The columnist fled Saudi Arabia after his comments on Twitter caused an outrage in the kingdom.
The two companies are in negotiations to build a methanol complex in Trinidad and Tobago.
Saudi Arabia might increase crude oil supplies to South Korea as Seoul looks for alternatives to Iranian oil.
Confidence decreased substantially in Saudi Arabia during the last quarter of 2011, according to Nielson.
Prince Alwaleed, Citigroup’s biggest individual shareholder, said that he expects the bank to increase dividends this year.
The kingdom’s oil minister has said that rising domestic demand will not affect crude oil exports.
Saudi Arabia almost doubles income forecast, announcing a budget surplus of $81.6 billion for 2011.
The Spanish consortium won the bid to build the second phase of the HHR.