Monday, May 21, 2007

OPEC Has No Plans to Boost Crude Oil Output, Libyan, Qatari Officials Say

(Bloomberg) -- OPEC, which supplies about two-fifths of
the world's oil, won't heed calls from consumers to increase output
for the summer driving season, officials from Libya and Qatar said.

``We are convinced that the market is not short of supply,''
Qatari Energy Minister Abdullah Al-Attiyah told reporters in the
Persian Gulf nation's capital Doha today. Geopolitical risks in the
Middle East and Africa, not lack of production, are pushing oil
prices higher, he said.


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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