VOL. XXII

NO. 10

12-DECEMBER-1988

UAE

Former ADNOC Official Outlines UAE Quota Problems

The following article describing the physical constraints and economicdifficulties which have led the UAE to seek a higher OPEC quota was contributedto MEES by Mr. Mussabeh S. Almuhairi, a former Marketing Director of the AbuDhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) from 1981 to 1983 and current ManagingDirector of Star Energy Corporation:

The reason the UAE is seeking a quota of1.5mn b/d is neither that it wishes to...