We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.
Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox
Orchestrator of Opec oil embargoes who survived being kidnapped by Carlos the Jackal
Opec’s longest-serving minister rose to prominence during the 1973 oil embargo
The cartel’s weakness is welcome now, but a warning for the future
International Edition
