UAE oil minister says market well supplied


19/07/2012 23:43 AST  Reuters

The United Arab Emirates oil minister said on Thursday that the oil market was well supplied and that he was happy with current crude prices.

Gulf Opec producers have shown no sign of trimming their output following the cartel's meeting in mid-June when ministers agreed to adhere to a 30 million barrels per day (bpd) target.

'The market is fairly well supplied...Our customers keep coming to us and asking for more,' Mohammed bin Dhaen al-Hamli told reporters on the sidelines of an energy conference in Dubai.

'We are happy with the price.'

Benchmark Brent crude rose to more than $107 a barrel on Thursday.

The 12-member Opec's collective output remained close to its highest levels since early 2008 in June, driven by strong Saudi and Iraqi output, according to a Reuters survey.

The extra supply makes up for Iran's drop in exports which halved in the four months from February to June because of US and European Union sanctions aimed at discouraging what the West fears is an Iranian programme to develop nuclear weapons.

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