Yamani, the man behind the first oil shock, turned Saudis into kings of crude
OBITUARY | The former oil minister’s career was remarkable as a commoner in a society dominated by the royal family
23 February 2021 - 20:22
Saudi Arabia’s Sheikh Zaki Yamani, the embodiment of the ascent of Arab petroleum power and the face of the 1973 oil embargo that brought the West to its knees, has died...
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