Saudis balk at quota increase
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No. 1 exporter pledges to hold production levels but is wary of boosting quotas and glutting market. VIENNA  - OPEC is keeping its foot on the production pedal in a bid to drag down oil prices, but
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Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence to block terrorists from crossing its 560-mile border with Iraq &#151; another sign of growing alarm that Sunni-Shiite strife could spill over and drag Iraq's neighbors into its civil conflict.
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JEDDAH, 29 September 2004 - With oil prices soaring to record highs, Saudi Arabia announced yesterday it would increase its production capacity to 11 million barrels per day (bpd) within weeks in a bid to curb the prices.
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Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi Wednesday questioned the need for OPEC oil producers to rein in oil supply, saying the cartel&#39;s reference crude price was still above its official target despite steep recent falls.
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Saudi Arabia may boost output capacity by 30 percent within two years in order to prevent shortages, the country&#39;s oil minister said.
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Oil prices raced to new record highs above $50 on Tuesday, despite a pledge by OPEC producer Saudi Arabia to increase production, as rebel threats against Nigerian oil facilities threatened to inflict further strain on global supplies
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - The screen got bigger this year and the luminaries slightly more illustrious.
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CAIRO - Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali Al Naimi said yesterday that world oil stocks were not building too fast and questioned the need for Opec to act on supply with prices still above the groupâs formal target.
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Oil prices are inflated by as much as $15 a barrel by fears of shortages and geopolitical issues in the Middle East, Ali Naimi, the Saudi oil minister, said on Monday.
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LONDON, November 29  - Saudi Arabiaâs Oil Minister, Ali Al-Naimi, reiterated today that his country is taking adequate steps to expand its sustainable oil capacity, while mentioning that supply-related fears have resulted in a $10-$15
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Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia vowed on Sunday to maintain spare oil production capacity of 1.5 to 2 million barrels per day and said it was prepared to hike output to meet customer demand.
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Saudi Arabia, the worldâs largest oil exporter, will raise production from 9.5 million barrels a day to 11 million barrels. An Oil Ministry official said the increase would go into effect within weeks.
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Appealing to Saudi Arabia to  encourage higher oil production to help lower prices is not in  the long-term interest of the United States, Republican  presidential candidate Fred Thompson said on Wednesday.
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Oil prices hit near record levels amid a number of supply concerns, but failed to go over 50 dollars a barrel after getting some relief as Saudi Arabia promised to increase production.
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NEW YORK - Oil's record rally stalled yesterday after an OPEC minister said the group could not rule out another output hike and may call an early formal meeting next month in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia does not object to OPEC raising the current price band when oil-producing nations meet Sept. 15 and is negotiating the level with other oil-rich Gulf countries, a Saudi oil official said Sunday.
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Top OPEC producer Saudi Arabia on  Wednesday questioned the need for OPEC oil producers to rein in  supply, saying the kingdom would keep crude output at current  high levels as long as customers wanted it.