[Catatan Penterjemah: Dulu, OPEC menaikan harga minyak begitu tinggi kerana terpaksa membayar Amerika mengongkosi peperangannya.) Jadi, siapakah sebenarnya mengongkosi jentera peperangan Amerika??? ]

Pravda Russia

Perang Afghanistan Mungkin Naikkan Harga Minyak

(Warfare in Afghanistan May Send Oil Prices Up, Experts Say)

Kempen ketenteraan di Afghanisan mungkin menyebabkan harga minyak melonjak naik kepada $25-27 setiap barrel, naik daripada harga semasa $21-22. Demikian kata Yevgeny Samoilov, CEO Russia's Petroleum Exorters Union ketika ditemubual oleh RIA Novosti, Isnin lalu.

Mengikut Samoilov, kenaikan ini adalah kesan reaksi negatif reaksi beberapa negara Arab yang mengekspot minyak terhadap tindakan Amerika Syarikat menyerang Taliban.

Pegawai minyak Russia itu berpendapat, oleh kerana ada kemungkinannya AS akan melancarkan kempen kepada negara lain di rantau itu, beberapa negara seperti Iraq mungkin memotong bekalan minyaknya di pasaran. Selagi perang berlanjutan, permintaan mendapatkan minyak akan terus meningkat. 'Semua ini akan memberi kesan kepada pasaran minyak dunia,' katanya. OPEC yang membuat perkiraan di luar kempen ketenteraan di Afghanistan itu, sedang bersidang untuk menaikkan harga minyak itu.

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WARFARE IN AFGHANISTAN MAY SEND OIL PRICES UP, EXPERTS SAY

The current military campaign in Afghanistan may raise the world oil prices to $25-27 per barrel, up from today's $21-22, Yevgeny Samoilov, CEO of Russia's Petroleum Exporters Union, said in a RIA Novosti interview Monday.

According to Samoilov, this has to do with the negative reaction from some of the major oil-exporting Arab countries to the United States' air strikes against the Taliban.

The Russian oil official said that as there is a strong possibility that the U.S. military campaign will switch over to other countries of the region, such nations as Iraq may cut off their oil supplies to the market. And as long as the warfare is underway, the demand for petroleum will keep growing. "All this will inevitably affect the world's oil markets," he concluded.

Also, independently of the military campaign in Afghanistan, the OPEC is now holding consultations on measures to bring petroleum prices up.