ANALYSIS-OPEC looks on calmly as oil price falls
* OPEC not expected to reduce supplies
* Price could fall below $80 before OPEC would act
* OPEC revenues still very high
By Simon Webb
DUBAI, Aug 8 (Reuters) - OPEC has held its nerve while oil prices have dropped nearly 20 percent in a month and the producer group is expected to let the market slide further before taking any action to cut output.
Oil traded at below $120 a barrel on Friday, down from a July peak of $147.27 as soaring fuel prices and an ailing economy have cut consumption in the world's largest energy consumer the United States.
Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), source of more than a third of the world's oil, have shown scant concern.
"At the moment, and at this level, there is no movement within OPEC to do anything," an OPEC source told Reuters this week. "I don't think ministers will change output. I think at less than $80 for OPEC oil, maybe they would do something." Continued...
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