1.   OPEC ministers are meeting next Wednesday and are widely expected to leave production quotas unchanged in light of sluggish oil demand and plentiful supplies.

2.   Rodriguez added that OPEC will most likely leave oil output quotas unchanged at its ministerial meeting next month.

3.   He was speaking after OPEC ministers agreed to leave output quotas unchanged in the second quarter and meet again in June to review the situation.

4.   OPEC was expected to keep output quotas unchanged until the end of June at its meeting.