Iraq Sees Crude Oil Prices Rising on Strong Fundamentals
- Qatar oil minister says no need to be pessimistic about prices
- Ministers speak at meeting of Arab crude producers in Cairo
Iraq Confident Oil Prices Will Rise
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Crude prices are set to rise from current “very low” levels that are hurting producers, Iraq’s Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said after a meeting of Arab petroleum-exporting nations.
Abdul Mahdi, whose country is the second-biggest producer in OPEC, didn’t forecast when prices would rebound from an almost seven-year low for Brent, the benchmark for more than half of the world’s oil. Qatar’s Energy Minister Mohammed Al Sada told reporters before the meeting in Cairo there was no need to be pessimistic about prices.