SIMON SAYS: An LPG market Shaken but not yet Stirred!
He could shift markets with only a few words, he was the architect of propelling Saudi Arabia to become the dominant force in the oil world, and he was even briefly taken hostage at an OPEC meeting in 1975 by the infamous Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal. Many in the western world also felt they were being taken as a hostage, to OPEC’s ability to control supply, forcing prices higher and higher. Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani died in London earlier this week aged 90.