Aramco's 2025 results date and the start of exports from the Jafurah field
Saudi Aramco has announced the timeline for disclosing its financial results for the fiscal year 2025, with the announcement scheduled for Tuesday, March 10, 2026. This announcement comes amid great anticipation from investors and local and global financial markets, given the company's significant weight in the Saudi Stock Exchange (TASI) index and its direct impact on the global energy sector.
Generous dividend payouts to shareholders
As part of its commitment to maximizing shareholder returns, the company has approved a total cash dividend of SAR 80.12 billion (approximately USD 21.37 billion) for the third quarter of 2025. This distribution is part of the company’s financial strategy, which aims to balance sustainable growth with providing attractive returns for investors.
The financial statements revealed that the dividend structure is divided into two main parts: basic dividends of SAR 79.30 billion (USD 21.15 billion) and performance-related dividends of SAR 0.82 billion (USD 0.22 billion). The performance-related dividends are calculated using a specific mechanism based on 70% of the Group's free cash flow for 2024, after deducting basic dividends and any other external investments, reflecting the company's strong financial position and its ability to generate liquidity.
A historic achievement in the Jafurah field
On the operational front, Aramco achieved a significant milestone with the sale of a shipment of condensate from the Jafurah field , marking the first publicly announced export from this massive project, which has an investment value of approximately $100 billion. Condensate is a light petroleum liquid typically found alongside natural gas reservoirs and is considered highly valuable in global markets.
This event is of great strategic importance, as the Jafurah field is the largest unconventional gas field in Saudi Arabia, and the first of its kind to be developed using advanced hydraulic fracturing technologies, the same technologies that revolutionized shale gas in the United States.
The strategic and economic importance of the project
Aramco CEO Amin Nasser describes the Jafurah field as the “crown jewel” of the company’s future projects. This field is expected to play a pivotal role in achieving the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 by providing substantial quantities of natural gas when it reaches its anticipated peak production capacity in 2030. This production will contribute to replacing the liquid fuels currently used for power generation, freeing up more crude oil for export, as well as supporting the petrochemical industry and blue hydrogen production.
The commencement of exports from Jafurah not only represents a technical success for Aramco in dealing with unconventional reservoirs, but also confirms the continued diversification of income sources and the strengthening of the Kingdom’s position as a major player in the global gas market, in addition to its leadership in the oil market.
