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爲一種「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。作爲歐佩克(OPEC)祕書長，巴德里領導的本身就是一個爲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年達到頂峯，此後有所下滑，因爲其一手炮製的油價攀升導致歐佩克市場份額大幅下降。
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