Edmund Daukoru
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Edmund Daukoru
Edmund Maduabebe Daukoruis a former Nigerian Minister of State for Energy and was Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countriesin 2006. He became the Amayanabo, or traditional ruler, of Nembe Kingdom in 2008...
analysis followed market strictly
If we only followed strictly market analysis we should be doing some trimming of volume.
barrels capacity half june looking million modestly
By June we should be looking at modestly another half a million barrels of capacity a day.
recent saying taken threat wake
In the wake of recent experience, no one is saying that this threat should be taken lightly.
market meet obligation rest takes
Just rest assured, we are under obligation to the market to keep the market well supplied. We meet as often as it takes to micro-manage the short-term volatility.
assured market needs rest whatever
The market should rest assured that whatever it needs is there. Before that there is no need to do anything.
perception region safety
After Wednesday, the perception about safety in the region will change.
bush good opinions sincerely
I think those opinions are sincerely held, and the good thing about the Bush administration is that it's very outspoken. There is no fudging the issues.
impressed increase market meet million psychology small
The market has not been impressed by small increments, so for market psychology it would be better to increase by a million and see if we can meet it,
blame constraint nobody purpose
We will really know from this where the constraint is and that's in the downstream, so nobody can blame OPEC. That's really the purpose of this,
assure exact hope
We hope that will assure the market. We are working on the exact wording.
far happy member worrying
We are so far from worrying about quotas. I think for now OPEC will be happy for any member who has the capacity, to produce.
clean played raise
We've already played this gimmick, ... We want to play clean so we don't even raise the ceiling.