VOL. XLIV

No 40

1-October-2001

OPEC Marks Time On Quotas AwaitingUncertain Market Developments

Ian Seymour and Walid Khadduri of MEESReport on Outcome of OPECs Vienna Conference, 26-27 September

Faced, not for the first time, witha plethora of perilous uncertainties, confusing signals and pressures, the OPECOil Ministers have chosen at their 26-27 September meeting in Vienna whatprobably amounts to the most sensible way out: namely, just to wait and see howevents unfold on the world scene in...