OPEC AND OIL PRICES

US Pressures Norway Not to Cooperate with OPEC 

According to reports from Washington, State Department officials have confirmed that the US has told Norway that oil prices should be determined by free market forces. The officials - commenting on reports in the Norwegian press that the US ambassador to Norway, Mr. Robert Stuart, has been pressuring the Norwegian Government to refuse any cooperation with OPEC - are quoted as saying that Mr. Stuart had not told Norway...