Saudi Prince’s First OPEC Outing Brings Last-Minute Oil Surprise
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Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman has attended OPEC meetings for three decades, but this was the first time he’s been the star turn.
For two days, Saudi Arabia’s new oil minister appeared to have stage fright. As he shuttled between Vienna’s ultra-luxury Park Hyatt hotel and the headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, he said almost nothing to the massed reporters ready to transcribe his every word.