dagblog - Comments for "OPEC rejects increase in oil supply " http://dagblog.com/link/opec-rejects-increase-oil-supply-10636 Comments for "OPEC rejects increase in oil supply " en At The Oil Drum, Rembrandt http://dagblog.com/comment/123660#comment-123660 <a id="comment-123660"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/opec-rejects-increase-oil-supply-10636">OPEC rejects increase in oil supply </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>At <a href="http://www.theoildrum.com/node/8007" target="_blank">The Oil Drum</a>, Rembrandt Koppelaar called it:</p><blockquote><p>If Saudi Arabia raises its production by only 500,000 barrels a day, it is not clear where the remainder of the 1.5 million barrels would come from, because other OPEC countries seem to have little spare capacity. According to recent IEA estimates, spare capacity outside of Saudi Arabia amounts to only a small portion of the total, shown in figure 1.</p></blockquote><p><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.theoildrum.com/files/OPEC_June2011_Graph_3.png" alt="" width="450" /></p><p>And the Kingdom's spare capacity is probably that heavy, sour crude that <a href="http://gulfnews.com/business/oil-gas/opec-struggles-to-sell-sour-crude-1.797519" target="_blank">they have trouble selling</a>. So far.</p></div></div></div> Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:04:14 +0000 Donal comment 123660 at http://dagblog.com