In 1960, frustrated by Western control over the world’s oil industry, five of the world’s top oil-producing nations created the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC.

OPEC, or the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, serves as an organizing body of the world's largest producers of oil. Its purpose, per its website, is to "coordinate and unify the ...

September 27, 2016. Oil prices rose modestly ahead of a meeting of producers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) cartel and Russia in Algeria on September 28 that ...

The meeting of top ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies led by Russia, or OPEC+, is scheduled for 1300 GMT on Monday, days after Trump called on OPEC and ...