The plan, agreed with Opec, maintains output, ignoring demands for cuts to push the price back up again.
The engine's control responds by increasing fuel to the engine to maintain output shaft speed.
If money wages are initially inflexible, however, business firms cannot be induced to lower prices by 10 percent and maintain output.
"Past communiqués have at least included statements to adhere, strictly adhere, or maintain output in line with the production target.
"The challenge for us is to maintain output and not be discouraged by these dramatic events," the military junta's minister of mines and energy, Souleymane Abba, said.
Oil-rich countries often seek to renegotiate when prices rise and become more conciliatory as they fall and industries need capital and expertise to maintain output.
A report from the Labor Department showed that productivity among nonfarm workers fell in the first quarter as companies hired more people to maintain output.
However, this is insufficient to maintain output, as the bulk of power used by mines is to keep pits functioning (including ventilation and drainage) rather than producing.
The cult of the individual can now be traced to the great godheads of the Cinquecento: Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Raphael, all of whom employed studios to maintain output in line with demand.
The company said it still has "bold investment plans" for the North Sea where it is determined to reverse the decline in production and maintain output at around 300,000 barrels a day.
