Iran to stop oil exports to some EU members

chinadaily 08-FEB-12

Iran vows to hit any country that stages attack

telegraph 05-FEB-12

Gunmen Kill Iraqi Security Officer

ABCnews 05-FEB-12

Iran begins new military exercises in south (AP)

news 04-FEB-12

Chavez Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Coup Attempt

ABCnews 04-FEB-12

Candidates look to get out the vote

cnn 03-FEB-12

Police: Mexico's ambassador to Venezuela kidnapped, freed

cnn 30-JAN-12

UN nuclear inspectors visit Iran

bbc 29-JAN-12

Report: Saudi women to be allowed in sport stadium (AP)

news 28-JAN-12

Iraq bomb attacks kill at least 17

cnn 26-JAN-12

Iran eyes banning oil sales to Europe (AP)

news 25-JAN-12

Australia to follow EU lead on Iran sanctions

phantis 24-JAN-12

Libyan Islamists rally to demand sharia-based law (Reuters)

news 21-JAN-12

Oil rises above $101 on positive China data, Iran (AP)

news 18-JAN-12

Iran: More Security for Nuke Scientists

ABCnews 17-JAN-12

Iran issues oil warning to Gulf

bbc 16-JAN-12

Europe set to announce ban on Iranian oil, William Hague says

telegraph 15-JAN-12

Nigerian Unions, President Prepare for Talks to End Fuel Strike

voanews 14-JAN-12

UK's Cameron holds talks with Saudi king

news24 13-JAN-12

Iran called on to retaliate against Israel over killing of nuclear expert

telegraph 12-JAN-12

Magnetic bomb kills another scientist in Iran as regime accuses West of staging covert war to thwart its nuclear plans

dailymail 11-JAN-12

Nigerian unions continue strike over oil subsidies

euronews 11-JAN-12

Nigerian unions to join protests over fuel prices

cnn 09-JAN-12

Iran's Leader Arrives in Venezuela to Meet Chavez

ABCnews 09-JAN-12

5 killed, more than 30 wounded in car bomb attacks in Baghdad

cnn 09-JAN-12

Nigerian state under curfew after violence against Christians

cnn 08-JAN-12

Iraq asks Kurds to hand over Sunni vice president (Reuters)

news 08-JAN-12

Tehran welcomes US rescue of Iranian sailors

RTERadio 07-JAN-12

Nigerian state under curfew following violence

cnn 07-JAN-12

Oil prices fall on concerns about European economy (AP)

news 06-JAN-12

Nigeria unions plan strike over fuel prices

aljazeera 05-JAN-12

19:06 EU 'agrees' Iran crude embargo

irishtimes 04-JAN-12

Chevron accused of racism as it fights Ecuador pollution ruling

guardian 04-JAN-12

Venezuela Ordered to Pay $900 Million to Exxon Mobil

IHT 02-JAN-12

Report: Iran builds, tests first nuclear fuel rod

cnn 01-JAN-12

Exxon Mobil awarded $908 million in Venezuela dispute

latimes 01-JAN-12

Iran denies missile test reports

bbc 31-DEC-11

Strait of Hormuz standoff continues as Iran films US aircraft carrier

telegraph 29-DEC-11

Escalation in Nigerian 'religious war' as Christian couple and their one-year-old baby are shot dead by Muslims

dailymail 29-DEC-11

Iran oil route threats are 'rhetoric'

independent 28-DEC-11

Islamists intensify Nigeria's divisions

washtimes 28-DEC-11

Northern Nigerian Christians warn of religious war

alertnet 27-DEC-11

Saudi needs $74 oil price to balance budget

nowlebanon 27-DEC-11

Fatal bomb blast at Iraq ministry

bbc 26-DEC-11

Iran ready to expand military links with Iraq

telegraph 25-DEC-11

Libyan minister resigns amid protest pressure

yediotaharonot 24-DEC-11

Attacks expose Iraq's sectarian split

cnn 23-DEC-11

Multiple Iraq blasts kill dozens

bbc 22-DEC-11

US behaviour deceptive: Iran Minister

TheFrontierPost 19-DEC-11

Former Miss Venezuela dies of breast cancer aged 28

dailymail 19-DEC-11

Last convoy of US soldiers leave Iraq

RTERadio 18-DEC-11

Kuwait Sets Parliamentary Elections for Feb. 2

ABCnews 18-DEC-11

Iran Says Its Delayed News of US Drone Capture

ABCnews 17-DEC-11

Can the world live with a near-nuclear Iran?

cnn 14-DEC-11

Oil prices up on economic news, Mideast tension (AP)

news 14-DEC-11

Shootings, blasts shake Iraq

cnn 13-DEC-11

Iranian TV shows images of 'downed' U.S. drone

latimes 09-DEC-11

Iran diplomats leave London for Tehran

aljazeera 02-DEC-11

Santorum [-said]: We're throwing Israel under the bus because we know we're going to be dependent upon OPEC,

haaretz 10-FEB-12

Santorum [-said]: We’re throwing Israel under the bus because we know we’re going to be dependent upon OPEC,

ABCnews 10-FEB-12

Trump [-told]: You look at what's going on with China, you look at what's going on with the other OPEC nations and how they are absolutely destroying this country, and he's the only one who talks about it,

CBSnews 02-FEB-12

Markey [-told]: America should always be willing to use our strategic oil reserves as a weapon against OPEC dictators, Wall Street speculators and any manipulators of the oil markets, and the recent saber rattling from Iran is no different,

jpost 10-JAN-12

Markey [-told]: America should always be willing to use our strategic oil reserves as a weapon against OPEC dictators, Wall Street speculators and any manipulators of the oil markets, and the recent sabre rattling from Iran is no different,

thestar 07-JAN-12

Hasegawa [-said]: So far, supply disruptions have not been a big issue because of some easing of demand in Europe. This has offset the disruption of supplies. Syrian Oil Minister Sufian Alao said on Saturday that his country's oil production had fallen by about 30 to 35 percent as a result of sanctions imposed on Syria over its nine-month crackdown on anti-government protests. Iranian naval exercises also added to supply worries. Iran on Saturday began 10 days of naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, raising concern about

kuwaittimes 27-DEC-11

Rafael Ramirez [said:]: We are worried about the economic situation, the world-wide economic situation and OPEC countries are working on that, we are worried about the demand for next year. In that sense, for this meeting we have to maintain the same level of production, not increasing the production.

euronews 14-DEC-11

Birol [-said]: I'm sure OPEC knows much better than me what to do,

ChinaPost 14-DEC-11

Phil Flynn [ said]: OPEC is lowering its demand expectations for the world by about 100,000 barrels of oil per day. Now the question is whether they have the ability to lower production by the same,

businessdailyafrica 14-DEC-11

John Hall [ said]: good for OPEC, good for the Saudis, good for the market, and the Iranians are happy as well,

AP 14-DEC-11

John King [ said]: The Platts survey results put OPEC production levels above the group's own forecasted demand for OPEC crude next year,

finanznachrichten 12-DEC-11

Khatibi [said:]: OPEC is an economic organisation, not a political one. If you look at the past when OPEC members were at times in war, they held meetings and held decisions.

arabtimes 16-NOV-11

el-Badri [-told]: I don't think that OPEC will produce more than 30 million barrels a day by the end of this year and maybe also next year,

trendnews 08-NOV-11

Khatibi [-told]: We do not accept that a gap exists in the OPEC since different views have always existed in the OPEC,

trendnews 01-OCT-11

Abdalla Salem El-Badri [ remarked]: an OPEC member country since the 1960s and is one of the pre-eminent players in the global energy arena,

uaeinteract 18-SEP-11

Khatibi [-said]: The drop in demand in recent weeks has been to the extent that some non-OPEC producing countries were compelled to lower their output in proportion to the drop in demand,

kuwaittimes 17-SEP-11

Abdalla Salem El-Badri [ said]: an OPEC Member Country since the 1960s and is one of the pre-eminent players in the global energy arena,

ameinfo 15-SEP-11

Olivier Jakob [ said]: It will probably take weeks before we see exports again and it [Libya] also needs to feed the refineries. But nonetheless we need to add Libya back to OPEC spare capacity now,

euractiv 23-AUG-11

Olivier Jakob [ said]: It will probably take weeks before we see exports again and it (Libya) also needs to feed the refineries. But nonetheless we need to add Libya back to OPEC spare capacity now,

trust 22-AUG-11

John King [ said]: Even as OPEC production rises, global oil prices are falling,

finanznachrichten 09-AUG-11

Chris Weafer [ said]: I don’t expect any knee-jerk reaction from OPEC,

arabtimes 06-AUG-11

Jason Schenker [ said]: I don't necessarily think it's going to change the fundamental dynamics at OPEC,

ChinaPost 22-JUL-11

Khatibi [-said]: The reasons presented by those countries willing to increase OPEC production were not strong enough to be accepted and that is why the meeting decided to maintain the former agreed level of production,

upi 27-JUN-11

Khatibi [-said]: After the United States and Europe failed to raise the organisation's output in the recent OPEC meeting, they used their utmost efforts to lower the global oil price. The consumption of stocks by the IEA to compensate for the oil shortage will push down prices in an artificial way,

thestar 25-JUN-11

Abdullah al-Badri [-told]: Strategic reserves should be kept for their purpose and not used as a weapon against OPEC,

gmanews 16-JUN-11

Tanaka [-said]: We are concerned at the speed OPEC can provide (more oil) to the market,

economictimes 16-JUN-11

Phil Flynn [ said]: We're hearing that the Saudis might go to more than 10 million barrels a day, with an increase of about 1.5 million barrels all on their own. We could get more oil out of the OPEC non-agreement than we might have if they had agreed to do it as a group,

latimes 11-JUN-11

Victor Shum [ said]: Declining spare OPEC capacity makes the oil market fundamentally bullish even though there is no real shortage. The oil market landscape is price supportive in the near-term,

AP 10-JUN-11

Kloza [-said]: We will need more OPEC oil if we are to see moderate economic growth in the U.S. and abroad, and I think we will get it,

latimes 09-JUN-11

Shum [-said]: In the long term, the oil market is fundamentally bullish with demand growth going forward, and so the OPEC group is going to have to supply more output,

nst 09-JUN-11

Olivier Jakob [ said]: There were meetings where OPEC could not come to an agreement on a change of policy, meetings where the wishes of Saudi Arabia where not met,

usaToday 09-JUN-11

Edward Meir [ said]: We were not surprised by the upward price reaction to the OPEC decision, but do not think that this is a turning point for a sustained push higher,

AP 09-JUN-11

Olivier Jakob [ said]: Iran has replaced Saudi Arabia as the powerhouse in OPEC,

hurriyetdailynews 09-JUN-11

Andrey Kryuchenkov [ said]: This is crude bullish as there is certainly no consensus within the group and OPEC is not ready to act united,

hurriyetdailynews 09-JUN-11

Tom Kloza [ said]: OPEC meetings are like the royal weddings. You watch them for the spectacle, not for the significance,

latimes 09-JUN-11

Andrey Kryuchenkov [ said]: The market was nervous ahead of today’s all important OPEC policy meeting (decision) in Vienna,

businessdailyafrica 09-JUN-11

Fritsch [-said]: The debate about a possible quota increase should weigh on prices ahead of the OPEC meeting,

ChinaPost 07-JUN-11

Ritterbusch [ said]: Some positioning ahead of the upcoming OPEC meeting also likely prompted some selling as some key oil ministers appear to be sending out overtures of an increase in production quotas,

ibtimes 07-JUN-11

Carsten Fritsch [ said]: Sentiment is still cloudy ahead of OPEC. The only effect counteracting (that) at the moment is the weaker dollar, which has seen a continuation of the trend from last week in the aftermath of the weaker US data,

kuwaittimes 07-JUN-11

Olivier Jakob [ said]: Saudi Arabian output has been fluctuating a lot so they are trying to supply outside of the OPEC structure and I don't see that changing,

allafrica 02-JUN-11

Adam Sieminski [ said]: I think it will be very difficult to formally change the OPEC quotas with Libya up in the air in addition to all the usual problems within the organisation,

allafrica 02-JUN-11

Trump [-said]: I’m all for attacking oil companies but why isn’t [Obama] attacking OPEC?

csmonitor 25-APR-11

Kloza [ said]: I think that many of the moderates, the doves within OPEC, are very uncomfortable with where prices are heading, because if we keep heading at this pace, we will open the door for some alternative technologies that would otherwise need subsidies or some sort of government give outs,

voanews 22-APR-11

Trump [-said]: OPEC is sapping our strength. We can't pay $108 barrel oil. It's sapping our country,

news 21-APR-11

Trump [ said]: The world is just destroying our country. These other countries are just sapping our strength. OPEC is sapping our strength. Let the other countries worry about themselves,

chosun 21-APR-11

Mirkazemi [-said]: As OPEC head we have not received such a thing.

arabtimes 16-APR-11

Mohammad Ali Khatibi [-said]: OPEC’s capability is limited. There are fundamentals that OPEC can control, but there are non-fundamental issues like geopolitical , political, military, psychological factors which nobody can control,

arabtimes 16-APR-11

Chris Weafer [ said]: It seems clear that Saudi, and therefore OPEC, priorities have now changed as a result of the events of the past few months,

ChinaPost 05-APR-11

Birol [-said]: It would be the first time in the history of OPEC that oil revenues have reached a 1T US Dollars. It's mainly because of higher prices and higher production,

ibtimes 30-MAR-11

Mirkazemi [ said]: An extraordinary meeting of OPEC is not necessary in the current situation,

smh 26-MAR-11

Peter Jackson [ says]: We're a little more bullish about non-OPEC than some others,

sciencemag 24-MAR-11

Jackson [-says]: we're seeing a gradual increase in non-OPEC supply,

sciencemag 24-MAR-11

Gordon Ramsay [said today:]: Libya is not a big producer by itself but if any of the larger OPEC countries get involved and it affects their oil output...we are seeing a premium in oil prices and we don’t see that going away.

news_com_au 21-MAR-11

Ed Markey [ said]: When it comes to high oil prices, this is about OPEC, not Obama,

news 10-MAR-11

Scaroni [-said]: This gave me the impression that OPEC wants to react to the lack of Libyan crude in order to avoid excessive hikes in the price of crude and disruption of refineries that are using Libyan oil,

AP 10-MAR-11

Mohammad Ali Khatibi [-said]: Given the political instability in the Middle East and North Africa and the increase in international crude prices, conditions have been made very unstable for OPEC exporters and have made this organization unable to take any measures,

dailystar 28-FEB-11

Al Naimi [-told]: There is absolutely no shortage of supply now... OPEC is ready to meet any shortage in supply when it happens,

khaleejtimes 23-FEB-11

Shum [-told]: Libya is a member of OPEC and even though Libya's oil production isn't very significant on a global basis, it's really threatening close to the main suppliers of crude oil to the world, mainly Middle East and North Africa,

news_com_au 21-FEB-11

Ibrahim Ali [ said]: OPEC has been playing a pivotal role in bringing together different oil producing countries for half a century, with a high degree of success,

uaeinteract 15-FEB-11