{"title":"The effectiveness of OPEC and OPEC+ from 2009 to 2024: An empirical appraisal","authors":"Gil Montant","doi":"10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105529","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This empirical study focuses on the effectiveness of the coordination strategies developed in the oil market between 2009 and 2024 with a focus on the OPEC + oil cartel settled-up by the end of 2016. One uses various econometric techniques specific to panel data to assess the ability of oil producers adherent to OPEC and/or OPEC + to exercise an impact on the oil price. The study integrates the time horizon followed by oil producers in the definition of their collusion strategies. The analysis reveals that some coordination mechanisms were already present amongst the set of ten countries that will later adhere to the OPEC+ and this before the official set-up of this cartel. However, these strategies proved to be ineffective to exercise a significant impact on oil price in 2009–2016. In addition, the analysis suggests the existence of a significant link between the time horizon considered by a country and its incitation to conform to official production quotas. Thirdly, results indicate that both OPEC and OPEC + have been more able to impact the oil price in 2017–2022. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 seems to have disorganized the oil market, which explains a significant loss of influence of both OPEC and OPEC + on the oil price.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20970,"journal":{"name":"Resources Policy","volume":"103 ","pages":"Article 105529"},"PeriodicalIF":10.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Resources Policy","FirstCategoryId":"96","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420725000716","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This empirical study focuses on the effectiveness of the coordination strategies developed in the oil market between 2009 and 2024 with a focus on the OPEC + oil cartel settled-up by the end of 2016. One uses various econometric techniques specific to panel data to assess the ability of oil producers adherent to OPEC and/or OPEC + to exercise an impact on the oil price. The study integrates the time horizon followed by oil producers in the definition of their collusion strategies. The analysis reveals that some coordination mechanisms were already present amongst the set of ten countries that will later adhere to the OPEC+ and this before the official set-up of this cartel. However, these strategies proved to be ineffective to exercise a significant impact on oil price in 2009–2016. In addition, the analysis suggests the existence of a significant link between the time horizon considered by a country and its incitation to conform to official production quotas. Thirdly, results indicate that both OPEC and OPEC + have been more able to impact the oil price in 2017–2022. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 seems to have disorganized the oil market, which explains a significant loss of influence of both OPEC and OPEC + on the oil price.
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Resources Policy is an international journal focused on the economics and policy aspects of mineral and fossil fuel extraction, production, and utilization. It targets individuals in academia, government, and industry. The journal seeks original research submissions analyzing public policy, economics, social science, geography, and finance in the fields of mining, non-fuel minerals, energy minerals, fossil fuels, and metals. Mineral economics topics covered include mineral market analysis, price analysis, project evaluation, mining and sustainable development, mineral resource rents, resource curse, mineral wealth and corruption, mineral taxation and regulation, strategic minerals and their supply, and the impact of mineral development on local communities and indigenous populations. The journal specifically excludes papers with agriculture, forestry, or fisheries as their primary focus.