April 15, 2021
Sheila Al-Rowaily, CEO of Wisayah Global Investment Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, has been named as one of the 25 most influential women in the global energy sector for the year 2021 by Hart Energy Conferences.
Saudi Gazette report
DHAHRAN Sheila Al-Rowaily, CEO of Wisayah Global Investment Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, has been named as one of the 25 most influential women in the global energy sector for the year 2021 by Hart Energy Conferences, host of the largest unconventional resource conferences in the world.
The Hart Energy Conferences highlights the achievements of women who have made an impact in the energy field worldwide.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares were on the backfoot on Thursday following mixed cues from Wall Street where a sharp sell-off in the largest bitcoin exchange Coinbase hit tech shares while the dollar index struggled near one-month lows.
FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians and a traffic light stop sign are reflected on a quotation board in Tokyo, Japan February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan paused after two straight days of gains. It was last at 690.53, a long way from a record high of 745.89 touched in February.
Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.2% while South Korea’s KOSPI index was up a tad.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices were lower on Thursday though holding near one-month highs after futures jumped in the previous as the International Energy Agency (IEA) and others upgraded forecasts for oil demand as major economies recover from the pandemic.
FILE PHOTO: The chimneys of the Total Grandpuits oil refinery are seen just after sunset, southeast of Paris, France, March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Brent crude was down by 21 cents, or 0.3%, at $66.37 a barrel by 0129 GMT, after gaining 4.6% on Wednesday and closing at the highest since March 17.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures dropped 25 cents, or 0.4%, to $62.9 a barrel, having risen 4.9% in the previous session.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar sank to a new four-week low versus major peers on Thursday as Treasury yields pulled back from last month’s surge, with investors increasingly convinced by the Federal Reserve’s arguments that interest rates will stay low for some time.
FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Dollar banknote is seen in this illustration taken May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
The Russian rouble sank more than 1% to 76.65 per dollar on reports the U.S. will announce sanctions on Russia as soon as Thursday for alleged election interference and malicious cyber activity.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against six rival currencies, dipped to the lowest since March 18 at 91.559 in the Asian session before recovering to be basically flat at 91.666.