US embassy cable - 04LAGOS2516

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NIGERIA TO ABIDE BY OPEC QUOTA, ENACT PRODUCTION CUTS

Identifier: 04LAGOS2516
Wikileaks: View 04LAGOS2516 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Consulate Lagos
Created: 2004-12-16 05:40:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: EPET ECON NI
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

160540Z Dec 04
UNCLAS LAGOS 002516 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - HANDLE ACCORDINGLY 
 
STATE FOR AF/W 
STATE FOR CA/OCS/FROBINSON 
STATE FOR EB/ESC/IEC/ENR/BLEVINE 
STATE FOR DS/IP/AF 
STAT FOR INR/AA 
STATE PASS DOE FOR DAS JBRODMAN AND CGAY 
STATE PASS TREASURY FOR ASEVERENS AND SRENENDER 
STATE PASS DOC FOR PHUPER 
STATE PASS TRANSPORTATION FOR MARAD 
STATE PASS USAID FOR GWEYNAND AND SLAWAETZ 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EPET, ECON, NI 
SUBJECT: NIGERIA TO ABIDE BY OPEC QUOTA, ENACT PRODUCTION 
CUTS 
 
 
GON Indicates it Will Abide by OPEC Production Cuts 
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1.  (SBU)  Alhaji Jafaru Paki, Special Assistant to the 
President on Petroleum, confirmed to Energy Off on 14 
December that the GON intends to abide by OPEC's request to 
"maintain discipline" with respect to OPEC quotas.   Paki 
demurred from characterizing this as a "production cut." 
However, complying with the current OPEC production ceiling 
of 2.224 million barrels/day will  entail a reduction of 
between 150,000 and 200,000 barrels/day.  Major energy firms 
contacted by Energy Off had not yet received instructions 
from the GON or the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation 
(NNPC) to reduce production. 
BROWNE 

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