Here is a very good story into the thinking of Saudi Arabia's oil minister
Iranian Minister Gains Influence… WSJ
Gaining influence in a severely weakened organization: "Iran's oil minister has taken on a more powerful role among the world’s biggest energy
The gamed nature of earnings estimates… Bianco
From James Bianco, via Ritholz (http://ritholtz.com/2016/06/historical-look-earnings/): "In a nutshell, analysts often offer more optimistic earnings
Giant Oil Trader Vitol…. Bloomberg
Lots of good stuff in Bloomberg's article about Ian Taylor and Vitol