Algerian Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil arrives for a press conference at the governmental newspaper El-Moudjahid's press center, on March 11, 2009, in Algiers. Khelil met the press to discuss the world oil and gas market ahead of this weekend's OPEC meeting in Vienna. Getty Images logo Getty Images 9 months ago

Algerian Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil arrives for a press conference at the governmental newspaper El-Moudjahid's press center, on March 11, 2009, in Algiers. Khelil met the press to discuss the world oil and gas market ahead of this weekend's OPEC meeting in Vienna.

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  1. Algeria's minister of energy and mines Chakib Khelil arrives for 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. Algerian Oil Minister Chakib Khelil attends the opening of the Ministerial Conference of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) in Cairo, December 5, 2009.
  2. Algerian Oil Minister Chakib Khelil (R) speaks with Algerian ambassador to Egypt, Abdelkader Hadjar, during the opening of the Ministerial Conference of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) in Cairo, December 5, 2009.
  3. Algeria's minister of energy and mines Chakib Khelil arrives for 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. Algeria's minister of energy and mines Chakib Khelil attends 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. Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil arrives for a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna September 9, 2009. OPEC was set to keep output targets steady at a meeting late on Wednesday after top exporter Saudi Arabia looked to economic strength to bolster the oil. price and dismissed bulging inventories.
  6. Chakib Khelil, Minister of Energy and Mines from Algeria gestures as he speaks to journalists prior to the start of the 154th meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.

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