OPEC Members Call For Emergency Meeting On Oil

The 12-year low in crude is "shattering" the economies of OPEC member countries. Nigeria's top oil official who is also OPEC's president says Saudi's policy on not cutting production "is going too far."

CNNMoney
Jan 12, 2016

The 12-year low in crude is "shattering" the economies of OPEC member countries. Nigeria's top oil official who is also OPEC's president says Saudi's policy on not cutting production "is going too far."

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