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OPEC to open taps to curb oil price spike
( 2003-01-12 09:45 ) (7 )

OPEC producers prepared on Saturday for emergency talks that will decide how far to open the oil taps to prevent a price shock as war looms in Iraq.

Cartel ministers, meeting at 6:30 a.m. EST on Sunday, must also plug a gap in supplies from the group's third biggest producer Venezuela, hit by a six-week-old general strike.

Arriving in Vienna, influential Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi sent a strong message to world oil markets, where prices recently hit a two-year high, above $33 a barrel, for U.S. crude.

"There is a shortage. It is significant," said Naimi of the Venezuelan outage. "I can assure you that there will be no shortage." He predicted that oil prices "will be lower" after Sunday's meeting.

OPEC is under pressure from the United States to stop prices running out of control ahead of a possible U.S. attack against Baghdad, that some fear could be just weeks away.

Washington is worried that sluggish economic growth, having failed to respond to a series of interest rate cuts, could be snuffed out by another jump in energy costs.

"With oil stocks in the United States already close to estimated minimum operating levels, OPEC has been forced to act," said Washington's Petroleum Finance Company.

"The combination of the twin disruption scenarios represents a political nightmare of sorts for OPEC, which will be accused of having failed its mission if prices climb above $35 a barrel."

U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, who normally avoids making public comment on OPEC, said on Friday he had been in contact with producers. He said they were readying a "substantial increase."