A general view of the OPEC meeting in Oran,

A general view of the OPEC meeting in Oran, western Algeria, Wednesday Dec. 17, 2008. OPEC oil ministers say they will likely approve a cut of 2 million barrels a day from their output as of early next year and major non-OPEC producers will likely take hundreds of thousands more barrels off the market.
AP Photo by OUAHAB HEBBAT