WSJ: U.A.E. Pushes to Produce More Crude, Creating OPEC Deadlock
U.A.E. wants to pump more now, so it can invest in diversification before oil demand diminishes
Behind the standoff inside OPEC over whether to boost oil production is a key cartel member with a new strategy: sell as much crude as possible before demand dries up.
The United Arab Emirates’s strategy, as described by officials familiar with the matter, represents one of the most significant shifts in oil policy by a major Mideast petrostate.
For years, the region’s oil-producing governments have said they aren’t worried about finding crude buyers far into the future.
The U.A.E., which holds some of the world’s largest untapped crude reserves, is breaking from that orthodoxy, according to people familiar with the strategy.
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