{"id":291427,"date":"2023-12-15T18:47:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291427"},"modified":"2023-12-15T18:47:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T17:47:49","slug":"saudi-oil-minister-praises-un-climate-agreement-says-it-wont-slow-their-oil-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=291427","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Oil Minister Praises UN Climate Agreement, Says It Won\u2019t Slow Their Oil Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An oil processing facility operates beside dunes at Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field in the Rub’ Al-Khali desert, also known as the ‘Empty Quarter,’ in Shaybah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Saudi Arabia\u00a0is seeking to transform its crude-dependent economy by developing new industries, and is pushing into petrochemicals as a way to earn more from its energy deposits. Photographer: Simon Dawson\/Bloomberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The Saudi Arabian energy minister said Wednesday that the new United Nations (UN) green energy transition pledge will not diminish the country\u2019s ability to sell fossil fuels, according to Al Arabiya, a Saudi Arabian news outlet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that the landmark international pledge to transition away from fossil fuels will not affect Saudi Arabian crude oil sales,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to Al Arabiya. The UN\u00a0hailed<\/a>\u00a0the agreement as \u201cthe beginning of the end\u201d for fossil fuels, but Saudi Arabia, one of the world\u2019s largest producers of crude oil, does not seem especially concerned that the pledge spells doom for the country\u2019s economic lifeblood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 200 countries, including the U.S., signed<\/a> onto the energy transition pledge on Wednesday, just before the annual UN climate summit adjourned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe pharaoh methodology of dictating things has been buried, and so people are free in their choices,\u201d Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, the oil minister, told Al Arabiya in an interview. He also said explicitly that the COP28 pledge would not hurt the country\u2019s ability to sell crude oil.\u00a0(RELATED: Biden To Visit Saudi Arabia After Once Vowing To Make Them A \u2018Pariah\u2019 During 2019 Debate)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Are the Saudis getting too powerful? https:\/\/t.co\/cc9EfJ9EeH<\/a><\/p>— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 10, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>