http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090316/bs_nm/us_markets_oil
"Its a very reasonable decision for OPEC to take at this point, but that means they shouldn't expect to see oil prices at $50 for the foreseeable future," said Jonathan Kornafel, Asia Director of U.S.-based Hudson Capital Energy in Singapore.
"The market will now turn its focus on U.S. economic data. We saw some weak data last week which may again pose some downside risks for oil prices," said Mark Pervan, a senior commodities analyst at the Australia & New Zealand Bank
"Its a very reasonable decision for OPEC to take at this point, but that means they shouldn't expect to see oil prices at $50 for the foreseeable future," said Jonathan Kornafel, Asia Director of U.S.-based Hudson Capital Energy in Singapore.
"The market will now turn its focus on U.S. economic data. We saw some weak data last week which may again pose some downside risks for oil prices," said Mark Pervan, a senior commodities analyst at the Australia & New Zealand Bank
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OPEC's stance disappoints oil market
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"If they had cut production, they may have scuttled the recovery," he said. So while there may be weakness in crude from here, "much will depend on what we see in the [U.S.] inventory reports this week and for several weeks to come."
Kerr expects to see a steady decrease in supply -- and when OPEC meets again in May, members may very well decide to cut more of their production, he said.
It's clear that OPEC ministers looked at all the factors and "decided that since the oil price was already rising, inventories were falling, and they could realize another 800,000 barrels per day reduction by tightening their quotas, it would be prudent to stay with their present quotas and see where this all shakes out," said Charles Perry, president of Perry Management, an energy-consulting firm.
"OPEC also sees the value of not causing drastic movements in the price of oil, and this action will probably result in a steady increase in the price of oil, which is their objective," he said.

