21.   Iraq is a member but does not participate in the production quotas, because its oil sales are under the supervision of the United Nations.

22.   Kuwait said it would demand an increase in its oil production quota if OPEC raised the output ceiling.

23.   Major oil-producing nations, led by Saudi Arabia, had tried unsuccessfully for more than a year to impose production quotas and stem a worldwide oil surplus.

24.   Major producers often ignored the production quotas that were set at meetings, eroding the credibility of the group.

25.   Many OPEC members were already exceeding their production quotas, producing at or near capacity before the new agreement went into effect.

26.   Next year, Luker would like to lease some or all of his production quota.

27.   New production quotas.

28.   Officials declined comment on speculation that the OPEC mission was also being prompted by continuing Venezuelan violation of its OPEC-sanctioned oil production quota.

29.   On the Monday after OPEC decided to increase its production quotas, for instance, the active crude oil futures contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell sharply.

30.   OPEC meets in Vienna later this month to discuss the production quotas of its members, including Qatar.