15 March 2001, 23:06 OPEC oil output cut talks focus on 1 mln bpd figure - Venezuela
VIENNA (AFX) - The negotiations within OPEC countries over oil
production focus on a cut of around 1 mln barrels per day, Venezuela
oil minister Alvara Silva Calderon said.
Meanwhile, Iraqi oil minister Amer Rachid said that some OPEC
member countries consider that a cut by 1.5 mln bpd is a little
excessive.
The Iraqi government favours a 1.5 mln bpd cut, therefore "we have
to convince the other countries" to agree on this figure, Amer Rachid
told journalists.
He said a cut by 500,000 bpd is "out of the question".
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