"We have never had a commitment (to OPEC)," - said Shmatko, in response to claims of a cartel. On the eve of the OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri complained about Russia's unwillingness to support a cartel against the excess supply of oil and limit its exports. This is the position of the Government of Russia, commented on the words Shmatko spokesman for Prime Minister Dmitry Peskov.
Russia may start regulating the level of oil in the event of a sharp decline in prices, said Shmatko. The current prices it considers normal for production growth. Projected the Ministry of Energy, it will increase in 2009 to 0,4% to 490 million tons
"OPEC was offended: while the cartel restrains production, Russia has become the largest exporter," - said Mikhail Subbotin from IMEMO. According to the International Energy Agency, in II quarter of Russia has overtaken the volume of oil exports the largest member of OPEC - Saudi Arabia: 7.4 million barrels per day to 7 million in comparison with I quarter of Russia's exports grew by 0.15 million barrels. / day, while sales of Saudi Arabia declined by 0.39 million
Friendship only with cheap oil
Russia is playing a double game: declares support OPEC with cheap oil and refuses to cooperate, as soon as prices become comfortable, says the director of East European Gas Analysis Michael Korchemkin. In April, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin was in favor of "coordination" of action with the cartel to maintain prices. Moscow proposed OPEC to grant Russia the status of special observer or enter into the OPEC Secretariat representative of the Ministry of Energy.
"I do not remember that the issue of supply constraints the Government discussed with the producers," - says an oil company employee. The oil industry in OPEC countries nationalized decision to cut production taken by the State, another oilman said: "In Russia there is no oil company with 100% state participation, the government could immediately affect production levels - all convene and declare that" the party said "?" Sechin admitted that Russia is not ready to become a member of OPEC, as it can not directly regulate the oil corporations.
Regulate the production and export is possible through alternative mechanisms, the oil company official said: taking a portion of the operation of wells, building storage tanks. Officials under consideration. Ministry of Energy has submitted to the Government proposals to establish an oil State Reserve to increase the efficiency of the market.
OPEC's decision to reduce production is usually aimed at adjusting prices in the short term, Russia simultaneously reduce production, then it can not be recovered because of the peculiarities of field development, said Denis Borisov of the "Solid". The representatives of Lukoil and Rosneft words Shmatko not comment, contact with representatives of Gazprom Neft and TNK-BP yesterday failed.
However, Shmatko promised to heed the criticism of the oil cartel in the discussion of presidential candidates "gas OPEC". Russia is trying to increase its weight on the energy market, using the OPEC, said Korchemkin. Moscow has always belonged to the cartel as an instrument of pressure on the West and commodity markets, noted Subbotin, but was not prepared to sacrifice a part of export revenues and incur costs to limit production.
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