OPEC’s biggest oil producer, Saudi Arabia, now believes oil prices could stabilize at around $60 a barrel, a level both it and other Gulf producers believe they could withstand, according to people familiar with the situation. The shift in Saudi thinking suggests the de facto leader of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries won’t push for supply cuts in the near-term, even if oil prices fall further. Brent crude dropped 62 cents a barrel to $69.92 on Wednesday. The change in Saudi mind-set also suggests OPEC members may have to adapt swiftly to shifts in the oil market caused by a surge in supply from the U.S. shale revolution and slowing global demand growth. As recently as early November, OPEC officials were talking about $70 a barrel as the sustained level at which there would be “panic” within its ranks. Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi before last week’s […]