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OPEC moves to keep oil price above 100 dollars


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It looks like they are willing to defend 100 dollars , Mike Wittner, an analyst at Society Generale, commented following Tuesday's OPEC decision. Oil prices topped a record 147 dollars in July but have since fallen some 30 percent, dropping below the symbolic 100-dollar mark for the first time in five months on Tuesday, as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries was meeting in Vienna. The market was coming down very dramatically but I hope it will relax now, OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al Badri told journalists Wednesday after the cartel's 13 members agreed to cut excess production by 520,000 barrels per day . The White House expressed its disapproval of the decision Wednesday, with spokeswoman Dana Perino telling reporters: We would like to see more oil on the market, not less. The oil producers maintained their official output quotas at Tuesday's meeting, although the total figure dropped to 28.8 million barrels per day after Indonesia suspended its membership of the group. But they also pledged to respect the quotas. The cartel's members have been pumping far above their quotas, producing a surplus of 520,000 bpd, OPEC president and Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil pointed out. The decision is significant, it took the market by surprise, Wittner said of the surplus cut. They expected a rollover, meaning there would be no change in production, he added of analysts' forecasts. Influential Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Nuaimi said the oil market was fairly well balanced, on arriving in Vienna Tuesday, increasing speculation that production levels might remain unchanged. Riyadh had hiked its oil output by a total 500,000 bpd in May and June in response to orders from customers. In August, Saudi Arabia pumped 9.45 million bpd, far above its 8.94 million bpd quota, according to the International Energy Agency . Wednesday's decision could thus be seen as a victory for OPEC's traditional price hawks, Iran and Venezuela, which had called for a surplus cut and strict compliance with official quotas. They were backed by other members, such as Algeria and Libya. These producers do not want oil prices to drop below 100 dollars for budgetary and political reasons, said one analyst, who asked not to be named. Analysts see Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states on the other hand as being comfortable with a figure of 80-90 dollars. They are unlikely to face budget crises over oil prices at 70 dollars, David Kirsch, an analyst for Washington-based consultancy PFC Energy, told AFP. Gulf states are also keen not to put Western economies, their main consumers, under pressure while they teeter on the edge of a recession. But the cartel's hawks fear prices will fall if oil surpluses start building up at a time when the world economy is weakening, observers say. OPEC is said to be haunted by the ghost of Jakarta after a decision to increase production at a meeting in the Indonesian capital in November 1997 as the Asian financial crisis erupted. That crisis slashed economic growth and oil prices dropped from 20 dollars a barrel at the time to a low of 8.0 dollars in early 1999. Bill Farren-Price of Medley Global Advisors noted however that OPEC's decision did not necessarily mean a victory for the price hawks. It seems unlikely that the Saudis will reduce production while their customers are needing oil, he told AFP. Instead, Riyadh will probably stick to its usual policy of responding to demand and lowering production discreetly when necessary, he said. Last month for example, the Saudis cut production by 100,000 bpd, the IAE noted. But market observers remained cautious.We probably won't see prices rebounding until the declared cut in production has resulted in a drop in inventories, which won't happen before four weeks, said Wittner.