Liam Denning, Columnist

OPEC's Plan for the Future: The Past

The so-called cartel still thinks its role in the oil market will grow.

February 21, 2017 at 6:04 PM UTC

Liam Denning is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy. A former banker, he edited the Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column and wrote the Financial Times’s Lex column.

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When it comes to Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, OPEC's secretary general, it isn't just what he says that counts, it's the way he says it.

Barkindo gave a fascinating speech on Tuesday at the International Petroleum Week conference in London. It was fascinating chiefly because it seemed, if not entirely divorced from reality, then at least sleeping in separate beds.