VOL. XL

No. 45

10-November-1997

SAUDI ARABIA

Mixed Reactions To Saudi Call For Higher OPEC Output Ceiling

Last week's call by Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi for raising OPEC's productionceiling to "a more realistic level" at the Organization's ministerial conferencein Jakarta on 26 November (see interview with MEES, 3 November) has met with mixedreactions from other OPEC members - with some mildly in favor, some opposed, some sittingon the fence, and yet others saying nothing at all.

In Saudi...