71.   Compared with April production levels, chemicals, petroleum products, and the clothing sector topped the list of gainers.

72.   Concerns over immediate CPO production level, considered to be still high, will also affect sentiment.

73.   Consuming countries would like them to boost crude production, but industry analysts anticipate that the delegates will simply extend current production levels for an additional three months.

74.   Desperate to boost revenues, they seem motivated by an exceptional desire to close ranks and honor their curtailed production levels in the hope of nudging prices higher.

75.   Earlier this week, OPEC declined to rise oil production levels, though it has initiated hikes four other times this year.

76.   Except for Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, no other OPEC members have enough surplus capacity to raise their production levels quickly.

77.   Following a meeting last weekend in Venezuela, oil ministers from that country, Saudi Arabia and Mexico reaffirmed pledges to continue with current production levels until next March.

78.   He did not say when the government would make a decision about production levels.

79.   Higher production levels could be expected from Thailand, Australia, Brazil and South Africa, he said.

80.   He said water from the Langat and Semenyih dams would have to be released to maintain such a production level.