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Non-Oil GDP Share: 55% 2025 real GDP |Saudi Unemployment: 7.2% Q4 2025 |PIF AUM: $925B 2025 approx. |FDI Share of GDP: 2.8% 2025 latest |Female Participation: 35.0% 2025 latest |Credit Rating: Aa3/A+/A+ Moody's/Fitch/S&P |GDP Growth: 4.5% 2025 actual |Umrah Pilgrims: 18M+ 2025 foreign |Non-Oil GDP Share: 55% 2025 real GDP |Saudi Unemployment: 7.2% Q4 2025 |PIF AUM: $925B 2025 approx. |FDI Share of GDP: 2.8% 2025 latest |Female Participation: 35.0% 2025 latest |Credit Rating: Aa3/A+/A+ Moody's/Fitch/S&P |GDP Growth: 4.5% 2025 actual |Umrah Pilgrims: 18M+ 2025 foreign |

Jafurah

BlackRock, Aramco, and the Jafurah Model: How $35 Billion in Foreign Capital Actually Works in Saudi Arabia

BlackRock's Saudi investments now exceed $35 billion. The $11 billion Jafurah gas deal is the template for how international co-investment works in the new PIF era.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

Jafurah Gas Field

Saudi Arabia's largest non-associated gas field in the Eastern Province, central to the Kingdom's strategy of expanding gas production to free oil for export and support petrochemicals growth.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

Oil and Gas

Saudi Arabia's dominant sector, Aramco-led, production and diversification under Vision 2030.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

Saudi Arabia Gas Production

Analysis of Saudi Arabia's natural gas production and development strategy, covering associated and non-associated gas reserves, the Jafurah basin, unconventional gas, domestic gas demand, and the role of gas in Vision 2030's energy mix.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

Saudi Arabia Natural Gas Reserves

Overview of Saudi Arabia's 333.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves, the Jafurah gas field development, and the Kingdom's gas expansion strategy.

Updated Apr 18, 2026

Saudi Gas Expansion: The Jafurah Basin and the $110 Billion Unconventional Revolution

Analysis of Saudi Arabia's gas expansion centred on the Jafurah basin, unconventional development, and gas self-sufficiency.

Updated Apr 18, 2026