VOL. XLIV

No 47

19-November-2001

OPEC Press Conference

The following is an extract of thetext of a press conference held by Algerian Energy Minister and OPEC PresidentChakib Khelil and OPEC Secretary-General Ali Rodriguez, Vienna, 14 November:

Q: How much have the non-OPECcountries pledged to cut supplies, and how much would you like to see Russiapledging?

Rodriguez:Aswe explained in the communiqué, we have asked non-OPEC countries to cut 500,000b/d. We are not specifying numbers for the...