VOL. XLV

No 27

8-July-2002

The Readjustment Of Algerias OPEC Quota: A Strategic Objective

By NordineAit-Laoussine

The following article by Nordine Ait-Laoussine, Presidentof the Geneva-based consulting firm Nalcosa and formerAlgerian Energy Minister, was originally published in French in the Algerianquarterly Medenergie No. 4, July 2002. MEES has translated the article and ispublishing it with permission.

Introduction

The successive production cuts decided on last year byOPEC in order to stabilize...