the logo of the organisation of the petroleum exporting countries opec sits outside its headquarters ahead of the opec and nonopec meeting austria december 6 2019 reutersleonhard foegerfile photo moscow sept 7 reuters  the head of russias no 2 oil producer lukoil lkohmm said that oil prices of 6575 were comfortable for consumers and that the opec group of leading oilproducing nations was striving to maintain that price range by regulating output in an interview with the kommersant newspaper published on tuesday vagit alekperov said curbs on oil output would depend on market conditions regulation of output can be different depending on the situation alekperov said for now september 2022 will mark a milestone when the restrictions should phase out the company has up to 90000 barrels a day of idle production which we hope will be needed by the market lukoil has said previously that it could reduce its stake in iraqs west qurna2 oil project alekperov said lukoil remained in talks with the iraqi government to stay involved in the project alekperov said the yamama formation at the west qurna 2 oilfield has proved difficult to tap because it contains high levels of hydrogen sulphide reporting by vladimir soldatkin writing by gabrielle tétraultfarber editing by jason neely