خلاصه ماشینی:
Based on the thesis that the governments own the natural resources of the producing countries and despite the fact that they do not possess the resources, they would obtain higher revenue from distribution or refining systems in the consumer countries; this point gives rise to an extensive structural debate about their role in the economic activities of this product.
In any case there are some macro structural difficulties within producing countries or consuming countries and also within OPEC, but from the conjuncture point of view, the situation existing during the last year contained many transformations, the combined effects of which led to reduction of prices.
As regards the growth in the demand for oil, after studying the energy policies and the question of rising demand in non-OPEC producing countries, we witness the effect of the economic stagnation of South East Asia which reduced consumption by something like 700,000 barrels (per day) last year.
Everyone came to the conclusion that considering the production cost of 8 to 9 dollars in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caspian Sea, production would no longer be economical and that if owners of big reserves such as Saudi Arabia keep prices at a low level for a long time, no investments would be made in this region.
Sariolghalam: Another question is what are the comparative effects of oil price reduction on countries of the region such as Saudi Arabia and Iran, what reactions have been shown and what should be done in the future?