Topic: Ali al-Naimi

BAGHDAD, July 8 (UPI) -- The Shiite-led government of Iraq follows a "tyrannical mentality" that stokes the fires of sectarian conflict, a spokesman for the Islamic Army in Iraq said.

NEW DELHI, June 19 (UPI) -- India has asked OPEC member countries to raise their crude production to reduce the prices of global crude.

WASHINGTON, June 17 (UPI) -- The same day Saudi Arabia said it would boost production to record heights, global oil prices soared to a new world record of close to $140 a barrel.

WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. presidential election may have been decided in Riyadh last Friday. U.S. President George W. Bush asked King Abdullah bin Abdelaziz of Saudi Arabia to use his country's power as the global swing producer of oil to bring down skyrocketing global petroleum prices -- and the king said "No."

Algeria will invest $45 billion in energy production; Against other OPEC members, Saudi Arabia has said that it will increase its oil output; PetroChina has said it resumed oil supply in areas hit by the earthquake in Sichuan province

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 16 (UPI) -- Saudi officials said Friday that oil production in the country is being increased by 300,000 barrels a day to meet the demands of its customers.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney discussed ways to steady the global oil market with Saudi Arabia's King Abdallah in Riyadh, a report said.

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Oil prices closed at a six-week low Tuesday on speculation the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries would boost production.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The Saudi oil minister said it is not production levels but traders and speculators that are pushing oil prices to near record numbers.

ROME, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The Bush administration asked OPEC to agree this weekend to increase oil production to lower fuel prices, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Tuesday.