VOL. XXXI

NO. 2

19-OCTOBER-1987

OPEC SPLIT DEVELOPS ON OIL PRICE INCREASE FOR 1988

With less than two months to go before the next full OPEC conference convenesin Vienna on 9 December, it is clear that a lively difference of opinion isdeveloping between member countries as to whether an increase in official crudeoil prices for 1988 would be feasible or desirable. This much at least isevident from the fallout from the first phase of the OPEC-wide tour by the threeOil Ministers (Nigeria, Indonesia...