1.   Crude oil prices fell on expectations the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will leave its current output ceiling in place for at least another six months.

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

3.   Meanwhile, crude oil prices were little changed after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said it would keep its current output ceiling in place for another six months.

4.   Ministers were confronted with that report during their winter meeting here, and renewed pledges to stick with their quotas as they extended the current output ceiling.

5.   On other markets, crude oil was little changed after OPEC ended its biannual meeting without changing its output ceiling.

6.   Oil companies slipped after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said it would keep its current output ceiling in place for another six months.

7.   Al-Nasseri criticized OPEC quota busters and said everybody should abide by the output ceiling.

8.   In fact, OPEC oil ministers indicated they would be willing to raise their output ceiling even before their September meeting, if necessary.

9.   This is the first time in four years that OPEC has officially raised its output ceiling.

10.   But he did not name the countries which had gone beyond their output ceiling.