VOL. XXX

NO. 29

27-APRIL-1987

SAUDI ARABIA

UK Energy Minister Visits Saudi Arabia

In remarks to the Saudi Press Agency last week British Energy Secretary PeterWalker who was visiting Saudi Arabia at the invitation of his Saudicounterpart, Mr. Hisham Nazer was at pains to put over the message that UK oilproduction was on the decline and would not therefore pose any problem for SaudiArabia or OPEC. The UK has always firmly resisted calls by OPEC and SaudiArabia to intervene in the market and cut...