GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
OPEC is an acronym for:
A
Oil Producing Economic Countries
B
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
C
Organization of Pacific Economic Cooperation
D
Oil, Petroleum, and Energy Countries
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is an example of an international cartel. The organization was created at a conference in Baghdad, Iraq on September 10th-14th, 1960.

Detailed explanation-2: -OPEC has 13 members: Algeria, Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela. Ten non-OPEC nations joined OPEC to form OPEC+ in late 2016 to have more control on the global crude oil market.

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