OPEC's latest meeting at its Vienna headquarters welcomed back a lost member, Iran, and decided to...
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OPEC's latest meeting at its Vienna headquarters welcomed back a lost member, Iran, and decided to maintain the status quo for another six months.
Production will not be increased to allow Iran to regain its former quota and second producer position, currently held by Iraq. The agreement caused a dollar-a-barrel fall in the price of Brent crude.
"I'm sure that all OPEC members show wisdom and when member countries, after limitation, return to the market they understand (that) they should open the doors for him and not fight with him," said Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh.
Since early 2012, when tougher sanctions on Iran first started to take their toll, output from the country's fields has dropped to about 1m b/d, down from 2.5m b/d, which is equal to the loss of about $80bn in income.
So OPEC faces production surges from two of its members, plus fields coming onstream in the USA as fracking production rises. How to keep prices high with so much extra capacity?
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