VOL. XLVII

No 20

17-May-2004

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudis Signal Change In OPECs Course To Meet New Realities

OPEC states face an unprecedented combination of complicating factors as they seek to formulate policy for the months ahead. Over recent months, OPEC policy has been influenced by unanimous predictions of a demand shortfall in 2Q 2004. Now, with those predictions proving to have been off-mark, Saudi Arabia has signaled its intent to change the organizations course to confront the new realities. The...