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Biden’s oil policy tightrope in Saudi Arabia
FromPOLITICO Energy
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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Jul 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
President Joe Biden is visiting Saudi Arabia on Friday, and he is
expected to discuss everything from bolstering security in the region to
reorienting policy with the kingdom. Everything except the one thing he
really needs but can't get: more oil. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre explains
why a hard push by the president would probably fail to get Saudi
leaders to pump new crude supplies into the world oil market.
Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.
Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.
expected to discuss everything from bolstering security in the region to
reorienting policy with the kingdom. Everything except the one thing he
really needs but can't get: more oil. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre explains
why a hard push by the president would probably fail to get Saudi
leaders to pump new crude supplies into the world oil market.
Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO.
Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer.
Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.
Released:
Jul 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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