VOL. XXX

NO. 25

30-MARCH-1987

OPEC/NON-OPEC

Thatcher again Rules Out UK Government Intervention in North Sea

The British Prime Minister, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher has said that the UK isnot responsible for the collapse in oil prices, and has again confirmed that hergovernment will not change its policy of refusing to intervene in decisionsaffecting North Sea production.

In an interview published in the London-based Arabic daily al-Sharq al-Awsaton 25 March at the start of the state visit to Britain...