OPEC AND OIL PRICES

Venezuelan President sends Message to OPEC Heads of State

As the three-man OPEC committee charged with encouraging quota compliance composed of the Oil Ministers of Nigeria, Indonesia and Venezuela prepares to set out on its tour of the OPEC member countries, President Jaime Lusinchi of Venezuela has addressed a message to the OPEC heads of state appealing for solidarity in defending the current price structure.

Mr. Lusinchi's message, dated 14 September, begins by...