UAE exit from OPEC signals closer alignment with US interests, experts say
Key takeaways
- UAE wants to supply more oil than its OPEC quota and that could help push down prices once the Strait of Hormuz opens.
- While the UAE’s withdrawal, which went into effect on Friday, has been long rumoured, the timing was unexpected.
- “The exit was a surprise in timing (at least to me), but in some ways has been brewing for some time,” wrote Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security – a US think tank.
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UAE wants to supply more oil than its OPEC quota and that could help push down prices once the Strait of Hormuz opens.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo With oil demand shooting up, the UAE is ready to step in with higher supplies, and lower prices in the process [File: Michael Probst/AP Photo]By Megha Bahree Published On 1 May 20261 May 2026As the United Arab Emirates’s exit from OPEC officially takes effect, experts say the United States government will welcome the move for its potential to curb the oil-producing cartel’s pricing power.
While the UAE’s withdrawal, which went into effect on Friday, has been long rumoured, the timing was unexpected.