VOL. XLIII

No. 29

17-July-2000

OPEC

OPEC Keeps Markets Guessing About Its Next Move

OPEC member states are taking their time in consultations over whether they should go ahead or not with a third production increase this year. Meanwhile, the markets are awaiting anxiously for a clear decision and a sense of direction from the producing countries, and until the situation is clarified prices are set to remain at a high plateau. North Sea Brent crude is over $30/B and the US WTI crude is around...