VOL. XXX

NO. 5

10-NOVEMBER-1986

UNCERTAINTY PERMEATES OIL MARKET AS OPEC PRICE COMMITTEE PREPARES TO MEETIN QUITO

While the crude oil market continues in a state of nervous semi-paralysispending a clearer appreciation of OPEC's price objectives and the prospects fortheir fulfillment in practice, the OPEC scene itself is still fraught withuncertainty following the departure of Shaikh Yamani and the new Saudi OilMinister's urgent call for speedy implementation of a fixed OPEC marker price of$18/B...