KUWAIT SAYS NO OPEC MEMBER VIOLATING OUTPUT QUOTA

  Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ali
  al-Khalifa al-Sabah said in a newspaper interview that no OPEC
  member was exceeding oil production quotas allocated by the
  13-nation group.
      Sheikh Ali told Kuwait's daily al-Anba "All OPEC states,
  without exception, are producing within the quotas allocated to
  them. Some of them are producing less."
      Some oil industry sources had said the United Arab
  Emirates, which had been generally been producing over its
  quota since OPEC returned to quotas last September, was still
  pumping more than its allotted amount in the first months of
  this year.
      Ecuador had also publicly stated it was over its quota, but
  an earthquake early this month stopped that. Iraq has rejected
  its quota, but oil sources say it may be having problems
  marketing at official prices all the oil it wants to sell.
      OPEC agreed in December to cut overall oil production by
  7.25 pct to 15.8 mln barrels per day (bpd) for the first six
  months of this year and abide by fixed prices around 18 dlrs a
  barrel from February 1.
  

