Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 49

5-Dec-2011

Resetting The Energy Conversation The Need For Realism

By Khalid A al-Falih

Mr Falih is President and Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Aramco. He presented the following paper at the King 'Abd Allah Petroleum Studies and Research Centers Inaugural Energy Dialogue in Riyadh on 21 November.

This Energy Dialogue comes at an opportune moment: a moment when the global conversation about energy in general, and petroleum in particular, needs...