After Ecuador's foreign minister, Guillaume Long, and Indonesian Energy Minister, Ignasius Jonan,, Buterfa was the third minister to meet Zangeneh in his residence.
Zangeneh held separate meetings with senior directors of French Total company and Managing Director of Lukoil Wagit Alekperow.
Algerian Minister of Energy Nuredin Buterfa and Venezuela's Oil Minister Eulogio del Pino had prior to visit to Vienna, met with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak in Moscow but no detail of the meeting is yet available.
Zanganeh, who arrived in Vienna Tuesday afternoon, met with Buterfa and Venezuela's Oil Minister, Eulogio del Pino.
Upon arrival in Vienna, Zangeneh had told reporters, “We will not change the output level decided in Algeria.”
The OPEC session on Wednesday, November 30, aims to finalize Algiers Accord on oil freeze to improve global prices.
Based on early agreement in Algeria on September 28 the OPEC production level will be limited to 32.5 to 33 million barrels per day and Iran, Libya and Nigeria will be exempted to the rule.
Zangeneh-Butefra Talks' Sum Up
Beterfa statements are important as he along with Venezuelan Minister of Petroleum welcomed shortly after their Moscow visit Zangeneh at Vienna airport. Absolutely they carried a message on Russian part. Then the Algerian minister started meeting other OPEC members.
Buterfa had also visited Tehran early this week. So, the sum up of their stances should be looked into in their meeting, which should be regarded as the last meeting to the OPEC session. He says, "I am optimistic." The sentence should be seriously taken into consideration.
