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  • abbreviation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

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  • proper noun Acronym of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

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  • noun an organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of petroleum

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Examples

  • Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) would make a decision on whether to boost output to calm minister said on Tuesday he sees no push by OPEC members to raise oil output to counter a spike in prices to 18-month highs.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Arabia: www. nzherald.co.nz Canada Tar Sands Oil Equals Saudi Arabia: macedoniaonline. eu Opec decides against further supply cuts: www. ft.com OPEC Agrees to Keep Oil Production Quotas

    WN.com - Articles related to Kazakh lawmakers give president lifetime immunity 2010

  • Kornafel Sees: Beginning of demand destruction, markets governed by panic; Opec to hold emergency meeting next week; Crude oil rebounds from 13-month low as OPEC may cut production;

    WN.com - Articles related to Petron to slash oil prices Monday 2010

  • Kornafel Sees: Beginning of demand destruction, markets governed by panic; Opec to hold emergency meeting next week; Crude oil rebounds from 13-month low as OPEC may cut production; Analysis by Jonathan Kornafel of Hudson Capital Energy

    WN.com - Articles related to Petron to slash oil prices Monday 2010

  • Tar Sands Oil Equals Saudi Arabia: macedoniaonline. eu Opec decides against further supply cuts: www. ft.com OPEC Agrees to Keep Oil Production Quotas Unchanged: www. bloomberg.com Saudi

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  • Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) would make a decision on whether to boost output to calm minister said on Tuesday he sees no push by OPEC members to raise oil output to counter a spike in prices to 18-month highs.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Air fares soar as Jet pilots, management stand ground production quotas unchanged, opting to take a cautious approach in a Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) Thursday decided to leave its production quotas unchanged, opting to take a cautious approach in a oil prices about where OPEC wants them and a modest economic upturn in the offing, the oil cartel isn't likely to tighten the taps when its leaders meet this week in Vienna.

    WN.com - Articles related to Oil surges towards $75, eyes China, US data 2009

  • Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah said on Tuesday the Organization of the Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah said on Tuesday Opec will leave its production unchanged at its meeting next month, adding that current oil price Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah said on Tuesday OPEC will leave its production unchanged at its meeting next month, adding that current oil price

    WN.com - Articles related to OPEC likely to maintain output level: Algeria 2009

  • BBC NEWS - Opec refuses oil production cuts - OPEC energy ministers have decided to leave oil production quotas unchanged after talks in the Egyptian capital following falls in the price of oil.

    pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2008

  • The White House denounced what it called OPEC's "anti-market" decision to cut production, even though oil prices subsequently slumped on fears of a global recession.

    Taipei Times 2008

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