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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, / ˈoʊpɛk / OH-pek) is an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximize profit. It was founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq ...
A production quota is a goal for the production of a good. It is typically set by a government or an organization, and can be applied to an individual worker, firm, industry or country. Quotas can be set high to encourage production, or can be used to restrict production to support a certain price level. [ 1]
Such use of the economic weapon of oil embargo in the struggle against Israel had been regularly proposed at Arab Petroleum Congresses, but it took the Six-Day War for the embargo to happen. However, Saudi Arabia's oil production was up by 9% that year, and the main embargo lasted only ten days and was completely ended by the Khartoum Conference.
The world price, which had peaked during the 1979 energy crisis at nearly $40 per barrel, decreased during the 1980s to less than $10 per barrel. Adjusted for inflation, oil briefly fell back to pre-1973 levels. This "sale" price was a windfall for oil-importing nations, both developing and developed.
“The President is disappointed by the shortsighted decision by OPEC Plus to cut production quotas while the global economy is dealing with the continued negative impact of Putin’s invasion of ...
In the same time period the major oil companies went from a production in the crude oil market of 30 to 15.2 million barrels (4.8 to 2.4 million cubic metres), a decrease of nearly 50%. In this period, the production from reserves under their own control went from 25.5 to 6.7 million bbl (4.1 to 1.1 million m 3), a decrease of 74%. As a result ...
A roundup of news from around the world of finance: Investors Aren't Banking on Big Banks: The New York Times reports that bank stocks, which are "selling at near their lows for the year, and ...
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies — a group of leading oil producers known as OPEC+ — agreed Sunday to extend production cuts announced last year into 2025.