World & Nation
Non-OPEC oil production has steadily risen over the past year despite pleas from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to exercise restraint, oil industry analysts say.
Feb. 19, 1988
In a potentially far-reaching step, seven non-OPEC oil exporting nations offered Tuesday to cut their oil exports by 5% for the next two months if the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agrees to match the cutback.
April 27, 1988
Business
A surprise initiative by second-tier oil-producing nations to join forces with OPEC, disclosed over the weekend, was described by energy experts Monday as a potentially far-reaching move that could lend credibility and support to the weakened cartel.
April 12, 1988
The oil ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, threatened by desperate divisions, opened a vital conference Friday but failed to come anywhere close to a common policy on salvaging the price of oil.
July 6, 1985
A crucial meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ended in obvious failure Sunday with its 13 ministers refusing to cut the official OPEC price for oil but offering only vague promises to end the cheating that is helping to drive it down.
July 8, 1985
An ambitious plan for a global alliance of oil producers stumbled early today over the inability of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to overcome its own intractable internal differences.
May 2, 1988
Whatever this week’s unprecedented meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC oil ministers might bode for long-term cooperation between the two groups, shifting economics appear to have made the sessions less urgent than they seemed just a few weeks ago.
April 26, 1988
News analysis: Experts doubt consumers will feel major effects from decision to slash output by more than 6%.
Dec. 29, 2001
OPEC leaders began arriving at their Vienna headquarters under extraordinary security Wednesday for a series of talks that industry analysts say could lead to a new decline in world oil prices.
July 4, 1985
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will meet in Geneva this weekend to face up to the possibility that the market forces its members have helped to unleash have wrecked their cartel.
March 13, 1986