VOL. XLIII

No. 09

28-February-2000

OPEC

Producers Fail To Formulate Unified Policy As US And Europe Voice Concern About Tightening Supplies

Last weeks various meetings and statements failed to come up with any coherent policy which might be adopted by the oil producers regarding prices and production at the 27 March OPEC ministerial conference in Vienna. MEES soundings indicate that no clear signal is likely to surface until mid-March in the light of price movements and hard data, with the final...