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Running out of Gas...Tell Your Congress OPEC's To Blame!

Jimmy Plymouth · Tuesday, September 23rd 2008 at 3:22PM · 833 views
VIENNA: OPEC ministers on Wednesday agreed to change their production ceiling to 28.8 million barrels per day, a move that officials said should effectively cut production by 520,000 barrels a day, or about 1.8 percent, from July levels.

"Since the market is oversupplied, the conference agreed to abide by September 2007 production allocations adjusted to include new members Angola and Ecuador and excluding Indonesia and Iraq, totaling 28.8 million barrels per day, levels with which member countries committed to strictly comply," OPEC said in communique.

Oil prices clawed back deep early losses to climb $1 Wednesday after the announcement. Earlier in Asian trade, U.S. crude for October delivery had fallen more than $1 to a session low of $102.06 a barrel, near the five-month low it hit after a steep slide the previous day.

OPEC had been widely expected to maintain current production targets at its meeting in Vienna, although some ministers had advocated tighter compliance with formal limits by members who were overproducing their targets.
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Jimmy Plymouth Friday, October 31st 2008 at 2:35PM

Update.....as of Friday of last week OPEC has decided to cut back to 1.5 million to 1.8 million barrels a day !

Get ready for Gas to Hit the Roof! You've been wanrned

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