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Together, the three quotes provide a framework for analyzing Saudi options heading into the December 4 OPEC meeting in Vienna and its choices vis-à-vis the OPEC outsiders (all members but Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar): reconciliation, separation, or divorce. percent increase) and 2016 (3.5 Reaching both 12.5

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percent in 2016. Furthermore, several national oil companies, Venezuela’s among them, are building refineries with local partners in Asia, which will use their crude. million), and its allies, UAE (2.87), Kuwait (2.8), and Qatar (.67), Even with massive deficit spending, the IMF estimated GDP growth would slow from 3.6