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11:03

reutersBarbaraL - Greetings from a Vienna hotel room, which we call our bunker -- our command centre for coverage of #OPEC talks.

11:06

reutersBarbaraL - #OPEC While our reporters lurk in luxurious hotel lobbies as ministers arrive, I and another editor will take down their news alerts

11:39

Commodity Corner - Hello from Will, the faceless filer in the Reuters #OPEC bunker. Those unlucky enough still to be traumatised by the all -night session of last September's meeting will know that Ramadan will dominate the deliberations of oil ministers at this one too. Offical Viennese sunset is 1924 local time (1724 gmt) - http://www.zamg.ac.at/klima/sonne_mond/?ts=1252314721

12:12

Commodity Corner - For our latest Reuters blog from Barbara on late night perils http://blogs.reuters.com/commodity-corner/2009/09/07/burning-midnight-oil-can-yield-surprise-outcomes/

12:18

reutersSimonW - Hello from Simon, one of the reporting team in Vienna, prowling a hotel lobby to catch #OPEC ministers' ruminating on oil and the economy.

12:26

reutersSimonW - #OPEC ministers want the oil price low enough to encourage the global economy and high enough to bankroll their own domestic expansion.

12:32

reutersSimonW - With G20 leaders meeting soon, #OPEC will be mindful of taking action that big consumers might see as harming efforts to heal the economy

2:06

Commodity Corner -

Simon and Henrique Almeida, our reporters in Dubai and Angola respectively, give an overview of the upcoming #OPEC meeting http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5862A620090907

3:18

reutersBarbaraL - The long wait for #OPEC ministers drags on, with none expected until late this evening

4:15

reutersSimonW - It's mid-afternoon and the pianist is playing to a near empty and calm lobby. As oil ministers arrive, calm will become chaos.

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