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  • The blue logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is displayed on the facade of its headquarters building in Vienna, Austria, on June 9, 2025. The building is located in the city center and serves as the administrative center for the international oil organization. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Economy

    OPEC+ agrees in principle to another bumper supply increase

    By Grant Smith, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • An oil tanker unloads imported crude oil at the crude oil terminal of Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China, on May 21, 2025. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Economy

    OPEC+ agrees on third oil supply surge despite Russia’s qualms

    By Fiona MacDonald, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • CANADA – 2025/02/07: In this photo illustration, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Economy

    OPEC+ agrees to another supply surge in June to deepen oil rout

    By Grant Smith, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • OPEC's headquartersFinance

    OPEC+ delays supply restart again as crude prices struggle

    By Grant Smith, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • Secretary General of OPEC Haitham al-Ghais, speaks at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on November 16, 2022. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    OPEC+ opts to ‘hunker down’ amid surging volatility and market uncertainty, holds steady on oil production

    By Salma El Wardany, Grant Smith, and others
  • A girl sits on a cot as she crosses a flooded street at Sohbatpur in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan province on October 4, 2022. (Photo by Fida HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by FIDA HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)Environment

    COP27 to discuss rich nations helping poor ones with climate-disaster damage and loss: ‘A reasonable sum is more than zero’

    By John Ainger, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • TOPSHOT – Picture taken on October 5, 2022 shows the lignite-fired Niederaussem power plant operated by German energy giant RWE near Niederaussem, western Germany. – German energy provider RWE is planning to entirely demolish houses in the village of Luetzerath for coal mining. RWE also brought forward its exit from coal power to 2030 on October 4, 2022 amid fears the country’s plans to abandon fossil fuels are wobbling following the energy crisis caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)Environment

    The energy crisis and Ukraine war have lowered expectations for COP27: Transitioning to renewables ‘will take longer than anticipated’

    By Marc Champion, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman.Retail

    OPEC tries to keep oil prices high and cuts output by 2 million barrels in a move that Biden calls ‘unnecessary’

    By Salma El Wardany, Grant Smith, and others
  • A world map with OPEC countries illustrated as oil barrels with their respective flags.Finance

    OPEC is considering cutting oil output by 1 million barrels per day in a move that could add another shock to the global economy

    By Salma El Wardany, Grant Smith, and others
  • President Joe Biden tensions with OPEC+

    Biden’s plans to release oil reserves to address rising fuel prices draws the ire of OPEC+

    By Grant Smith, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • Saudi energy minister bets against frackersFinance

    In a bold taunt, Saudis warn America’s frackers: ‘Drill, baby, drill is gone forever’

    By Bloomberg, Javier Blas, and others
  • Fuel pumps stand outside a Casey’s General Stores Inc. gas station in Princeton, Ill. on, April 1, 2020.International

    Saudi-Russia oil price war ends with OPEC+ deal to slash output, but prices stay near lows

    By Javier Blas, Salma El Wardany, and others
  • A gas tanker drives past oil storage tanks at the Volodarskaya line operation dispatcher station (LODS), operated by Transneft PJSC, in Konstantinovo village, near Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The worlds largest oil producers moved closer to an unprecedented deal to ratchet back production and rescue crude markets from a pandemic-driven collapse, after Russia signaled its ready to make cuts. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Oil prices plunge as Mexico ditches Saudi-Russia production cut plans

    By Javier Blas, Salma El Wardany, and others