Business | Aramco’s princely sums

Saudi Aramco makes an eye-popping $160bn in profit

And you thought the supermajors had a good year

A Saudi Aramco employee and a photographer walk at the Khurais oil field, during a tour for journalists, 150 km east-northeast of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 28, 2021. Aramco officials said, Khurais has a flare minimization program and a cogeneration plant to generate electricity from waste heat to reduce emissions. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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