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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 ...
On 9 January 1968, three of the then–most conservative Arab oil states – Kuwait, Libya, and Saudi Arabia – agreed at a conference in Beirut, Lebanon to found the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, aiming to separate the production and sale of oil from politics in the wake of the halfhearted 1967 oil embargo in response to the Six-Day War.
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.
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 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)
Crude oil export revenue by country (annually) A world map of countries by oil exportation, 2022. This is a list of oil-producing countries by oil exports based on data for 2022 by CEIC. Oil in this list refers to base crude oil only, and not refined petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel and airplane fuel.
Under this definition (crude and condensate), total world oil production in 2023 averaged 81,804,000 barrels per day. Approximately 72% of world oil production came from the top ten countries, and an overlapping 35% came from the twelve OPEC members. Members of OPEC+, which includes OPEC members produce about 60% of the world's petroleum.