石油 price 引き上げ（る） on the cards by summer

Last updated at 15:41 01 April 2004

運転者s are を締めるd for fresh 石油 price 悲惨 today after oil cartel Opec agreed その上の削減（する）s in 生産／産物.

The 警告（機の）カム as new 産業人物／姿／数字s put the cost of a litre of unleaded 石油 in the UK at its highest level in nearly a year - at 77.68p.

Opec 大臣s said at a 会合 in Vienna that they had agreed to 減ずる生産／産物 by 4% from tomorrow - a move that could 押し進める天然のまま prices to levels not seen since the 1990-1991 湾 War.

The 大臣s 正当化するd the 削減（する）s on 関心s that oil prices may 拒絶する／低下する in the next three years as 需要・要求する slows 予定 to warmer 天候 in countries north of the 赤道.

Qatari oil 大臣 Abdullah 貯蔵所 Hamad al-Attiya told reporters in Austria: "We don't want to wake up with a 災害."

Although the 削減 in oil 生産／産物 would not 誘発する an 即座の rise in pump prices, 分析家s said 運転者s would 結局 feel the pinch.

Daniel Krimholtz, of 基金経営者／支配人 Gerrard, said: "A 支えるd period of higher oil prices will mean that 石油 prices will 結局 go up."

But many Opec members had 侮辱する／軽蔑するd previous 削減（する）s and countries outside the cartel such as Russia could 増加する生産／産物 to cover any 不足（高）, he said.

The price of a バーレル／樽 of oil touched 32.6 US dollars in London today, with 分析家s 非難するing the 最近の増加する on the weak US dollar, low 在庫／株s and political 不確定 in major oil nations such as Venezuela.

Most Opec members are taking advantage of the high prices by pumping as much oil as they can.

除外するing Iraq, which does not 参加する in the group's 割当協定s, Opec is already 越えるing its 的 by an 概算の 1.5 million バーレル／樽s.

In the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, the high oil and ガソリン prices have become an 問題／発行する in the 大統領の（選挙などの）運動をする.

The 協定 to 削減（する）生産／産物 was likely to send the cost of a バーレル／樽 of oil even higher if all the individual members of Opec 従う with the 削減（する）s.

The Opec decisi on comes at a time when pump prices at UK 石油駅／配置するs are at their highest since May 2003, によれば a 調査する by (n)艦隊／(a)素早い and 燃料管理／経営 company Arval PHH.

Arval said that in February 2004, the 普通の／平均（する） price of unleaded 石油 was 76.88p per litre.

The cheapest was to be 設立する in Thanet, Kent, at an 普通の／平均（する） price of 70.80p, while the most expensive was Thurso in Caithness at an 普通の／平均（する） price of 85.90p.

The 普通の／平均（する） price of ディーゼル in February this year was 78.42p per litre. The cheapest was in Neston, Cheshire, at an 普通の／平均（する） price of 73.60p, while the dearest was Helmsdale, Sutherland, at an 普通の／平均（する） price of 87.80p.