VOL. XXXI

NO. 28

18-APRIL-1988

PATH TO OPEC/NON-OPEC COOPERATION WILL NOT BE EASY

MEES Editor Ian Seymour Reports on the Vienna Meeting of OPEC's PriceMonitoring Committee

In the midst of the euphoria generated by the $1.30/B price rise in the wakeof the 9 April decision of OPEC's price committee to convene a meeting withnon-OPEC producers to be followed immediately by a full OPEC conference, itwould be as well to inject a note of caution. The bullish sentiment seems tobe predicated on the...