VOL. XXXI

NO. 31

9-MAY-1988

AFTER VIENNA DEADLOCK OPEC FACES CRUCIAL DECISIONS ON MAJOR ISSUES

MEES Editor Ian Seymour Reports on the Outcome and Aftermath of OPEC'SConsultative Conference in Vienna (28 April-2 May)

Despite their failure in Vienna last week to agree on production cuts tomatch an earlier conditional offer by a group of six non-OPEC producers (MEES, 2May), the OPEC Oil Ministers did nevertheless take two decisions which couldhave some import for the future. One was to continue...