VOL. XLIV

No. 27

2-July-2001

Producer-Consumer Dialogue: Why?

By Robert R Copaken

The following article was written for MEES by Dr Robert Copaken, Scholar-in-Residence at the Middle East Institute. He formerly served as the senior Middle East Energy Analyst in the US Department of Energy.

With the OPEC 5 June meeting deciding not to increase production, and the possibility that a similar decision may be taken at the July meeting, the world has once again witnessed the economic clout of this...