Words such as pot, kettle and black spring to mind when hearing Abdullah al-Badri criticise the International Energy Agency’s decision to release oil inventories as distorting the market and akin to a “weapon”. As secretary-general of Opec, he heads a cartel whose raison d’être is manipulating the oil market. The oil cartel’s power peaked during its self-described use of the “oil weapon” in 1973 and has declined since as the price spike it engineered led to a big loss of market share.
阿卜杜拉?巴德里(Abdullah al-Badri)批評國際能源署(IEA)把釋放應急原油儲備作為一種“武器”，擾亂了市場。這種言辭不由讓人們想到了“烏鴉笑豬黑”這句話。作為歐佩克(OPEC)秘書長，巴德里領導的本身就是一個為操縱石油市場而存在的卡特爾。通過運用自己所稱的“石油武器”，歐佩克的權力在1973年達到頂峰，此后有所下滑，因為其一手炮制的油價攀升導致歐佩克市場份額大幅下降。
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