29.09.2014 - Iran Urges OPEC To Stop Oil Slide, Gulf Members Relaxed
Iran on Friday urged OPEC members to make joint efforts to keep oil prices from falling further, highlighting a split with other members such as Saudi Arabia who face lower budget pressures despite a slide in prices towards $95 a barrel. Oil has fallen from $115 in June, pressured by concern about slowing global demand and higher supplies as Libyan output recovers, raising concern among some oil exporters of lower revenues. “Considering the downward trend in prices, OPEC members should try to temper production to avoid further price instability”, Iran’s oil minister, Bijan Zanganeh, was quoted by the Iranian oil ministry website Shana as saying...............................................Full Article: Source
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