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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia hospitalised
Saudi Arabia’s ailing King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, 91, has been admitted to hospital for “medical checks,” the royal court has said.
The king, whose age and frequent hospitalisation have raised concerns about the future leadership of the key oil producing country, was admitted to the King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh, a court statement carried by the official SPA news agency said on Wednesday.
Abdullah’s half brother Salman, 77, is next in line to the throne. He was named crown prince in June 2012 following the death of Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz.
Salman has been representing the king at most public events, including the latest Gulf summit in Qatar this month, due to the monarch’s ailing health.
The king’s absence from the public gaze for some time last year prompted rumours on social media networks that his health was deteriorating.
He underwent two operations in October 2011 and November 2012 to correct “ligament slackening” in the upper back.
9 Comments on "King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia hospitalised"
bobinget on Wed, 31st Dec 2014 9:31 am
BBC just did an extended documentary about
KSA internal unrest. Check it out, on line.
This must be a stressful period for Saudi Royals.
Taking on Iran, Russia not to mention Venezuela
would cause heartburn anywhere.
There is no place in the 21 Century for Royals with supreme powers.
Don’r be shocked to wake one morning to see
half of The House of Saud moved to Paris, London and New York for extended vacations.
Note these highly religious mendicants often choose Paris, London or New York because folks there are more pious.
bobinget on Wed, 31st Dec 2014 9:36 am
Note carefully the last paragraph. Now, tell us about lagging US demand.
Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending December 26, 2014
U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.4 million barrels per day during the week ending December 26, 2014, 36,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average.
Refineries operated at 94.4% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging 10.2 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production increased last week, averaging 5.3 million barrels per day.
U.S. crude oil imports averaged about 7.1 million barrels per day last week, down by 1.2 million barrels per day from the previous week. Over the last four weeks, crude oil imports averaged over 7.5 million barrels per day, 1.7% above the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 843,000 barrels per day. Distillate fuel imports averaged 175,000 barrels per day last week.
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 1.8 million barrels from the previous week. At 385.5 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are well above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories increased by 3.0 million barrels last week, and are well above the upper limit of the average range. Both finished gasoline inventories and blending components inventories increased last week. Distillate fuel inventories increased by 1.9 million barrels last week but are in the lower half of the average range for this time of year. Propane/propylene inventories fell 0.6 million barrels last week but are well above the upper limit of the average range. Total commercial petroleum inventories increased by 2.8 million barrels last week.
Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged over 20.2 million barrels per day, up by 2.3% from the same period last year. Over the last four weeks, motor gasoline product supplied averaged about 9.3 million barrels per day, up by 4.6% from the same period last year. Distillate fuel product supplied averaged about 4.1 million barrels per day over the last four weeks, up by 9.2% from the same period last year. Jet fuel product supplied is up 2.6% compared to the same four-week period last year.
bobinget on Wed, 31st Dec 2014 9:41 am
link: http://ir.eia.gov/wpsr/wpsrsummary.pdf
This is the sixth week demand exceeded 20 MB p/d
Springtime, with folks taking the new SUV out for a stretch, consumption historically goes
up a few percent.
JuanP on Wed, 31st Dec 2014 11:19 am
This would be a good moment for him to go meet his virgins in heaven.
Apneaman on Wed, 31st Dec 2014 2:01 pm
The good king has already had more than his fill of virgins on this earth. Word is, is he likes to gobble the Viagra. If any of those fairy tales turn out to be true, he will be going to that other place.
DiscoPants on Wed, 31st Dec 2014 5:33 pm
I can’t wait to see KSA go into Balkanization or Lebanonization or whatever you want to call its process of State Failure. Wall to wall civil war, rebellion and revolution in the worlds oil patch is sure to be an interesting ride.
Makati1 on Wed, 31st Dec 2014 7:14 pm
Last I heard, there were about 7,000 Saudi princes living off of the oil income. Could get interesting. I knew 2015 is going to be an exciting year.
hculliton on Wed, 31st Dec 2014 10:29 pm
Methinks that life in Saudi Arabia is about to get very interesting in the Chinese proverb kind of interesting.
bobinget on Thu, 1st Jan 2015 10:00 am
US Ally, Saudi Arabia leads world in beheading.
Forget about ISIS (a Saudi creation) KSA has been
losing its collective heads at an astounding pace.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-31/us-ally-saudi-arabia-beheads-87-2014-over-10-2013
One leading cause of head loss supposed to be
‘sorcery’ . ‘Sorcerers’ are mostly anti government
agitators, protesters and the mentally ill.
Apostasy and witchcraft can also lead to body shorting.
In the Soviet Union dissidents were imprisoned in gulags or ‘mental hospitals’. Western Nations considered practice awful and said so.
How much do we hear about our dear friends in The House of Saud?
The worst crimes permitted publication are something like arresting upperclass women for
driving their own cars.
Such hipocracy tarnishes every one complicit.