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03-30-2007, 07:22 AM
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| | Gas-Exporting Countries’ Forum (GECF) - The new OPEC? Quote: | The GECF (Gas-Exporting Countries’ Forum) includes 15 member countries, among which Russia, Iran, Algeria, and Qatar are ranked as the largest gas exporters and/or estimated-reserve holders worldwide... [u]ntil most recently, the group has disclaimed any intentions to control prices and volumes of gas supplies to Western consumer countries. This attitude is now changing, however, as the group’s four leading members are considering ways and means to form a cartel (Roman Kupchinsky, “The Saudi Arabia of Gas,” The National Interest online, March 22). | GAS SUPPLIERS’ CARTEL: NOT AN “OPEC,” BUT CARTEL ALL THE SAME - Eurasia Daily Monitor
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