OPEC AND OIL PRICES

Australian Energy Minister Supports Market Stability 

Australia has "a direct interest in the stability of the international oil market, as the Australian economy depends to a large extent on the stability of the economic situation in the Middle East," according to the Australian Resources and Energy Minister, Mr. Gareth Evans.

Mr. Evans, speaking on various occasions last week during a tour of the Gulf states in the course of which he met with the Saudi...