Cheney, Saudis to discuss oil crisis

Vice President Dick Cheney to Talk About Oil, Security Issues With Saudi King

DEB RIECHMANN, AP News

Mar 21, 2008 05:07 EST

High oil prices socking U.S. consumers will be a key topic of Vice President Dick Cheney's talks Friday with Saudi King Abdullah but it's unclear whether Cheney will ask the Saudis to increase production.

Early this year, the oil producing nations ignored President Bush's request to increase supplies so that gas prices, which are up over $3 a gallon, could fall. Bush asked the Saudis, a main player in OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) to push oil producing nations to pump more oil when he was in Saudi Arabia in January.