Libya insists on at most 1.2 mln barrel a day increase by OPEC

/IRBIS, March 28, 00/ - PRIME-TASS informs, with the reference to CNN, that Libya insists on at most 1.2 mln barrel a day increase by OPEC. It is said to be 0.5 mln barrels less than that proposed by other OPEC countries. Algerian minister of mining industry and energy Khib Kheli told that its country and a few other OPEC countries were for 1.7 mln barrel a day increase, while Libya insists on lesser increase. Ministers of OPEC countries are expected to gather for the next meeting at about 5:00PM Moscow time today and they will likely to approve 1.7 mln barrel a day increase, said Kheli.