Tag Saudi Arabia

The meltdown

Saudi Arabia has responded to Russia’s refusal to cooperate by cutting prices and threatening (credibly, it seems) to raise output: The kingdom plans to pump more than 10m [million, not thousand] barrels a day next month while announcing unprecedented discounts…

How fragile is Saudi Arabia?

Before it can be exported or refined, half the country’s oil output (and 5% of the world’s) must be processed at a single, supersized facility. Located in a politically and militarily unstable region, it has been poorly protected from a…