the Saudi threshold and their economy basically tanked? It would be great if instead of this, people cover what they’re trying to do to address these issues and how reasonable or successful their plan is. Aramco is working hard on their digital infrastructure offering, has been for a while. They’re pivoting, they have the money to do so and they’ve been investing in it for a while too. Apparently there are other verticals they’re developing too. Just not aware of the others. It would be great if business journalists could do some thorough digging. Not that I think they will.

[@blakealtonen9858]

i think he means 700 billion in revenue.

[@adamali2886]

GOOD news

[@calebamore]

Such a shame. Only making 5 trillion dollars instead of 20 trillion

[@ralphhardie7492]

Another nuthin burger 😮😮😮😅😅

[@smada36]

6:07 So that's where all that Russian oil went during Covid. That's the money that was supposed to fund the Ukraine war, had it been over as quickly as Putin thought. This oil was cheap. Thirty pieces of silver cheap.

[@nasis18]

Love your content TLDR. Keep up the good work.

[@pubguc6771]

General scientists CEO of Saudi Arabia armco above growth development

[@ThatDruidDude]

The Saud royalty shouldn't be worried with current energy revolution, since there is also Hajj that every moslem's dream to fulfill. Islam will keep their coffers full till the end of time.

[@mal_ed]

Saudi may hold lots of oil but its leaders have no strategic or business skills. That will be their downfall

[@shakthianjanananayakkara6528]

Wow, expects oil demand to peak in 2029, 5 years from now. That’s pretty ambitious to say the least. Tell that to the 100 million+ Indians who’d be buying their 1st ever car in the next 5 years 😂😂

[@maximusasauluk7359]

The demand around rich countries is slowing, including the auto market so even if by that time it's growing fast in India, it would keep up with the decrease in the West. By the time it begins decreasing, India will have cheap access to electric mobility, like small sodium ion cars.

[@PhthaloJohnson]

And drive them to where, on what roads?

[@NoidoDev]

It's absurd anyways that they think that would be a good idea.

[@edc1569]

How’s that car powered? Seems India has a ton of solar potential, and that’s a lot more secure.

[@shakthianjanananayakkara6528]

@@edc1569 Oil, imported from Arab countries. There is solar for electricity, during daytime. What the hell do you do at night, when people actually need power?

[@river.]

Let's be honest, it's his party that runs the government and not Biden. That guy can barely walk straight.

[@nvbnvb2240]

100 usd a barrel is pure profiteering...