Producer
Saudi Aramco
World's largest oil company by revenue and production. Also the Middle East's largest sulfur exporter: Aramco exports ~3.5M MT of elemental sulfur/year via its trading subsidiary Aramco Trading Company. Sulfur is a mandatory Claus Process byproduct at Aramco's Ras Tanura, Yanbu, and Jizan refineries and gas plants — recovered to comply with environmental regulations and sold globally as a commodity. Saudi Arabia accounts for ~8% of global sulfur production and a larger share of global sulfur exports. Middle East overall (including Aramco) = ~30% of global sulfur supply.
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2 inputs Saudi Aramco supplies
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Crude Oil Production & Export
65%Natural Gas Processing & Exports
15%Refining & Petrochemicals (SABIC)
12%Downstream & Trading
8%
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Did you know2024
Saudi Aramco — the world's largest oil company and a sovereign wealth-generating institution for the Saudi government — is simultaneously the Middle East's largest elemental sulfur exporter (~3.5M MT/year via Aramco Trading Company). Saudi Arabia's political decisions about oil production (OPEC quotas, spare capacity), refinery run rates, and export logistics directly determine the availability and price of sulfur feedstock for the world's phosphate fertilizer industry. The same geopolitical instrument (Saudi oil production policy) that moves global fuel prices also moves global fertilizer input costs — via the sulfur byproduct that refineries cannot turn off. Saudi Arabia holds a dual lever over both energy and food supply.
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