31.   Norway, another non-OPEC member, is expected to take part in the newly proposed reductions, the oil ministers said in a statement issued at The Hague.

32.   Oil ministers from several members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ended a meeting in Vienna without disclosing any planned action.

33.   Oil ministers from Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait and Nigeria, the only nations to send top-level delegates, walked past reporters without discussing the plan.

34.   Oil ministers will resume negotiations Tuesday.

35.   OPEC Secretary-General Ali Rodriguez, a former Venezuelan oil minister, flew to Caracas from OPEC headquarters in Vienna.

36.   OPEC Secretary General Rilwanu Lukman, a former Nigerian oil minister, was more diplomatic.

37.   OPEC oil ministers stumbled Monday in their bid to reach a quick agreement on how much more oil to pump out to world markets.

38.   Other OPEC oil ministers are free to attend MMC meetings.

39.   Rakadh Bin Salem Bin Hamed Bin Rakadh, the oil minister of the United Arab Emirates, was elected alternate president.

40.   Richardson, he said, made a similar call to the oil minister of Qatar during a ministerial meeting on Monday.