VOL. XLVII

No 13

29-March-2004

OPEC

OPEC Ministers Set To Examine High Oil Prices, Reevaluate Market Fundamentals

With oil prices hitting 13-year highs over the last week, OPEC ministers will focus on two central questions when they meet in Vienna for their ordinary conference on 31 March. The need to determine the reasons behind the persistent strength of the oil market, despite apparently robust OPEC supply, will be at the top of the agenda, while ministers will also want to evaluate whether...