alexander dyukov the head of gazprom neft attends a session of the russian energy week international forum in moscow russia october 14 2021 reutersmaxim shemetov khantymansiisk russia aug 30 reuters  alexander dyukov head of russian oil producer gazprom neft sibnmm said on tuesday that current oil prices are high enough to allow companies to invest into oil production speaking to reporters in western siberia russias oil production heartland dyukov also said that the current agreement of the group of leading oil producing countries known as opec should be extended after it expires at the end of the year if the opec tool is successfully preserved this would help keep the market balanced and first of all to satisfy consumers needs at acceptable prices he said he also said that opec is not to blame for high oil prices which exceed 100 per barrel for benchmark brent blend  adding that the geopolitics is behind the surge reporting by olesya astakhova writing by vladimir soldatkin editing by louise heavens