He has attended OPEC meetings for the last 15 years.

The summit is only the second OPEC meeting held at that level.

"The OPEC meeting is only seven weeks or so away," he said.

Saudi officials said no announcement would be made before the OPEC meeting.

Even before the OPEC meeting, prices had dropped by almost 20 percent, to about $28 a barrel.

Iraq attends the OPEC meeting for the first time since 1990.

I don't think anything dramatic will happen at the OPEC meeting.

With the surge in world oil demand, this OPEC meeting has not had much sense of urgency.

That committee is scheduled to make a report at the next OPEC meeting.

Iraq will probably not send a delegation to the OPEC meeting.