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Questioning The Pedigree of OPEC's Numbers

Wikipedia needs an entry on the pedigree of OPEC's numbers. Entries on the subject of the world's oil reserves assume their credibility but according to the Wall Street Journal Snake Oil in the Desert:

the world's most reliable source for OPEC production is a little company called Petrologistics, located over a grocery store in Geneva. Conrad Gerber, the principal, claims to have spies in every OPEC port. For all we know, Mr. Gerber is making up his numbers, but everyone -- including the Paris-based International Energy Agency -- takes him seriously, since OPEC produces nothing better.