OPEC president Eng JoseMaria Botelho de Vasconcelos of Angola (L) and OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem El-Badri (R) of Libya open the 154th regular meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna on September 9, 2009. OPEC oil ministers met on Wednesday night looking set to hold crude output steady as they wait cautiously for a recovery from the world economic downturn that has battered energy demand. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

OPEC president Eng JoseMaria Botelho de Vasconcelos of Angola (L) and OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem El-Badri (R) of Libya open the 154th regular meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna on September 9, 2009. OPEC oil ministers met on Wednesday night looking set to hold crude output steady as they wait cautiously for a recovery from the world economic downturn that has battered energy demand.

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  1. Journalists interview OPEC ministers during the 154th regular meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna on September 9, 2009. OPEC oil ministers met on Wednesday night looking set to hold crude output steady as they wait cautiously for a recovery from the world economic downturn that has battered energy demand.
  2. Journalists interview OPEC ministers during the 154th regular meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna on September 9, 2009. OPEC oil ministers met on Wednesday night looking set to hold crude output steady as they wait cautiously for a recovery from the world economic downturn that has battered energy demand.
  3. OPEC president Eng Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos of Angola opens the 154th regular meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna on September 9, 2009. OPEC oil ministers met on Wednesday night looking set to hold crude output steady as they wait cautiously for a recovery from the world economic downturn that has battered energy demand.
  4. OPEC president Eng JoseMaria Botelho de Vasconcelos of Angola (L) and OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem El-Badri (R) of Libya open the 154th regular meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna on September 9, 2009. OPEC oil ministers met on Wednesday night looking set to hold crude output steady as they wait cautiously for a recovery from the world economic downturn that has battered energy demand.
  5. OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri smiles during a news conference in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters following a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 10, 2009. OPEC agreed to leave its oil output targets unchanged at its meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday.
  6. Angola's Oil Minister and OPEC President Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos prepares for a news conference in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters following a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 10, 2009. OPEC agreed to leave its oil output targets unchanged at its meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday.
  7. Angola's Oil Minister and OPEC President Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos listens during a news conference in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters following a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 10, 2009. OPEC agreed to leave its oil output targets unchanged at its meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday.
  8. Angola's Oil Minister and OPEC President Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos (L) and OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri address a news conference in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters following a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 10, 2009. OPEC agreed to leave its oil output targets unchanged at its meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday.
  9. OPEC president Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos of Angola opens the 154th regular OPEC meeting in Vienna on September 9,2009. OPEC ministers are optimistic that the worst is past in the global downturn which has sapped energy demand, the president of the oil producers' cartel said on Wednesday at an output meeting.
  10. OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri addresses a news conference in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters following a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 10, 2009. OPEC agreed to leave its oil output targets unchanged at its meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday.
  11. OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri addresses a news conference in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters following a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 10, 2009. OPEC agreed to leave its oil output targets unchanged at its meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday.
  12. OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri addresses a news conference in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters following a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 10, 2009. OPEC agreed to leave its oil output targets unchanged at its meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday.
  13. OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri addresses a news conference in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters following a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 10, 2009. OPEC agreed to leave its oil output targets unchanged at its meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday.
  14. Angola's Oil Minister and OPEC President Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos leaves a news conference in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters following a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 10, 2009. OPEC agreed to leave its oil output targets unchanged at its meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday.
  15. Angola's Oil Minister and OPEC President Jose Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos (C) and OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri (R) prepare for a news conference in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) headquarters following a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 10, 2009. OPEC agreed to leave its oil output targets unchanged at its meeting which ended in the early hours of Thursday. At left is an unidentified interpreter.
  16. OPEC Secretary General Abdalla Salem El-Badri, from Libya, speaks at a news conference following the 154th meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.

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