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OPEC May Cut by up to 1.5 Million Barrels in Dec.
AP | 01 Dec 2008 | 01:01 PM ET
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Iranian state TV is reporting that OPEC's Secretary-General says a daily oil production cut of between 1 million and 1.5 million barrels is likely in December.

Secretary-General Abdullah El-Badri was quoted Monday on the station's Web site saying that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is facing a very difficult situation and plans to "restore oil prices to $90 per barrel."

(OPEC has deferred its decision on a third supply cut until its next meeting in December. Watch the accompanying video for more...)

OPEC's next official meeting is in Algeria on Dec. 17.

El-Badri is in Tehran for an energy conference.

The bloc is grappling with how to reverse plunging prices, but ended a meeting in Cairo on Saturday without announcing a cut.

Oil [US@CL.1  Loading...      ()] prices fell, with light, sweet crude for January delivery down in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

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