Saudi Aramco IPO Cancelled - Why?

Can anyone from the industry shed light as to why the IPO was called off? Is it really because they want to focus on the Sabic acquisition or reasons relating to the deal itself such as overvaluation?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-2…

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