VOL. XXXI

NO. 19

15-FEBRUARY-1988

OPEC

Lukman Says non-OPEC Restraint Key to Price Stability

Nigeria's Oil Minister, OPEC Conference President Rilwanu Lukman, hasexpressed guarded confidence that oil prices can be kept at $18-20/B in 1988,but emphasized that this will require non-OPEC producers to exercise a measureof restraint.

Addressing a meeting in Calgary, Canada, on 8 February, Mr. Lukman said that"as things stand at present" he believed prices could be maintained,"providing all the market...