THE LATEST OIL PRICE CRISIS: A SAUDI VIEW

(The following article on developments in the latest oil price crisis - translated by MEES from the original Arabic - appeared in the 15 November issue of the Saudi weekly magazine Iqraa. The authorship is anonymous - being billed only as having been written by a "neutral international oil expert" - but the article clearly reflects an insider's viewpoint.)

The collapse in oil prices began in August and lasted through the first half of...