Kuwaiti oil minister and minister of state for national assembly affairs, Ali al-Omair speaks during the opening of a forum to discuss emerging trends in hydrocarbon production and use in the region in Kuwait City on January 21, 2015. Oil prices are unlikely to fall further after a plunge of nearly 60 percent since June, Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said during the conference in Kuwait. AFP PHOTO / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT