Press Releases

2013

Opening address to the 164th Meeting of the OPEC Conference

04 Dec 2013 | Vienna, Austria

by HE Mustafa Jassim Mohammad Al-Shamali, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil of Kuwait, Chairman of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and President of the Conference

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OPEC 164th Meeting concludes

04 Dec 2013 | Vienna, Austria

The 164th Meeting of the Conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was held in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, 4 December 2013, under the Chairmanship of its President, HE Mustafa Jassim Mohammad Al-Shamali, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil of the State of Kuwait and Head of its Delegation.

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Joint Conclusion of the EU-OPEC Energy Dialogue

11 Nov 2013 | Vienna, Austria

The tenth Ministerial-level meeting of the energy dialogue between the European Union (EU) and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) took place in Vienna today.

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Meeting of the OPEC-Russia Energy Dialogue

08 Nov 2013 | Vienna, Austria

HE Alexander Novak, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation and HE Abdalla Salem El-Badri, OPEC Secretary General, held a high-level meeting in Moscow on October 28 as part of the ongoing OPEC-Russia Energy Dialogue. The meeting was also attended by a delegation from the Russian Federation and officials from the OPEC Secretariat.

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OPEC’s World Oil Outlook and Annual Statistical Bulletin to be launched 7 November 2013

24 Oct 2013 | Vienna, Austria

The 2013 OPEC World Oil Outlook (WOO) and Annual Statistical Bulletin (ASB) will be officially released at a press conference to be held at the OPEC Secretariat on Thursday, 7 November 2013 at 14:30 CET. The WOO and ASB are OPEC’s flagship annual publications, providing data and in-depth, expert analysis on many aspects of the global oil industry.

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OPEC's Annual Statistical Bulletin for launch 29 July 2013

29 Jul 2013 | Vienna, Austria

The OPEC Secretariat is pleased to announce the release of the online edition of the 2013 Annual Statistical Bulletin (ASB).

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OPEC 163rd Meeting concludes

31 May 2013 | Vienna, Austria

The 163rd Meeting of the Conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) convened in Vienna, Austria, on 31 May 2013, under the Chairmanship of its Alternate President, HE Dr Abdel Bari Ali Al-Arousi, Minister of Oil and Gas of Libya and Head of its Delegation.

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Opening address to the 163rd Meeting of the OPEC Conference

31 May 2013 | Vienna, Austria

by HE Dr Abdel Bari Ali Al-Arousi, Minister of Oil & Gas of Libya and Alternate President of the OPEC Conference

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IEA, IEF and OPEC host Third Joint Workshop

21 Mar 2013 | Vienna, Austria

The International Energy Agency (IEA), International Energy Forum (IEF) and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) hosted the Third Joint Workshop on “Interactions between Physical and Financial Energy Markets” Thursday in Vienna, Austria. The high-level technical event brought together a broad range of experts from industry, governments, and the financial and regulatory sectors of the developed and emerging economies to discuss the interactions between physical and financial energy markets.

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