OPEC building in Vienna. File photoHOUSTON, USA, Mar 8 The current oil market situation demonstrates that countries should not hold global energy hostage to their political and other differences, OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo said on Monday.
"Energy is light, it is a necessity… What is happening now is further evidence of the fact that we cannot afford to endanger the (oil) industry based on political and other considerations", Barkindo told reporters on on the sidelines of the international energy conference CERAWeek, which started on Monday.
Barkindo's statement was made against the backdrop of a record increase in world energy prices. Experts note that this trend is largely the result of tough sanctions that Western countries have imposed against Russia after the start of the military operation in Ukraine. this mark. Brent's historical highs are $147.5 and WTI $147.27 per barrel, which were reached on July 11, 2008. OPEC+ countries to increase oil production by 400 thousand barrels per day in April