H.E. Haitham AL GHAIS

Secretary-General

OPEC

Saudi Arabia’s strategic vision and commitment to collaboration will undoubtedly continue to play a key role in OPEC’s ability to navigate the evolving global energy landscape.
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A fine balance

OPEC is an international organisation that was established in Baghdad in September 1960. Today it is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It co-ordinates and unifies the petroleum policies of its members. OPEC sets production targets for its member nations and  is an important factor affecting global oil prices. Iran is one of the five founding members of the organisation.

OPEC+, a designation that adds 10 non-OPEC members including Russia, reached a deal in September 2016 to cut approximately 1 million bopd of production. The deal was extended several times and deepened to 7.7 million bopd for August-December 2020.

Company website: www.opec.org

 

OPEC in figures

Years active as of 2020:60

Number of member states:13

OPEC features

Houston’s growing pull in global energy - USA26 - Josh SHERMAN - Houston Producers Forum
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USA - June 12, 2026

Josh Sherman of the Houston Producers Forum talks about Houston’s growing pull as energy security concerns and growing LNG and…

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ADNOC eyes upstream, LNG opportunities in Canada
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Canada - June 10, 2026

ADNOC will explore upstream and LNG opportunities in Canada through its international investment arm, XRG.

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ADNOC Drilling ready to raise production capacity above 5 million bopd
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UAE - May 12, 2026

ADNOC Drilling is prepared to expand the UAE’s oil production capacity beyond 5 million bopd by 2027 as the country advances…

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UAE leaves OPEC
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UAE - April 29, 2026

The UAE has announced it will leave OPEC, potentially clearing the way for higher production outside OPEC quotas and dealing a…

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OPEC head stands by output freeze
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Qatar - February 25, 2016

Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Qatari Minister of Energy and Industry and current president of OPEC, on Thursday underscored the need for a cap on production as a means to…

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Oman with Iran on production cap
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Oman - February 24, 2016

Omani Minister of Oil and Gas Mohammed bin Hamad bin Saif Al Rumhy said on Wednesday that his country stands with Iran in the latter’s objection to last week’s…

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Saudi to deny output freeze
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Saudi Arabia - February 24, 2016

Saudi Arabia will not follow deal brought forward by other major oil producers to freeze rising output, the country’s oil minister, Ali Al Naimi, said at a conference…

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Iran oil exports soar by 500,000 bpd
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Iran - February 22, 2016

Iran has increased oil exports by 500,000 bpd after sanctions were lifted in January, the director of international affairs for state-run National Iranian Oil Company,…

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India’s Saudi oil imports soar
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India - February 19, 2016

India’s oil imports from Saudi Arabia jumped 29% in January from the same month a year ago, market analyst group Thomson Reuters Oil Research & Forecasts reported…

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Iran rebuffs production freeze
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Iran - February 17, 2016

Iran has taken a tough stance against a production freeze proposed by other members of OPEC, Iranian OPEC envoy Mehdi Asali was quoted as saying in the Tehran-based…

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Major players consider production freeze
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Russia - February 12, 2016

Major oil-producing countries should cut production to lift the falling prices of crude oil, Russian state-run Rosneft’s CEO Igor Sechin said Wednesday at the…

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Kuwait to further boost oil production
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Kuwait - February 09, 2016

Kuwait plans to raise crude oil production by 150,000 bpd in Q3, a Kuwaiti official said on Tuesday.

Nabil Bouresli, managing director of international marketing at…

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