Oil Leaders - An Insiders Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia Opec s Global

Oil Leaders offers an unprecedented glimpse into the strategic thinking of top figures in the energy world from the 1980s through the recent past. Ibrahim AlMuhanna-a close adviser to four different Saudi oil ministers over that span of time-examines the role of individual and collective decision making in shaping market movements.

List of contents

Foreword, by Robert McNally
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Decisions, Decision Makers, and Oil
1. Ahmed Zaki Yamani: Good Start, Difficult Ending
2. Hisham Nazer: Shifting Interests and Looking Nationally
3. Saddam Hussein and Sheikh Ali al-Sabah: Invasion of a Nation
4. Luis Giusti, the Jakarta Agreement, and Its Aftermath
5. Prince Saud al-Faisal: An Interim Energy Leader
6. Hugo Chavez: The Rise of a Man and the Decline of a Nation
7. King Abdullah, George W. Bush, and Gordon Brown: The Shadows of 2008
8. Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden: A Revolving U.S. Energy Policy
9. Ali Al-Naimi: The Road to Doha
10. Vladimir Putin: Placing Russia on the Global Oil Map
11. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman: The Forty-Five Day Oil Shock
Conclusion: Thoughts About the Future
Notes
Index

About the author

Ibrahim AlMuhanna

Summary

Oil Leaders offers an unprecedented glimpse into the strategic thinking of top figures in the energy world from the 1980s through the recent past. Ibrahim AlMuhanna—a close adviser to four different Saudi oil ministers over that span of time—examines the role of individual and collective decision making in shaping market movements.

Product details

• Authors: Ibrahim AlMuhanna
• Assisted by: Robert Mcnally (Foreword), McNally Robert (Foreword)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2024
• EAN: 9780231216586
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21658-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Center on Global Energy Policy Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Saudi Arabia, Politics & government, Politics and government, Energy resources, Middle Eastern; energy