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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 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]
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.
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 ...
OPEC+ extends oil output cuts again through November. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies — the coalition of the world’s top oil producers known as OPEC+ ...
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.
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)