AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Really Big Oil: While fighting terrorism, fight OPEC, too.
Back in 1973, Sheikh Ahmad Zaki Yamani, the petroleum minister of Saudi Arabia, feared that while he was wielding his "oil weapon," the West might wield weapons of its own. Rumors circulated that Washington was considering seizing the Saudi oilfields by force. According to Anthony Cave Brown's Oil, God, and Gold, Yamani "worried that anyone could even suggest it. All the more so because desperate people sometimes do desperate things." Defense secretary James Schlesinger later said, "I was prepared to seize Abu Dhabi. Something small. But nothing big. Militarily we could have seized one of the Arab states. I think the Arabs were quite worried about it after 1973."
...
- SAUDI ARABIA REFUSES TO EXTEND TEMPORARY OPEC AGREEMENT / OIL PRICES FALL
- Newspaper article from: The Journal Record ASSOCIATED PRESS October 14, 1986 700+ words
...futures collapsed on news that Saudi Arabia rejected the idea of merely extending a temporary pact among OPEC members. ""Saudi Arabia joined its ally Kuwait in seeking higher quotas from OPEC,'' said Richard Marose...
- SAUDI ARABIA: OPEC RESISTS PRESSURE TO INCREASE OIL OUTPUT.
- News wire article from: Interpress Service November 19, 2007 700+ words
...The leaders of the OPEC nations -- Algeria...Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates...pulled out. The first OPEC summit, which was held...the 1990s. When the OPEC leaders gather Saturday...Sunday in the capital of Saudi Arabia, they plan to call for...
- SAUDI ARABIA - The OPEC Meeting & The Saudi-Russian Pact:.
- Newspaper article from: APS Review Oil Market Trends September 29, 2003 700+ words
...regime on April 9. 2. OPEC indirectly endorsed a price defence pact between Saudi Arabia and Russia struck as...Over the long term, OPEC is eager to keep Iraq...reserves in the world after Saudi Arabia. Bahr Al Ulum insisted...will continue as one of OPEC's 11 members, ...
- SAUDI ARABIA, OPEC PARTNERS CLASH OVER CRUDE OIL STRATEGY
- Newspaper article from: The Journal Record ROBERT BURNS, AP October 18, 1986 700+ words
GENEVA - Dominant OPEC oil producer Saudi Arabia clashed with cartel...permanent agreement. OPEC's current accord...member except Iraq. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are eager...them bigger shares of OPEC's total production...
- Review of OPEC Member Counties: Saudi Arabia.
- Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends December 21, 1998 700+ words
...limited to Riyadh's OPEC commitment of 8.023m...the oil ministers of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and...production cuts agreed at OPEC's June conference will...production. A total OPEC cut by 2.6m b/d was...which would improve Saudi Arabia's economy. Prince...
- Saudi Arabia Comments Cool Oil Market; Minister to Urge OPEC to Tweak Output.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 11, 2004 700+ words
...manipulate prices. Saudi Arabia is the largest producer within OPEC, which supplies...announcement by Saudi Arabia, OPEC had resolved to...production. The current OPEC quota is 23.5...half coming from Saudi Arabia. Arab oil producers...
- Opec fine-tuning rests with Saudi Arabia.
- Newspaper article from: Petroleum Intelligence Weekly May 7, 2007 700+ words
...tuning will rest with Saudi Arabia, which would be counted...growing demand for Opec crude would almost certainly...861 50,655 +1,752 Opec Wellhead 29,929 29,959 -1,071 Opec 10 26,038 26,184...Zone, shared equally by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and shown...
- Saudi Arabia's Need to Pay Off Debt Seen Behind Opec Action.
- Newspaper article from: The Oil Daily Schmollinger, Christian February 17, 2004 700+ words
SINGAPORE -- Saudi Arabia's need to meet its...the real driver behind Opec's push to maintain...come as no surprise that Opec announced production...meeting in Algiers. "What Saudi Arabia wants in Opec, it usually gets...
Source: HighBeam Research, Really Big Oil: While fighting terrorism, fight OPEC, too.