OPEC recognises NTC as Libya representative - Africa The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has recognised the National Transitional Council as Libya's representative. The OPEC's recognition came after the United Nations approved a Libyan request to accredit envoys of the country's interim government as Tripoli's sole representatives at the world body on Friday. "OPEC will recognise the NTC ... and they will sit in the same chair," Abdullah al-Badri, OPEC's secretary-general, told the Gulf Intelligence energy forum in Dubai on Monday. Libyan oil Since failing to convince other OPEC members at their last meeting in Vienna in June to raise output to make up for the loss of Libyan crude since February, Saudi Arabia and its Gulf OPEC allies have raised their oil production over the last few months. Badri said those countries are certain to gradually decrease their output as Libya's production recovers towards pre-war levels. Situation 'unbearable' "The situation is unbearable. The whereabouts of Gaddafi are still unknown.
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