OPEC insiders reel after key minister is fired during their meeting

*Algerian oil minister learns of dismissal from news report *Boutarfa was architect of OPEC, non-OPEC production cut deal 27 May 2017, Vienna, Austria — As OPEC ministers gathered in Vienna Thursday to agree a nine-month extension of their oil supply pact, the man credited with bringing about the landmark deal learned from a news broadcast […] More »