EL UNIVERSAL
CARACAS, Friday October 24, 2008 | Update
Venezuelan crude oil sinks by USD 6.91 to USD 61.09
The OPEC announced a reduction of one and a half million barrels per day effective as November 1st (Photo: Larry Smith / EFE)
Economy
The Venezuelan oil basket slipped USD 6.91 the week ending
October 24th, to end at USD 61.09 on average, for fear of
weakening world oil demand, reported the government, Reuters
quoted.
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
agreed on Friday to implement a substantial cut in oil production.
Oil ministers decided to reduce supply by 1.5 million barrels
a day from November 1st, at an emergency meeting in Vienna
in an atmosphere of tense expectation in markets and investors.
The announced reduction is intended to halt the "dramatic
collapse of oil prices," said OPEC president, Chakib Khelil,
oil minister of Algeria, as reported by AFP.
On the Cover
IISS: The FARC financed Chávez before 1999
10:07 AM. DIPLOMACY. Admired by the Colombian guerrilla after his coup attempt in 1992, the then lieutenant colonel Hugo Chávez Frías received financial support by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) for his projects after his capture that year. This mostly explains the relationship and "debt" between the parties, as revealed by a paper of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) of the United Kingdom.
- Read
Alianzas
EL UNIVERSAL
Cómo anunciar | Suscripciones | Contáctenos | Política de privacidad
Términos legales | Condiciones de uso | Mapa del Sitio | Ayuda
El Universal - Todos los derechos reservados 2007
