VOL. XXXIV

NO. 11

17-DECEMBER-1990

OPEC Reaffirms Quota-Free Production Until Gulf Crisis Is Resolved ButPledges Prompt Return To Quotas Thereafter

MEES Editor Ian Seymour Reports from Vienna on the Outcome of the OPECConference, 12-13 December

Faced with the uncertainties and dilemmas of the Gulf crisis in the months tocome, the 13 OPEC Oil Ministers meeting for their end-year conference in Viennachose the most sensible and rational approach to the future after deliberatelylow-key discussions....