• Saudi energy minister Khalid Al Falih, left, attends attends the International Energy Forum in Algiers. Mr Falih said record global stocks of oil had started to decline. Mohamed Messara / EPA
    Saudi energy minister Khalid Al Falih, left, attends attends the International Energy Forum in Algiers. Mr Falih said record global stocks of oil had started to decline. Mohamed Messara / EPA
  • Above, participants of the International Energy Forum in Algiers, Algeria. Mohamed Messara / EPA
    Above, participants of the International Energy Forum in Algiers, Algeria. Mohamed Messara / EPA
  • Ahmed Al Sharyan, general secretary of Bahrain's National Oil and Gas Authority, at the International Energy Forum in Algiers. Mohamed Messara / EPA
    Ahmed Al Sharyan, general secretary of Bahrain's National Oil and Gas Authority, at the International Energy Forum in Algiers. Mohamed Messara / EPA
  • Jonathan Elkind, the US Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for international affairs, attends the opening session of the International Energy Forum in Algiers. Ryad Kramdi / AFP
    Jonathan Elkind, the US Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for international affairs, attends the opening session of the International Energy Forum in Algiers. Ryad Kramdi / AFP
  • Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh attends the opening session of the International Energy Forum ministerial meeting in Algiers. Sidali Djarboub / AP Photo
    Iranian oil minister Bijan Zanganeh attends the opening session of the International Energy Forum ministerial meeting in Algiers. Sidali Djarboub / AP Photo
  • Noureddine Boutarfa, Algeria’s minister of energy, left, listens to Saudi energy minister Khalid Al Falih during the International Energy Forum ministerial meeting in Algiers. Sidali Djarboub / AP Photo
    Noureddine Boutarfa, Algeria’s minister of energy, left, listens to Saudi energy minister Khalid Al Falih during the International Energy Forum ministerial meeting in Algiers. Sidali Djarboub / AP Photo
  • Above, participants attend the opening session of the International Energy Forum in Algiers. Ryad Kramdi / AFP
    Above, participants attend the opening session of the International Energy Forum in Algiers. Ryad Kramdi / AFP
  • Mohammed Al Sada, Qatar's energy minister, attends the opening session of the International Energy Forum ministerial meeting in Algiers. Sidali Djarboub / AP Photo
    Mohammed Al Sada, Qatar's energy minister, attends the opening session of the International Energy Forum ministerial meeting in Algiers. Sidali Djarboub / AP Photo
  • Energy ministers from Opec and other oil-producing countries attend the opening session of the International Energy Forum in Algiers, Algeria. Sidali Djarboub / AP Photo
    Energy ministers from Opec and other oil-producing countries attend the opening session of the International Energy Forum in Algiers, Algeria. Sidali Djarboub / AP Photo

International Energy Forum in Algiers – in pictures


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Opec members will meet Wednesday with key non-Opec producer Russia on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum in Algiers as hopes are fading a consensus could be reached to tackle a lingering supply glut.