set gDates = [[], [0, "The Times, Oct 10, 1973", "Sunday Times, Dec 2, 1973", "The Times, Dec 24, 1973", "The Times, Dec 30, 1976", "The Times, Jan 25, 1983", "The Times, Oct 31, 1986"]]
set gName = getat(["Yamani"],1)
@[]#KUWAIT WANTS TO DISCUSS ROLE OF OIL WEAPON#EMISSARY OF THE NEW SUPER-POWER#GULF STATES TO DOUBLE OIL PRICE #OIL PRICES KEPT DOWN FOR POLITICAL REASONS#STERLING AND SHARES PLUNGE#EXIT THE CHARISMATIC YAMANI
Between mid-1985 and Yamani's dismissal in 1986, Saudi oil production rose from two million to more than five million barrels per year, and the price per barrel fell from $27.50 to $10#Saudi Arabia has 30 per cent of the world's known oil reserves#Crown Prince Faisal first appointed Yamani to a Saudi government post in 1958. In 1962, when he had become King Faisal, he put Yamani in charge of oil. In 1975, when Faisal was assassinated by his nephew, Yamani was standing beside him#In Britain, 200 gas stations had to close in November 1973, because of the oil shortage#Almost 20 years after the 1973 oil crisis, the wheel turned full circle. In 1991 Saudi Arabia was the base for the invasion of Iraqi-occupied Kuwait. The Saudis feared that Iraq coveted their vast oil reserves, too, and looked to the West for help#The Middle East is the largest reservoir of oil in the world. After the Arab-Israeli war of 1973, which provoked the oil crisis, it was producing 80% of the oil used by Europe#Yamani's moderation annoyed radical elements in the Middle East. In 1975 the notorious terrorist, Carlos "The Jackal", took Yamani and other OPEC leaders hostage in Vienna to publicise support for the Palestinian cause
