Gulf states should reveal oil reserves

There are few more controversial figures in the oil industry than Matthew Simmons. Since the Houston-based banker argued the case for the peak or declining oil scenario in his 2005 book 'Twilight in the Desert' he has been at the centre of a storm that has had a real impact on the rising oil price.



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