OPEC Members
| Country | Year of membership | Crude oil name
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| Algeria | 1969 | Saharan Blend (Algeria Saharan)
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| Indonesia | 1962 | Minas
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| Equador | (withdrew, Dec 31, 1992) |
| Iran | 1960
| Iraq | 1960
| Kuwait | 1960
| Libya | 1962
| Mexico | not a member | Isthmus
| | Nigeria | 1971 | Bonny Light
| | Qatar | 1961
| Saudi Arabia | 1960 | Arab Light (Saudi Light)
| | United Arab Emirates | 1967 | Dubai Fateh
| | Venezuela | 1960 | Tia Juana Light
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OPEC Meeting Dates
September 16 - 17, 2004 OPEC International Seminar ................ Vienna, Austria - Intercontinental Hotel
December 10, 2004 Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference ... Cairo, Egypt
96th meeting in Vienna, Austria Jun 15, 1994 to Jun 16, 1994
97th in Bali, Indonesia Nov 21, 1994 to Nov 22, 1994
98th in Vienna, Austria Jun 19, 1995 to Jun 20, 1995
99th in Vienna, Austria Nov 21, 1995 to Nov 22, 1995
100th in Vienna, Austria Jun 05, 1996 to Jun 06, 1996
101st in Vienna, Austria Nov 27, 1996 to Nov 28, 1996
102nd in Vienna, Austria Jun 25, 1997 to Jun 26, 1997
103rd in Jakarta, Indonesia Nov 26, 1997 to Dec 01, 1997
104th in Vienna, Austria Mar 30, 1998
105th in Vienna, Austria Jun 24, 1998
106th in Vienna, Austria Nov 25, 1998 to Nov 26, 1998
107th in Vienna, Austria Mar 23, 1999
108th in Vienna, Austria Sep 22, 1999
109th in Vienna, Austria Mar 27, 2000 to Mar 29, 2000
110th (EO) in Vienna, Austria Jun 21, 2000
111th in Vienna, Austria Sep 10, 2000 to Sep 11, 2000
112th (EO) in Vienna, Austria Nov 12, 2000 to Nov 13, 2000
113th (EO) in Vienna, Austria Jan 17, 2001
114th in Vienna, Austria Mar 16, 2001 to Mar 17, 2001
115th (EO) in Vienna, Austria Jun 05, 2001
116th (EO) in Vienna, Austria Jul 03, 2001
117th in Vienna, Austria Sep 26, 2001 to Sep 27, 2001
118th (EO in Vienna, Austria Nov 14, 2001
119th in Vienna, Austria Mar 15, 2002
120th (EO) in Vienna, Austria Jun 26, 2002
121st in Osaka, Japan Sep 19, 2002
122nd (EO) in Vienna, Austria Dec 12, 2002
123rd (EO) in Vienna, Austria Jan 12, 2003
124th in Vienna, Austria Mar 11, 2003
Consultative Meeting in Vienna, Austria Apr 24, 2003
125th (EO) in Doha, Qatar Jun 11, 2003
126th (EO) in Vienna, Austria Jul 31, 2003
127th in Vienna, Austria Sep 24, 2003
128th (EO) in Vienna, Austria Dec 04, 2003
129th (EO) in Algiers Feb 10, 2004
130th in Vienna, Austria Mar 31, 2004
131st (EO) in Beirut, Lebanon Jun 03, 2004
132nd in Vienna, Austria Sep 15, 2004
Papers on Effects of OPEC Meetings
Alhajji, A. F. and David Huettner (2000) OPEC and World Crude Oil Markets from 1973 to 1994: Carel, Oligopoly, or Competitive?, The Energy Journal, volume 21, number 3, pages 31-60.
Gülen, Gurcan (1996) Is OPEC a Cartel? Evidence from Cointegration and Causality Tests, The Energy Journal, volume 17, number 3, pages 43-58.
Horan, Stephen M., Jeffrey H. Peterson and James Mahar (2002) The Behavior of Implied Volatility of Oil Futures Options Surrounding OPEC Meetings, found at : http://web.sbu.edu/finance/shoran/FIN312/OPEC%20Energy%20Journal.doc
Loderer, Claudio (1985) A test of the OPEC Cartel hypothesis: 1974-1983, Journal of Finance, volume 40, number 3, pages 991-1006.
Wilson, Berry E. and Reena Aggarwal (1996) Detecting volatility changes across the oil sector, Journal of Futures Markets, volume 16, number 3, pages 313-330.