Leading politicians, oil ministers and CEOs will meet at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum this week to discuss key issues affecting the energy sector, including recent oil price rises, the terms of the OPEC coalition deal and sanctions. * Russia, Saudi set for crunch talks in tight oil market * Japan, France to hone in on energy cooperation * High oil prices mixed blessing for Russia Saudi Arabian energy minister Khalid al-Falih, OPEC secretary general Mohammed Barkindo, UAE energy minister and current OPEC president Suhail al-Mazrouei will discuss market conditions at the biggest economic meeting on the Russian calendar on Thursday and Friday. These talks come at a time when OPEC and Russia’s production cuts, Iran sanctions, plunging Venezuelan output and reduced capex volumes since 2014 have pushed prices up to 80/b in recent days for the first time since November 2014. High prices provide a welcome boost to […]