He also said that the world needs to focus on reducing green house gas emissions rather than replacing one form of energy with another, stressing that major investments were needed in all energy sectors.
OPEC estimates that the world needs $12.1 trillion in investments to meet rising oil demand in the long term. Russia can maintain production at around 10 to 11 million bpd but 2 million bpd of future growth are unlikely to go ahead with sanctions in place, he said. Fesharaki also said he saw OPEC behaving in a very different way than it used to with U.S. shale oil growth no longer a worry with higher prices.Fesharaki said he saw “a desire to keep oil prices above $80 dollar a barrel and a willingness to go over $100 dollars if the market tightens.’’