I think they just want to pump as much as they possibly can to cash out now while they can.

The writing is on the wall for fossil fuels. Even _they_ are doubling down on solar power and switching away from fossil fuel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_the_United_Arab...

UAE/Saudi tension over quotas predates it by years, but certainly gave a good excuse to execute leaving.

Worst case for the Middle East - OPEC is disolved.