VOL. XLI

No. 18

4-May-1998

OPEC

OPEC In Crisis: The Asian Dimension

by Ahmad Zaki Yamani

The following is the text of the inaugural address delivered by Shaikh Ahmad ZakiYamani, Chairman of the Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES) and former Saudi Ministerof Petroleum and Mineral Resources at the 8th CGES Annual Conference in Londonon 27 April. The title of the conference was "Oil and Gas Investments in Asia UnderConditions of Oil Price Uncertainties and Financial Crisis."

This gathering marks...