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18/01/2016 05:24 AST
Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi said he’s optimistic crude prices will rise and foresees that market forces and cooperation among producing nations will lead in time to renewed stability.
“I am optimistic about the future, the return of stability to the global oil markets, the improvement of prices and the cooperation among the major producing countries,” Al Naimi said.” Market forces as well as the cooperation among producing nations always lead to the restoration of stability.
Led by Saudi Arabia, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which supplies about 40 per cent of the world’s oil, abandoned limits on output on Dec.4 amid efforts to squeeze higher-cost producers such as Russia and US shale drillers out of the market.
Global glut
The decision contributed to a global glut and led to a further drop in prices.
Saudi Arabia produced 10.25 million barrels a day in December, up 750,000 barrels a day from the end of last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, together with non-OPEC producer Mexico have “an especially important role to play,” al-Naimi said Sunday in Riyadh at an event with the Mexican president and energy minister.
When oil prices plummeted in 1998, Mexico cooperated with the Saudis and other suppliers to restore market stability and boost prices, he said.
“Mexico and the kingdom have an especially important role to play in achieving this objective, in the past, at the present, and in the future,” al-Naimi said.
Saudi Arabia will sign an agreement on Sunday to cooperate with Mexico in the oil industry, with provisions for exchanging experts, setting up joint ventures and encouraging mutual investments, he said.
Saudi Arabia produced 10.25 million barrels a day in December, up 750,000 barrels a day from the end of last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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