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Washington's Saudi joker
5/12/2014 9:20:03 PM
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest producer and exporter of oil, on Monday sought to reassure markets by stating that it is willing to increase the supply of crude if the ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine created a shortage.
Hostilities between Ukraine's government and pro-Moscow militants in several Ukrainian cities over the past few weeks have heightened tensions in the region and resulted in one of the worst stand-offs between Russia and the West in decades, giving rise to worries about the supply of oil from Russia to Ukraine and Europe, and keeping Brent futures near $ 108 a barrel, after prices hit an annual high of $ 112.39 on March 3. Russia's state-owned Gazprom, which controls about a fifth of the world's gas reserves, meets more than half of Ukraine's gas demands while supplying nearly a third of Europe's gas each year.
"We are willing to supply any shortage which may arise," Ali al-Naimi, the Middle Eastern kingdom's petroleum and mineral resources minister, reportedly said on the sidelines of an energy conference in Seoul, before adding: "Supply is highly sufficient. Demand is great. And the market is fairly stable. There's no reason for a change. Absolutely no reason."
Tom James, managing director of Navitas Resources in Dubai, told Bloomberg: "The market is concerned now about Ukraine and oil rises on that situation," adding: "Without anything like that, the real picture is softer."
Abdalla El-Badri, secretary general of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, said that the 12-member group, which pumps about 40 percent of the world's crude, will maintain production at about 30 million barrels a day in the near term, Bloomberg reported.
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