The only certainty is that Iran's oil minister has been called to court.

He was also oil minister from 1998 to 2001.

Prices first began to strengthen after Venezuela's oil minister called for a committee meeting.

The oil ministers said yesterday that they had agreed to keep those cuts in effect.

A number of oil ministers have said that if there is no agreement here they will decrease their production.

Perhaps that explains why the spike in prices left oil ministers short of words.

Within a year of that exchange, he was no longer Oil Minister.

The parties also need to work out who will get the most coveted ministry jobs, like oil minister.

Prince Ali is the second son of the oil minister.

The Iraqi oil minister rejected the panel, saying his government would not cooperate.