Production was steady in January at 9.680 million bpd from 9.630 million bpd in December.
Dubai’s index fell 3.6 per cent by Wednesday’s close to a 10-week low of 3,408 points.
Takween in December agreed to buy the packaging unit of Savola, the region’s largest food firm for SAR910 million.
The total cost of the project, known as Rabigh Phase II, is now estimated at SAR30 billion.
Brent crude oil fell to around $54 a barrel on Monday, its lowest for more than a month.
The conglomerate plans to boost its existing manufacturing facilities and improve R&D in the kingdom.
Saudi Arabia sees Iran as its main regional rival and fears that an atomic deal would leave the door open to Tehran gaining a nuclear weapon.
It is the first known dialogue between the Shi’ite Muslim group and the neighbouring Sunni country since Houthis took over last year.
Sweden cancelled a defence cooperation accord with Saudi Arabia last week over rights concerns.
Saudi oil adviser Ibrahim al-Muhanna said he was optimistic about crude oil demand growth, and expected future supply to be “healthy”.
The embassy had warned last week that Western oil workers in Saudi Arabia may be the target of militant attacks in the coming days.
In a bourse filing, the company said repairing the fault was expected to be completed within 10 days.
The message from the US did not identify the militants or the group they belong to.
The cash replaces an existing $4 billion five-year loan due to mature later this year which Aramco uses as a back-up facility.
The mysterious twitter user, who uses the handle @Mujtahidd, said he wants to expose corruption, injustice and hypocrisy.
Saudi Arabia said that the move was prompted by remarks by Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom about the Kingdom’s regard for human rights.
Shuwaish al-Duwaihi has been replaced by Essam bin Saeed as minister of state and member of the cabinet.
Takween in December agreed to buy the packaging unit of the region’s largest food firm Savola Group for SAR910 million.
The Riyadh-based firm currently manages about $8 billion in assets, largely in equities-related areas.
Saudi Arabia, the main regional rival of Shi’ite Iran, fears Tehran’s growing influence in Iraq, whose government is Shi’ite-led.
The decision came after Saudi Arabia blocked a speech by Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom at a meeting of the Arab League in Cairo.
In his first major public speech, the king vowed to create more private sector jobs and deal with all security challenges.
Analysts say the Swedish government’s change of tack in foreign policy could jeopardise billions of dollars in sales, particularly for defence-related companies
Average salaries in Saudi Arabia rose seven per cent to reach $12,978.3 per month in the Gulf Business 2015 Salary Survey.
Abanmai has previously served in several executive posts at SABIC and its affiliates, a bourse filing said.
Safco will raise its capital from SAR3.33 billion to SAR4.16 billion ($888 million-$1.11 billion), according to a filing on the bourse website.
Aramco executive said that the $1 trillion figure included projects that might merely be delayed, not just those that could be cancelled outright.
The move comes after Sweden’s foreign minister criticised Saudi Arabia’s decision to punish blogger Raif Badawi.
Aramco deployed 210 oil and gas rigs in 2014, an exceptionally busy year, company sources had said.
The builder announced it November it planned a SAR500 million rights issue to help expand its business.