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Aramco hungry for IPO success with Crown Prince's vision 2030 at stake

Saudi Arabia is pulling out all the stops to ensure the success of Aramco's initial public offering after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman finally decided to offer shares

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File Photo: General view of Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia | Photo: Reuters

Matthew Martin and Javier Blas | Bloomberg
Saudi Arabia is pulling out all the stops to ensure the success of Aramco’s initial public offering after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman finally decided to offer shares in the world’s largest oil producer.

The kingdom cut taxes on the company for a third time, revealed incentives for investors not to sell and is considering boosting dividends further. Yet the Saudi government has already conceded the company probably isn’t worth the $2 trillion valuation Prince Mohammed has long advocated.

More than three years after the IPO was first mooted, Aramco published a so-called intention to float on Sunday, the most dramatic change