* Government doesn’t publish oil price assumption in budget * But finance minister indicates it’s close to current levels * Budget cuts oil price assumption for first time since 2009 * Disagreement over when oil will rebound – minister Saudi Arabia’s 2015 state budget assumes an oil price close to current levels of around $60 a barrel for Brent crude, a shift from past budgets which were based on prices well below market levels, analysts say. The kingdom doesn’t reveal the oil prices which it uses to calculate its annual budgets. So analysts estimate them, making assumptions about several other variables such as planned oil exports and production for the following year. For the 2015 budget, announced on Thursday, four analysts’ oil price estimates are in a range of $55 to $63. That does not mean Saudi Arabia necessarily expects such prices next year — Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf […]