IEA: Ready to release as much oil as needed from stocks

The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) told the Financial Times that its members were ready to release more oil from emergency reserves to curb its ever-rising prices.

In particular, Fatih Birol said the coordinated release of 60 million barrels last week from the US and other countries was an “initial response” corresponding to only 4% of total strategic stocks, stressing that “we are monitoring the markets and are ready to release as much oil as needed. ”

Mr Birol added that talks were under way with oil-producing countries in the Middle East, Latin America and Asia to boost production.

At the same time, he criticized the attitude of OPEC +, saying that “Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and some other producers in the Middle East have a significant volume of production capacity and I would expect from the last meeting of OPEC + that these countries would send some positive messages.” , describing the meeting as “disappointing, from a market point of view”.

Source: Capital

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