Angola has announced its plan to quit membership from the Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) over a disagreement on production quotas.
This is according to a statement issued by Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, minister of mineral resources, oil and gas, on Thursday, December 21, 2023.
The decision followed a session of the Council of Ministers, which took place on the same day at the Presidential Palace in the national capital of Luanda.
“Angola has always fulfilled its obligations and fought all the time to see OPEC modernize and help its members gain advantages. We feel that at this moment Angola gains nothing by staying in the organization and, in defense of its interests, decided to leave.
“When we see that we are in organizations and our contributions, our ideas do not produce any effect, it is better to withdraw. We joined in 2006 voluntarily and decided to leave now also voluntarily. And this is not an unconsidered, impulsive decision,” said the minister.
Angola is one of the largest oil exporters in sub-Saharan Africa.
Its exit is a setback for OPEC and its allies, just as the group tries to get members to cut output to support prices.
Last month, Azevedo’s office protested a decision by OPEC to cut its production quota for 2024.
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