IRAQ WANTS 13.1% SHARE OF OPEC PRODUCTION

Dr. Razzi Salman, Iraq's Chief Delegate at the 16-24 March OPEC Conference in Geneva, has confirmed that Iraq is insisting that its OPEC quota must be equivalent to 13.1% of total OPEC output and that anything less would be absolutely unacceptable. In a Geneva interview with MEES Executive Editor Walid Khadduri, Dr. Salman - who is Chairman of Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) commented: "We are in a situation where we have...