Saudi Aramco talks up global gas ambitions in inaugural investor conference call

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Saudi Aramco continues to see overseas expansion into natural gasas a key growth driver as the state-owned oil company prepares aninitial public offering and further diversifies its portfolio to weathervolatility in the crude markets, an executive said Monday.The comments by Chief Financial Officer Khalid al-Dabbaghcame during Aramco’s first-ever conference call with investors. Thecompany showed a drop in profits for the first half of the year,though its top line revenue and net income figures were strongconsidering lower year-over-year average realized oil prices duringthe period.