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Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabia's then-oil minister on Dec. 1, 1973, in London during talks on the oil crisis.

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Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Key To Making Saudi Arabia A World Oil Power, Dies At 90

6:22pm February 23, 2021

by Jackie Northam

He was Saudi Arabia's oil minister for nearly 25 years, rising to fame for engineering the 1973 oil embargo and negotiating Saudi control of Aramco from U.S. fuel giants.

Saudi Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, minister of energy of Saudi Arabia, chairs a virtual summit of the Group of 20 energy ministers at his office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on April 10, to coordinate a response to plummeting oil prices due to an over

Saudi Arabia's Oil Tanker Flotilla Is Reaching The U.S., Despite Some Objections

6:23pm May 04, 2020

by Jackie Northam

At least 18 very large crude carriers, each carrying 2 million barrels of oil, are headed to the U.S. American shale producers and some lawmakers are worried.

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Wreckage described by Saudi defense officials as coming from the airstrikes on the Abqaiq oil refinery.

Attacks On Saudi Oil Facilities Pose Quandary For Trump Administration

6:49pm September 18, 2019

by David Welna

Military and intelligence officials say it looks like Iran launched the airstrikes but the U.S. has been slow to respond.

The newly appointed Saudi energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman (left), meets with his father King Salman, in a handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency on Monday.

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What Saudi Arabia's Energy Shake-Up Says About Its Oil Plans

2:38pm September 10, 2019

by Jackie Northam

In a break from tradition, the king appointed a prince to run the energy ministry and the head of the Public Investment Fund to chair oil giant Saudi Aramco.

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