Saudi Aramco’s board is set to meet this week in Saudi Arabia where it will approve a bond issuance plan that will likely help finance a potential acquisition of a strategic stake in Saudi petrochemicals maker SABIC, industry sources said. Aramco, the world’s top oil producer, plans to issue its first international bonds in the second quarter of 2019 and the planned issuance will probably be around $10 billion, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih has said. The company’s representatives are expected to meet fixed-income investors in a bond “roadshow” in April, two sources familiar with the matter said. The deal is expected to involve the purchase of all or nearly all of the 70 percent stake in SABIC held by the Public […]