Ali Al-Naimi

EghtesadOnline: For more than two decades, the oil market hung to Ali al-Naimi’s every word -- whether he was taking a characteristic stroll at dawn on Vienna’s Ringstrasse, hurrying through a hotel lobby after a conference, or dodging throngs of reporters at an OPEC meeting.

EghtesadOnline: When it comes to OPEC production cuts, "We tend to cheat," said former Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi after the group reached an agreement to curb output late last year.

EghtesadOnline: OPEC’s agreement to cut production for the first time in eight years has the potential to balance the oil market, as long as everyone sticks to it, former Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said.

EghtesadOnline: Ali Al-Naimi , the former Saudi oil minister and architect of the 2014 pump-at-will OPEC policy that’s roiled markets since, drew the conclusion during his final years in office that there was "zero" chance of countries outside the group joining in production cuts.