On May 14, AGSIW hosted a virtual private roundtable with Ibrahim Al-Muhanna, former advisor to the minister of energy, industry, and mineral resources of Saudi Arabia, and member of the board of directors of AGSIW.

The coronavirus pandemic and global economic slowdown will shape the energy complex in the years and decades ahead, but how far reaching will these changes be? What were the factors that allowed oil producers to accede to the most recent OPEC+ agreement to manage the oil price crisis, and how likely is this detente to last? What is the impact of low oil prices on Gulf Arab economies and specifically on Saudi Arabia’s ability to carry out its economic diversification program? As part of AGSIW’s continuing coverage of energy issues, Al-Muhanna assessed these developments and more.