How do we live in a world where it’s straight up accepted that a cartel has control of the oil industry? Especially in the face of global warming and economic disparity.
Because "what you gonna do about it".
But then, the gulf war was fought over Iraq getting control over Kuwaiti oil capacity and thus getting too much control.
Now with the gigantic oil fields found in south America, the US having the shale production up and running and Russia (opec+ not opec) being embargoed everything is becoming hard for some of the gulf states.
What are you going to do, invade them further disrupting supplies?
No I guess I was more commenting “how did we get here??” Not so much… let’s start some shit
This is the best summary I could come up with:
It follows last month's decision by the 13-member cartel and 10 allied nations to further slash oil production in 2024 to prop up volatile global prices.
"We feel that at this moment Angola gains nothing by remaining in the organisation and, in defence of its interests, it decided to leave," Mineral Resources and Petroleum Minister Diamantino Azevedo said afterwards.
The AFP news agency reports that both countries have been unhappy at being asked to cut production at a time when they need to increase their foreign currency earnings.
Angola has vast mineral and petroleum reserves, and its economy is among the fastest-growing in the world - but economic growth is highly uneven.
Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, oil prices soared, hitting more than $120 a barrel in June last year.
They fell back to a little above $70 a barrel in May this year - but have steadily risen since then as producers have tried to restrict output to support the market and after recent attacks on cargo vessels in the Red Sea.
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