Telegraph.co.uk | How Saudi Arabia is tying its oil and foreign policies together Telegraph.co.uk For decades it has been standard Saudi practice to keep separate its oil and foreign policies as the Kingdom, the world's top exporter and de facto leader of Opec, has regarded “economic energy purity” as the best strategy to sustain domestic growth ... Is Saudi Arabia calling the market's bluff over oil? Wall Street banking on oil recovery in flurry of shale stock deals |