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)批评国际能源署(IEA)把释放应急原油储备作为一种“武器”，扰乱了市场。这种言辞不由让人们想到了“乌鸦笑猪黑”这句话。作为欧佩克(OPEC)秘书长，巴德里领导的本身就是一个为操纵石油市场而存在的卡特尔。通过运用自己所称的“石油武器”，欧佩克的权力在1973年达到顶峰，此后有所下滑，因为其一手炮制的油价攀升导致欧佩克市场份额大幅下降。
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