VOL. XXXII

NO.34

29-MAY-1989

OPEC: TOUGH GOING AHEAD IN VIENNA

Next Friday, 2 June, Oil Ministers from all 13 OPEC member states will begathering in Vienna for consultations in advance of the mid-year conferencewhich formally convenes on 5 June. The purpose of the early start is to endeavorto hammer out beforehand some broad lines of solutions to the contentious issues- increase in the ceiling for the second half of 1989, distribution amongnational quotas of any increase in the ceiling, and price...