Iran lashes out at Saudi Arabia crude overproduction

摘要

Tehran—Iran’s oil minister Rostam Ghasemisaid April 19 that Tehran had communicatedto OPEC its objection to overproduction bysome members, including Saudi Arabia, andwarned that relations with the OPEC kingpinwould be affected if Riyadh does not comply.Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali Naimi hassaid the country would be prepared to meetany oil market shortfall, whatever its cause,by tapping into its spare production capacity,though without referring specifically to Iran.