As Aramco audits reserves, market wonders how much oil is left?
Dubai
WHEN Saudi Aramco reveals a Western audit of its oil reserves, investors will be looking for two answers: How much oil and how much detail?
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih has hinted at a surprise on the upside on reserve volumes ahead of Aramco's 2018 share listing, but industry sources say detail on individual deposits - which investors have long sought - will be thin.
Saudi Arabia's reserves of easily recoverable oil have long been the world's largest.
But there also have long been questions about the volume and quality of thos…
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