1. Muhanna was top adviser to oil ministers over four decades, 2. His book, Oil Leaders, gives rare insights into Saudi policy, 3. Saudi Arabia can easily pump up to 12 million b/d, he says. In mid-2008, with oil prices on their way to setting a record high of $147/b, OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia faced a chorus of doubts about how much crude it was capable of producing. Some analysts even said the kingdom was pumping near its maximum volumes.
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