VOL. XLVI

No 33

18-August-2003

OPEC

Kuwait Hopeful Of Shihab-Eldins Election As OPEC Secretary-General

Kuwaits Energy Minister Shaikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah said on 11 August his government was hopeful that its nominee as a candidate for the job of OPEC Secretary-General, Adnan Shihab-Eldin, would be successful in the election for the position which will fall vacant on 31 December. Shaikh Ahmad described Dr Shihab-Eldin, who is OPECs director of research, as an acknowledged international...