Claude Mandil
Claude Mandil
Claude Mandilis a French businessman. Mandil is a member of the Board of Directors of Total S.A. and is the former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency...
basis caused convinced decided difficult economy hurricane hurt lack last offset prices reserve response shortage since situation spare
What we decided was in response to a shortage caused by Hurricane Katrina, in a situation where there was lack of spare capacity, which is much more difficult to offset without the reserve release. The prices are a signal, but not the basis for us to decide. We are convinced that they have hurt the economy since last year.
consumer countries
I would not say that they, OPEC, are responsible for all of it. We consumer countries are in responsible in part,
prices today
Prices today are much too high, even at $50.