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OPEC is no longer relevant in a changing energy world

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By Ellen R. Wald
| MSN Verified
OPEC's influence over global oil prices has eroded as non-OPEC production, geopolitical disruptions, and China's demand reshape energy markets. In 1960, Venezuelan oil minister Juan Perez Alfonso and Saudi oil minister Abdullah Tariki announced the formation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ). Alfonso said at the time that OPEC's purpose was for member nations to “defend the price of oil” by collectively setting limits on oil production.
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Is OPEC still relevant in a changing energy world?

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By Tatiana Mitrova, Ellen R. Wald
| MSN Verified
This debate examines whether OPEC still shapes global oil markets or whether shifting geopolitics and production trends have overtaken its influence. For decades, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) has sought to shape global oil markets through coordinated production policies. But the rise of new producers, shifting patterns of energy demand, and changing geopolitical priorities have raised questions about whether the cartel still wields the influence it once did.
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This Is How an Energy Crisis Starts

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By Ellen R. Wald
| The Free Press Verified
This Is How an Energy Crisis Starts Smoke rises over destroyed vehicles near the Shahran oil refinery after an overnight air strike. in Tehran on March 8, 2026. (AFP via Getty Images) The Strait of Hormuz is shut. Oil is over $100 a barrel. And it could soon get worse. Iran threatened last week to set ablaze tankers that tried to transit the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy choke point.
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