Bloomberg's Oil Pro Talks Saudi's New Oil Minister

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Saudi Arabia appointed over the weekend Khalid al-Falih to serve as the country's "Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources." The ex-Saudi Aramco CEO and current Chairman will replace Ali al-Naimi who oversaw the country's oil interests for more than 20 years. Bloomberg's Riad Hamade offered his expert take on the new appointment during Monday's
"Bloomberg Markets"
segment. According to Hamade, Saudi Arabia's oil policy of favoring market share over over a certain price level will remain unchanged as al-Falih himself has been of the policy making decision a few years ago. As such, any incremental volatility in the oil market is unlikely. Second, Saudi Arabia made its intentions clear that it has an objective of removing the economy's dependency on oil by 2030. Al-Falih was also instrumental in demanding Iran join any sort of international agreement to freeze oil export levels. By comparison, al-Falih was "more accepting of not including Iran." Hamade also noted that it will "take time" for Al-Falih to gain the international respect that his predecessor spent 20 years developing. On the other hand, Al-Falih is "not an unknown" as he was heavily involved in senior leadership positions at Saudi Aramco since 2009. "With time, as people get to know what he has to say, the markets will get to know how to interpret his comments," Hamade added. Finally
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