Africa’s second largest oil producer quits OPEC — RT Africa

Africa’s second largest oil producer quits OPEC — RT Africa

Source link Angola is leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) because membership is not serving its interests, Oil Minister Diamantino Azevedo announced on Thursday. The African nation, which joined the alliance in 2007, reportedly produces about 1.1 million barrels of oil per day (bpd), compared with 28 million bpd for the whole […]

World’s new top opium producer revealed — RT Business News

World’s new top opium producer revealed — RT Business News

Source link Myanmar has seen significant rise in poppy farming as cultivation in Afghanistan declines, according to the UN Myanmar has become the world’s largest center of opium production in 2023, having overtaken Afghanistan, a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has found. Released on Tuesday, the UN publication reports […]