OPEC
INTERNATIONAL: OPEC ready to cut back production
OPEC oil ministers will meet on January 17 to review conditions in the crude market and consider...
InternationalSAUDI ARABIA: Pressure grows for oil policy shift
Saudi Arabia, by virtue of its dominance of the international oil trade and its control of...
Saudi ArabiaSAUDI ARABIA: Pressure grows for oil policy shift
Riyadh is under popular domestic and regional pressure to use its oil-related leverage to...
Saudi ArabiaPROSPECTS 2001: Volatile prices mar economic outlook
Economic growth in the industrial countries has become much less energy-intensive since the oil...
GULF STATES/US: Cohen seeks stronger ties
US Secretary of Defense William Cohen begins a tour of the Gulf today....
United StatesLATIN AMERICA: Most countries stand to lose
The high price of oil threatens to upset the longer-run fiscal accounts of many countries. Those...
Latin AmericaINTERNATIONAL: Oil price outlook remains volatile
OPEC oil ministers yesterday agreed to increase the cartel's production quotas by a total of...
InternationalIRAN: Prospects for oil output increases uncertain
Iran insists that it will be able to produce its new quota of 3.727 million bpd, as part of...
Iran