	opec defending dlr price subroto says indonesian energy minister subroto said opec is deliberately under its production ceiling of mln barrels to defend its dlr a barrel price target he told reporters at an energy conference in jakarta that opec had decided to maintain its price level of dlrs we are deliberately defending the price so opec production is less than mln at the moment he stated asked if opec would increase production if prices went above dlrs a barrel he said this would be decided at the next opec meeting in june we will discuss the market situation then he added he said a meeting of the opec differentials committee had been postponed because there is no need for the meeting he did not elaborate the committee had originally been due to meet in vienna this week reuter 
