Saudi Aramco and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), parent of PetroChina, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two companies during a four-day visit to Saudi Arabia by a CNPC delegation headed by CNPC's President Jiang Jiemin. CNPC President Jiang held recently discussions in Dhahran with Khalid A. Al-Falih, President and Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Aramco, on a wide-range of topics of mutual interest, according to a report carried yesterday by Saudi Aramco's web-site. Saudi Aramco and CNPC agreed to expand crude oil trade and strengthen their cooperation on refinery and petrochemical projects, as well as technology services and equipment supply to the petroleum industry. --MORE