VOL. XLI

No. 25

22-June-1998

OPEC

OPEC Producers Seek To Cement New Output Cutback Accord At Vienna

The finalization of a second round of crude production cuts effective as from 1 Julywill obviously be the main aim of the OPEC Oil Ministers when they convene for theirmid-year conference in Vienna on 24 June. But a number of key question marks still hoverover this endeavor. What will be the final tally of genuinely effective cutback pledges?Will it, in any case, be enough to have even an outside...