The Death of King Abdullah and the Future of Oil Geopolitics
- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and his successor, King Salman
by James Corbett
In the early hours of Friday, January 23rd, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz died of complications from pneumonia. He was 90 years old, and was just shy of reaching the 10th anniversary of his accession to the Saudi throne in August of 2005.
