VOL. XXXII

NO. 23

13-MARCH-1989

THE NEAR-TERM OUTLOOK FOR OPEC

by Nordine Ait-Laoussine

(The following article by Mr. Nordine Ait-Laoussine is based on a paperpresented at the Energy 1989 Seminar, sponsored by the First Boston Corporation,in New York on 8 March 1989. Mr. Ait-Laoussine is President of the Geneva-basedpetroleum consulting firm Nalcosa).

Introduction: OPEC off to a Good Start Two years ago, almost to the day, Imade a presentation at the Energy 1987 Seminar in which I discussed the...