Is Oil-And-Gas Friendship Possible Between Russia and Saudi Arabia?
... meeting on 30 November, at which the member nations are hoping to agree on individual production quotas and a freeze date. In the foreseeable future, global crude output is set to grow not because of Russian or Saudi production but rather thanks to Iraq, Iran and possibly also Libya and Nigeria. Russia's cooperation with Saudi Arabia bypassing OPEC appears ineffective. The two countries' combined crude output amounts to just 22% of global production [1] ; cutting back production would not achieve much, while losing them their market share. Moreover, in the foreseeable future, global crude ...