VOL. XXX

NO. 13

5 JANUARY 1987

THE OIL PRICE SCENE: NON-OPEC

Oman: Status Quo for January But Fixed Prices in Prospect for February

MEES learns that non-OPEC Oman - whose price, both spot and monthly contract,has been one of the main yardsticks of the Gulf price system throughout 1987 -has notified its customers that, while the current market-related pricing systemwill remain in force for January, they should be prepared to renegotiatecontracts on the basis of fixed prices and possibly readjusted...