(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - Milano, 11 dic - Se la Russia
aderisse all'Opec l'organizzazione acquisterebbe ancora piu'
peso e influenza. Attualmente, l'Opec conta attualmente 13
Paesi membri che rappresentano circa il 43% della produzione
mondiale di greggio che salirebbe oltre il 50% sommando
anche il 12,6% della Russia. L'organizzazione si e' sempre
detta pronta ad accogliere la Russia nei suoi ranghi dal
momento che si tratta del secondo Paese produttore dietro
l'Arabia Saudita. La Russia, d'altra parte, si era sempre
rifiutata in precedenza di aderire perche' significherebbe
piegarsi al sistema delle quote mentre starne fuori consente
di beneficiare dei tagli alla produzione altrui senza
ridurre la propria capacita'. A questo punto, pero', il prezzo
del greggio e' crollato a livello cosi' bassi che la Russia
potrebbe decidere di riconsiderare la propria posizione. "Lo
ripeto ancora una volta - ha affermato Medvedev - e' una
questione vitale per il nostro Paese e per il suo sviluppo.
Noi non dobbiamo farci guidare da criteri astratti o
raccomandazioni delle organizzazioni internazionali: questi
sono i nostri interessi nazionali".
(RADIOCOR) 11-12-08 20:05:32
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Leonid Fedun, deputy chief executive officer of OAO Lukoil, Russia’s largest non-state producer, said he expects the organization to cut output “significantly” at the meeting.
A cut in global production of 2.5 million barrels a day would support oil prices in a range of $60 to $80 a barrel, said Fedun, who has advocated Russian cooperation with OPEC.
December 11, 2008 13:09 EST
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3:23 p.m. EST Dec. 11, 2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures soared above $49 a barrel Thursday, propelled by sharp weakness in the dollar and expectations that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will deliver a significant production cut next week.
Crude for January delivery rose $4.46, or 10.2%, to end at $47.98 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Earlier, the contract hit an intraday high of $49.12 a barrel in electronic trading on Globex.
Other energy futures also rallied. January reformulated gasoline rose 11 cents, or 11%, to end at $1.08 a gallon and January heating oil gained 11 cents to finish at $1.51 a gallon.
Dollar weakness typically boosts dollar-denominated commodities such as oil and gold. Gold futures also rallied.
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Prices were also supported by a statement by Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi who said they pumped 8.49 million barrels a day in November, less than estimated and in line with its OPEC target," said John Kilduff, an analyst at MF Global, in a note. "It is expected that January shipments from the kingdom will be even lower, as a result of additional cuts to be announced next week from Algeria," Kilduff said.
Saudi Arabia, with approximately one-fifth of the world's proven oil reserves, is the largest oil producer within OPEC. Russia, which is not a member of OPEC, will attend the meeting next week as an observer and is expected to announce proposals for a cut in Russian production.
Global oil demand to rise in 2009: IEA
Energy traders also digested the International Energy Agency's latest monthly report on the global oil market issued earlier Thursday.
Worldwide demand is expected to contract in 2008 for the first time since 1983, shrinking by 200,000 barrels a day, with the total this year revised down by 350,000 barrels a day to 85.8 million barrels a day, the IEA said.
The IEA also said demand for 2009 will rise to a downward-adjusted 86.3 million barrels a day, based on the International Monetary Fund's assumption that the global economy will gradually recover from the second half of next year.
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Meanwhile, U.S. natural-gas inventories fell by 67 billion cubic feet to stand at 3,291 billion cubic feet during the week ended Dec. 5, the EIA reported Thursday. Analysts at Global Insight had projected a storage withdrawal of 112 billion cubic feet.
January natural gas ended down 9 cents at $5.60 per million British thermal units on Nymex
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