Transcripción del resumen del autor. In February 2009, OPEC Secretary General, Abdalla Salem El-Badri, wasone of the keynote speakers at the Middle East Energy 2009 Conference, at Chatham House in London, which saw leading experts discuss the politics of energy investment and supply in the Middle East. His address looked at OPEC’s production capability and its commitment to meeting world oil demand in the medium term. In his remarks, El-Badri pointed to how the Organization, caught in the grip of the financial crisis, is having to make difficult and calculated decisions to help weather the storm. He also stressed just how important it is for all oil industry stakeholders — producers and consumers alike — to pull together to help put the global economy back on the road to recovery.

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