Epstein Secrets

activities at the United States by sup- porting al Qaeda. Plaintiffs also submit that Mr. Aljomaih's company does busi- ness with General Motors and Shell Corpo- ration and that, therefore, he must have had contacts with the United States. See Opp. at 11; Statement of Jamie L. Paye attached to Plaint

e foreign defendant regarding the scope of his offi- cial responsibilities. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1602 et seq. 10. International Law C=.10.33 Director of Saudi Arabia's Depart- ment of General Intelligence (DGI) was immune from Antiterrorism Act (ATM suit by survivors of victims of Septem- EFTA00795032 768 349 F

therefore, limited jurisdictional discovery is warranted. As explained above, the PIF could qualify either as an organ or political subdivision of the Kingdom of Sa- udi Arabia. Additionally, the affidavits on which the parties ask the Court to rely have not been subjected to cross examina- tion and are rather self-serving

m of Saudi Arabia 112, at Berger Decl. Ex. 7 ("It is the position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that NCB is a government instru- mentality of the Kingdom of Saudi Ara- bia."). To enjoy immunity from suit under the FSIA, NCB must demonstrate that it is an agency or instrumentality, or a politi- cal subdivision

I. The legacy part of the business provides stable and consistent free cash flows. Factoring in the 3 announced acquisitions (Esso. Topaz. Dansk Shell). dropping fuel margin to 18.Scpg. and assuming 1% fuel volume organic growth. produces a 33% upside for the Legacy business. 2. Adding on the acq

e to sell bauxite/alumina. due to operating in the bottom quartile of the cost curve (exhibit to the right AWAC has invested into a JV. Ma'aden. in Saud Arabia. which will operate as the lowest cost refiner in the world). Regardless of how aluminum pricing behaves. bauxite/alumina will remain a pre- cious

7 the search for an American partner brought an Israel Petroleum Authority official to Houston and the offices of Shell Oil. It was a smart choice. Shell had been making breakthrough discoveries in how to produce oil from shale rock, thanks to its chief scientist, Harold Vinegar. He had modified a pr

United States. The second was the so-called Arab spring and what the Saudis regarded as its negative consequences throughout the Arab world. From Saudi Arabia's point of view, the relationship with the United States soured for a number of reasons. First, the Saudis felt that the announced "Asia/Pacific" reo

d by the Ministry of Energy. It seeks to leverage Saudi Arabia’s comparative advantage in energy, petrochemicals a

er importance in the industrialization strategy adopted in the Vision 2030. The NICDP will be managed by the Ministry of Energy. It seeks to leverage Saudi Arabia’s comparative advantage in energy, petrochemicals and minerals to create sustainable export oriented industries, initially focused on the automotive, c

icals facilities like Sadara, downstream integration at its many refineries, and potential acquisitions. The recent announcement of the US split with Shell was followed by comments that the breakup was due to different strategies by both companies with Aramco increasing its focus on petrochemicals. Petr