Oil prices rise to record despite OPEC action/La OPEP aumentará producción

While the rise in crude oil supplies would be modest, about 2 percent, the announcement still came as a surprise to many. Some OPEC countries - including Iran, Venezuela and Algeria - had initially expressed strong opposition to an increase in supplies. Others feared that a mistimed decision to add oil to the market might backfire at a time of heightened economic concern. Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations brokered the deal during a seven-hour meeting here. Analysts said Saudi Arabia, OPEC's de facto leader and the group's biggest supplier, would be more comfortable with oil at around $70 a barrel. The production increase, the first official one in more than a year, will be effective on Nov. 1.( full information)/La medida fue adoptada tras intensas negociaciones en la conferencia ministerial de la organización, celebrada en Viena en medio de marcadas diferencias de opinión entre los integrantes del grupo.Arabia Saudita habría apoyado un incremento de un millón de barriles diarios, mientras que Venezuela e Irán habrían argumentado a favor de mantener los niveles de producción actual ( información completa)