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- BUSINESS, Page 53Business NotesOILSo Happy Together?
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- When OPEC members agreed last November to limit the group's
- oil production to 18.5 million bbl. per day in hopes of boosting
- prices, veteran oilmen were skeptical. Previous all-for-one
- pacts had crumbled when members secretly exceeded their quotas.
- This time producers are still cheating, but considerably less
- than most experts had expected. Oil-industry analysts estimate
- that OPEC is producing just 1 million bbl. per day more than the
- quota. As a result, OPEC's relative restraint is sparking a
- rally in the oil markets. The price of West Texas intermediate,
- a benchmark crude, reached $19.26 per bbl. last week, vs. less
- than $13 last October. Not since November 1987 has petroleum
- been so expensive.
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