VOL. XXXVI

NO. 17

25-JANUARY-1993

Parra Embarks On Mideast Tour: Thorny Problems In Prospect On OPECProduction Front

Venezuelan Energy Minister Alirio Parra, the current President of the OPECConference, faces a raft of thorny problems as he embarks on a tour of MiddleEastern and North African oil exporters, whose purpose is to lay the preparatorygroundwork for a vital OPEC agreement on output cutbacks for the second quarterwhen the Organization's Oil Ministers meet in Vienna on 13 February.

Dr....