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OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries An international organization founded in 1960 whose members collaborate on the production and exportation of oil. Members meet several times a year to discuss oil prices and ways to bring them to an optimal level for members. OPEC has a great influence over the world's oil supply as the organization sets production quotas for member nations. Cutting production tends to result in higher oil prices while raising production tends to lower them. Many of OPEC's member nations are heavily reliant on oil to fund their economies and, as a result, tend to prefer high prices. On the other hand, other members (though the groups overlap) suffer high inflation rates when oil prices are too high. As a result, there is often tension between so-called "price hawks" and other members. See also: Brent blend. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Association of Coffee Producing Countries Cartel Economic Shock Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Petrodollars Quota stagflation | VIENNA, Nov 11 (KUNA) -- The price of OPEC basket of 12-crudes dropped seven cents on Tuesday and settled at USD 76. Summary: Algeria "would back the idea of creating a gas OPEC," Energy and Mining Minister Chakib Khelil said, underlining that the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) should function "as an economic organization" and be modelled on OPEC. But while Russian officials attend OPEC meetings as observers and keep pushing the group's member-states to maintain their strategy, Moscow has repeatedly refused to get its crude oil producers to cut their output in solidarity with them. |
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