VOL. XXXI
NO. 18
8-FEBRUARY-1988
OPEC AND OIL PRICES
Otaiba Sees Prices Rising in Near Future
The UAE Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Dr. Mana Saeed al-Otaiba,has forecast that "in one or two weeks" oil prices will stabilizearound the $18/B OPEC benchmark. Addressing a Japanese delegation in Abu Dhabion 1 February, Dr. Otaiba said that OPEC production, including Iraq, wascurrently between 16mn b/d and 16.5mn b/d, forcing a stock drawdown of 3-4mnb/d. "This stock drawdown," he said,...
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