Now Mr. Naimi is leaving the oil ministry in a move announced Saturday by King Salman, after the global energy landscape shifted beneath Mr. Naimi and forced... For more than 20 years, Ali al-Naimi was a singular force in global oil markets as Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, tangling with his Iranian counterpart, charming Texas oilmen and keeping a lid on the fractious rivalries within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 07, 2016 16:16 UTC