VOL. XXXIX

No. 37

10-June-1996

OPEC

OPEC's Stopgap Agreement In Vienna Leaves Underlying Problems Unresolved

MEES Editor Ian Seymour Reports on the OPEC Ministerial Conference in Vienna, 5-7 June.

On the surface, there was nothing dramatic or unexpected about the outcome of last week's OPEC ministerial conference in Vienna. The result - essentially a roll-over of existing production quota levels until the end of 1996 (minus Gabon which is now finally deemed to have left the...