Thursday, December 11, 2014

Why Should We Cut Production -- Saudi Oil Minister -- December 11, 2014; OPEC's Mandate: Stability And Predictability In Oil Pricing

Reuters via Rigzone is reporting:
Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi on Wednesday shrugged off suggestions that the world's biggest crude exporter might cut production to reverse the deepest price slump in years, saying the kingdom's output had remained steady through last month.
Naimi's comments on the sidelines of an annual U.N. climate change conference in Lima, Peru, stuck to the message he laid out at OPEC's meeting two weeks ago: The market would be left to balance itself without the kingdom's intervention. That stance was seen as a shift from longstanding Saudi policy to act as a swing supplier.
Oil prices have dropped $13 a barrel since that November meeting.
Yet asked on Wednesday whether he thought it would be necessary to reduce oil production prior to OPEC's next scheduled meeting in June, Naimi responded: "Why should we cut production? Why?"
At the same event, Venezuela's foreign minister and top OPEC emissary Rafael Ramirez provided his country's answer to Naimi's question: OPEC must act, he told Reuters, because "that is our job. We want stability in the market and predictability."
By the way, did you see where he was speaking? LOL. I get the feeling Ali is not particularly concerned about global warming. LOL. The average temperature in Saudi Arabia is 97 degrees Fahrenheit in July -- the Saudis have experienced global warming since the beginning of time. LOL.

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