OPEC Policy and Oil Prices: Long Term Issues versus Short Term Management of the Market

This presentation, by Bassam Fattouh, challenges some of the conventional wisdom regarding the role of OPEC and analyses the Organisation’s role in the short-term management of the oil market and its behaviour over the oil price cycle. It also discusses some of the transformations in the oil market and how these pose long term challenges for OPEC.

By: Bassam Fattouh