Friction or no friction, OPEC has been, and will always be, irrelevant to market forces on the ground. OPEC has never had market power, but Saudi Arabia has, and Saudi market power has always been assigned, mistakenly, to OPEC.
不管内部如何斗争，OPEC已经，也常常，与市场力量相脱节。OPEC从未拥有过市场力量，但沙特阿拉伯有，而该国的市场力量却常常被错误地归到OPEC身上。