Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi gestures as he attends a joint news conference with Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak, Qatar’s Energy Minister Mohammad bin Saleh al-Sada, and Venezuela’s Oil Minister Eulogio del Pino following their meeting in Doha, Qatar… As far as Venezuelan oil minister Eulogio Del Pino is concerned, his counterpart Ali al-Naimi, the world’s most influential oil official for the past two decades, is no longer the voice of authority for Saudi Arabia. Del Pino is still trying to find who is. As prospects for the first deal between OPEC and non-OPEC in 15 years faded on Sunday due to last-minute demands from Saudi Arabia, ministers gathered in Qatar appealed to Naimi to save the agreement, Del Pino said. “Unfortunately, the people representing the Saudis at the meeting didn’t have any authority at all,” Del Pino told reporters in Moscow on Monday, a day after Saudi […]