OPEC AND OIL PRICES

Venezuelan Oil Minister Deplores Reagan's Remarks on OPEC 

The new President of the OPEC conference - Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Mines, Dr. Arturo Hernandez Grisanti - has reacted sharply to President Reagan's statement in a radio broadcast on 11 January that US economic measures had "shaken up oil prices and brought OPEC to its knees."

In a statement issued in Caracas on 13 January, Dr. Grisanti expressed surprise at Mr. Reagan's...