Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 34

23-August-2004

SUPPLY/DEMAND

OIESs Skinner Says IEA Should Not Seek To Influence Price Of Oil

The International Energy Agency (IEA) should avoid commenting on what oil prices should and should not be, and maintain its wise habit, albeit awkwardly practiced, of avoiding being seen to fiddle with prices, according to Robert Skinner, Director, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) in an Energy Comment published on 18 August. Dr Skinner was commenting...