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Saudi Aramco’s IPO Still on for 2018

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The world’s biggest oil company, Saudi Aramco, is still planning to go public next year.

“We’re still looking at 2018 and no change in our plan to deliver in that time,” Aramco CEO Amin Nasser told CNNMoney’s John Defterios at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Saudi Arabia revealed plans to sell part of its oil giant last year when deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled a new economic strategy.

The kingdom was forced to rethink after a slump in oil prices blew a huge hole in its finances.

If it happens, the sale of Saudi Aramco is expected to be the biggest IPO in history.

Saudi officials have said they expect an IPO to value Aramco at around $2 trillion. If the market agrees, selling just 5% would raise $100 billion — four times as much as Alibaba’s (BABA, Tech30) IPO in 2014, the largest to date.

via CNN

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