Random Update -- Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Aramco -- August 10, 2020

US crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia.  Link here.

• first, the graph:

• now, the spreadsheet: 

Saudi Arabia: 

• in deep trouble; Saudi Arabia sticks to dividend pledge despite plunge in earnings; paywall, Financial Times, CEO/Board of Directors have no say; the King of Saudi Arabia "directs" tht the dividend will continue to be paid; see this note (a must-read);
  
• Saudi Aramco's earning show why Apple is now the world's most valuable company; paywall, Barron's; 
• Saudi Aramco's first-half profits plummet 50%; CEO calls results "solid"; MarketWatch,  
• Saudi Arabia turns off America's oil taps again; Bloomberg;  
• quick: what US state depends most on Saudi Arabian oil?
• US oil imports from Saudi Arabia, tracked here, EIA;
• Saudi foreign exchange reserves drop again;

Total US oil imports: down 18% year-over-year (from all sources, not just Saudi Arabia), link here.