OPEC Secretariat
Vienna, Austria

The Secretariat carries out the executive functions of the Organization in accordance with the provisions of the OPEC Statute and under the direction of the Board of Governors. It provides the Conference with support facilities; carries out research into energy, economics and finance; prepares reports and statistics; provides information on the Organization and its activities through various publications; receives visitors from different parts of the world; and organizes seminars, briefings and lectures. The Secretariat is equipped with an excellent library, and serves officials from Member Countries (MCs) as well as researchers, scholars and students from MCs and elsewhere.

Financed by MCs on the basis of equal contributions, the Secretariat is staffed by nationals of MCs called officers, and by support staff, recruited locally and abroad, together with secretarial and clerical staff. The Chief Executive of the OPEC Secretariat is the Secretary General, who is the legally authorized representative of the Organization.