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The announcement comes amidst growing non-OPEC oil production and weak oil prices. (DJ) November 22: OPEC states that it will roll over its current oil production quota of 25.42 million barrels per day (4,041,000 m 3 /d). The roll-over was widely anticipated because of slack world oil demand, rising non-OPEC production, and weak prices. (DJ, PON)
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 ...
The announcement comes amidst growing non-OPEC oil production and weak oil prices. (DJ) 22 November: OPEC states that it will roll over its current oil production quota of 25.42 million barrels per day (4,041,000 m 3 /d). The roll-over was widely anticipated because of slack world oil demand, rising non-OPEC production, and weak prices. (DJ, PON)
2002 world oil market chronology. January 1: The OPEC crude oil production quota cuts of 1.5 million barrels (240,000 m 3) per day, announced on December 28, officially go into effect for six months. Crude oil production or export cuts of 462,500 barrels per day (73,530 m 3 /d) by five non-OPEC oil exporters also go into effect.
March 11: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets in Vienna and decides to maintain crude oil production quotas for its member countries (excluding Iraq) at 24.5 million barrels per day (3,900,000 m 3 /d). Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister, Ali al-Naimi says, "There will be no shortage of oil. The test is, when the need is ...
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.
Aug 15: First Iraqi air raid on Iran's main oil export terminal, Kharg Island. November 6: Exploratory well in Ranger, Texas, blows out, spilling 150,000 bbl (24,000 m 3) of crude oil. December: OPEC output hits 18 Mbbl/d (2,900,000 m 3 /d) boosting a glut and triggering a price war.
The country joined OPEC in 2007. Diamantino de Azevedo, the African nation's oil minister, said Angola “does not gain anything by remaining in the organization,” according to state news agency ...