Opec
Opec
Opec
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According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Organisation of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC+) plus might face sharp demand fall due to a recent surge in
crude oil production from the countries like USA, Norway, and Guyana.
The non-OPEC countries which export crude oil are termed as OPEC plus
countries.
OPEC plus countries include Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia,
Mexico, Oman, Russia, South Sudan and Sudan.
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent,
intergovernmental organization, created at the Baghdad Conference in 1960, by
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.
It aims to manage the supply of oil in an effort to set the price of oil in the world
market, in order to avoid fluctuations that might affect the economies of both
producing and purchasing countries.
It is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
OPEC membership is open to any country that is a substantial exporter of oil and
which shares the ideals of the organization.
Gabon terminated its membership in January 1995. However, it rejoined the
Organization in July 2016.
As of 2019, OPEC has a total of 14 Member Countries viz. Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, United
Arab Emirates(UAE), Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea,
Republic of Congo, Angola, Ecuador and Venezuela are members of OPEC.
Source:ET
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