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OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo  speaks to the media during  his  visit in Abuja  Nigeria Febuary 27  2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - OPECâs Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo on Tuesday called on U.S. shale oil producers to help curtail global oil supply  warning extraordinary measures might be needed next year to sustain the rebalanced market in the medium to long term.
âWe urge our friends  in the shale basins of North America to take this shared responsibility with all seriousness it deserves  as one of the key lessons learnt from the current unique supply-driven cycle â said  Barkindo .
âAt the moment we (OPEC and independent U.S. producers) both agreed that we have a shared responsibility in maintaining stability because they are also not insulated from the impact of this downturn â  Barkindo  said  referring to a slide in oil prices that spurred OPEC to agree production cuts late last year.
While OPEC and some other producers  including Russia have cut supplies this year in order to prop up prices  U.S. production has soared by almost 10 percent this year  driven largely by shale drillers.  Barkindo  said  he  hoped that new producers  not just U.S. shale drillers  would join production cuts.
âDemand-supply is returning to rebalance through massive destocking that we have been witnessing of stocks in OECD across regions in a very massive way â  Barkindo  said later  speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the conference.
âIn the past four months alone  we have seen destocking to the tune of 130 million bpd â  he  said.
The aim of the OPEC-led cut is to trim the level of oil in OECD industrialized countries compared with the five-year supply average.  Barkindo  said the stock overhang to the five-year average stood at 171 million barrels in August  against 338 million at the start of the year.
âThe speed and pace (of destocking) has accelerated as a result of anticipated and projected demand growth in the second half of 2017 to the tune of 2 million bpd. We are witnessing a fast return to a balanced market â  Barkindo  said.
Still  on  Sunday Barkindo  said OPEC and other oil producers might need to take âsome extraordinary measuresâ next year to rebalance the oil market.
World oil demand growth in 2017 is expected at 1.45 million barrels per day (BPD) and it should stay around 1.4 million bpd in 2018   Barkindo  said.  He  said Indiaâs share of global oil demand is expected to rise to over 9 percent by 2040  up from 4 percent now.
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Mohammed Barkindo


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IS IT correct to find parallels between violent white supremacism and neo-Nazism on one hand  and the nihilist fury of ultra-militant Islam on the other? A Franco-American scholar   Scott Atran   is convinced that these deadly phenomena are two sides of the same coin. Unless people grasp that point   he  thinks  our ability to cope with either scourge may be limited.
Of course there are superficial resemblances which anyone can see. In August  when a fanatic drove his car into a group of liberal  anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville  Virginia   he  was copying a tactic that had already been used by self-styled warriors for Islam in at least four European countries.
But Mr Atran  who holds academic posts in Britain  France and America  sees deeper resemblances.  He  makes the point in an essay for Aeon   a forum for elaborate intellectual arguments  drawing on a series of  his  own academic investigations.
In  his  view  both kinds of fanaticism reflect both the failure of the liberal democratic order to inspire anyone to defend it  and the insidious attractiveness of ideologies which challenge that order. What makes these ideologies appealing is not their content but the strong collective identity they offer. They create peer groups that promise their own members such admiration that it can seem like sufficient reason to lay down oneâs life. By contrast  surveys suggest that very few people  these days  feel inclined to give up their lives for democracy.
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Scott Atran


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Manager Ron Washington worked for Hurdle with the Triple-A Mets nearly two decades ago. He knew his personality  but it was his experience as a manager that sold him.
 "It was easier for him to understand what I wanted. We aren't there yet from an execution standpoint " Washington said. "But we are 100 percent better than we've been in the past. That's why we are sitting here with a chance to play through to the World Series."
 Hurdle has done so well it has created potential avenues for him to leave. There was buzz this summer that he might succeed the late Keli McGregor as the Rockies president. Hurdle said it's never come up in conversations with O'Dowd or owner Dick Monfort.
 His name  however  has been connected to managerial vacancies and at least one team has requested permission to interview him after the Rangers' season.
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Ron Washington