Saudi Oil Minister As Saudi Arabia leads the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in developing a six-month freeze deal, investors and industry officials should consider one key factor before rocking the markets: can we really trust the KSA to see the deal through? The Trusted Advisor – a pop psychology book designed to help readers navigate fragile professional relationships fraught with a lack of confidence between the parties involved – breaks the concept of trust down into four main parts: credibility, reliability, intimacy and self-orientation. So, where does Saudi stand on each of the four measures? Credibility and Reliability An agent’s credibility rests on its ability to achieve a stated goal based on its resources and know-how, while reliability evaluates an actor’s previous follow-through to predict future action. Saudi Arabia’s former Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi held a strong reputation of credibility and reliability within the OPEC and non-OPEC communities […]