Weak dollar, big discounts dent revenue for Opec
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DOHA - Opec producers are enjoying less of a windfall than US$50 ($70) oil prices suggest, as big discounts for their lower-quality crude and a weak dollar hit export earnings, Opec officials say.
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Oil tumbled more than two dollars on Tuesday to below $59 a barrel, sinking to the lowest level since February and prompting OPEC's president to call on the exporter group to deepen supply cuts.
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Oil prices held just below &#36;48 a barrel on Tuesday, as the market remained nervous that OPEC producers may cut supplies before the end of the first quarter.
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Oil prices slid on Monday after OPEC members signaled the cartel could wait until its mid-March meeting to make any production cuts.
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Oil fell more than a dollar to less than   $68 a barrel on Monday, pulled lower by expectations that any   sanctions against oil producer Iran were some way off and would   not necessarily disrupt export flows.
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Oil hovered below $58 a barrel on Tuesday, after it slid $2 the previous day on signs OPEC will keep output stable when it meets in March.
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Crude oil prices fell Thursday after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) lowered its forecasts for growth in global demand this year and next.
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Oil prices fell by more than a dollar on  Friday as OPEC looked set to keep output unchanged at its  meeting this weekend and on forecasts for warmer weather in the  U.S. Northeast next week.
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Oil eased below $63 a barrel on Monday as investors weighed plans by OPEC members Nigeria and Venezuela to trim output against healthy inventories in top consumer the United States.
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Falling oil prices hurt energy stocks and a Fed officialâs comments on interest rates also soured the marketâs early good mood.
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Oil fell more than a dollar on Tuesday, as profit-taking pulled the market down from record highs set in response to a Mexican supply shut-down and a weak dollar.
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Oil prices steadied below $70 on   Wednesday as dealers weighed tensions over Iran's nuclear   program against robust crude inventories in the United States,   the world's largest energy consumer.
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U.S. oil prices fell more than $1 on  Monday on continued profit-taking as producer-group OPEC eyed  increases in the coming months in its tight spare capacity,  countering worries over stumbling Iraqi oil exports.
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Oil prices sank to a four-month low  below $41 for U.S. crude on Wednesday after leading OPEC  producer Saudi Arabia questioned the need for the cartel to  curb supplies.
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Oil prices fell more than a dollar on   Friday as traders questioned whether planned output cuts by   OPEC members Nigeria and Venezuela would be enough to stem a   two-month slide in prices.
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OPEC on Monday said the fundamentals of the world oil market show signs of weakening in 2007 as economic growth slows and supply from non-OPEC countries rises faster than global demand.
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Oil fell back toward $62 on Friday after   OPEC member Nigeria appeared to be alone in its decision to   trim output to stem a two-month price slide.